Turkey At the Threshold

Tackles issues of globalisation and the potential threat that a rapid rolling out of an overly homogenised built environment poses to rich local building traditions, which are founded on specific climatic knowledge and cultural diversity.Provides an analytical and projective approach that highlights specific aspects of Turkey's rich heritage and contemporary design culture that can shape a specific, yet pluralistic future identity and culture.Contributors include: Tevfik Balcioglu, Edhem Eldem, Hulya Ertas, Tolga Islam, Defne Sunguroglu Hensel, Michael Hensel, Zeynep kezer, Ugur Tanyeli, Ilhan Tekeli and Banu Tomruk.

Hülya Ertas is the managing editor of the monthly published architecture and design magazine XXI in Turkey and editor of the Yeni Mimar architecture newspaper. She completed her architectural education at Istanbul Technical University in 2005, where she is currently studying for her MSc in architecture. Her research areas cover spectacular architecture and its reflections on the daily life of citizens, how globalisation affects architecture, and the ethics of the architectural practice.

Michael U Hensel is an architect, researcher and writer. He is Professor for Research by Design at AHO – the Oslo School for Architecture and Design, where he is involved in setting up an architectural research centre. He is founding and board member of the OCEAN Research and Design Association, as well as board member of BIONIS – the Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability – and editorial board member of AD and the Journal of Bionic Engineering. He has published, taught, lectured and exhibited in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. His research interest and forthcoming publications focus on performance-oriented architecture.

Defne Sunguroglu Hensel is an architect, interior architect and researcher. She has completed her Diploma, RIBA II and MSc in architecture at the Architectural Association. She is currently pursuing her PhD entitled ‘Multiple Performance Integration Model’ as a research fellow at AHO – the Oslo School for Architecture and Design. She is a board member of the OCEAN Research and Design Association. She has been involved in numerous research projects that have focused on performance-oriented design methods, design innovation and alternative approaches to sustainability in architecture. She has taught, lectured and exhibited internationally and her work has been published widely.

Editorial
Helen Castle
Introduction
Turkey: At the Threshold
Extended Thresholds I: Nomadism, Settlements and the Defiance of Figure-Ground
Extended Thresholds II: The Articulated Envelope
Ottoman and Turkish Orientalism
The Story of Istanbul's Modernisation
The Making of Early Republican Ankara
Medium-Scale Anatolian Cities: Conceptual and Physical Routes of Urban Transformation
The Potential of Istanbul's Unprogrammed Public Spaces
Current Urban Discourse, Urban Transformation and Gentrification in Istanbul
Developing Cities with Design
Creating Interfaces for a Sustainable Cultural Programme for Istanbul: An Interview with Korhan Gümüş
Extended Thresholds III: Auxiliary Architectures
Transforming Turkey: Eight Emerging Practices
To Integrate or Not to Integrate?
Practice Profile
Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A)
Interior Eye
Building Profile
Raven Row, Spitalfields
Unit Factor
The EmTech Wave Canopy 2009
Spiller's Bits
Telling Stories …
Yeang's Eco-Files
Designing for Low-Carbon Lifestyles
McLean's Nuggets
Userscape
Dynamic Light: The Media Facades of realities:united
The Museum is the Exhibit
Site Lines
Library of Birmingham
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