A research about the existential space in moodern church building

SUMMARY A Research about the Existential Space in Modern Church Building From the most primitive to the most modern, there is a close relationship between man's concepts and religious architecture. The formal structure in architecture is characterized by cultural, economic and political schemes of time. From the formal point of view, the structure which is articulated in time is appeared as symbol systems defining architectural space. Furthermore, the same structure, perceptually, is conserved as existential codes defining architectural space. The existential codes, with their abstract structure which are recalled about space and from which man expects something, can be defined in the concept of existential space. For this reason, the study consists of four chapters. These are The General Information, The Literature Searches, The Findings and Discussions, The Results and Proposals. In the General Informations, the concept of religion, its definitions and religious buildings are mentioned. In the Literature Searches, an analysis form is prepared to review the cultural continuity in terms of existential and architectural space on church building. Further, 3 1 buildings are analysed in pre-modern and modern/post times. In the Findings and Discussions chapter, the properties of buildings of which existential and architectural spaces examined are evaluated. In the last chapter, it is confirmed that the new formal approvals is related to conserve the existential codes of the modern church building. Key Words: Existential Space, Architectural Space, Religious Building, Church VII