İstanbul: Layers of history, culture, architecture

8-12 April 2010

AIA Continental Europe International Conference and Chapter Meeting

Program, 8 Mar 2010, subject to change. Full registration with optional Monday yields 22.5 CEUs, 20.5 of HSW and 5.5 of SD. Even with the exchange rate and late registration, one would still be hard pressed to beat that CES value!

Thursday, 08 April
Time Description CEUs
16:00-19:00 Registration (Architectural Sketching Workshop: “Utopias for İstanbul”, starts by registration. See explanations in registration package.)
19:00-20:00 Cocktail reception
20:00 Buffet dinner
Friday, 09 April
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Opening remarks by:
  • Charles Croigny, President, AIACE 2010
  • Bulend Tuna, President, Chamber of Architects of Turkey
  • Dogan Hasol, President, Building Information Center (YEM)
  • Zekai Gorgulu, Professor and Dean, YTU Faculty of Architecture
  • Murat Soygenis, Chair, Organizing Committee AIACE İstanbul 2010
  Session A 1.5 (HSW)
09:30-11:00 Keynote Lecture: “Inventions”, Peter Cook, Architect, England
11:00-11:30 Opening of Exhibition: “Platform for architecture”
  Coffee-tea break
  Session B1.5 (HSW)
11:30-13:00 Panel: “Layers of Architecture Through History”
  • “Building the Contemporary in the late-Ottoman- early-Republican İstanbul”, Irem Maro Kiris, Asst. Prof. PhD, Faculty of Architecture & Design, Bahcesehir Univ
  • “Promenades of İstanbul: Strolling through the Historic Peninsula”, Sema Soygenis, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Faculty Architecture & Design, Bahcesehir Univ
  • “Scanning İstanbul: Strata, juxtapositions, assemblages and unconscious transmutations”, Murat Germen, Lecturer, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Sabanci Univ
13:00-13:15 Q&A
13:15-14:15 Lunch (Brown bag): Loay Quota, AIA et al. will speak about the formation of a bew Middle East/Northern Africa chapter of the Institute
14:30 Bus departure for Tour 1
  Session C 2.5 (HSW)
14:45-18:45 Tour 1 / Architecture of Sultanahmet and Fener-Balat
14:45-16:45 Area 1 / Sultanahmet area highlights (All tours are by Ahmet Ozbilge, UON)
16-45-17:15 Buses transfer from Area 1 to Area 2
17:15-18:45 Area 2 / Fener-Balat
18:45-19:15 Buses return to conference venue
  Session D 1 (HSW)
19:30-20:30 Keynote Lecture: “City planning and urban life”, Cengiz Bektas, Architect, İstanbul
20:30 Dinner on your own
Saturday, 10 April
  Session E 1
8:30-9:30 Panel: “City as Inspiration”
  • “Islamic architectural patterns and computer technology”, Fulya O. Akipek, Sebnem Y. Cinici, Members of Computer Aided Design Unit, Faculty of Architecture, Yildiz Technical University
  • “İstanbul Han Buildings and Their Typological Analysis”, Salih Ofluoglu, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Department of Informatic, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
09:30-09:45 Q&A
10:00 Bus departure for Tour 2
  Session F 2 (HSW&SD)
10:15-12:45 Tour 2 / Yildiz Technical University Campus and Buyukdere Avenue
12:45 Bus continues from Maslak area for Tour 3
13:00-14:00 Lunch (Brown bag lunch in a public park near boat departure point by Bosphorus)
  Session G 2.5 (HSW)
14:15-17:00 Tour 3 / Bosphorus in history and its architecture
  Session H 1
17:30-19:00 Architectural Sketching Workshop: “Utopias for İstanbul”
  Workshop Moderators:
  • Omur Barkul, Assoc. Prof. PhD, Faculty of Architecture, Yildiz Technical Univ.
  • Cengiz Bektas, Architect, İstanbul
  • Burcu Celik, Architect, İstanbul
  • Peter Cook, Architect, England
  • Yael Reisner, Architect, England
  • Irem Maro Kiris, Asst. Prof. PhD, Faculty of Architecture & Design, Bahcesehir Univ.
  • Suha Ozkan, Chairman, World Architecture Community
  • Murat Soygenis, AIA and Chair, Organizing Committee AIACE İstanbul 2010
  • Bora Soykut, Architect, İstanbul
  Session I 1 (HSW)
19:00-20:00 Keynote Lecture: “Urban Planning Efforts in İstanbul during Republican Period”, Zekai Gorgulu, Professor and Dean, YTU Faculty of Architecture
20:15 Bus departure from venue to gala dinner
20:30 Gala dinner at Suda Kebap
Sunday, 11 April
  Session J 1.5 (HSW&SD)
8:30-10:00 “Building Envelope” (corporate partner presentation): John E. Fowler, Marvin Windows and Doors; Dana K. Carlson, Solatube  
10:00-12:00 AIACE Chapter Meeting  
12:00-12:15 Lunches distributed  
12:15 Bus departure for Tour 4  
12:30-13:00 Picnic lunch at or near site  
  Session K 2 (HSW&SD)
13:00-15:00 Tour 4 / Social Security Complex (Tour by Irem M. Kiris)  
15:00-15:15 Buses return to conference venue  
15:15 End of conference, return to hotels and free time  
Monday, 12 April
  Optional Extension Day (Minimum 10 participants required for these tours)
  Session L 3 (HSW&SD)
09:00-12:00 Tour 5 / Topkapi Palace
12:00-14:00 Lunch on your own
  Session M 2 (HSW)
14:00-16:00 Tour 6 / Covered Bazaar
16:00 Free time in İstanbul: (Recommended visits to: Archeological Museum and Chora Museum)
 

Note:

  1. All lectures will be followed by a Q&A period.
  2. All tours including on extension day are by Ahmet Ozbilge (UON), Sociologist and Professional Guide