Aydınlı Kindergarten

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Construction Year:

1913-1917

Location:

Tuzla, İstanbul

Ordered By:

Hacı Danış Bey

Unknown

Architect:

Changes After Construction:
  • The first educational activity began in the Taş School building.
  • The construction of the present historic building began in 1913.
  • With the outbreak of the First World War, construction was interrupted.
  • With the financial support of the Istanbul Directorate of Education and the collective labour of the village people, the construction was completed in 1917.
  • The building originally had 6 classrooms.
  • Depending on the need for classrooms, a 6-classroom annex building was constructed in the 1993–1994 period.
  • Restoration in the historic building began in 2011 and was completed in 2012.
  • With the approval of the governorship, the building was reopened in 2012 as a kindergarten.
  • Within the scope of occupational health and safety measures, the classrooms on the upper floor were moved to the ground floor in 2018.
Prominent Features:
  • The building was constructed as a school building through the initiatives of Hacı Danış Bey, who had settled in Aydınlı before the Constitutional period and had served in the Municipality of Istanbul.
  • The construction process of the building was carried out through funds created by donations and the organization of the local education commission.
  • The historic school building completed in 1917 gained continuity as the main educational structure of the complex.