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    REINTERPRETARE IL RUOLO ECOLOGICO DELL’ACQUA Materiali viventi e design inclusivo
    (LetteraVentidue Edizioni S.r.l., 2025-12-30) Süyük Makaklı, Elif; Yücesan Altay, Ebru
    L’acqua ha storicamente agito come catalizzatore culturale dello spazio, plasmando la vitacollettiva attraverso la sua presenza ecologica e sensoriale. In tale ottica l’articolo reinterpretail ruolo ecologico dell’acqua attraverso un approccio ‘ricerca attraverso il design’ che sviluppaun quadro concettuale per la progettazione di interventi di micro-architetture. Lo studio esploracome i materiali a base biologica, e in particolare i compositi di micelio e i sistemi biolumine-scenti, possano migliorare il coinvolgimento multisensoriale e la consapevolezza ecologicanegli spazi pubblici. Attingendo alla recente letteratura internazionale e alla ricerca nel campodel progetto il contributo individua parametri per le prestazioni luminose, il comportamentodei materiali e la reattività ambientale. La proposta che ne risulta posiziona l’acqua comeun mezzo spaziale attivo, percettibile e inclusivo, contribuendo ai dibattiti attuali sul designmultispecie, l’urbanistica sensoriale e il legame tra gli SDG 6, 11 e 13.
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    First year design education inspired by site-specific and site-determined artworks
    (Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture, 2026-03-30) Boyacıoğlu, Didem; Durhan, Özlem Sıla
    This research explores the potential implementation of site-specific and site-determined artworks as a pedagogical tool for the basic design studios of first-year architectural education, investigating whether these artistic creations can pragmatically contribute to the genesis of new spatial concepts. This study also aims to assess the effectiveness of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) in the context of studio pedagogy. The basic design course is rooted in process-oriented and student-centred studio pedagogy, drawing on Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory, and is structured around three site-specific projects that focus on the reproduction of space and the potential of spatial studies. These projects range from building scale to urban pattern, with a focus on various facets of a place, including tangible and intangible qualities, as well as explicit and implicit characteristics, while also exploring the dynamics of human-space relationships. Qualitative data were collected through participant observation, informal interviews, and the analysis of students’ work documents. The course’s progression and outcomes are evaluated in terms of spatial perception, critical and conceptual thinking, and multisensory engagement with space. This course enhanced students’ abilities to interpret spatial experiences, develop a critical perspective, and produce original solutions to spatial problems within the framework of site-specific and site-determined design approaches. The process of the course exposes the latent potential within user-space interactions and the intermediate spatial practices bridging art and architecture. The research is original in that it suggests that many possibilities for interaction, dialogue, and collaboration between art and architecture can be incorporated into architectural education.
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    Why self-help housing failed in urban Turkey: A policy and legislation misalignment
    (Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Faculty of Architecture, 2026-03) Çelikcan, Elif Cemre; Özsoy, Ahsen
    Housing low-income households in Turkey’s urban areas has remained an enduring challenge. During the 1960s, growing housing shortages and economic constraints urged efforts to prevent and upgrade squatter settlements, leading Turkey to adopt self-help housing (SHH) programs for low-cost housing provision. Under the first two five-year development plans (FYDPs), government-assisted SHH initiatives were launched in major cities as part of squatter prevention zones (SPZs). However, the successful beginning of the projects did not lead to successful conclusions; the policy failed to reach its goals in urban areas of Turkey despite the extensive research support. This study investigates the legislative causes behind this failure. It draws on SHH’s core characteristics to analyse its alignment—or misalignment—with Turkey’s policy framework, offering a structured approach to legislative reform. The SHH model is examined across four thematic axes: (1) design process, (2) construction process, (3) actors and roles, and (4) financing mechanisms. The study maps SHH-related regulations in Turkey through a chronological inventory of housing policies, laws, and FYDP targets. Findings highlight the need to restore research-policy dialogue and rethink legislative frameworks to enable viable SHH programs. This study is the first to systematically map Turkey’s legislative misalignments with SHH requirements. It contributes to scholarly debate and future policy-making by offering a novel framework linking architectural theory with policy analysis.
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    Architects' journeys to Italy and their contribution to architectural culture in postwar-era Turkey
    (Cambridge University Press, 2024-12) Hamiloğlu, Ceren; Özsoy, Ahsen
    In the twentieth century, the mobility of architects and ideas played an important role in the dissemination of an architecture culture characterised by modernity. Architectural ideas were disseminated through institutions and a variety of visual, verbal, and textual representations as well as physical encounters. Travel, with its associated architectural thinking and representation, became a generative practice through which the dissemination of architecture could be understood. The Grand Tour was one of the most well-studied examples of travel as a rite of passage, and Italy remained a dominant destination long after its peak in the eighteenth century. Italian architectural discourse entered Turkey through travels and publications, mostly in the prewar era. This article aims to show the role of architects’ travels in inducing architectural productions through a variety of representations from sketches to published media, scrutinising Turkish-speaking architects’ journeys to Italy in the postwar era. The study incorporates content analysis of selected media - such as photographs, articles, class notes, books, and memoirs - to review architects’ productions during and after their travels, as they facilitated the dissemination of an architecture culture ‘brought back’ after key experiences.