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Keller, Van Slyke Paul. "City with a conscience." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22989.
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Inggs, Alice. "African city- Cape Town in pieces/aesthetics, theories, narratives, fragments." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6860.
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Six sections, six ways of reading African cities and, by extension, Africa. Anchored in the Cape Town metropolis - an important node in both North?South and South?South global trade networks ? this project investigates the African urban as a site of knowledge production. Rather than attempt to capture a complete or panoramic vision of Cape Town, this project is instead a non-linear narrative of the city space constructed out of a combination of essays, narrative fragments, reportage, images and formal and informal interviews. Starting with what makes an African city "African" in African City, the investigation moves through five more thematic categories: Built Environment;; Renewal/Decay;; Everyday Urbanism;; Nature;; and Pattern. Out of each section new ways of reading the city emerge ? through architectural surfaces;; the city as archive;; pop culture;; ecology;; and design. This project is about curating and creating an analytical topography of a specific urban space in Africa;; but it is also about engaging with the urban on an experiential level. Readers are encouraged to engage in a dialogue with the urban form, to trace the contours of the city space. The textual and visual material contained within the project is rendered into building blocks, which can be rearranged into various visions of the city, transferring agency to the reader to create their own interpretation of (this) city space. This interactive element manifests an important idea underpinning the project: there are multiple lines of flight emanating from the supposed fixed grid of the post-colonial or post-apartheid city space;; the urban narrative can be rewritten;; Africa can be reimagined. Ultimately, this project is an experiment in and juxtaposition of modes of analysis, advancing new ways of reading African urban forms ? from Africa.
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Beauchamp, Amy Michelle. "Church interior aesthetics : the effects of interior aesthetics, within a worship environment, on the attendance of an 18 to 25 age population /." Read thesis online, 2008. http://library.uco.edu/UCOthesis/BeauchampAM2008.pdf.
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Brigstocke, Julian John Alasdair. "The life of the city : aesthetics of existence in fin-de-siecle Montmartre." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539777.
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Hopkins, Richard L. D. "Reggae in the Motor City: The Afropolitan Aesthetics of Reggae in Detroit, MI." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1573002146396538.
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Fontenot, Anthony. "Non-Design and the Non-Planned City." Thesis, Princeton University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3597482.
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This study seeks to understand the larger cultural context that gave rise to what is referred to as "non-design," a term designated to denote a particular aesthetic that is characterized by a suspicion of, and/or rejection of, "conscious" design, while embracing various phenomenon that emerge without "intention" or "deliberate human design." The study traces the phenomenon of "non-design" in British and American design culture of the postwar period. The author argues that following Friedrich von Hayek's theories of the "undesigned" nature of social institutions and his concept of a "spontaneous order" of the 1940s, non-design first emerged in design discourse and practice in the early 1950s in England, particularly in the work of certain members of the Independent Group, and by the mid-1960s it gained currency in the United States in the architectural and urban theories of Charles Moore, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and particularly in Reyner Banham's writing on American urbanism. While rarely made explicit, this dissertation argues that the concept of non-design played an important role in design and urban debates of the postwar period.
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Pehlivanoglu, Yonca. "Understanding Perceptions Regarding The Aesthetics Of Urban Public Space: Tunali Hilmi Street, Ankara." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613344/index.pdf.
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Urban aesthetics has been the concern of many academic researches, and there
have been now more than hundred definitions of urban aesthetics. It is crucial to
understand that aesthetics is more than just about the form and physical qualities
of a place. Likewise, urban aesthetics is not only the concerns of academics, but
also the concern of urbanites of cities and daily users of urban space. It is
therefore important to understand what daily users of cities understand from the
concept of urban aesthetics and what kind of aesthetically pleasant spaces they
desire in cities, especially when public spaces are concerned. This thesis aims to
find out the aesthetic qualities of urban space and understanding of urbanites on
urban aesthetics, focusing on Tunali Hilmi Street, a widely used sub-centre of
Ankara. It seeks to discover the aesthetic characteristics of the street and the
perception of urbanites. The examination is carried out on the architecture, street
furniture, floorscape, landmarks, planting and open spaces of Tunali Hilmi Street
regarding seven variables which are harmony, rhythm, balance, order, complexity,
scale and upkeep. The thesis argues that it is possible to achieve better-working
public spaces if we are also able to identify what the daily users of public spaces
envisage as an aesthetically pleasant environment.
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Abdalla, Mohammed Ammar. "Environmental knowledge and city perception, with a focus on the energy link to environmental aesthetics." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/26845.
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Architecture exists to respond to environmental problems that affect human life, many of which are directly related to energy principles. In the early stages of man's adaptation, these challenges set the criteria for indigenous architecture. Certain formal solutions became recognised as more reliable in meeting environmental potentials and a deep appreciation of these emerged. This persisted even as the evolution of the intellect allowed man to move away from direct, survivalist responses to the environment into a more symbol -based and mutual relationship. The process of change, however, has developed into one of internationalisation. In Libya, the subject area of this thesis, building techniques are used that have no relevance to the environment. This fracture between the natural and artificial has created many problems. This thesis will research these accumulated problems by studying the city image, which lead the author to assert the role of energy in setting the criteria for environmental quality.
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Gursel, Attila. ""." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615080/index.pdf.
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This particular study is about the main boulevard of the city center of Tirana that is the capital of Albania since 1920. The main boulevard, which has a function of a "spine"
of the central business district, was designed as an idea by the Italian architects in 1925. The new government needed immediately governmental buildings like minstries, a palace and a strong form that connects all of these facilities together in a monumental way. This "
spinal"
circulation system was inspired from the urban movements of that time like near city and city beautiful movement. Tirana is studied as the case by the light of historical developments of other cities. The power of the spine and its effect to the macro form of the whole city is analyzed and determined.
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Eric, Dilra Nazli. "Urban Transformation Of A Socialist City: A Case Study Of East Berlin - Alexanderplatz." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609691/index.pdf.
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This thesis examines the role of politics in transformation of urban spaces. In this
regard, the main focus is Berlin because the city represents how politics of each era is
effective in urban development processes: Once a divided city after the World War II
where Berlin manifested both parties&rsquoideological sentience and related urban strategies, the city soon came under successive transformations in accordance with the expectations of the new regime upon its re-unification. In this framework, by studying the Alexanderplatz Project as an example, the thesis questions the urban space policies of the East Berlin as socialist and the West Berlin as capitalist during the division years
the political transformation of the East Berlin after the fall of Berlin Wall
and the current conditions of East Berlin after re-unification. Here the aim of this study is to understand the different systems of urban space under the pressure of socialist and capitalist ideologies. Through the spatial analyses of the former East and West Berlin and through the comparative analyses of East Berlin in its transformation years the study intends to decipher how such successive changes took place and became operative under different regimes. Alexanderplatz is regarded as a unique example with which urban transformation is in accordance with changes in the political system.
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Winter, Keith. "“Polarised city space and the‘Handyman Aesthetic’”." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604654.
