UNDERSTANDING FACADE BETWEEN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

The formation methods of the architecturaldesigns-especially facades-have been changed by thenew materials and the technologies in constructionsince the Industrial revolution. The physicalautonomy of the 'exterior skin' had been intensifiedby glass and metal. Besides the technologicaldevelopments facade has gained autonomy by the ideaof representing the imagery or advertisement of thearchitectural design. Although the autonomy offacades has affected our entire physicalenvironmentvery little academic literature exists onthis issue. This book therefore aims to examine howthe formation of façades is separated from thearchitectural design by new technologicaldevelopments and design intentions. This aim isaccomplished by examining the façade formation of thehigh-rise office buildings in Levent-Maslak area in?stanbul and examining the working principles andmarketing attitudes of façade manufacturing firms.The analysis should help shed some light on thedesign process of facadesand should be useful toprofessionals in Architecture and Manufacturingfields of architectural elements or anyone else whoare closely interested in the changes in our physicalenvironment.