Scholarly Publications - Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

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    At the threshold of architecture
    (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2001-05) Altınyıldız, N.; Nalbantoğlu, G. B.
    In structuring the programme of our interior design studio, we questioned two assumptions that are central to the discourse of modern architecture: the site being empty of its unique traits, images, stories; and the user being devoid of human subjectivities, perception, imagination, memory. The two projects we relate here, titled Interpretations and (Dis)connections, address threshold/boundary conditions. Throughout four stages of Interpretations, we tried to challenge the concepts of ‘empty space’ and ‘universal man’ either by leaving site as well as user outside of our construct or capitalizing specifically on their entire load. (Dis)connections, on the other hand, was based on interpretations of a film, a reference outside the functional paradigms of architecture. Themes/constructs/patterns identified in the film generated design ideas, then programmes, sites and, finally, designs through a sequence of transitions and transformations. This entire process enabled the reconsideration of relations between building/site and building/user and other provided possibilities for questioning the boundaries of the discipline of architecture itself.
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    Speaking (of) architecture
    (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2002-05) Nalbantoğlu, G. B.; Altınyıldız, N.
    To stimulate seeing, thinking and ‘speaking’ architecture in ways other than conventional practice dictates, we devised two projects for second year interior architecture students. We identified prior architectural constructs, a tower in one case and two parallel walls in the other, and questioned how they could be imagined differently. Alongside the objects, we assigned activities which did not lend themselves to be housed in given architectural types: clowning, unicycling, acrobacy, fortune‐telling. The challenge of establishing meaningful links between the objects and the designated activities initiated architectural reinterpretations at various levels. The two problems diverged at this point: the project entitled ‘Wall of Entertainment’ resulted in the transformation of the object whereas ‘Towers’ involved the mutation of the activity. Seemingly intact entities generated new forms, presumably ordinary functions yielded unusual narratives. In each case, ordinarily unheeded components of architectural constructs and programs were explored, producing unconventional designs.