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Sep. 2021 European Association for Architectural Education Association Européenne pour l’Enseignement de l’Architecture NEWS SHEET Secretariat AEEA-EAAE April/Avril 2001 Kasteel van Arenberg B-3001 Leuven Bulletin 1/2001 tel ++32/(0)16.321694 fax ++32/(0)16.321962 59 [email protected] http://www.eaae.be Announcements/Annonces Re-integrating Theory and Design in Architectural Education / Réintégration de la Théorie et de la Conception dans l’Enseignement Architectural 19th EAAE CONFERENCE, 23-26 May 2001 A Comment From Ankara and Gazi University on the Threshold of the 19th EAAE Conference Dr. Esra Akin Fidanoglu Students at Gazi University 1 Ankara City people have a Modern kind of living; there is a As far as it is understood, we are in a synchronicity flux between the work, home and leisure in Henri age where the juxtapositions, the superimpositions, Lefebvre’s words. However, there are several the breaks take place and make the world a web universities which enrich the activities in the city. which connects the separate points to each other As one of the biggest universities in Turkey Gazi without a continuity according to Michael University is a real heterotopia in Ankara. Content/Contenu Foucault. Isn’t it true? Then it is also true that this 1 Announcements system is a must for the big number of people who Annonces 2 come from different parts of the world to live Gazi University , Faculty of Engineering and 5 Editorial 3 together in the same city. That is why the hetero- Architecture Editorial genity in the metropolis is a way of giving people The faculty’s background is based on three poly- 7 Interview the freedom to live his/her own reality. In the other technics established in 1966, 1967 and 1968. In Interview words, the relationships between the originally 1973 the polytechnics became one academy. Since 13 Article powerful places (“heterotopias” in Foucault’s 1982 it has been within the structure of the Gazi Article words) structure our lives in the flux (G. Deleuze, University as the Faculty of Engineering and 17 Reports F.Guattari) of the everyday life (in Henri Lefebvre’s Architecture. The Faculty has 3700 students and Rapports words). The heterotopias take their power from the 329 academic staff in seven departments 25 Varia well-defined and persistent structure of the activi- (Electrical-Electronic Engineering, Industrial Divers ties taking place. Here the power is to attract the Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical 27 EAAE Council Information masses and become the reason for a big flux. Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information du conseil AEEA Architecture, City and Urban Planning). The 28 Calendar The metropolis is a very near future for Ankara Faculty is placed within the 70.000 m2 closed area. Calendrier having a population of almost four million. There are different cultures, different types of activities, The Department of Architecture has a well-estab- different kinds of social attitudes living next to lished status in Turkey with the fourth highest Editor/Editrice each other. In this presentation Ankara is seen as a grade in the central examination system. The Anne Elisabeth Toft pile of heterotopias. It will be easy to understand languages of education are 70 % Turkish and 30 % Editorial Assistance and dtp Ankara by its several faces. English. Troels Rugbjerg Announcements/Annonces The professional tradition of our department is communication and democratic atmosphere in the based on strengthening the intellectual dimension department. of the professional qualifications of the future architects. While some of our students work for the Academic and practicing studies are done individ- government or the big firms, some of them consti- ually and in groups by personal choice. Our tute a big percentage of architects in Turkey who department does not make any demands, but have private firms making their living on the archi- rewards the success of the researches and the tectural design contests. designs. Our students publish a magazine including their The primary agenda of the faculty in the near ideas on architecture and on the academic staff. future is to accredit the education system to west- ern universities in order to give our students a chance to become international. ■ Department of Architecture4 The teaching method in our department is based on introducing different design and educational 1. Technical information is available at tendencies in architecture. There are four ateliers http://www.turkiye.com having not only the full-time academic architects but also the part-time practising architects, except 2. Technical information is available at the Basic Design ateliers that have a vertical educa- http://gazi.edu.tr tion system in common; the studies of the fifth- semester students take place in the same atelier and 3. Technical information is available at they are influenced by each other in order to http://www.mmf.gazi.edu.tr increase the multiplicity of the ideas. For the same reason, a student cannot attend to the same atelier 4. Technical information is available at in both semesters of the academic year. The Final http://mim.mmf.gazi.edu.tr Project is a structure establishing the relationship between the four ateliers in a forum atmosphere and lets the students design their own projects by taking only three critiques during a semester. The construction lessons gradually become advanced parallel to the design studios. Our aim is to give the student a chance to establish his/her own ideas on architecture, and design a project according to this ideal; in other words to stand on his/her own two feet. The evaluation system is directed at not only the final product (the project) but also the develop- ment of the student during the educational process. The personal tendency of the staff member occurs not only as a satisfactory mark but as a concrete system. 30 % of the student’s mark is given in the sketching exam made during the semester. CAD is included in the teaching as a tool of repre- sentation. But the students are not prevented from improving their design methods by CAD. The academic subjects including the policy of the school is open to be questioned by all members of the department; from the research assistants to the professors. This system constitutes a strong News Sheet 59 April/Avril 2001 2 Announcements/Annonces Re-integrating Theory and Design in Architectural Education / Réintégration de la Théorie et de la Conception dans l’Enseignement Architectural 19th EAAE CONFERENCE, 23-26 May 2001 Gazi University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Ankara, Turkey Gazi University, Rector’s Building Academics and professionals involved in the Questions: courses as jurors, teachers, instructors, advisors, etc., develop separated approaches to architectural ● How can we facilitate the communication education. This dilemma creates a gap between between academics and designers? theoretical discourse of academics and empirical approaches of designers in architectural education. ● How can we manage or construct the curricu- In order to avoid an even wider gap, theory and lum of schools of architecture in order to ensure design should be re-integrated and their unity the possibility of re-integration? should be reconstructed in architectural education. Team work and maintained communication ● How can we describe and organize a design between academics and professionals in a design course which enhances the communication course may provide for re-integration. between the instructors with either academic or professional background? In this context, the aim of the conference is to explore the teaching methods and pedagogical strategies that addresses the emerging paradigm of re-integration of theory and design. 3 News Sheet 59 April/Avril 2001 Announcements/Annonces For further information and details Aim The Organizing Committee: the conference organisers can be The conference aims to create a forum of discus- contacted at the addresses below. sion where issues and topics of mutual interest can ● Berrin Akgün be debated in relation to architectural education, ● Dr. Adnan Aksu both on a theoretical and an experimental base, ● Dr. Esin Boyacıoglu Organizing Committee which can bring together scholars, students, profes- ● Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Çaglar (chairman) G.U.M.M.F. Department of Architecture sors, administrators, practitioners, etc. from vari- ● Dr. Nurçin Çelik Celal Bayar Bulvari, Maltepe ous countries. ● Ylhan Kesmez 06570 Ankara/TURKEY ● Gönül Tavman tel ++90/312/231.74.00 /2646 ● Dr. Zeynep Uludag fax ++90/312/230.84.34 Structure ● Gülsu Ulukavak [email protected] The conference will be defined as a working http://www.min.mmf.gazi.edu.tr conference with plenary sessions, paper presenta- tions and poster sessions.