The Death and Life of the Total Work of Art – Henry van de Velde and the Legacy of a Modern Concept
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<strong>the</strong> contrast between <strong>the</strong> corridors that led to Barış family’s flat <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> interior<br />
was in<strong>de</strong>ed striking. After moving to Berlin, this was <strong>the</strong> cheapest flat <strong>the</strong> Housing<br />
Office provi<strong>de</strong>d for a family <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir size <strong>and</strong> budget. I went unatten<strong>de</strong>d, but<br />
<strong>the</strong> apartment seemed always ready for visitors, in an aes<strong>the</strong>tically unified way that<br />
Gesamtkunstwerk supporters would approve.<br />
Fatma remembered in minutest <strong>de</strong>tail <strong>the</strong> apartment’s condition before <strong>the</strong>y moved<br />
4 Barış’s Unit in Building at Block 1 for IBA 1984/87 (architect: Oswald Mathias Ungers).<br />
5 Karaçizmeli’s Unit in Bonjour Tristesse housing for IBA 1984/87 (architect: Alvaro Siza).<br />
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