burcin basyazici
Yeditepe University, Architecture, Faculty Member
- Istanbul Technical University, Architecture, Department MemberPolitecnico di Milano, DAStU - Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Post-Docadd
- Architectural Theory, Philosophy of Architecture, Phenomenology and Architecture, Epistemology of space, semiotics of space, ontology of architecture, The Everyday (Architecture), Everyday Aesthetics, and 5 moreSocial Media, DELEUZE-FOUCAULT, Urban Sociology, Urban Studies, and Architecture and politicsedit
- PhD in Architectureedit
The increasing prominence of societal gender equality studies appears to be reshaping the worldwide narratives of social life and has played a significant role in revisiting feminist perspectives within the field of architecture.... more
The increasing prominence of societal gender equality studies appears to be reshaping the worldwide narratives of social life and has played a significant role in revisiting feminist perspectives within the field of architecture. Gender-based architectural theories have been a subject of research in architecture since 1980s, emerging approximately two decades after from the rise of second-wave feminist theories in
academy. Those theories cover various theoretical models and methodologies, each contributing architectural theory in various scopes. Surprisingly, Marxist feminism which provides a theoretical model within the field of feminist studies is still not widely referenced in architectural studies, despite its foundation in the theory of household labor exploitation and reproduction of labor through space.
Marxist feminism introduces a novel perspective within the field of Marxism focuses on the labor of unemployed woman. Unfortunately, its spatial dimensions have been primarily studied by non-architects, with limited engagement of architectural scholars. Marxist feminism in architecture can be explored in various scales and questions by taking into consideration the spatial effects that are shaped by power
mechanism rooted the leadership of patriarchy. However, the invisible labor of the unemployed woman and its social reproduction remain overlooked in gender studies within architectural field. Hence, this study aims to revisit the Marxist feminism as a theoretical model and critically question the reproduction of home-space of unemployed woman. The reproduction process will be discussed not from a phenomenological or design-based perspective, but rather as the reproduction of space under the influence of the capitalist patriarchal society.
This study seeks to explore the home environment of unemployed women from social and architectural perspectives. It aims to investigate how they reproduce their labor based on space. To achieve this aim, the
study focuses on a case study including five unemployed women from different social classes who have never worked before, in Istanbul. In conclusion, the study proposes approaches for integration of Marxist feminist model into architectural criticism and vice versa.
academy. Those theories cover various theoretical models and methodologies, each contributing architectural theory in various scopes. Surprisingly, Marxist feminism which provides a theoretical model within the field of feminist studies is still not widely referenced in architectural studies, despite its foundation in the theory of household labor exploitation and reproduction of labor through space.
Marxist feminism introduces a novel perspective within the field of Marxism focuses on the labor of unemployed woman. Unfortunately, its spatial dimensions have been primarily studied by non-architects, with limited engagement of architectural scholars. Marxist feminism in architecture can be explored in various scales and questions by taking into consideration the spatial effects that are shaped by power
mechanism rooted the leadership of patriarchy. However, the invisible labor of the unemployed woman and its social reproduction remain overlooked in gender studies within architectural field. Hence, this study aims to revisit the Marxist feminism as a theoretical model and critically question the reproduction of home-space of unemployed woman. The reproduction process will be discussed not from a phenomenological or design-based perspective, but rather as the reproduction of space under the influence of the capitalist patriarchal society.
This study seeks to explore the home environment of unemployed women from social and architectural perspectives. It aims to investigate how they reproduce their labor based on space. To achieve this aim, the
study focuses on a case study including five unemployed women from different social classes who have never worked before, in Istanbul. In conclusion, the study proposes approaches for integration of Marxist feminist model into architectural criticism and vice versa.
