Paul bonatz biography

Bonatz believed that in order to become nationally strong, each nation must embrace the force rooted in its origins, namely its own culture. It has been influential in the development of Turkish architecture in the regional-national direction, both with its buildings and educational studies. He was born on December 6, , in Solgne bei Metz.

Between and , he completed his vocational training first in Berlin and then at the Technical University of Munich. He joined T Fischer as an assistant at Stuttgart Technical University in , and succeeded him in He came to Turkey because the project competition opened for the Turkish-German Friendship House to be built in Istanbul in The following year, he once again came to Turkey to present the German Architecture Exhibition, which was circulated in many countries for propaganda purposes in those days.

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At the end of the same year, he was appointed as a consultant architect at the Ministry of National Education. The first U. Union International des Architectes-International Union of Architects attended the general assembly with the Turkish delegation. He left his post at the Faculty of Architecture in and returned to Germany, where he died in Bonatz believed that in order to become nationally vital, each nation must embrace the force rooted in its origins, namely its own culture.

Parallel to this, he wanted the use of local elements in architecture, and the buildings to be in a relationship with the region in which they are located. He himself has always tried to carry out his practices in Turkey in this direction. In , he was tasked with transforming the Ankara Exhibition House, one of the successful buildings of its period in contemporary understanding, into the State Opera.