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This thesis is divided into three chapters of theoretical research, each followed by an analysis of related artwork. 'This structure is intended to demonstrate a dialogue between art practice and text-based investigation. The city is a representation of human impact and behaviour. To understand city space through art involves drawing closer to the objects embedded in polarised spaces. To further investigate these we require a new spatial language. While recent discourse on art and urban theory has been important, the connection between contemporary sculpture and the city continues to need further development. To further explore the interface between art and architecture it is necessary to reveal the spaces between buildings, between high and low capital, between antiquity and modernity and between the art object and the viewer. The relationships between Mastery and Slavery, Order and Chaos and Light and Dark 'drives' are explored through philosophical models and applied to spaces. These models include those of Hegel, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and others. The definition of space is examined in relation to time, capital and existing spatial terms. Two new terms, 'Sterile' and 'Dissonant' are coined and applied to five accessible spaces, located and investigated in five cities around the world via methods of 'drifting', documentation and intervention. Finally, the space of the gallery and the object of art becomes the focus of the study, with a particular concentration on four emerging artists who are implementing a fresh material language in their work. 'The Handyman Aesthetic' concept builds on this work and outlines modes of operation that move from the city to the gallery and back to the city. Through the interwoven exhibitions I present there is a development of 'The Handyman Aesthetic'. In extracting potent debris from city spaces and representing these in a gallery context I am seeking to demonstrate acknowledgement. This acknowledgement occurs between an art object and viewer.
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Gokyer, Gokcen. "The Commercial Real Estates Production In Istanbul In The Globalization Process." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614981/index.pdf.
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Istanbul undertakes about half of the imports and exports of the country which has
been increasing the importance. It is the most developed city in Turkey with a
population reaching up to 13.255.685 people in 2010 consisting of %17.98 of the
national population. The service sector demand and the real estate production are
expected to be high together with the Istanbul&rsquos rising position in the globalization process. Upon the increase in demand for global sectors, the production of the commercial real estate tends to increase, which can be observed from construction statistics that are published by the Turkish Statistical Institute. The world city literature developed in several respects. As to the world city/global city concept, there are three main theories that play major roles in understanding the emergence of global command centers and strongly influenced the world city literature that belong to John Friedmann, Saskia Sassen and Manuel Castells. Developments in lines with the world city/global city concept appeared in Istanbul with the 1980&rsquo
s reforms towards economic liberalization, together with the support of the Government to make Istanbul a &lsquo
global city&rsquo
. The city is the primary gateway of Turkey to the global economy and Istanbul has been well ranked in academic rosters of world cities since the beginning of the 21 st century. v When the case of Istanbul is considered, the city as a world city is expected to be relatively at an earlier stage of globalization process, and with respect to these major theories
the attribution of Istanbul seems to have similarity with Friedmann&rsquo
s (1986) &lsquo
world city&rsquo
vision. The main data that reflect the supply of commercial real estate as related to demand in the globalization process are obtained from the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), under the published categories of &lsquo
Hotel and etc constructions&rsquo
, &lsquo
Office, Wholesale and Retail Commerce&rsquo
, &lsquo
Traffic and Communication Buildings&rsquo
, &lsquo
Industry and Storage&rsquo
, and &lsquo
Public, Entertainment, Education and Hospital&rsquo
. In order to figure out the place of Istanbul in the globalization process in the country, Istanbul&rsquo
s data are compared with the same data for Ankara and Izmir comprising the years between 2002 and 2010. It is aimed to figure out the developed sectors of Istanbul and to clarify how Istanbul is leading in the production of real estate for the global sectors of both manufacturing and service activities. The developments in respect of globalization process of the city can be expected in the direction of the formation of world city as defined in line with the Friedmann&rsquo
s theory, since not only buildings for service sector activities are produced in Istanbul, but also industrial real estate production at almost equal level during much of the investigated period. It is expected that global city functions, in lines with the Saskia Sassen&rsquo
s framework will develop as world city functions consolidate in Istanbul. Therefore, the commercial real estate production is expected to be more rapid and more in line with the growth of world city functions in Istanbul, compared to two other most developed cities of Turkey which are Ankara and Izmir.
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Gulnar, Bayramoglu. "Planning And Design Criteria To Make Urban Transport More Sustainable : The Case Of Baku." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613848/index.pdf.
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Since the industrial revolution, technological developments and increased population have caused environmental damages such as lavish use of sources, pollution increased waste areas, poisoned wastes, harmless gasses, decreased green areas, global warming and climate change, harming of the ozone layer, decreased forests areas and natural sources.
Appearance of the term of Global Warming makes the humanity to revise their facilities in all fields. To protect the nature and architectural environment, firstly, green architecture, ecological architecture and then sustainability occurred. This term has been proposed not to be a new term but a response to environmental disturbances caused by human activities and it is re-conceptualization of architecture. Sustainable architecture or sustainability is lot more extensive than ecological and green architecture. It contains the imbalance between environmental problems which is natural environment and consumption that occurred all around the world.
An important part of sustainability debate focused on urban planning and design for more sustainable forms and patterns. In particular it is discussed that planning and design of urban areas have a major effect on transport and therefore can help reduce car usage, emissions, global warming and climate change. There are many planning and design approaches and movement that introduce certain criteria and strategies to prevent car dependency and encourage people to use public transportation and walking. To achieve sustainable transport, there should be design for walkable and easy accessible areas. Planning movements, such as New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development, particularly came to the forefront of planning and influenced planning approaches.
However, when review the literature, it is seen that planning movements, such as New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development originated and were implemented mostly in West Europeean and North American Cities. The purpose of this study is to find out whether all those criteria, principles and strategies are also relevant planning approaches for more non-western cities like Baku which has a very different planning background and therefore possibly different urban form and tranmsport issues. In order to answer the abovementioned question, planning and design approaches in the literatureand and in these recent planning movements were studied and a check list was formed which indicate planning and design approaches that can help attain a more sustainable transport outcome. The checklist was then applied to the case of Baku.
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Ganis, Mary. "Serial vision is a significant element in the cognitive and affective experience of the perception of place." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998.
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Serin, Bilge. "Taxonomy Of Design Control Tools." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612177/index.pdf.
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Design control is a relevant concept for any age and any context of urban development by use of many varying tools from highly prescriptive ones to flexible guidance in order to control design of urban space and places. Production of clear definitions and types for the tools is critical for effective use of the design tools to guide and code the urban design. Distinctive parameters for the definitions and types of the design control tools are scale of intervention, level of prescription and contents and component of the tool. In this thesis, design control tools including design guides, briefs, frameworks and design codes are analysed in terms of this parameters, in order to reach the aim of the thesis which is building taxonomy of design control tools and taxonomy of their contents and components by analysing contemporary design control tools.
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Kelleci, Semih. "Investigating The Publicness Of Administrative Spaces And A Case Study In Bakanliklar District: Ankara." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615015/index.pdf.
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Public spaces are the core elements of shaping the social life in the cities, and design of public spaces is a key component of urban design. As tools of inclusive or exclusive design methods of public space vary, user group&rsquos publicness increase or decrease relatively. So, who is defined as public for the design of public space is the main concern shaping the built environment. Centers are the peak points of publicness in cities and as a central activity administration is indispensible for every settlement. Hence, in urban life the relation of the public spaces as parks, squares, streets, plazas with administrative places is the descriptive character of that society. Besides, capital cities have accumulated administrative landuses and their design has social, symbolic and cultural meaning as well as functional use. In this study, dimensions of publicness as ownership, control, physical condition, invitingness and welcoming aspect and social animation area discussed and comparative case study put forward these dimensions of Bakanliklar District of Ankara with regard to administrative city centers of Brasilia, Canberra, Islamabad which have similar historical background.
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Cheung, Ka-ho Ferdinand. "Media-matrix : the park of radical artifice /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25946912.
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Celtik, Sahlan Kevser. "The Role Of "." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608377/index.pdf.
