DESIGNTRAIN CONGRESS - TRAILER II:

DESIGNING DESIGN EDUCATION

Modern Education in Architectural Design Basics


 5-7 June 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ORGANIZERS:
KTU
KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE,
TRABZON, TURKEY

ELIA
EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF INSTITUTES OF THE ARTS,
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

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THURSDAY 5 JUNE

09.00-10.00      
Registration

Opening Speeches

10.00?11.00      
Asu Besgen Gencosmanoglu, DESIGNTRAIN Project Manager, Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Welcome to DESIGNTRAIN

11.00?12.30
Bryan Lawson, Keynote Speaker
Dean, Faculty of Architectural Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, Author of ?How Designers Think?, ?What Designers Know?, ?Language of Space?, ?Design in Mind?.
Creating Design Expertise

 

Parallel Group 1

Session 1
13.30-14.30
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions: Psychology, Pedagogy, Learning
Chair: Iakovos Potamianos

Brian Dougan
Texas A&M University, College of Architecture, Texas, USA
Pedagogy

 

Irina Solovyova, Upali Nanda
College of Architecture, Interior Design Program, San Antonio, Texas, USA
An Embodied Approach to Learning at the Beginning Design Level

 

Greg Watson
Mississippi State University, College of Architecture, Art and Design, Mississippi, USA
The Burden of Beginning: Understanding the Mind of the Novice Through a Model of Incompetence

 

Session 2
13.30-14.30
Globalization Versus Localization in Design Education: Culture, Tradition, Local
Chair: Nilgun Kuloglu

Veyis Ozek, Gulay Dalgýc
Trakya University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Edirne, Turkey
An Essay on Evaluating Personal-Subjective and Local-Cultural Factors in Design Education

 

Kiymet Sancar, Sengul Yalcinkaya Erol
Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Trabzon, Turkey
Investigation of Cultural Affects on Design Education

 

Genco Berkin, Ipek Fitoz, Ildem Aytar
Halic University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Structures and Form as a Territorial Entity

 

Sule Aybar
Bilkent University, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Ankara, Turkey
Globalization Versus Regionalization: Change in Climate, Change in Education

 

Session 3
14.30-15.30
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions: Philosophy
Chair: Manfredo Manfredini

Markus Breitschmid
Virginia Technical University, School of Architecture and Design, Virginia, USA
The Teaching of Philosophical and Architectural Thought in the Beginning Year of Architectural Education

 

Iakovos Potamianos
University of Thessaloniki, Fine Arts School, Rafina, Greece
From Poetics to Topology: Paths to Design Inspiration

 

Constantinos (Kosti) Keventsides
University of Democritus, Thrace, Greece
An Imaginary First Year Design Course

 

Aysegul Kuruc Ada, Ece Postalci Altinkaya, Selim Okem
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Communication for the Motivation of First Year Design Education

 

Session 4
14.30-1530
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions
Chair: Asu Besgen Gencosmanoglu

Nazan Kirci, Betul Koc
Gazi University Department of Architecture, Ankara, Turkey
Turkish Students?  First Experiences in Design Education

 

Ece Kumkale
Gazi University, Department of Architecture, Ankara Turkey
Discovering the Personal Reason for Architecture Education

 

Lerzan Aras
Halic University, Istanbul, Turkey
From Social Studies Chapter III, to ?Neverland?... Doubt, Tension, Disillusion in The First Steps and the Transition from Observer to Actor...

 

Session 5
15.50-16.50
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions: Creativity, Imagination
Chair: Greg Watson

Ali Guney
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Delft, The Netherlands
Synchronization of Mental Abilities

 

Ulrike Böhm, Katja Benfer, Cyrus Zahiri
Berlin Institute of Technology, Department of Object Planning and Design, Berlin, Germany, University of Kassel, Faculty of Architecture Urban Planning and Landscape Planning, Department of Landscape Architecture and Design, Kassel, Germany
The Design Process Between Imagination, Implementation and Evaluation

 

Kathryn L. Bedette
Southern Polytechnic State University, Architecture Department, USA
Manfredo Tafuri and Jean-Paul Sartre Walk into a Bar and Order Half a Glass of Beer (Or, Operations of Substance and Meaning for the Beginning Design Student)

 

Session 6
15.50-16.50
Experiencing and Comprehending First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions: Scopes, Courses and Lectures 
Chair: Frances Hsu

Simon Beeson, Anthony Holness
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, UK
Introducing Design Studio Learning in Architecture

 

Mariagrazia Leonardi
University of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Comprehending First Year Design Education: Course of Architectural Design _Faculty of Architecture -Syracuse - A.A. 2007-08

 

Burcin Kurtuncu, Sait Ali Koknar, Pelin Dursun
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Decoding Spatial Knowledge and Spatial Experience

 

Katherina Allo
Universitas Pelita Harapan, Department of Architecture, Karawaci, Indonesia
Soul Searching - Shall We Dance?

