Papers by Cigdem Canbay Turkyilmaz
The international workshop “Golden Horn Urban Rehabilitation, Reinventing a Productive Landscape... more The international workshop “Golden Horn Urban Rehabilitation, Reinventing a Productive Landscape” was hosted at Istanbul Kultur University (IKU), Turkey, during the dates of the 4th to 11th July 2011. It counted with the bilateral collaboration of Istanbul Kultur University (IKU), Yildiz Technical University (YTU), Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT), in Portugal and Studiomeb. The case study was located in the estuary area of Golden Horn, in Istanbul, and it was centred in the neighbourhoods of Balat, Fener and Haskoy, which are in an advanced process of urban and architectonic degradation. The paper presents our educative research methodology inside the program GreenEngines, developed during three years of continuous collaboration, and shows the results of our international research cooperation in this specific case study. Our pedagogic research method uses the principles of landscape urbanism, landscape planning, and environmental planning. Our research aim, speci...
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 2021
This study aims to investigate urban ergonomics features through the healthy city approach. Analy... more This study aims to investigate urban ergonomics features through the healthy city approach. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is adopted to make a pairwise comparison and ranking of multiple features of urban ergonomics. A small online panel was organized with ten experts of architecture and urban design with a minimum of 10 years of experience. Findings from the literature were shared with these experts, and they were asked to compare the ergonomics features pairwise and rank them. For the next step, two main urban squares from Istanbul and two main public spaces of Singapore are examined. Keywords: Ergonomics; Healthy city; Istanbul; Singapore. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Associa...
Ergonomi, 2019
Kentlerin ortak mekânı olan kamusal alanlar, insanların fiziksel, algısal ve sosyal ihtiyaçlarını... more Kentlerin ortak mekânı olan kamusal alanlar, insanların fiziksel, algısal ve sosyal ihtiyaçlarını karşıladıkları yerlerdir. Kamusal alanların kendilerine ait karakteristik özelliklerinin oluşmasında, insanların çevreleriyle kurdukları ilişkileri de etkilidir. Bu sayede kent kimliğinin ve kültürünün üretildiği alanlar haline gelirler. Kent meydanları kent kültürünün, sosyal canlılığın ve farklı işlevlerin odağındaki kamusal alanların başında gelir. Bu anlamda, bütün yaş gruplarına, engelli, hasta, yaşlı, çocuk gibi bedensel farklılıkları olan bireylerin kullanım ihtiyaçlarına eşit oranda cevap vermesi beklenir. Kullanım gereksinimlerini karşılarken, farklı kullanıcıların konforunun ve güvenliğinin de sağlanması; meydanlar ve kentsel donatıların ergonomik ölçütlere uygun olarak tasarlanmasıyla gerçekleşir. Bu doğrultuda çalışmada, İstanbul ilinde kullanıcı çeşitliliği, kullanım yoğunluğu ve karma fonksiyonlu yapısı nedeniyle Kadıköy Rıhtım Meydanı mekânsal, görsel, termal ve işitsel konfor açısından incelenmiştir. Meydandaki ergonomik koşullar gözlem ve yerinde ölçüm yoluyla belirlenmiştir. Meydanı deneyimleyen kentlilerle alanda görüşülerek uygulanan kullanıcı memnuniyeti anketiyle detaylı bir değerlendirme oluşturulmuştur. Bu anlamda alanın engelli kullanımına uygun olmadığı gibi, işitsel ve termal konfor açısından da standartların oldukça gerisinde kaldığı ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuçlar göstermektedir ki, kentsel donatıların tekil olarak ergonomik ölçütleri karşılaması meydanın kullanımında yeterli olmamakta, bütün olarak yeniden planlanması gerekmektedir. Kadıköy Rıhtım Meydanı gibi doğal çevre etkileşimi yoğun olan bir alanda temel ergonomik ve estetik ölçütlerden uzak meydan tasarımıyla karşılaşılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda öncelikle özel olarak Kadıköy Rıhtım Meydanı'nın ergonomik açıdan daha iyi bir seviyeye nasıl ulaşabileceği ve genel olarak kent meydanlarının tasarımında ergonominin nasıl katkı sağlayabileceği üzerine tartışılmıştır.
MEGARON / Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Architecture E-Journal, 2017
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... cognitive. NATURAL FEATURES HISTORICAL FEATURES CONTEMPORARY FEATURES ... landscapes. 3. The ... more ... cognitive. NATURAL FEATURES HISTORICAL FEATURES CONTEMPORARY FEATURES ... landscapes. 3. The case studies 3.1 Sulukule neighborhood Sulukule (Sulukule, "the Water Tower") is an old settlement in Istanbul. It ...