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ABSTRACT
THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND
SIMPLE REPAIR PROCESSES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
CASE STUDY: SiVRiHiSAR
Çeltik Sahlan, Kevser M.S. in Restoration, Department of Architecture Supervisor: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Emre Madran May 2007, 110 pages Turkey has a rich cultural heritage and traditional houses. However, this heritage is under the danger of extinction due to several reasons. On of the most important reason is not being able to make simple repair and maintenance of these buildings. Actually, to leave this heritage to future generations the most effective and low cost method for conserving traditional buildings is the simple repair and maintenance. In Turkey, the responsibility and authority of simple repair and maintenance is delegated to local administrations by the law of Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage no 2863 amended by law no 5226. According to this law Conservation Implementation Control and Education Bureaus (KUDEB) is the responsible organ in municipalities for simple repair and maintenance. In this thesis, in the light of current regulations KUDEB&
#8217
s tasks in simple repair and maintenance together with functioning points. Later, a model was proposed regarding the functioning and financing of simple repair and maintenance in order to fill these missing points. Moreover, these proposals were tested in Sivrihisar scale and illustrated on the facades of Sivrihisar Houses.
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Yalcinkaya, Ozlem. "Assessing Ankara Metropolitan Municipality." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614172/index.pdf.
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Public spaces play essential roles in urban life for the city, the public and individuals, by setting strong relations between urban space and social and cultural values. Public spaces and their essential components have multi-dimensional impacts on people. Public art, as a constituent of public space, includes a wide range of artworks, activities and outcomes, contributing to the significance of the places in a variety of ways. However, each culture, country and city, has diverse policies and outcomes of public art based on different perspectives. Focusing on the public art policies in Ankara over the last two decades, this thesis seeks to examine how far the recent policies have contributed to the city. By carrying out in-depth investigation on the public art work interventions and policies of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, the thesis assesses the multi-dimensional contributions of these policies and interventions. It seeks to discuss how far the public artwork policies of localities are crucial for creating genuine public spaces of cities.
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Solmaz, Funda. "Construction Techniques Of Traditional Houses In Nevsehir, Case Study On Urgup, Mustafapasa And Ibrahimpasa." Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615460/index.pdf.
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The aim of this study is to survey the construction techniques of the traditional houses in Nevsehir and to make a comprehensive study which will guide for the further conservation works. In this manner, the terms of construction techniques were understood and defined basically before they altered. To achieve this goal, firstly literature reviews were done about traditional houses in Turkey. General characteristics and history of the region as well as Cappadocia traditional houses were studied. The settlements which will be studied were chosen with the comprehensive field surveys. Meanwhile, the base drawings and maps of the settlements were gathered from municipalities and other public organizations of Nevsehir. In detailed field surveys, 20 houses were selected for surveying. After that, general architectural properties of the houses were investigated and measured drawings and sketches were drawn in detail. A code system which is special to this thesis was developed and applied to the drawings. Building parts were analyzed and defined from foundation to roof. Moreover, architectural elements were also described and classified according to their construction technique. In this survey, it is considered not only the construction technique but also the material and usage areas of building units. Frequency of the building units and their classifications can easily be seen on the drawings and tables. Thus, Nevsehir traditional houses were studied in detail and a general evaluation was done about the construction techniques and architectural features of Nevsehir.
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Granados, Salinas Rosario. "Fervent Faith. Devotion, Aesthetics, and Society in the Cult of Our Lady of Remedios (Mexico, 1520-1811)." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10398.
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This study examines the cult of Our Lady of Remedios from an art-historical perspective. Choosing this specific cult statue as a case study is not arbitrary: Remedios is among the oldest Marian images in the New World and was named first patroness of Mexico City in 1574, when the city council became the patron of her shrine and a confraternity was founded to better disseminate the cult. As a result, the statue was carried fifty-seven times through the streets of New Spain's capital in three hundred years (an average of one procession every five years), thus outnumbering any other religious event that was not part of the liturgical calendar. The fame of Our Lady of Remedios was closely linked to her role as Socia Belli of the Spanish army, as she was believed to have protected Hernán Cortés and his allies during the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlán in 1520-21. Her character as protector in times of war was enhanced in the centuries to come, when she was called to the city on every occasion when the Spanish Crown was involved in military campaigns. Her protection, however, was mainly requested in times of drought and epidemics, a reason for which her fame as protectress of the city grew intensively, and all sectors of society (Spanish, Indians, and Castas) followed her with the same fervent faith. This dissertation is a monographic study of a miraculous image that has hitherto been overlooked in the history of colonial religiosity of New Spain despite its symbolic relevance for the society of its time. It considers the sixteenth-century statue and the ways it was displayed to its devotional audiences as documents that inform us about its social role. By placing this cult image in the ritual context to which it belonged, both spatial and spiritual, this study considers the devotional gaze with which her devotees engaged her showing how devotion, aesthetics and politics were intertwined during colonial Mexico.History of Art and Architecture
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Eraydin, Zeynep. "Building A Legible City: How Far Planning Is Successful In Ankara." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608221/index.pdf.
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Human environment perceptual relationships have significant effects on human psychology in urban spaces. The concepts of urban legibility and imageability concentrate on these relationships and define components to create livable places by organizing the physical structure. However, determining legibility components is not sufficient in order to define whether a place legible or not.
This thesis explores Gestalt laws of perception can be used to re-define the relationships among legibility components by setting some guidelines. The main aim of this thesis is to find out how far planning is successful in creating legible environments which is evaluated by legibility guidelines set. The thesis also aims to explore issues that make an environment more readable than others. To this end, Çayyolu district containing several sub-districts which are recently developed by plans are examined in a comparable way. The result of the analyses show that the concepts of legibility and imageability are underestimated in planning practices in Ç
ayyolu which is based on two-dimensional subdivisions of lands and three dimensional determination of bulks of structures. In other words, the Ç
ayyolu district does not provide a legible environment and a whole structure for observers that their psychological needs should be met.
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Meira, Marcel Ronaldo Morelli de. "A cultura dos novos museus: arquitetura e estética na contemporaneidade." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8133/tde-27062014-105015/.
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Esse trabalho examina as formas que a arquitetura dos museus adquiriu a partir dos anos 1970, no contexto das mutações ocorridas na ordem cultural e econômica mundial. Iniciamos pela análise do Centro George Pompidou, em Paris (1977), dos arquitetos Renzo Piano e Richard Rogers, considerado o marco inaugural da dita cultura dos museus. Passamos, posteriormente, ao exame do Guggenheim Bilbao (1997), de Frank Gehry, tomando-o como sintoma da arquitetura icônica e midiática. Em seguida, mostramos que em razão do desaquecimento da economia real, resultante das sucessivas crises financeiras internacionais, houve uma reorientação da arquitetura dos museus, para formas menos espetaculares; como evidenciam a ampliação do Museu do Prado (2007), em Madri, de Rafael Moneo, e, o novo Louvre, em Lens (2012), na França, de Kazuyo Sejima e Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA). Essa nova tendência mundial, expressa no abandono da arquitetura icônica, caracteriza-se por formas mais parcimoniosas. Constatamos, ao final, a retração desta cultura dos museus, indiciada tanto na ênfase em edifícios mais austeros, quanto no protagonismo assumido pela cidade, nos últimos anos, em detrimento da forma arquitetônica.This paper examines the shapes architecture acquired since 1970´s, in the context of changes that have occurred in the cultural and economic world order. We begin by analyzing the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris (1977), by the architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers which is considered the inaugural landmark of the culture of museums. Then, we examine the Guggenheim Bilbao (1997), by Frank Gehry, taking it as a symptom of iconic architecture and media. Next, we show that due to the slowdown of the real economy, resulting from successive international financial crises, there was a reorientation of the architecture of museums to less spectacular shapes, as evidenced by the expansion of the Prado Museum (2007), in Madrid, Rafael Moneo, and the new Louvre in Lens (2012), in France, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue of Nishizawa (SANAA). Such new global trend, expressed in the abandonment of iconic architecture, is characterized by more parsimonious shapes. We found, at the end, the retraction of this culture of museums, both indicted as in emphasis in more austere buildings, as in the role assumed by the city in recent years, at the expense of architectural form.
