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| Casa da Musica,Portugal In the ring of old buildings defining Rotunda,a solitary building standing on a travertine-paved plateau To begin with, the pavillion is designed with some inspirations coming from Rem Koolhas' works. Particularly, that the building called the Casa da Musica stands on a travertine-paved plateau is one of the features that is inspired in the design process of the building called ''Information Home''. The inspriration point includes not only about the similarity of Rotunda and Sultanahmet in terms of historical structures and buildings, but also the need for a partially ''solitary'' building in both areas. Therefore, the pavillion's first floor is surrounded with full of glass making both outside and inside life visible, reflecting the streets with full of people and activities instead of solid walls, on the contrary of the second floor.
To continue with, in the design process, the beginning point was creating the form roughly by considering the function of the area,the rotation of the ways and paths etc.
 After determining the form roughly, in order,''the design process'' need to elect,limit and specify the function types. It is analyzed and discovered that the area has restaurants and places sellig souvenirs in large quantities. Therefore, the pavillion is designed while considering the needs of the area, created to provide people wide empty and free spaces in order to use for different functions; a stopover to have a rest and get information, reading and searching in a sophisticated library part, a coffee break in the middle of the day that fatigues, etc. |
Mies Van der Rohe was born in Germany. Along with Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Llyod Wright he is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture. He created an influential architectural style stated as; extremely clarity and simplicity. He is often associated with his quotation of the aphorisms, "less is more" and " God is in the details".
