IJARR, 3(11), 2018; 13-19 13 International Journal of Advanced Research and Review www.ijarr.in A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH UPON THE ESSENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTION Mine TUNÇOK SARIBERBEROĞLU 1* , Zeynep TARÇIN TURGAY 2 *Corresponding Author: 1 Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul / Turkey. minetuncok@gmail.com 2 Gebze Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Kocaeli / Turkey. tarcin@gmail.com ABSTRACT The notion of „being‟ is known as one of the initial problems of philosophy. Depending on its structure and existence, the architectural object has a convenient position to be reviewed in this context. From Plato to present, the question of existence has changed its focus from the universe to the individual, and the attempt to define the answers continues in a dynamic way. Architecture can carry existential concerns within itself as an object produced by a subject in the current philosophical system in which the acquisition of knowledge evolved from mental processes to bodily processes in the period between Kant and Merlau-Ponty. From this point of view, it is possible to talk about the concept of body in philosophical foundation as existentially as well as the body of architectural structure. This paper searches the possibility to make an existential reading through the reviewing of architectural products. The basis of the study is the assumption that the architect's design decisions and the architectural object itself can create an existential posture and this phenomenon can resist in time with the awareness of the architect. In this regard, this paper attempts to discuss the selected works of Carlo Scarpa as an architectural discourse through phenomenological approaches. Key Words: Architecture, Meaning, Phenomenology, Carlo Scarpa INTRODUCTION Philosophy and architecture have been in a strong relationship since the beginning of searching the meanings of self and the universe. Due to its natural structure, the architectural act is fed physically and conceptually from all other fields of knowledge and art. In this manner philosophical discourses are continuous tools for the forms of expression in architectural production. With the help of philosophical texts, the conceptual and intellectual approaches can be taken from the process of comprehension and interpretation of the architectural work by the state of the architect at the stage of production and the position of the experienced individual against the space or structure. One of the main inquiries in philosophy is existence, the existence itself. Is there really an entity? If so, how it existed. Is this asset in the real sense; or is it intellectual? The explanations of these types of questions are mostly handled in ontology, and the main purpose of ontology is to explore the meaning of existence. Phenomenology is another field of philosophy based on the question of being, which is often associated with architecture in the context of perception and informatics. It deals with the production of knowledge through the experience of the individual. The main phenomenology concept established by Edmund Husserl and has been used to explain the emergence of