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Peker, Ender. "Campus As An Integrated Learning Environment: Learning In Campus Open Spaces." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612496/index.pdf.
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Recent researches on campus learning environments present that there is a seeking for alternative learning spaces among students. Researches argue that more learning is taking place outside of class time than ever before. With an increased emphasis on collaboration and group projects, students are learning in small groups outside of the classrooms as they accomplish work related to their courses. Literature defines these experiences as &lsquoinformal learning&rsquo
. Therewithal, campus open spaces are one of the major areas where students prefer for their informal learning experiences. This thesis aims to search the influence of campus open space design on students&rsquo
learning experiences. Additionally, it argues that there is a strong relation between the learning and the space where learning action occurs. In doing this, it both covers a theoretical framework and a case study. Within the theoretical part, it discusses various learning theories with respect to the prominent principles for each theory. It reveals learning space design indicators which affects learning both in indoor and outdoor learning environments. In the case study, with the analysis of different sample areas from METU campus, the study both investigates the learning experiences actualized on campus open spaces and the triggering design indicators which enhance these experiences.
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Mutlu, Ozge. "Integration Of The Roman Remains In Ulus Ankara Within The Current Urban Context." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614141/index.pdf.
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Urban archaeological sites are important traces of history in the cities and should
be conserved for the next generations with their values. For their survival in the
urban context it is essential to integrate them to the current urban context they
exist in. In this study, four urban archaeological sites in Ulus, Ankara are analyzed
for understanding their states of integration by constructing an analysis method.
In this process the conceptual frame and methodology offered by the APPEAR
Project were regarded as basic tools.
Within this scope, firstly a general overview is put forward about the APPEAR
Method, Ankara and Roman Remains in Ulus with also discussing the current
legal framework in Turkey. Afterwards the analysis is done on the archaeological
sitesRoman Baths Open Air Museum, Cardo Maximus, Augustus and Roma Temple and Roman Theatre. Finally the fundamental principles and options are put forward for these Roman remains&rsquo
integration in the current urban context. The analysis conducted on the four urban archaeological sites reveal that the Roman remains in Ulus are not integrated with their current urban context This situation is threatening their survival while causing problems both for the v remains themselves and the city. The study while defining basic principles for the sites&rsquo
integration it also puts forward three fundamental concepts that should guide the enhancement projects. These are: Accessibility, Visibility and Intelligibility which are regarded as the tools for strengthening the contextual unity of the sites and their integration in the urban context.
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Murphy, Jonathan Paul. "Sight or cite? : Aspects of the visual in Proust." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360762.
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Argin, Gorsev. "Changing Sense Of Place In Historic City Centers: The Case Of Antalya Kaleici." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614983/index.pdf.
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Nowadays, many cities try to turn their historic city centers into centers of attraction both for inhabitants and visitors by reorganizing and revitalizing them. These reorganization and revitalization processes change the users of the place as well as its physical structure. Thus, this change also creates deep impacts on human-place relationship. Traces of these impacts can be observed via &lsquosense of place&rsquo
and &lsquo
place image&rsquo
concepts. Studying these concepts is difficult due to their subjectivity
however, it is necessary to understand the change of place in all dimensions. It is possible to observe a similar process in Kaleiç
i, the historic city center of Antalya. This research examines the process of change in Kaleiç
i over the last five decades regarding the impacts on the &lsquo
sense of place&rsquo
and &lsquo
place image&rsquo
. It identifies &lsquo
physical setting&rsquo
, &lsquo
activity&rsquo
and &lsquo
meaning&rsquo
as observable components of these concepts
and it examines the change in these components through the in-depth interviews with three different user groups (i.e., users before 1980, those after 1980 and present users) and cognitive maps. The research considers that the first conservation practices in Kaleiç
i started in 1980s, thus, it examines the change in &lsquo
sense of place&rsquo
under the headings of before 1980, after 1980 and present time. This research shows that the &lsquo
sense of place&rsquo
and &lsquo
place image&rsquo
between these user groups vary significantly. It indicates that the sense of place of the first user group is generated mostly regarding &lsquo
meaning&rsquo
component shaped by experiences
whereas the sense of place of the second and third category users mostly relates with physical environment and historical identity of the place. Besides, this research comes to a conclusion that there is a direct link between the change in sense of place and the efforts of turning the area into a center of attraction for tourism.
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Schumacher, Brian James. "Potential of the city the interventions of The Situationist International and Gordon Matta-Clark /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p1453653.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed February 10, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-41).
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Crane, Nicholas Jon. "Between Repression and Heroism: Young People's Politics in Mexico City After 1968." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1403108272.
Full text
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Ertek, Deniz Sanem. "Symbolic Meaning Of Cemeteries For Users: Karsiyaka Cemetery Case." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607660/index.pdf.
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This thesis evaluates cemeteries as an open space entity of urban land, which conveys high social and cultural values through its sacred and spiritual landscape. These sacred sites are closely integrated into community history and carry social meanings, in addition to their aesthetic and ecological values as an open green areas with its habitats, biological diversity and wildlife reserves. By this study the symbolic and emotional meaning of cemetery from the users’
eyes is investigated and the relationship between users&
#8217
preference and perceived elements among the users of KarSiyaka Cemetery is explored.
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Koken, Eser. "Processes And Strategies Of New Central Business District Development And Public Space Patterns: Leventbuyukdere Avenue." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609945/index.pdf.
Full textAbstract:
Since evolution of &ldquoglobal cities&rdquo
is based on private financial actors forming the global economic network, these cities are confronting not only lifestyle changes, but also architectural and urban transformations. An important urban element produced by cities in the global economic network is the new central business district, which house vertical building forms with high demographic density. As a complex urban element serving for national and international arena as service center of liberal economy and an urban prestige symbol of the city, design and planning process of new central business districts is gaining priority to solve complexity of its structure considering public use. The aim of this study is to explore the physical public space due to be created in the new central business district in Istanbul, which has been developing along the Bü
yü
kdere Avenue. Critically concentrating on its design and the planning process and future strategies in a comparative study with other global city examples of Paris, Berlin and Singapore, which have been giving specialized priority to the planning phase and future strategies for their new central business district developments, it is aimed to develop a substantial basis for the conceptualization of how the new central business district can be implemented in Istanbul.
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Pembegul, Tugba. "Assessment Of Convention Centers From Users." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610581/index.pdf.
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This study firstly aims to identify facility features of the convention centers and then propose a method in order to identify users&rsquopriorities and evaluate what extent these were provided by the convention centre. Data has been collected using self-administered questionnaires from three group of users
attendees, employees and meeting planners. The study has been conducted in istanbul Lü
tfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center as a case, because of being the most remarkable convention center of Turkey. Each participant will be required to assess this convention center in terms of their priorities of expectations and features provided. The results have been evaluated statistically, and significant differences between the level of importance and performance of the facility features have been presented. This research is expected to be useful for constitution of design criteria of convention centers and effective management of the facilities, in terms of both identifying the features of convention centers and providing a method evaluating the performance of the facilities from the users&rsquo
perspective.
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Memluk, Nihan Oya. "Inclusivity Of Public Space: Changing Inclusivity Of An Urban Park, Genclik Parki, Ankara." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614605/index.pdf.