 

FRIDAY 6 JUNE

10.00-11.00
Alexandros Tombazis, Keynote Speaker
Meletitiki-Alexandros N. Tombazis and Associates Architects Ltd., Athens, Greece, Author of ?Letter to A Young Architect?
From Theory to Praxis, From Praxis to Theory: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Session 7
11.20-12.30
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions
Chair: Manfredo Manfredini

Tugyan Aytac Dural
Baskent University, Faculty of Fine Arts Design and Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Ankara, Turkey
Beginning from the Beginning: The Dynamic Character of Beginning Design Education

 

Richard Knoll, Henri Praeger
Brandenburg Technical University,  Cottbus, Germany
The ?Cottbus Experiment? - Three Fields of Competence

 

Abdulmounim T. Ali
Ajman University of Science & Technology, Faculty of Engineering, UAE
The Vision of Design Training Program at Ajman University of Science &Technology (Ways of Teaching in Design Education),

 

Session 8
11.20-12.30
Enjoying First Year Design Education: Ability and Motivation
Chair: Ali Asasoglu

Hare Karakus, Tulay Samlioglu
Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Creative Drama: An Alternative in Architectural Education

 

Levent Aridag, Nermin Ciftci
Beykent University, Engineering & Architecture Faculty, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey, Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Education, Istanbul, Turkey
Warm Up - Game - Goal

 

Asu Besgen Gencosmanoglu, Erkan Aydintan, Emre Engin
Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Trabzon, Turkey, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Trabzon, Turkey
Once Upon a Time, There was a Story in the Name of Design

 

Akin Sevinc
Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Sketching Lessons from Utopias: Transforming a Building Site to a Recreational Site

 

Session 9
13.30-14.30
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions
Chair: Frances Hsu

Selen Abbasoglu, Asu Tozan Kiessel
Girne American University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Interior Design, Girne, Cyprus
Structuring the First Year Design Studio

 

Mohammad Ali Yaghan, Rejan Ashour
German Jordanian University, College of Architecture and Design, Jordan
The Battle of Grids: Preparing First Year Students for their Upcoming Design Studies in Jordan

 

Tan Kamil Gurer, Zeynep Yazicioglu Halu
Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey, Yeditepe University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Experimental and Creative Design Method for the First Year Architectural Design Studio

 

Stephen Temple
University of Texas San Antonio, College of Architecture, San Antonio, Texas, USA
First Class / First Project: To Raise Inquiry about Design through Making

 

Session 10
13.30-14.30
Communication in First Year Design Education: Cooperation, Presentation and Expression
Chair: Asu Besgen Gencosmanoglu

Didem Beduk Tuncel, Hilal Akcal Ugurlu, Mehtap Doganca, Hande Z. Altinok, Banu Baseski Garip, Korcan Ozbek
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey, Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey, Kadir Has University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Interior Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
An Approach to Collective Studies Between Universities and A Workshop: ?Space: From Element to the Whole

 

Selin Emir, Hande Duzgun
Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
A Research on Architectural Concepts at First Year Design Studio

 

Saitali Koknar
Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Footloose

 

Session 11
14.50-15.50
Experiencing First Year Design Education:  Activities and Impressions
Chair: Ali Asasoglu

Bahar Aksel
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Istanbul, Turkey
Conflicts in Scale, Conflicts in Profession

 

Ipek Ozbek Sonmez, Sebnem Gokcen Dundar, Muhammed Aydogan, Erdal Onur Diktas, Neriman Yorur
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir, Turkey
Design for Cultural Diversity

 

Oya Akin, Nilgun Erkan, Bora Yerliyurt
Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Istanbul, Turkey
From Traditional to Modern: Methodology of Neighborhood Unit Design

 

Ahmet Melih Oksuz
Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Urban And Regional Planning, Trabzon, Turkey
The First Project (Studio) Experience in the Urban Planning Education: The Testing of a Method

 

Session 12
14.50-15.50
Supporting First Year Design Education: Contribution by Cooperation and Networking: Technology
Chair: Greg Watson

Dilay Guney, Fitnat Cimsit
Beykent University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Experimentation versus Ready-Knowledge,

 

Juan M. Otxotorena, Javier Anton
Universidad de Navarra, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Navarra, Spain
Is Computer Something ?Dangerous? for Students in a First Step of Architectural Education?

 

Aldo Cesar Faga
University of Catania, Architecture Faculty of Siracusa, Siracusa, Italy
A Walk Through The Field

 

Gamze Kaymak Heinz
Technical University Vienna, Wien, Austria
Research and Training in the Field: An Example of Cad-Supported Drawing Documentation on the Mausoleum of Belevi / Turkey

 

SATURDAY 7 JUNE

10.00-11.00
Sengul Oymen Gur, Keynote Speaker
Head, Building Sciences, Faculty of Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey, Editor of A. U. Journal of Science and Technology and Educational Technologies, Author of ?Spatial Organization?, ?House Culture?, Co-Author of ?Children and Environmental Psychology: Design Implications of the Cognitive Evaluations of School Environments by Primary School Children?, ?Spaces for Children?
What is Creative? Creativity in Architectural Theory, Practice and Education

Session 13
11.20-12.30
Dreaming First Year Design Education: Utopias, Expectations and Reality
Chair: Nazan Kirci

Hayat Zengin Unverdi, Evren Erdin
Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Getting Entertained at First Year Design Studio: Talent and Motivation DESIGNTAINMENT (Designing with Entertainment for Motivation)

 

Ozgen Osman Demirbas
Bilkent University, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Ankara, Turkey
An Experiential Learning Journey: Basic Design Studio,

 

Salih Salbacak
Halic University, Department of Interior Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Starting Design Education ?Basic Design Course?