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Nesnelerin estetiğe dayalı temsili Klasik Dünya’nın “ideal”leştirmeye dayalı aklının etkisinde gelişmiştir. Platon’dan beri, düşüncenin baskın arayışlarından biri olan “ideal” kavramı, sonrasında pek çok düşünür tarafından da “iyi”,... more
Nesnelerin estetiğe dayalı temsili Klasik Dünya’nın
“ideal”leştirmeye dayalı aklının etkisinde gelişmiştir. Platon’dan beri, düşüncenin baskın arayışlarından biri olan “ideal” kavramı, sonrasında pek çok düşünür tarafından da “iyi”, “güzel”, “ahlaklı” vb. olumlamalarla tarif edilmiş hatta “yüce” olana atfedilen bir özellik olmuştur. Benzer bir yaklaşım, mimarlığın tanım ve temsilinde de okunabilir; mimarlık da barınak olmanın ötesinde bir kavram olarak tanımlanmaya başlandığı Klasik Dünya’da “seçkin” ve “yüce” olana ulaşma temsillerinden biri olarak nesneleşmiştir. Ancak bu arayış, beklenildiği üzerine kendi ötekisini oluşturur. İdeal olan ile hesaplaşma, düşünce ve temsil düzleminde ideal olmayanı, yani “kötü”, “çirkin” ve “ahlaksız”ı doğurur. Bu kavramlar arasında en dışarıda bırakılanı ise niceliksel temsilinin tanımsızlığı ve “karşıtının” gücü sebebiyle “çirkinlik” kavramıdır. Bu çalışma, niteliksel bir yaklaşımla, kendini “seçkin” olanda tanımlayan mimarlığın ontolojisinde “çirkin”i, tanım ve temsil düzleminde arayacaktır. Öncelikle, “çirkin” ile tanışmak amacı ile çirkinin tasarım nesnesindeki yeri ve tanımı kısaca incelenecek, sonrasında mimarlığın ontolojisindeki yeri, kavramsal ve nesnel boyutta tartışılacaktır. Çalışmanın amacı mimarlıkta çirkinlik kavramı- nın kuramsal bir analizi olup, nesne üzerinden bir tanımlama hedeflenmemektedir. Çalışma kapsamında araç olarak, mimarlık bilgisinin kavramlarla kurduğu ilişkiyi inceleyen Eisenmann’ın çirkinlik kuramı referans alınmıştır. Bu bağlamda, çirkin”in mimarideki tanım ve temsilini Eisenmann’ın yaklaşımı ile kendi yapısı üzerinden incelemek için Alex Maymind’ın “Still UglyAfter All These Years: A Close Reading of Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center” makalesi seçilmiştir. Bu okuma, mimaride “çirkin”in içerik ve temsil üzerinden karşılaştırılması imkânını araştırarak, mimarlığın ontolojisinde çirkinin nerede durduğu ve nasıl tartışıldığını anlamayı hedeflemektedir
Abstract: The representations of objects that based upon
aesthetic concerns are generally influenced from the idealization tendency of Classical Period. The concept of “ideal” which is one of the main pursuits of philosophy since Platon, defined by many philosophers as “good”, “beautiful” etc., and mostly attributed to the “supreme”. This tendency also can be observed in definition of architecture. In Classical Period when architecture was firstly defined as a “concept” beyond just being a shelter, it was a pre-eminent object and belongs to the supreme one. However, this pursuit also leads to the contrary concepts against. Dealing with the “ideal” leads to the “nonideal” which means “bad”, “ugly”, etc. in both theoretical and representative ground. However, the most excluded one among these “other” concepts is the “ugly” in terms of architectural theories. The aim of the study is analyzing the concept of ugly on the hypothetical ground of architecture instead of an objective description. Firstly, the existence and definition of “ugliness” in design object will be analyzed briefly to introduce to “ugly”. Secondly, this existence in ontology of architecture will be discussed on the conceptual and objective ground. To achieve this aim, Eisenmann’s definition of ugly in architecture will be used as the main source by referring his analysis the relation between concepts and products in architecture, In conclusion, by referring to Alex Maymind’s article “Still Ugly After All These Years: A Close Reading of Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center”, the project of Wexner Center will be reinterpreted through the qualitative representation of ugliness in architecture.