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Public spaces are the fundamental elements of urban space. Their quality significantly enhances the quality of urban life. Despite their inevitable significance, the &lsquoinclusivity&rsquo
of public spaces has been threatened, especially in contemporary cities, primarily by the neoliberal policies, globalization and the recent advances in communication technologies. Besides, the declining &lsquo
inclusivity&rsquo
of public spaces is also resulted from the provision and management policies, leading to exclusive places, rather than creating inclusive spaces for all. Public spaces are no longer inclusive spaces, melting pots of the urban arena. They are rather spaces of exclusion due to exclusionary design and management policies. This research aims to examine the notion of &lsquo
inclusivity&rsquo
of public spaces and to identify the attributes, which describe this notion. It focuses on Genç
lik Parki in Ankara &ndash
one of the biggest urban parks in Turkey and one of the most important open public spaces of the Republican regime. It examines the changing &lsquo
inclusivity&rsquo
of this urban park from its construction to nowadays under four historic periods regarding four types of &lsquo
access&rsquo
: physical access, social access, access to activities and discussions, and access to information. Based on the findings, it discusses the factors and urban design strategies for the improvement of the &lsquo
inclusivity&rsquo
of Genç
lik Parki. It also makes more general recommendations for the enhancement of the &lsquo
inclusivity&rsquo
of public spaces in the city center of Ankara and other Turkish cities.
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Gumus, Ayse Nazli. "Becoming A Neo-liberal City: Ankara North Entrance Urban Transformation Project." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611956/index.pdf.
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Urban space has begun to be commodified to full extent by the affect of neoliberalism, which is bared upon free flow of capital over a global network of cities. By 1970&rsquos, the phenomenon of globalization made social, political and economic relations all around the world to be redefined under these circumstances. While nation states were altering their role in favor of capital power, early centers of production have come to lose their attractiveness and functions, and in especially developed countries there emerged necessity for the notion of &ldquo
urban transformation&rdquo
. On the other hand, in Turkey, urban transformation projects have begun to be applied lately, under specific conditions and with different reasons, but still under neo-liberal hegemony. The aim of this thesis is to make a comparative analysis of &ldquo
Ankara North Entrance Urban Transformation Project&rdquo
by understanding the notion of urban transformation together with altered role of nation state at the age of neoliberalism, by comparatively analyzing grand transformation projects applied at three capital cities in Europe, namely, London, Paris, and Berlin, during late 20th century. The comparison criteria for project preparation and application processes of the case of Ankara and European examples are, first, the scale and location within the city
second, reasons of application in terms of their legitimating processes
third, the ways of providing financial resources for projects
fourth, administrative dimension of urban policy making
fifth, architectural domain of the projects
and lastly participation conditions of urban inhabitants and social agents, including the professionals.
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Álvaro, Sánchez Sandra. "Postdigital city: aesthetics and politics in the space of embodied virtuality. La ciudad postdigital. estética y política en el espacio de la virtualidad encarnada." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/400208.
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Deleuze y Guattari citan a Paul Klee para caracterizar el arte moderno como investigación comprometida en la movilización de las potencialidades creativas de la materia. El arte abandona la representación y asume un compromiso a la vez estético y político: Expresar como las cosas alcanzan la existencia. El artista moderno deviene un artesano comprometido en la experimentación; después de abandonar la repetición de la tradición y las codificaciones del poder, el arte explora el ruido, las posibilidades no actualizadas de lo Virtual para desarrollar nuevas transducciones que puedan dar lugar a la creación de nuevos territorios o espacios habitables. El arte deviene ecología y reclama una población, llamada a ser los osciladores que hagan resonar nuevos puntos de partida y temporalidades. El compromiso colectivo en la creación de nuestra realidad circundante alcanzará la filosofía y la ciencia, dando lugar a una nueva comprensión de la Ontología. Nuestra realidad se convierte en un proyecto colectivo, no estando poblada por objetos estáticos sino por procesos inmanentes produciendo ensamblajes complejos.
El concepto Deleuziano de Arte deriva de la ontología materialista desarrollada a partir de la filosofía pos-cartesiana de Leibniz y Spinoza y la concepción de la realidad en proceso propuesta por Whitehead y continuada por autores como Bergson, Simondon, Deleuze y Serres, posteriormente elaborada por Delanda y Latour y más recientemente por corrientes como los Estudios de Software, la Arqueología de los Medios y otras que han considerado la agencia de la materia en relación a lo digital. La investigación que aquí se presenta navega esta teorías y su relación e influencia en el urbanismo, especialmente derivado de Lefebvre, y la producción artística actual para proponer una serie de conceptos: 'Espacio de Transformación', 'Virtualidad Encarnada' y 'Pos-digital' son los puntos de acumulación donde convergen las elaboraciones conceptuales previas. Los nodos de una constelación que permite esbozar un mapa navegable y útil a la comprensión de nuestro entorno tecnológico.
Pos-digital designa una situación originada en la ubiquidad del ensamblaje que ha extendido la computación a todos los espacios de conocimiento y practica hasta alcanzar nuestras rutinas diarias y el espacio físico por mediación de los dispositivos conectados de la Computación Ubicua y los fenómenos asociados del Big Data, el Internet de las Cosas y las smartcities, los cuales están territorializando todos los espacios bajo una política de representación en la que todo se reduce a datos computables y es modelado por cartografías destinadas a la administración eficiente. Bajo estas circunstancias, los ordenadores no son herramientas sino los productores de un nuevo aparato tecno-social que esta alterando el espacio practicado, concebido y vivido.
