The Evolution of Mosque Architecture in Istanbul, Turkey

The understanding of Architecture History on the evolvement of architecture through generations and cultures is a fundamental tool to gain knowledge about<br/>our past, ourselves and the world around us. The topic that will be touched upon<br/>in this thesis is the architectural evolution of mosques in Istanbul between the last regime of the...

Wildfire Resilient Village of the Future

In the summer of 2021, an exceptional number of 270 wildfires took place among the entire Turkish coast. Multiple villages have been destroyed. Villagers lost their loved ones, houses and income sources. According to climate scientists, the wildfires will occur more often due to hotter summers. This emerges the question on how destroyed villages...

Evaluation and Comparison of the Public Construction Legislations of Turkey and the Netherlands in the Context of Project Planning and Control

Completion of public-owned construction projects successfully is quite important for Turkeyas a rapidly developing country. However, schedule delays and budget overruns arefrequently encountered in such projects. One of the major reasons of this situation is thenonexistence of legislative provisions enforcing project parties to utilize advanced...

Remembering traditional craftsmanship: conserving a heritage of woodworking in Rize, Turkey

The rural vernacular architecture in the highlands of the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey has survived over 200 years, yet the local traditions of craftsmanship in wood are disappearing. As these craft skills are no longer being handed down, the value of the intangible heritage that lies behind the vernacular architecture is no longer being...

Sedimentation and viscosity controls on forearc high growth

Crustal rheology and surface processes strongly influence strain distribution and shape of orogenic wedges at their front but how they influence the wedge rear is still unclear. Here, we analyse the coupled control of viscosity and sedimentation on forearc high growth during advanced stages of subduction accretion. We use 2D thermo-mechanical...

Architecture culture formation in Turkey: The role of the competitions in transnational exchanges in the case of izmir

Architecture and urban design competitions played an essential role in the formation of the Turkish architecture culture. It contributed in particular to modern architecture in Turkey (1923-1950s). Turkish modern architecture in the modern era emerged especially from a transnational exchange with the German speaking world. The city of Izmir in...

Towards Turkish LADM valuation information model country profile

A recently established joint working group under International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) Commission 9 (Valuation and the Management of Real Estate) and FIG Commission 7 (Cadastre and Land Management) has started the development of an information model for the specification of valuation information maintained by public authorities especially...

Planning Manuals as Tools for Modernization and Nation Building: The circulation of ideas through German-speaking architects and urban planners in Turkey, 1923-1950

In the early 20th century, the modern movement triggered the international circulation of knowledge through architects and urban planners. One mode of this dissemination was the invitation of French- and German-speaking architects and urban planners to build modern cities in foreign countries. A notable example was the case of Turkey. Between...

The Turkish Tea Garden: Exploring a 'Third Space' with cultural resonances

This article examines the history, use, and significance of the Turkish Tea Garden or Cay Bahcesi, positing that these gardens offer unique democratic spaces for public discourse set within the polis. The article unpacks the historical, cultural, and symbolic features of these gardens, and the role these shared spaces play in Turkey’s...

Fragmentation in Urban Movements: The Role of Urban Planning Processes

Urban plans and projects that aim to initiate the redevelopment and gentrification of urban areas create social and ecological pressures on urban environments and thereby stimulate urban movements. These movements have a lifespan, which evolves in interaction with planning authorities under local or central governments and may be marked by...

Study on integrated coastal zone management

Concepts and principles of integrated coastal zone management for the countries around the Black Sea. Legal framework and the current state of the coastal zone (Natural condition, anthropogenic pressures, protected areas, interaction, marine transport). Institutional and political frameworks. Analysis of problems and opportunities for...

Feasibility study of Air Traffic Control Towers around the globe: “International research regarding the local influences providing an optimal structural design for air traffic control towers around the globe in an economical perspective”

At this moment the global human wealth is getting to the next level, which means a growing amount of people is able to travel by plane and these growth figures are seen in the latest global annual passenger’s flows. These latest developments demand building new airports and extending the existing airports heavily around the world in the nearby...

A critical overview of Architectural Competitons in Turkey: Two contradicted competition stories in Istanbul: IMC blocks / Zorlu Center projects

This paper’s aim is to make a comparative analysis of the two contradicted multi-leg mixused projects and their architectural and urban design process / the competition process; the communist, nationalist, designer-related, revolutionary, innovative, transparent, extroverted, humble, urban related IMC Blocks include the Linen and Drapers Offices...

An overview of green building practice in Turkey

The building industry is responsible for a large part of the world’s environmental degradation as buildings converge in themselves major indexes of energy and water consumption, raw material employment and usage of land. Thus, green buildings, which are defined as resource-efficient and ecosystem-conscious structures designed with a holistic...

An Approach to Support Learning from International Experience with Water Policy

International experiences with water policy and governance arrangements are shared through various international meetings and reports. The underlying assumption is that these experiences provide useful information to policy makers who are looking for ways to improve water resources management in their home country or region. However, little has...

The provision of land for social housing in large urbanized areas in developing countries: The case of Istanbul

A large part of the population has no access to proper housing. This situation is most severe in large growing metropolises in the developing world, such as Istanbul, Turkey, where a third of the population is living in squatter housing. Typically there is a is a dual structure of both legal and illegal land development, where the legal sector...

Architectural Production in State Offices: An Inquiry into the Professionalization of Architecture in Early Republican Turkey

The study inquires into the modes of operation, relations of production and forms of institutionalization in the architectural scene of the first half of the 20th century in Turkey, the period that witnessed the professionalization of the discipline in the country in the modern sense of the word. The focus of research is the architectural...