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Archipelago as a tool to study urban form: the case of Ankara
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)In the literature on urban morphology, the city and urbanization are considered two antithetical forms since urbanization as a term was coined by Cerda. There is a dichotomy between the practices of these two terms regarding ... -
Bruno Taut, Weltanschauung and the concept of dwelling
(Bilkent University, 2021-04)Among the building types that concern Bruno Taut, dwelling (Wohnung) is one of the most important. Therefore, it is inevitable to consider dwelling (Wohnung) in a distinct category from Taut's other architectural creations. ... -
Building of a “new” architectural tradition in Kyrgyzstan: the case study of the open air park “Manas Ayili”
(Bilkent University, 2020-01)Kyrgyzstan experienced very critical moment during a transition from the Soviet Union state into new independent republic. Despite being rooted in the rich history of great civilizations and cultural traditions, there was ... -
Female experience of space: readings from two novels
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)This thesis aims to reveal the spatial experience of Turkish women throughout time in the light of cultural and political changes in space and society through analysis of novels. The lived spaces are the loci of human ... -
Prospects, policies and practices of mass housing in Turkey, 1960s – 1980s: housing the middle class with the Sincan – Elvanköy New Town experiment
(Bilkent University, 2022-08)The thesis comparatively examines the mutual dynamics of the housing problem in distinctive settings to track the traces of housing policies and practices in Turkey. After the proclamation of the Republic, the housing ... -
Public use of urban squares: a human behavior study of Kızılay and Ulus square
(Bilkent University, 2021-09)This study aims to consider the importance of interconnection between stationary activity and public physical space in urban studies. The amounts of stationary activities generally stand for the quality of urban public ... -
Smart cities; analyzing themes and concepts of smartness in urban environments
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Cities are grappled with a plethora of socio-political and environmental problems that necessitate the new type of solution models and strategies; such as, environmental pollution, scarcity of resources, cyber-attacks, and ... -
Tracing conservative modernization of Turkey between 2010-2020: school architecture in Istanbul’s Historical Peninsula
(Bilkent University, 2021-01)Modernization in all fields, including architecture, is on Turkey’s ideological agenda since the late Ottoman period. From that time, different understandings of modernization have been attempted, and reaching the last one ...
