Industry and Intersection of Aesthetics: Campus of Alpullu Sugar Factory-Ergene Pavilion and Outfits Cover Image

Endüstri ve estetiğin kesişimi: Alpullu Şeker Fabrikası Yerleşkesi-Ergene Köşkü ve donatilari
Industry and Intersection of Aesthetics: Campus of Alpullu Sugar Factory-Ergene Pavilion and Outfits

Author(s): Ali Mülayim
Subject(s): Architecture, Aesthetics, Recent History (1900 till today), Social development, Economic development, Financial Markets
Published by: Rating Academy
Keywords: Industrial Construction; Art Deco; Modernism; Alpullu Sugar Factory; Ergene Pavilion;

Summary/Abstract: The campus of Alpullu Sugar Factory is one of the first facilities in the history of Republic of Turkey with its production and social facilities, and the very first to produce sugar as the most essential food product that has been needed during everlasting years of independence war. The factory has not only had great impact on the territory for economic and social development but all the accomodation units around it. Locals had the opportunity to be introduced to social facilities in factory. Sports facilities, a cinema and a ball hall have been provided service for locals for a long time as well as the hospital.In the in-depth analysis of Alpullu Sugar Factory starting from upper scale, it is 222 possible to see the modern style of the period and the Art Deco impact that have influence on the structure. The influence of Art Deco style that had been popular in the first half of the 20Th century in Europe on the inner space outfits of Ergene Pavilion is one of the proofs of the intersection between industrial construction and aesthetics.The campus of Alpullu Sugar Factory is one of the first facilities in the history of Republic of Turkey with its production and social facilities, and the very first to produce sugar as the most essential food product that has been needed during everlasting years of independence war. The factory has not only had great impact on the territory for economic and social development but all the accommodation units around it. Locals had the opportunity to be introduced to social facilities in factory. Sports facilities, a cinema and a ball hall have been provided service for locals for a long time as well as the hospital. In the in-depth analysis of Alpullu Sugar Factory starting from upper scale, it is 222 possible to see the modern style of the period and the Art Deco impact that have influence on the structure. The influence of Art Deco style that had been popular in the first half of the 20Th century in Europe on the inner space outfits of Ergene Pavilion is one of the proofs of the intersection between industrial construction and aesthetics.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 221-234
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Turkish