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Designing the
appropriate home, and even more challenging the appropriate residential
environment, has been and will continue to be a prime objective of
designers, planners, and housing specialists all over the world. The
design of the dwelling unit, the grouping of those units, the vehicular
and pedestrian circulation patterns, near home open spaces, and the
distribution of non-residential uses, are all decisions that shape the
residential environment. Attempting to make sure it will be
socio-culturally appropriate makes this task harder; it raises questions
like appropriate for what, appropriate for whom, and how can we measure
this appropriateness? This symposium addresses these old challenges with a
renewed optimism. It includes contributions to the theoretical,
methodological, and substantive aspects of this design problem, aiming to
outline a more efficient framework that would help designers overcome
persistent shortcomings in professionally designed residential
environments, whether in new mass housing projects (private and public),
informal settlement upgrading schemes, or the design of new neighbourhoods
and new cities.
In Egypt and other countries
professionals, policy makers and officials face a range of problems
including increased crime and fear of crime; increased economic burdens on
low-income populations; neglected and wasted open space and public
amenities; slow development, even lack of a sense of community; and
lastly, the most annoying phenomenon to professionals, the mushrooming of
informal, non-planned structures, uses, and accessories that gradually
modify the designed residential environment to something more appropriate
to the current users lifestyle and priorities. But is this such a
real problem, besides the designers disappointment in the mutilation of
his or her visual compositions? Residents, especially in lower
income groups, cannot afford to satisfy all their needs and requirements,
therefore these transformations are frequently the result of trade-offs,
expressing users priorities at the expense of other needs. In some
circumstances, this natural growth process of increasing the use-value of
an otherwise inappropriate residential environment can lead to increased
health hazards such as, reduced ventilation and lighting in the dwelling,
contamination from poultry and livestock, and the hazards related to
certain income generating activities (e.g. air pollution, fire hazard).
However it is vital to keep these problems in perspective and balance them
against the gains which can include greater use of resources and tighter
cultural fit.
This symposium is the fourth of a series of international
meetings organized by the IAPS Network on Culture and Space in the Built
Environment, and the first joint symposium with Housing and Building Research Centre in
Egypt with the objective
of bringing together participants from various disciplines. The first was
in Istanbul in 1997, followed the second in Amasya in 2001 and the third
in Istanbul 2005. As in the past scholars and practitioners from different
subjects such as architecture, urban design, planning, psychology,
sociology, anthropology from a range of different countries and cultures
are invited to attend.
Coordinators of CSBE & HBRC
symposium:
Dina
Shehayeb, Associate Prof., Housing and Building
Research Center, Egypt.
Hulya Turgut, Professor, Istanbul Technical
University, Turkey.
Peter
Kellett, Senior Lecturer, University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Social Change and
Spatial Transformation In Housing
Environments |
5- 6 July,
2005, Istanbul Turkey |
Under the
umbrella of XXII nd UIA World Congress of Architecture,
U I A 2 0
0 5 I S T A N B U L 4- 7 July, 2005, Istanbul
TURKEY
The twentieth
century is marked as the century of urban transition. Cities
throughout the world have experienced fundamental social, cultural
and economic transformation in recent decades. Socio-cultural and
urban identities have been transforming radically; globalization,
internationalization, and the rapid flow of information have played
a significant role in changing cities and their people; and ongoing
migration process and increasing concentrations of people in big
cities have accelerated socio-cultural and spatial differentiation
and diversity. This process has also affected continuity and
development trends in urban-housing environments and quality of
life. The multidimensional outcomes of this transformation are
manifest in peculiarities of activity patterns, behavioral
relationships, and socio-cultural norms, as well as in architectural
and urban configurations. These rapid economic and social changes
demand continual redefinition of urbanization and housing concerns.
It is also essential to understand how users define and strive to
achieve good quality environments', especially within newly emerging
urban areas. We also need to explore more vigorously how housing
environments can be made more sustainable in social as well as
economic and environmental terms.