Key Words: Ugliness, Pre-Eminent, Ideal, Peter Eisenmann,
Wexner Center
“ideal”leştirmeye dayalı aklının etkisinde gelişmiştir. Platon’dan beri, düşüncenin baskın arayışlarından biri olan “ideal” kavramı, sonrasında pek çok düşünür tarafından da “iyi”, “güzel”, “ahlaklı” vb. olumlamalarla tarif edilmiş hatta “yüce” olana atfedilen bir özellik olmuştur. Benzer bir yaklaşım, mimarlığın tanım ve temsilinde de okunabilir; mimarlık da barınak olmanın ötesinde bir kavram olarak tanımlanmaya başlandığı Klasik Dünya’da “seçkin” ve “yüce” olana ulaşma temsillerinden biri olarak nesneleşmiştir. Ancak bu arayış, beklenildiği üzerine kendi ötekisini oluşturur. İdeal olan ile hesaplaşma, düşünce ve temsil düzleminde ideal olmayanı, yani “kötü”, “çirkin” ve “ahlaksız”ı doğurur. Bu kavramlar arasında en dışarıda bırakılanı ise niceliksel temsilinin tanımsızlığı ve “karşıtının” gücü sebebiyle “çirkinlik” kavramıdır. Bu çalışma, niteliksel bir yaklaşımla, kendini “seçkin” olanda tanımlayan mimarlığın ontolojisinde “çirkin”i, tanım ve temsil düzleminde arayacaktır. Öncelikle, “çirkin” ile tanışmak amacı ile çirkinin tasarım nesnesindeki yeri ve tanımı kısaca incelenecek, sonrasında mimarlığın ontolojisindeki yeri, kavramsal ve nesnel boyutta tartışılacaktır. Çalışmanın amacı mimarlıkta çirkinlik kavramı- nın kuramsal bir analizi olup, nesne üzerinden bir tanımlama hedeflenmemektedir. Çalışma kapsamında araç olarak, mimarlık bilgisinin kavramlarla kurduğu ilişkiyi inceleyen Eisenmann’ın çirkinlik kuramı referans alınmıştır. Bu bağlamda, çirkin”in mimarideki tanım ve temsilini Eisenmann’ın yaklaşımı ile kendi yapısı üzerinden incelemek için Alex Maymind’ın “Still UglyAfter All These Years: A Close Reading of Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center” makalesi seçilmiştir. Bu okuma, mimaride “çirkin”in içerik ve temsil üzerinden karşılaştırılması imkânını araştırarak, mimarlığın ontolojisinde çirkinin nerede durduğu ve nasıl tartışıldığını anlamayı hedeflemektedir
Abstract: The representations of objects that based upon
aesthetic concerns are generally influenced from the idealization tendency of Classical Period. The concept of “ideal” which is one of the main pursuits of philosophy since Platon, defined by many philosophers as “good”, “beautiful” etc., and mostly attributed to the “supreme”. This tendency also can be observed in definition of architecture. In Classical Period when architecture was firstly defined as a “concept” beyond just being a shelter, it was a pre-eminent object and belongs to the supreme one. However, this pursuit also leads to the contrary concepts against. Dealing with the “ideal” leads to the “nonideal” which means “bad”, “ugly”, etc. in both theoretical and representative ground. However, the most excluded one among these “other” concepts is the “ugly” in terms of architectural theories. The aim of the study is analyzing the concept of ugly on the hypothetical ground of architecture instead of an objective description. Firstly, the existence and definition of “ugliness” in design object will be analyzed briefly to introduce to “ugly”. Secondly, this existence in ontology of architecture will be discussed on the conceptual and objective ground. To achieve this aim, Eisenmann’s definition of ugly in architecture will be used as the main source by referring his analysis the relation between concepts and products in architecture, In conclusion, by referring to Alex Maymind’s article “Still Ugly After All These Years: A Close Reading of Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center”, the project of Wexner Center will be reinterpreted through the qualitative representation of ugliness in architecture.
