reklam

01 June 2004 Tuesday

Prof.Dr. Mehmet Ocakçı made a speech titled "Urban Form Characteristics." He mentioned some theories developed for the urban space and explained the urban form characteristics by concepts such as texture, continuity, consecutiveness, repetitive rhythm, direction, similarity, transparency, dominancy, volume and closed ness, shape, ratio, hierarchy, size, scale and time.

The second spokesperson of the seminar, Prof.Dr. Atilla Yücel made a presentation titled "Architectural Object as a Social Artifact in Urban Development - A Case Study." He gave information about a shopping center he designed in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, in parallel with the properties of historical regions taken as a reference. Yücel emphasized that Podgorica was a city undergoing rapid transformation and the project met the requirements of development and transformation of such a city. He mentioned about a project affecting the city and also the city affecting a project.

Prof.Dr. Peter Kellett of Newcastle University, made a speech titled "The Construction of Home in the Informal City" and talked about the establishment of cities, the context and the development. He quoted impressions he had in 5 years in Latin America and provided information regarding the squatter housing definitions there.

Kellett emphasized that the analysis of a city should not be done solely by looking at it but also by spending time, even by living there for a time period. He provided visual proofs displaying the role economic factors play in the change of residential developments.

Workshop studies continued in the classroom and computer lab provided by Istanbul Technical University.

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