Rapid changes in living conditions and the contradictions
between the global world culture and local traditions create new
paradigms and change culture-space interactions. These
transformations impact significantly on housing environments and
call for new evaluations in both theory and practice. Within this
context, theoretical and applied research studies at various scales
of the housing environment need to be examined and evaluated. The
purpose of the symposium is to open up discussion and debate amongst
international scholars in order to more fully understand
socio-cultural and spatial diversity in rapidly changing housing
environments.
This symposium is the third of a series of
international meetings organized by the IAPS Network on Culture and
Space in the Built Environment, with the objective of bringing
together participants from various disciplines. The first was in
Istanbul in 1997, followed the second in Amasya in 2001. As in the
past scholars and practitioners from different subjects such as
architecture, urban design, planning, psychology, sociology,
anthropology from a range of different countries and cultures are
invited to attend.
Scientific and
organizing committee
Peter Kellett, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Co-
Coordinator, IAPS Network-CSBE
Isl Hacihasanoglu, Istanbul
Technical University
Orhan Hacihasanoglu, Istanbul Technical
University
Handan Turkoglu, Istanbul Technical University
Hlya
Turgut Yildiz , Istanbul Technical University, Co- Coordinator, IAPS
Network-CSBE
Elmira Sener, Istanbul Technical University ,
secretary
Conference Report
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2nd
Symposium
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Traditional Environments in a
New Millenium:
Defining Principles and Professional
Practice |
20-23 June
2001, Amasya , Turkey |
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Rapid change in
living conditions and the contradictions between global world
culture and local cultures create new paradigms and new dimensions
about culture-space-time interactions. This transition can be
exemplified through examples of traditional environments and brings
out new developments in both theory and practice. A vital issue for
the field is therefore the need of a new kind of database for
planning and designing in traditional environments. The new
millennium, with new strategies and paradigms, is an appropriate
time to review theories, concepts and methods of culture-space
studies. Within this context, theoretical and applied research
studies at various scales of traditional environments should be
examined and evaluated. The focus of the symposium will be the
culture specific issues of the "Traditional Environments" and
"Continuity and Development Trends in Traditional
Environments."
This symposium is the
second of a series of international meetings organised by IAPS
Network on Culture and Space in the Built Environment, with the
objective of bringing together participants from various disciplines
such as: architecture, urban design, planning, psychology,
sociology, anthropology as well as from different countries and
cultures.
Amasya, which is known
as one of the oldest settlements in Anatolia, is chosen as the
symposium venue. The city of Amasya is located in the dramatic
Yesilirmak Valley, with remnants of various civilisations for over
5500 years. Its urban and architectural form is the result of
many cultural values from antiquity to the present. The Symposium
will give the opportunity to directly experience a historic
conservation place and to be involved with local residents of a
traditional environment.
Themes
Theories, Concepts and Methods in Culture-Space
Studies of Traditional
Settlements
Field Studies and Projects in Traditional Settlements:
Implementing
Conservation and Revitalization
Adaptability, Continuity and Change of Traditional
Settlements
Issues of Changing
Residential Identities: Regional Trends and Global
Change.
Scientific Board
N. Akin, Istanbul Technical
University
W. Bechhoefer,
University of Maryland,
C.
Correa, Indian Institue of Architects
N. Z. Glersoy, Istanbul Technical University
P. Kellett, University of Newcastle
upon Tyne
R. Lawrence,
University of Genova
P.
Oliver, Oxford Brookes University
A. Rapoport, University of Wisconsin
H. Turgut, Istanbul Technical
University
M. ngr,
Istanbul Technical University
F. Yrekli, Istanbul Technical University
Advisory Board
H. Poroy, Governor of Amasya
H. Bas, Mayor of Amasya
H. Sener, I.T.U. Faculty of
Architecture, Dean
O. Ekinci,
Chamber of Arch., President
S.
zkan, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Secretary General
D. Hasol, YEM-The Building and
Industry Center, Chairman
Organizing
Commitee
H. Turgut, Istanbul Technical
University, Chair
C.
