Behruz Çinici

Veli Behruz Çinici (1932 – October 18, 2011) was a Turkish architect.

Early life

He graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture in 1954.

Career

He worked as a lecturer there between 1954 and 1961. He founded his first workshop with Ayhan Tayman in 1954 in Istanbul. In 1956, he won first prize at Erzurum Atatürk University Campus Planning Competition together with Enver Tokay, Hayati Tabanlıoğlu, and Ayhan Tayman.

He won first prize for the Ankara Petrol Ofisi Management Building (1957; with Ayhan Tayman), Ankara Devlet Su İşleri General Directorate Building (1958; with Enver Tokay and Teoman Doruk) and İstanbul Eminönü Bazaar Center and Office Complex (1959). These projects were independent of the DSI General Directorate Building.

In 1960, he began working with his wife Altuğ Çinici. In 1961, they won the Middle East Technical University (METU) Campus Competition. They moved their workshop to Ankara in 1962. From then until 1980 he designed mostly METU Campus structures.

Projects

For METU Campus Planning in Ankara (1961-1980) they applied the 'piece construction' system. Structural members are divisive and installation inclusive functions. Instead of easily destroyed coatings, often uncoated, durable materials are selected. Bare concrete techniques developed there first in Turkey.

Academic Units

• Faculty of Administrative Sciences
• Faculty of Architecture
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Agriculture

TBMM (Turkish Grand National Assembly) Mosque Complex, Ankara (1986–1989). A large part of the mosque is integrated into the sloping terrain. The building is transparent to the qibla wall, domeless, and has no minaret. In 1995, the International Aga Khan Award was awarded for unique architecture.

• Diyarbakir University Campus Planning, Diyarbakir (1970)
• Binevler Housing, Çorum (1971)
• Capa Holiday Village Project, Muğla (1971)
• Iran Embassy School, Iran (1975)
• TBMM Public Relations Building, Ankara (1978)
• Kızılay General Directorate Building Competition Project, Ankara (1980)
• Yacht Harbour and Marina Hotel Project, Trablusgarp (1982)
• Naciye Sultan Complex, Istanbul (1983)
• TBMM Housing Complex, Ankara (1984)
• Soyak Complex, Istanbul (1986)
• International Taksim Square Arrangement Competition, Istanbul (1987)
• Selimiye Environment Arrangement, Istanbul (1988)
• Platin Complex, Istanbul (1993)
• Alka Complex, Istanbul (1993)

References

• "Odtulu", no:48 January 2012. Access: 1 June 2014. Odtulu Journal

• Arkiv Behruz Çinici