Esta investigación esta dirigida a la proposición de una relación productiva con los agentes no humanos que pueblan este entorno mediante la consideración del potencial creativo del Hacer, este comprendido como un proceso transductivo en que las cosas emergen como Espacios de Transformación Encarnados. Es decir, el resultado de un encuentro comunicativo en virtud del cual las cosas son producidas simultáneamente a las subjetividades y territorios del colectivo que involucran. Como Valéry predijo, el arte esta deviniendo ubicuo, las creaciones y técnicas desarrolladas en la experimentación con los nuevos medios han penetrado todo nuestro entorno desde las fachadas de los edificios a los pequeños dispositivos portátiles de comunicación y el diseño de los productos de consumo. El arte y el diseño se encuentran con la tecnología y la ingeniería. Lo que se propone aquí es un conjunto de estrategias surgidas en la actividad libre y lúdica surgida en la intersección entre arte, ingeniería e intervención social. Las estrategias pos-digitales se originan en el espacio de la Virtualidad Encarnada y están dirigidas a la elaboración de una nueva poética de la ciudad. Esta comprometida en la construcción especulativa del espacio programable, no como un no-lugar desarraigado, homogeneizado, fragmentado y puesto en riesgo por los sistemas relacionales de un dispositivo imperceptible sino como un espacio enraizado en la especificidad de lo local, capaz de albergar la diferencia y poblado por sistemas abiertos capaces de alentar la participación y empoderar a los ciudadanos. Un espacio que puede ser apropiado para nuevos usos y donde todo el mundo puede participar en su producción social. Las semillas de la nueva ciudadanía que Lefebvre postulaba en el Derecho a la Ciudad.Deleuze and Guattari quote Paul Klee to characterize modern art as research engaged in the mobilization of the creative potentialities of matter. Art gives up mimesis or Representation and assumes an aesthetic and political compromise: to express how things reach existence. The Modern Artist becomes an artisan engaged in the experimentation with matter, which is understood as multidimensional, active, complex, and counter-intuitive. After having abandoned the repetition of tradition and the codifications of power, art explores noise, the unactualized possibilities of the Virtual, and unfolds new channels of communication, new transductions towards the creation of new territories or spaces of dwelling. Art becomes ecology and claims for a population, called on to be the oscillators that make these starting points and new temporalities resonate. The collective engagement in the creation of our surrounding reality will reach philosophy and science, this resulting in a new understanding of Ontology; our reality becomes an ongoing collective project, not populated by static objects but by the immanent process of producing complex assemblages. The Deleuzian concept of Art stems from a materialistic ontology that unfolded from the postcartesian philosophy of Leibniz and Spinoza and the conception of a processual reality proposed by Whitehead, and followed by authors such as Bergson, Simondon, Deleuze and Serres, that was later elaborated by Delanda and Latour and more recently by currents such as Software Studies, Media Archaeology, the Ecology of Media, and others that have considered the agency of matter in relation to the Digital ground. The research presented here navigates these theories, their relation to and influence on to theories about urbanism, especially in Lefebvre, and contemporary artistic production to propose a series of concepts: ‘Space of Transformation’, ‘Embodied Virtuality’ and ‘PostDigital’ are the points of accumulation where all the previous conceptual elaborations converge; the nodes of a constellation that will allow a navigable map towards the understanding of the conformation of our technological milieu to be built. The Postdigital designates a situation shaped by the ubiquity of a big assemblage that has spread computation to all the spaces of knowledge and practice until reaching our daily routines and the physical space by means of the new connected devices of Ubiquitous Computing and the associated phenomena of Big Data, the Internet of Things and Smartcities, that are territorializing all the spaces of our life, all of them flattened under the politics of a representation where everything becomes computable data and modelled by new cartographies, which are aimed at the efficient management of these spaces. Under these circumstances, computers are not tools, but a new techno-social apparatus changing the practiced, conceived and lived space. This research is aimed at the proposal of a productive relation with the new non-human agents populating our environment, by means of the consideration of the creative potential of making, understood as a transductive process from where things emerge as Embodied Spaces of Transformation. That is to say, the result of a communicative encounter by virtue of which things are produced at the same time as the subjectivities and territories of the Collectives involved in them. As Valéry predicts art is becoming ubiquitous, the creations and techniques developed in the experimentation with new media pervade our environment from the facades of our buildings to the small communicative devices we stock in our pockets and the design of consumer products. In it, art and design encounter with technology and engineering. What is proposed here is a set of strategies arising from the free and playful activity developed on the intersections between art, engineering, architecture and social intervention, the Postdigital Strategies are rooted in the space of Embodied Virtuality and directed at the elaboration of a new poetics of the city, which is concerned with the speculative construction of programmable space. It becomes not an unrooted, homogenized and fragmented nowhere, jeopardized by the fuzzy relational systems of an imperceptible apparatus, but a space rooted in the specifics of the local and able to embrace difference, populated by open systems that foster participation and empowers citizens, able to be appropriated for new uses and where everybody can be engaged in its social production; the seeds for the new citizenship that Lefebvre claims in the Right of the City.
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Topcu, Hicran. "A Historic-contextual Approach For The Identification Of The Built Heritage In Historic Urban Areas: Case Of Galata District In Istanbul." Phd thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605233/index.pdf.
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ABSTRACT
A HISTORIC-CONTEXTUAL APPROACH FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BUILT HERITAGE IN HISTORIC URBAN AREAS:
CASE OF GALATA DISTRICT IN ISTANBUL
Topçu, Hicran Ph.D., Department of Architecture, Restoration Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ö
mü
r Bakirer July 2004, 230 pages The recent developments in the urban conservation theory has introduced a contextual perspective that gives further emphasis to the cultural integrity of the historic urban area which is created through the physical and non-physical relationships between the urban context and its components. In this perspective, the conventional identification tools of the urban conservation - the separate designation of the buildings and areas- come to be questioned, and re-formulated according to the demands created by this new holistic-contextual understanding of the heritage conservation. In this thesis, it is aimed to formulate a historic-contextual method for the identification of the built heritage. Re-establishing the links between the historic urban context and its components, and turning the inherent character of the area into an effective tool for the conservation of the area, we claim that such an approach would provide the necessary interface between the conservation and development, responding the requirements of both and providing a common base both for the action and research. The thesis comprises a conceptual part focusing on the historic-contextual aspects of the built heritage and a case study for the experimentation of the defined methodology. The case study is realized in the Galata district in Istanbul, which represents one of the richest examples in Turkey from the aspect of the availability of historic sources.
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Balkan, Ozlem. "Architectural Spaces Of Innovation The Case: Metu Technopolis." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12608111/index.pdf.
Full textAbstract:
Since the second half of twentieth century, the economic value of scientific work produced in academic settings has been increased, the terms of &lsquoScience Park&rsquo
, &lsquo
Technopark&rsquo
, &lsquo
Technopole&rsquo
and &lsquo
Technoburb&rsquo
are appeared. And these settlements attempt to stimulate and promote further use of the knowledge on a certain part of studies that can be put in commercial use. Consequently, the need for concerning the relations in between these technopark settings -within the university settings- and the social network they constitute occurred. This need brought new aspects in &lsquo
architecture of knowledge&rsquo
into consideration and found its reflection in the physical setting such as
the architectural spaces for innovation, and the social quality of spaces for the spatial performance issues. This spatial point of view is the issue that the study considers through the methodology of spatial data analysis based over social sciences. The study consigns the initial proposition of the analysis on the relationship between the spatial organization of the Technopark and its communal networks in spatial, communal and virtual mediums. The second proposition is the relationships whether in the consequence this relationship form spatial typologies or not. The focus of the study is a socio-spatial analysis of the interior public spaces of communal interaction within the technology producing factories, named as &ldquo
Technoparks&rdquo
. The study is basically circumscribed within the borders of the case
METU Technopolis&rsquo
s public or common spaces.
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Sonmez, Tugce. "Aspects Of Urban Seismic Risks: A Comparison Of Risk Factors In The Metropolitan Cities Of Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609739/index.pdf.
Full textAbstract:
Chronic seismic hazards and resulting secondary impacts are due to the geological
conditions of Turkey and the nature of current response mechanisms. Local know-how of
building and settlement that evolved over centuries eroded with the growth in population,
and the introduction of reinforced concrete building economics. This makes cities the most
vulnerable geographical and social entities in Turkey.
A basic formal reference of disaster management is the National Seismic Hazard Map
indicating zones of hazard probabilities which are directly related to different measures in
construction. This is hardly a sufficient disaster policy tool however, as cities may have very
different risk profiles independent from the hazard probabilities. City level risk variations are
not considered in the Seismic Hazard Map.
This study intends to establish indicators for different risk levels in urban areas other then
those implied by the National Seismic Hazard Map.
Apart from local morphological and geological conditions, attributes of building stock, rates
of unauthorized buildings and social conditions represent vulnerability indicators and could
be effective in the determination of local risk levels.
One specific description of risk levels is available in the obligatory reporting of the local
authorities about the "most likely level of disaster losses"
. This information, as an obligatory task of the governorates represents a local assessment of the most likely disaster losses and it is available from the GDDA. The city-level statistics of building stock on the other hand are available from the Turkish Statistical Institute. Correlation and Regression analyses are employed to determine what combinations of the independent variables might best denote city-level risks, and these may vary independently from their positions in the Hazard Map. The research may thus generate information for a more effective disaster policy.
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Kubilay, Ayse Belkis. "Crime Prevention By Means Of Urban Design Tools: The Case Of Istiklal Neighborhood, Ankara." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610916/index.pdf.
