KULLIYAT The Journal Of Ottoman Studies

Abstract

Focusing on the Ottoman architectural organization in the 18th century and later, Oya Şenyurt's work titled Alteration and Transformation in Ottoman Architectural Organization provides a different perspective by fictionalizing construction activities through tensions, transformations, conflicts, corruption and balance of payments, purifying the architectural organization in question from the phenomenon of an idealized system. evaluates from this perspective. Şenyurt focuses on what happened while the works of those working under the Hassa Architects Association evolved into the modern period architectural process in terms of both quality and capacity, and discusses the alteration and transformation in the architectural organization with striking examples. The reasons that necessitate alteration and transformation are discussed in sections in the work. With an approach based on the period's modus operandi, working conditions, financing sources, individual initiatives and competition in the construction environment rather than today's architectural terminology, the blurred boundaries in the job descriptions of architects, engineers, building managers, journeymen, masters and workers in the construction environment are underlined. Our study examines Şenyurt's work, in which he discusses some general assumptions of classical period Ottoman architecture before the 18th century and focuses on the reasons for the alteration and transformation that coincided with the period after the abolition of Hassa Mimarlar Ocağı. The work was analyzed critically, its subject, purpose, scope and place in the literature, and the strengths and weaknesses of the book were evaluated.