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 2018
The Traditional Medina of Tunis is a historical city center holding a remarkable architectural an... more The Traditional Medina of Tunis is a historical city center holding a remarkable architectural and cultural heritage which is a mixture of several civilizations and traces of different era. One of the most remarkable architectural traces is left by the Ottomans. The Ottoman architectural monuments left in the Medina of Tunis are reflecting a resistance in the face of gentrification.This research aims to describe the impact of modern art events and their induced hybrid representations on the Ottoman architectural heritage of the Medina of Tunis. Despite the structural changes left by commercialism, the centuries old infrastructures still possess an outlook of an authentic historical space embracing several civilizations. A qualitative research method has been chosen to achieve the goal. In the first part of this study, a brief history and an overview about the urban context of the Medina of Tunis is given. Subsequently the existing Ottoman architecture in the Medina of Tunis and the ...
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
There is a close relationship between the creation of urban spaces and ergonomics. To make new st... more There is a close relationship between the creation of urban spaces and ergonomics. To make new stimulating and satisfying urban spaces, ergonomics criteria should consider. In this study, two main urban squares from Istanbul examined. Selected urban squares evaluated by site observation according to the classified ergonomics criteria. Strong and weak points of chosen squares discussed and some suggestions proposed. The results demonstrated the fact that urban equipment meets the individual ergonomic criteria are not sufficient in the use of both squares, and they need to be re-planned.Keywords: Ergomomics; urban squares, IstanbuleISSN: 2398-4287 © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behaviou...
The International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice, 2013
While the population increase is 2% in Turkey, it has reached 4.5% in Istanbul. The main reason f... more While the population increase is 2% in Turkey, it has reached 4.5% in Istanbul. The main reason for migration is unemployment and Istanbul is subject to migration from all over Turkey. Consequently, people with low income, who move to the city from rural areas, find ramshackle traditional areas and illegal squatter settlements as their potential settlement areas. While Istanbul is a city shared in terms of space, it is far from a city shared in terms of culture. The immigrants coming from the same area choose a special area in order to live side by side strengthening the bonds among themselves. The psycho-social insecureness caused by urban life is coped with in a sense of by developing these bonds. However there are cases that these bonds are exploited and seen as a source of power in carrying illegal processes. Furthermore, those are squatter settlements that act like shield against other settlements. These settlements don't let anyone of another culture to take refuge among them. So in these settlements an inward oriented life style persists. In the city, the problems about the planned and the unplanned settlements can only be solved by interactive solutions. The core of the problem is that, while the squatter settlements do not constitute a problem at the time they are formed because of their far-off location, later they get unfair increase in their value as an outcome of their central locations in the enlarging city. The problem has transformed from unhealthy one-storey structures to multi-storey squatter buildings. Gradual increases in unplanned and illegal constructions have reached to 75 percent and the squatter settlements to 55%. The aim of this paper is to display the perspectives of the spatial expressions of cultures of the two unplanned residential areas sharing the same geography but separated by a highway 20 years after their foundation. A planned residential area with a prestigious environment on one side and a squatter settlement that has been positively affected in terms of rent (profitability) by the enlarging city but still with an inward oriented life style. As the result of the case studies carried in terms of the demographic and physical characteristics of both areas the current profile of the existing settlements are maintained. The data obtained are cross-examined to scrutinize the cultural change and transformation process of the residential settlements. In this process, the bonds between the individuals, the images they brought with them in connection with their former settlements, the shaping of the residential environment and the housing identity affected by their ethnical origins have been searched. The paper aims to search answers to questions like should there be different settlements in the same geography with the help of an experimental study. Creating a discussion media for different ideas concerning the positive or negative aspects of this phenomenon will be great help to find different solutions to the present problem of the county.
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Urban parks can be the future green engines of a self-sufficient urban environment. They may beco... more Urban parks can be the future green engines of a self-sufficient urban environment. They may become a productive landscape that merges nature, with a resource-efficient milieu, and a platform for ecological awareness and education. This agro-ecosystem sustains space and the surrounded neighborhoods, with community supported gardening and urban farming, integrating the production of renewable energies, natural water purification and waste management. Tres Turons Park is a strategic green space in the northern part of the city of Barcelona, Spain. The Modification of the Metropolitan Master Plan, approved in January 2009, consolidates the space for an urban public park. This paper evaluates how to design a community self-organized productive landscape in Tres Turons Park, presenting the design methodology and analyzing the results of the workshop taken place at the Faculty of Architecture of Barcelona (UPC), on July 2009, with an international team of students, and professional guests.