Beygo,Istanbul Technical University
. Eren, Istanbul Technical University
K. Eypgiller, Istanbul Technical
University
G. Inalhan,
Istanbul Technical University
K. Kavas, Ministry of Internal Affairs
E. zdemir, Governorship of Amasya
H. Trkoglu, Istanbul Technical
University
A. K.Yalin ,Amasya
Chamber of Arch.
H. Yrekli,
Istanbul Technical University, Competition Organiser
Convenors
IAPS-CSBE Network
I.T.U. Faculty of
Architecture,
AKTAV-
Foundation for the Protection and Education of Natural and Cultural
Heritage of Amasya City
EKL- Foundation for the Protection and Promotion of the
Environmental and Cultural Heritage
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IAPS 16, July 2000 CSBE Network
Meeting-WORKSHOP
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Social, Cultural and Spatial Diversity
and Complexity in Urban
Environment |
Wednesday 5th July 2000, Paris,
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The Twentieth
Century is marked as the century of the urban transition.
Large cities of the world, have experienced a fundamental
social, cultural and economic transformation in recent
decades. Especially, in developing countries ongoing migration
process from rural to urban areas and increasing concentration
of people in big cities have accelerated socio-cultural and
spatial differentiation and diversity. This process has also
affected continuity and development trends inurban-housing
environment and quality of life.
Purpose of the
workshop: Purpose of the workshop was, to open up a discussion
for explaining the socio-cultural and spatial diversity and
complexity, based on selected theoretical and applied
research/case studies in various scales of urban environment.
It was assumed that this workshop would be an initial
step towards a series of international meetings, which
held by IAPS-Culture And Space In The Built Environment
Network-CSBE with the objective of bringing together various
experiences from different countries and
cultures.
The focus of the discussion was:
Continuity and development trends in housingenvironment: What
are the contradiction among continuity, change, development,
sustainability, globalization,individualization, anonymity,
identity?
Structure of the
workshop:The workshop was held on two sections:
In the first sections, Prof. Dr. Hlya
Turgut , as a network coordinator, opened the
session by giving the summary of the activities of the
network.
For the second steps, Dr. Glden Erkut
from ITU ,Istanbul gave an introductory speech on
the topic. Dr. Peter Kellett from Newcastle
University chaired this section. In this section ,
researchers from different countries contributed to the
workshop with their posters, based on their recent studies,
with special reference to the continuity and development
trends in housingand people-environment interaction. The
Workshop was ended with the evaluating and concluding notes
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June 1997 1st
Symposium
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Culture & Space in Home
Environment |
Critical Evaluations / New
Paradigms |
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Rapid change in
living conditions and the contradictions between the
global world culture and local cultures create new
paradigms and new dimensions on culture-space
interactions. This transition exhibits significant
examples in home environment and brings out new
evaluations in both theory and practice. On the other
hand, the need of a new kind of database for planning
and design of home environment appears to be a vital
issue of the field.
As the twenty-first
century approaches new strategies and paradigms made it
necessary to review theories and methods that are
developed in the culture-space studies. Within this
context, it is intended to examine and evaluate
theoretical and applied research studies in various
scales of home environment.
This symposium is an
initial step towards a series of international meetings
with the objective of bringing together various
disciplines -such as, architecture, urban design,
planning, psychology, sociology, anthropology, etc- from
different countries and cultures. The focus of the
symposium is culture-specific issues of the home
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Themes |
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- Theories, methods and
concepts in Culture-Space studies of Home Environment:
What are the new approaches and paradigms in relation
to the critical evaluation of theories and
methods?
- Cross-cultural studies
of housing: What are the contradictions between
globalization and local cultures?
- Meaning and use of home
and neighborhood: What makes a house "home "?
- Cultural, social and
individual identities residential areas: How cultural,
social and individual identities are reflected in the
process of planning and design?
- Special issues in
housing and neighborhood: What kind of processes are
needed for better involvement of various groups (such
as gender, elderly, children, etc.,) in the
society?
- Quality, definition,
promotion and control of residential area: Which
issues and interest groups are related to the better
quality of life and home environment?
- Continuity and
development trends in housing and traditional
environments: What is the contradiction between
cultural continuity and development? How can this
process be evaluated and implemented in the field of
design and planning?
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