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The transformation of administration architecture during independence and colonization

Politics has always been closely related to the transformations of architecture styles. The transition of one region’s political dynamics will certainly influence the exterior forms and the structural connotations of the symbolic buildings. Different kind of political changes will also result different kind of architectural stylistic shift. The independence of Turkey as a new nation and the colonization of India by the British empire reflected the influence of political changes in architecture and how new architecture style is introduced during such periods.

The independence of Turkey and its early development as a country full of energetic youth required a combination of two almost contradictory ideals : In order to illustrate its disassociation with the past Ottoman authority the new government desired international style which expresses scientific modernization and political liberation; However, the Kemalists also wanted to preserve a certain degree of cultural root in order to boost, if not, maintain nationalistic devotion of its citizens. Consequently, a new hybridization of theses two ideals emerged …show more content…

After claiming India, the British who are influenced by the orientalism perceived the mysterious Eastern culture as intellectually inferior. As a result, the western colonizers often consider the Eastern culture unable to advance on their own and therefore must be governed by a more sophisticated society. The political authority was taken by the British administration because of the western’s technology and gunnery, and rules were implemented without the affirmation of the native population. Consequently, a new architecture style was introduced and the administration buildings during the colonial age reflect the colonizer’s intention to glorify the

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