 

Ebru Cubukcu, Gozde Eksioglu
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir, Turkey
Three Dimensional Space Perception and Basic Design Education

 

Session 14
11.20-12.30
Supporting First Year Design Education: Contribution by Cooperation and Networking: Scopes, Courses and Lectures 
Chair: Heiner Krumlinde

Cigdem Canbay Turkyilmaz, Cigdem Polatoglu
Yildiz Technical University Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
The Effect of Teaching the Basic Concepts on the First Year Architectural Education: Analysis of an Exercise in Building Science Course

 

Luis Manuel Fernandez Salido, Inmaculada Jimenez Caballero, Carlos Naya Villaverde, Imanol Garcia de Albeniz, Jose Angel Medina Murua, Clara Oloriz Sanjuan
University of Navarre, School of Architecture, Pamplona, Spain
Analysis of Forms

 

B. Burak Kaptan
Anadolu University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Interior Design, Eskisehir, Turkey
A Method for Shaping Form of Interiors

 

Session 15
13.30-14.30
Dreaming First Year Design Education: Utopias, Expectations and Reality
Chair: Nilgun Kuloglu

Y. Kenan Guvenc
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Department of Architecture, Eskisehir, Turkey
Perceiving the Wine Never Begins from the Grape as an Object or Turning Back to the Flatting Earth Age

 

Recep Ustun
Eskisehir Osmangazi University Department of Architecture, Eskisehir, Turkey
Non-Basic is Canonic Base

 

Sengul Yalcinkaya Erol, Kiymet Sancar
Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Trabzon, Turkey
Model Suggestion Related to Basic Design Course in Architectural Education

 

Zeynep Yazicioglu Halu
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Effects of Prejudice in First Year Architectural Basic Design Studio

 

Session 16
13.30-14.30
Supporting First Year Design Education: Contribution by Cooperation and Networking: Scopes, Courses and Lectures 
Chair: Iakovos Potamianos

Ozlem Ucar, Ozge Kandemir
Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Interior Design Department, Eskisehir, Turkey
Rethinking ?Little Narratives? in Design Education

 

Fusun Curaoglu, Deniz Sipahioglu
Anadolu University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Interior Design, Eskisehir, Turkey
Creating Awareness in Interior Design Education

 

Aysen Celen Ozturk
Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Department of Architecture, Eskisehir, Turkey
Creating Costume for Madonna with Materialization Methodologies

 

Didem Beduk Tuncel, Hande Z. Altinok
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey
Flexible Solutions for Small Spaces in Special Design Teaching

 

Session 17
14.30-15.30
Dreaming First Year Design Education: Utopias, Expectations and Reality
Chair: Nazan Kirci

Tonguc Akis
Ankara, Turkey
The Dance of Design and Science in First Year Studio: Contributions of Bilgi Denel to Basic Design in Turkeyü

 

Ozgur Kaptan
Anadolu University, Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Ceramic Arts, Eskisehir, Turkey
A Method on Basic Design Education

 

Altay Colak,  Gulertan Akyuzluer,  Mustafa Yegin,  Tolga Uzun,  Ahmet Kochan,  Ayberk Nuri Berkman
Cukurova University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Architecture, Adana, Turkey
Design Process Model with Student Participation in Basic Design Education

 

Mehmet Uysal, Yavuz Arat, Seljuk University Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Department of Architecture, Konya
Turkey Approaches Concerning the Solution of a Design Problem in Basic Design Studio

 

Session 18
14.30-15.30
Supporting First Year Design Education: Contribution by Cooperation and Networking: Scopes, Courses and Lectures 
Chair: Heiner Krumlinde

Implementing Active Learning as a Tool in Architectural Education: An Experiment in First Year Design Education

Radivoje Dinulovic, Dragana Konstantinovic, Miljana Zekovic
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Novi Sad, Serbia
Thinking Construction as Design and Function in Architecture

 

Selda Kabuloglu Karaosman
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Faculty of Architecture, Environmental Analysis and Control Department, Istanbul, Turkey
Vernacular Design as the Teaching Tool of the Ecological Architecture

 

Closing Speeches
16.50-1750

Asu Besgen Gencosmanoglu, DESIGNTRAIN Project Manager, Assist. Prof. Dr., Faculty of Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Farewell to DESIGNTRAIN