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The objective of this study is to seek the reasons of both the actual crime and fear of crime on urban streets, to evaluate the relationships between fear and physical attributes and to find out how physical attributes can help to reduce this. The study
aims at developing new urban design principles in order to decrease the crime risks for users in historic residential neighborhoods.
To do that, the study identifies the risky and unsecure spaces and potential places with high crime rates in Istiklal Neighborhood. The study also explains the relationship between crime and the design of the built environment and the role of
urban design tools in reducing the crime rate and creating safer places by the help of this case study, held in Istiklal Neighborhood, Ankara.
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Engur, Ozge. "Spaces Of Communication In High-rise Residential Buildings." Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615651/index.pdf.
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The aim of thesis is to evaluate criticisms directed to high-rise buildings which have firstly used for residential purposes with modernism in terms of their hindering social contact, and to explain in what kind of spaces the residents of high-rise building sustain their social and environmental contacts. This form was aimed to be used as the building type of high-rise, low density urban form in CIAM meeting for decreasing health problems created by industrialization on individuals. In contrast, Team 10 criticized high-rise residential buildings by propounding disposal of street and not gathering people by using green areas. They propounded the urban element which is low-rise spreading in horizontal as the form of increment of social connection.
In this study, principally diversified existence of social and environmental communication space are advocated in every urban environment depending on distinctive spatial organizations. Matrix study was made depending on height, density and coverage as three inputs of residential types, and the idea defended was tried to be proven. Communication spaces in high-rise residential buildings were analyzed in urban design and architecture scales. For this purpose, urban design scaled study was analyzed in the frame of territoriality which is related to the main topic of the thesis as residential area, and public and private space continuity types came into prominence. Architecture spaces constituting social and environmental contiguity spaces in high-rise residences were discussed in the frame of contemporary buildings and utopias. The explanation of diversified connection spaces in high-rise residential blocks will be hold.
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Pinarevli, Mehmet. "A Study On The Urban / Architectural Transformations In Kecioren District After 1990s." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606704/index.pdf.
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Ankara, being the capital, has been the most important city for the New Modern Turkish State on its way of establishing the modernity project of Turkey. The development of the urban planning projects proceeded on the basis of this aimed concept of the new society, carrying the privilege of being the symbol of the modern republic, prosperity and wealth.
Keçiö
ren is one of the main districts of Ankara. The main aim of this study is to analyze and describe the ideological departure of Keç
iö
ren from the concept of the &ldquo
modern&rdquo
Ankara, within the last ten years. Here the attitude of the municipality and its role as the agent of civil power leading the architectural and urban transformation of Keç
iö
ren from a district full of gecekondu to one full of &ldquo
decorated sheds&rdquo
will be discussed. Here, the term &ldquo
decorated shed&rdquo
, introduced by Robert Venturi, will be used for the explanation of the new architectural and urban elements Furthermore, the attitude of the society and the architects and contractors who are responsible for the actual case will be brought into argumentation. In this sense, other subsidiary terms will be used to explain the process of the case are
populism and politics, nationalism, the ideology of the Turkish nation (Tü
rklü
k), Turanism, Islamism and orientalism. Additionally, an important building in the district, the Estergon Castle, which has different characteristics from the other parts of the district, will be explained with the terms &ldquo
hyper-reality&rdquo
and &ldquo
kitsch&rdquo
by the explanations of Umberto Eco and Dorfles.
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Aydogdu, Ozlem. "Changes In The Meaning Of Type In Architecture Since Eighteenth Century." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607330/index.pdf.
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The need to define notions in one and a concrete way is actually a tendency to remove the contradictions that could blur their meanings. However, in the architectural discourse the different definitions and interpretations of a notion lead sometimes to an interesting and productive paradox through which a dual situation can emerge.
The notion of type as one of these instances gained such a duality in time throughout the accumulated thoughts that were studied in different times and conditions since the eighteenth century by scholars like Marc-Antoine Laugier, Quatremére de Quincy, Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand, Le Courbusier, Giulio Carlo Argan, Aldo Rossi, and Peter Eisenman. These conditions which occurred between the relations type-nature, type-machine and type-city have a common point in that type was seen as a principle, to explain the architectural attitude in a particular period. And in these periodical conditions it can be said that type has, actually, a visual (in Leandro Madrazo&
#8217
s terms) and non-visual (in Leandro Madrazo&
#8217
s terms) aspect which leads to a discrepant problem in that it is sometimes defined as sensible in the sense of a physical construction and sometimes defined as conceptual in the sense of a conceptual construct. Therefore, in using the outline of Anthony Vidler&
#8217
s essay the third typology as a loose framework in the context of a historical point of view from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century, the main problem of this thesis will be to expose this dual situation between the visual (sensible) and non-visual (conceptual) aspects of type. In addition, it is actually said that the visual aspect of type appeared in the sense how its non-visual aspect is re-constructed. Moreover, within its double-nature (in Leandro Madrazo&
#8217
s terms) type seems to have a potential and power for its transformation towards a key for reading the architectural process in a re-constructed continuity. And because of this re-construction it is possible to follow the continuity of architectural knowledge, which designates the changing boundaries of the architectural discipline and gives the means for a tendency to define it as autonomous.
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Uluturk, Gulcan. "Local Administrations And Disaster Risk Management In Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608018/index.pdf.
Full textAbstract:
Global policies in disaster management have radically changed since 1990s, shifting
the previously entrenched emphasis on emergency management, towards new
applications of risk management. A series of international declarations expressed the
determination and principles to reduce risks at every level, which were followed by
many national governments. The disaster management system in Turkey seems to
tend towards this approach, not necessarily based on an awareness of the global
trends, but due to the severe impacts of the 1999 events. Since no understanding and
political commitment for disaster mitigation prevails in Turkey, risk mitigation
planning at every level is yet far from being effective.
This claim constitutes the basic working hypothesis of the study. Verification of the
hypothesis is based on a comparative analysis of the organizational structures of the
selected countries, and a survey of recent local performance. The framework
developed by the Kobe Conference is employed in both analyses. The former
analysis indicated that despite the new institutional developments like &lsquoconstruction supervision&rsquo
and &lsquo
obligatory insurance&rsquo
, Turkey in its disaster policy is still far from a comprehensive mitigation approach in terms of the Kobe criteria. Although the laws of local administrations now contain new tasks of city-level disaster management, not only confusions between pre-disaster and post-disaster responsibilities prevail, but no operational guidance is given for the fulfillment these responsibilities. A whole range of activities are therefore in need of being streamlined into the tasks of urban planning in the reduction of disaster risks. With the amendment of laws, modification of the professional practice and the training of planners are expected.
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Abu-hilal, Ashraf Hashem. "The Changing Architectural Style Realized In The Palestinian Domistic Vernacular Architecture During The End Of 19th / Beginning Of 20th Centuries - Case Study From Hebron." Phd thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610355/index.pdf.
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This thesis studies human habitat in Palestine focusing on the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. This period, had witnessed changes on social texture, which was reflected on
human habitation at various levels of: site and plan organization, size of dwellings and
architectural form. The study presents a clear understanding of traditional dwellings of Alkhalil
(Hebron), by placing them within their architectural and social contexts. The
appearance of central hall house was part of this changeit was part of a fashion spread at the newly established neighborhoods of many Palestinian towns. Those houses are in the form of individual structures located in a defined property or garden surrounding each. A large group of buildings of this type of houses in Al-khalil are studied. Measured site survey supports the main hypothesis doing at how this fashion is found in Palestine as in other surrounding towns. The outcomes form the case study catalog focusing on Al-khalil
are compared with earlier dwelling (hosh) and with similar houses from surrounding Palestinian towns in growing circles. The main hypotheses establish the nature of this change, thus the analysis of the former and the later. To do this the earlier (Hosh) dwelling is being studied at different levels and periods. The site survey helped in understanding the traditional architectural and social values, which are maintained by the central-hall house inhabitants
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Bayhan, Fikret. "Impacts Of Planning Decisions In An Earthquake Vulnerable City: The Case Of Adapazari." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12612115/index.pdf.