Megaron, 2021
Education plays a vital role in the modern world. Educational facilities should provide an effici... more Education plays a vital role in the modern world. Educational facilities should provide an efficient environment that shapes the lifestyle and understanding of the society with the help of an interdisciplinary collaboration. According to the psychological research, preschoolers who visit kindergarten, which was built with ecological architectural approaches, have the potential to raise awareness on environmental issues. Therefore, educational buildings designed for early age children as the place where learning takes place, can become environments that develop creativity, reveal talents, contribute to physiological growth, and create a sense of responsibility in order to raise young individuals to become more sensitive to society and the surrounding environment. In the present study, a detached preschool educational building, which was designed upon sustainable criteria for 3-6-year aged children, and received LEED Platinum certificate in 2017, was selected as the field of study. The spatial organization of the structure was examined thoroughly within the scope of ergonomics. Ergonomics can also offer an interdisciplinary scientific approach to the need for change in human behavior, propose to reduce the environmental problems through the correct balance of use between the workplace, the working instruments, and the human factor. The design decisions of the sample building have been compared with the inquiries made after a comprehensive literature review. Thus, it was aimed that the findings and evaluations could be used in improving the ergonomics of the detached preschool educational building design, project decisions and implementations. The methodological approach of the study begins with the literature review to develop the conceptual framework between ergonomics and sustainability. After the establishment of the study's conceptual terms, a sampling area was selected in order to test the results of the research on the spatial organization of a detached preschool educational building in the context of school ergonomics. After studying the design guideline of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) and internationally studied and accepted parameters, important rooms and functions of a school structure were determined and categorized under assets such as sizes and capacity, temperature levels, luminance, and loudness. The comparison chart of 6 different functional spaces was made. These are administrative offices, classrooms, refectory, circulation areas, wet cores, and open-air spaces. The outcomes of the literature research were compared with the data obtained from the field of study through scientific output, and in-depth interview with the administrative staff. The findings were determined as the result of the examinations and comparisons made between the MoNE design guideline and the sampling area. The anthropometric measurements in the furniture and fittings of the building are planned and designed to support and improve the physiological conditions of both children and adult used areas. Spaces serving various functions in the building were constructed with appropriate and suitable architectural materials in accordance with the design guideline. The different functioned rooms have been designed to meet the natural-artificial lighting level, ventilation conditions, noise level, room temperature according to the criteria specified in the guidelines. Psychological levels resulting from the use of spaces within the building have shown that the detached building structure is designed with flexible design principles to support the comfort conditions, increase the level of satisfaction, and let people do their works without feeling tired. Organizations are programmed to be efficient for students and employees and revised and/or developed if necessary. To observe the usage safety and health conditions inside and outside the building, it has been determined that the required maximum physical security and health measures have been taken without causing a feeling of discomfort to the social and physical environment and are checked through periodic inspections. In this research, it has been studied on the importance of developing technologies for the human environment intersections with ecological approach and the necessity to comply with the health and safety issues to ensure their continuity in accomplishing satisfaction, comfort and security in spaces of detached preschool buildings with the help of the applied science of ergonomics. As a result of the conceptual outline and sample area selection, the designing and implementation of the spatial organization in terms of ergonomic criteria bring about the physiological, psychological, and environmental comfort levels to the ideal range, increase productivity and quality, provide the opportunity to work in safe and healthy conditions by reducing accidents and risks, and help users to be satisfied with the workplace while reducing negative factors such as stress. The ergonomic factors in spatial organization of a preschool educational building have been listed and will serve as an example for educational buildings that are planned to be projected.
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal , 2021
This study aims to investigate urban ergonomics features through the healthy city approach. Analy... more This study aims to investigate urban ergonomics features through the healthy city approach. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is adopted to make a pairwise comparison and ranking of multiple features of urban ergonomics. A small online panel was organized with ten experts of architecture and urban design with a minimum of 10 years of experience. Findings from the literature were shared with these experts, and they were asked to compare the ergonomics features pairwise and rank them. For the next step, two main urban squares from Istanbul and two main public spaces of Singapore are examined.
Mimarlık-Doğa Yaklaşımları Işığında 20. Yüzyıl Konut Mekanlarını Okumak, 2019
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