Key Words: Ugliness, Pre-Eminent, Ideal, Peter Eisenmann,
Wexner Center
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Editor: Bahar Aktuna Authors: Chad SCHWARTZ, Bahar AKTUNA, Ece CEYLAN BABA, Charlie HAILEY, Erdal KONDAKCI, Esra KARAHAN, Eren OKAR, Giuseppe RESTA, Berna GÖL, Burçin BAŞYAZICI Design/build pedagogy has been transforming the educational... more
Editor: Bahar Aktuna
Authors: Chad SCHWARTZ, Bahar AKTUNA, Ece CEYLAN BABA, Charlie HAILEY, Erdal KONDAKCI, Esra KARAHAN, Eren OKAR, Giuseppe RESTA, Berna GÖL, Burçin BAŞYAZICI
Design/build pedagogy has been transforming the educational landscape of Architecture programs in the world, specifically North America
and Europe, for many decades while it still remains uncommon and may
even be unheard of in architectural schools in Turkey.
Interested in its pedagogical and professional contributions, we organized a one-week design/build workshop at the Architecture Department of Yeditepe University in Summer 2022, where we invited an influential architectural scholar and practitioner from the University of
Florida School of Architecture, Charlie Hailey, to co-lead the workshop
and transfer his knowledge and best practices on design/build pedagogy,
theory, skills, and infrastructure. The workshop was held with a further
ten instructors, sixteen students, and an administrative staff from the
Architecture Department of Yeditepe University, where all the participants designed and built a dialogue field behind the Fine Arts Faculty
Building. The collaborative intervention was developed on steep land using pine lumber, screws, AAC blocks, and simple construction tools. The
resulting modest work of architecture was named Arka (Back/Rear) and
consisted of four parts: Üst (Top/Upper), Orta (Middle/Center), İskele
(Pier), and Ytong Parçacıklar (Ytong Pieces).
Authors: Chad SCHWARTZ, Bahar AKTUNA, Ece CEYLAN BABA, Charlie HAILEY, Erdal KONDAKCI, Esra KARAHAN, Eren OKAR, Giuseppe RESTA, Berna GÖL, Burçin BAŞYAZICI
Design/build pedagogy has been transforming the educational landscape of Architecture programs in the world, specifically North America
and Europe, for many decades while it still remains uncommon and may
even be unheard of in architectural schools in Turkey.
Interested in its pedagogical and professional contributions, we organized a one-week design/build workshop at the Architecture Department of Yeditepe University in Summer 2022, where we invited an influential architectural scholar and practitioner from the University of
Florida School of Architecture, Charlie Hailey, to co-lead the workshop
and transfer his knowledge and best practices on design/build pedagogy,
theory, skills, and infrastructure. The workshop was held with a further
ten instructors, sixteen students, and an administrative staff from the
Architecture Department of Yeditepe University, where all the participants designed and built a dialogue field behind the Fine Arts Faculty
Building. The collaborative intervention was developed on steep land using pine lumber, screws, AAC blocks, and simple construction tools. The
resulting modest work of architecture was named Arka (Back/Rear) and
consisted of four parts: Üst (Top/Upper), Orta (Middle/Center), İskele
(Pier), and Ytong Parçacıklar (Ytong Pieces).
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Editorial Committee
Berna Göl (Chair),
Bahar Aktuna,
Cem Kum,
Burçin Başyazıcı.
Organizing Committee
Burçin Başyazıcı (Chair),
Berna Göl,
Giuseppe Resta,
Bahar Aktuna,
Şafak Cudi İnce
Berna Göl (Chair),
Bahar Aktuna,
Cem Kum,
Burçin Başyazıcı.
Organizing Committee
Burçin Başyazıcı (Chair),
Berna Göl,
Giuseppe Resta,
Bahar Aktuna,
Şafak Cudi İnce