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Much emphasis has been given to the damages and loss experienced in the 1999 earthquakes
with little research however on the social and administrative causes, and in particular on the
consequences of malpractice of planning previous to the natural hazard. Reviewing the case
of Adapazari, the three succesive periods of plan making and implementation are critically
investigated here to establish the extent that planning decisions of the local authorities and
their modes of enforcement have generated adverse results causing the loss of many Lifes.
The analysis required the combination of data sources on plan decisions and the
consequences of the disaster, accommodated in the different authorities. Surveying the scope
and decisions of 1957-70, 1970-85, and 1985-99 plan periods, and comparing these decisions
in their spatial context with the loss and damage experienced, provides sufficent evidence of
the causality. It is possible to identify that decisions of increased densities and building
higher, changes to commercial uses in the CBD, siting of individual buildings, removal of
open spaces all had their share in contributing the dramatic panaroma of losses.
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Findings indicate strong correlations of loss of life with increased number of floors in
buildings in the 27 districts of Adapazari. It is particularly evident that greatest damages
occured due to the 1985 plan decisions, when all powers of comprehensive plan-making
were transferred to the local authorities, central authority control powers being removed.
So long as local interests can not be curbed in plan preparation avoiding control with
reference to the criteria of &lsquopublic benefit&rsquo
, many other cities in Turkey are likely to have similar fate in the near future.
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Söderman, Viktoria. "Dirty Geometry : Searching for a queer architecture in Stockholm city." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-229840.
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For whom do we draw buildings? Why does contemporary architecture look the way it does?Why are certain aesthetics considered more valid than others? With this project, I propose Dirty Geometry: norm-bending design that could challenge conventions within the field of architecture. It is an investigation of concepts such as ugliness, beauty, architecture and the human body, interiority, femininity and ”bad taste”. The purpose is to, with the aid of parametric design processes, make Stockholm less boring and more dirty. Dirty Geometry is both the creative process sprung from one’s personal desires, and the resulting design. It aims to celebrate the weird, playful and colorful in an empowering way. This thesis project draws a lot of inspiration from camp aesthetics and drag culture, because of the way humour is used in a subversive way to question gender identities, power structures and norms.
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Bilgi, Elif Mihcioglu. "The Physical Evolution Of The Historic City Of Ankara Between 1839 And 1944: A Morphological Analysis." Phd thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12612024/index.pdf.
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The historic core of Ankara, has been subject to a rapid change and deterioration increasingly after 1950s, losing most of its original qualities. This thesis analyzes the spatial evolution of the historic city from 1839 to 1940s with the objective to restitute the preexisting urban fabric and the transformation that took place before 1950s. The Early Republican period was critical in the transformation of the historic core as well as in the development of Ankara that was to be shaped as the &lsquomodel city&rsquo
for other Turkish cities. The Old City, which constituted the center of the new capital is studied with a morphological approach in order to restitute the original form and structure of the physical environment and to clarify the changes in the subsequent periods in relation with the socio-economic and institutional structure. Mainly depending on the cartographic materials belonging to the research periods, the study focuses on the physical evolution of the historic city through comparison on the basis of three principal items: urban fabric, urban circulation network and land use pattern. Situating the historic core within the whole Ankara, the research puts special emphasis on the impact of fires and the effects of the planning activity in the related period. The morphological analysis illustrated that the historic core of Ankara was subject to a substantial transformation during the Early Republican period as a result of the interventions brought by the reconstruction plans and piecemeal decisions.
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Dogru, Evrim. "Issues Of Sustainable Development In Local And Global Context: The Case Of Mugla." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608013/index.pdf.
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The sustainable development concept has entered the urban planning agenda of Turkey mainly after Habitat II Conference held in Istanbul in 1996. Turkey is trying to adopt the experiences of developed countries to improve the planning system including the sustainable development criteria. In this study, planning experience of Mugla is selected as a case study to criticize and evaluate on the changing planning process of cities in Turkey in terms of sustainable development criteria, which requires new approaches that are integrative and participative between local and global context.
In the case of Mugla, the urban form has shaped according to the development areas declared in the plans as additional districts to the traditional city since 1930sthat is, the result was not sustainable in the long run because of some environmental, socio-economic and political values. In the thesis, the problems of the case related to planning experience through sustainable development objectives are stated and solutions are proposed for a sustainable city.
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Torabi, Elnaz. "Improving Urban Facades As An Intervention Into The Built Environment The Case Of Facade Improvement Application Along The Protocol Highway Of Ankara, A Route From Aydinlikevler District To Esenboga Airport." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610958/index.pdf.
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When human constructs the physical surrounding, a psychological environment of meanings is being created, accompanying the world of shapes and masses. Interventions into built environment affect the meanings extracted from the composition of the physical setting and the response of people to design strategies reveals the importance of them.
The entrance spine of a city is important in creating an image of the city in the minds of the observers, and the protocol highway of Ankara introduces the city to other countries’
leaders and visitors. So any intervention into this highway will affect the symbolic image formed. As such, attaching claddings onto visible faç
ades of buildings in terms of beautification changes the appearance of the streetscape, and Municipality&
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s approach to faç
ade improvement does not heed the prestige of this corridor
being an application rather than a well-advised project. This thesis aims to study the quality of the streetscape under the principles of design in terms of objective and subjective dimensions with respect to the physical characteristics of the setting and people&
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s interpretations from it, and the objective of this study is to question the success of this intervention with regard to solutions to improve the quality of the streetscape. To this end evaluative analyses are studied in the second chapter and the third chapter introduces a matrix of design principles. According to these evaluations, most design concerns are being underestimated, resulting in the monotony of the streetscape but the streetscape appears to be visually more ordered compared to the past.
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Gadelha, Kaciano Barbosa. "Um Barulho na Cidade: Cultura Juvenis e EspaÃo Urbano." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2007. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=3471.
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgicoEssa dissertaÃÃo trata da relaÃÃo entre as culturas juvenis e o espaÃo urbano a partir dos espaÃos de lazer. O espaÃo investigado foi o Noise 3D Club, estabelecimento localizado na Ãrea do entorno do Centro Cultural DragÃo do Mar. O autor discute as relaÃÃes entre os estilos musicais e o modo de apropriaÃÃo da cidade, dando Ãnfase ao aspecto subjetivo e Ãs dinÃmicas temporais das culturas juvenis. Os procedimentos metodolÃgicos utilizados consistiram na realizaÃÃo de entrevistas, trabalho de campo (observaÃÃo participante) e pesquisa em arquivos. O autor conclui apontando uma percepÃÃo das culturas juvenis na cidade contemporÃnea cada vez mais atravessadas pela efemeridade e transitoriedade dos laÃos sociais que se estabelecem.
This dissertation deals with the relation between youth cultures and urban space in reference to the leisure spaces. The empirical reference area chosen was Noise 3D club, a night club in the area of Centro Cultural DragÃo do Mar in Fortaleza. The author discusses the relations between musical styles and the symbolic appropriation forms of the city, with emphasis in the subjective aspect and in the temporal dynamic of youth cultures. The methodological procediments consisted in interviews, fieldwork (participant observation) and research in archives. The author concludes with a perception of the youth cultures in the contemporary city where the ephemeral character of the established social links is every more time present.