Festival dell'architettura

Team:
Aydan Balamir, Kadri Atabaş (studio partners, 2001-2011); Nergis Öğüt (guest member, 2011), Tamer Deniz (guest member, 2010), Fatma Zehra Çakıcı (assistant, 2011), Çağrı Çakır (assistant, 2009)

School:
300+ undergraduate students, 100+ graduate students (master’s and doctoral programs)
80+ students in the first year (5% international students)
Academic staff: 35 full-time, 27 part-time, 28 research assistants

Studio course:
Arch 301-302 / 3rd year studios; term projects of 2009-2011 covered (overleaf)
3rd year objectives, catalogue description: Analysis and design of buildings in relation to their urban context and structural form. Collective housing, new buildings in historical environments, large span structures; all with emphases on programmatic complexity, spatial variety and architectonic expression. Duration of course: 14 weeks in a semester
15-20 students in each studio group (4 groups in 3rd year)
2 lecturers, 1 assistant per studio group
Group projects during research and master plan stages, individual projects at building scales
Project scales: 1:5000-1:50
Final exam requirements: full presentation of project with drawings at required scales, concept models, scale models and accompanying texts (project report with group scenario and program)

Research:

Fundamentals to architectural project:
Contextual Sensibility, Social and Environmental Responsibility, Disciplinary Coalitions via Design

Research fields:
History and Theory of Modern Architecture, Design Education, Traditional and Modern Urban Fabrics

Edited books:
Aydan Balamir, ed., Clemens Holzmeister: Architect at the Turn of an Era, Boyut Yayınevi, Collection Book, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue with expanded documents and articles.)
Aydan Balamir, ed., National Architecture Exhibition and Awards, Turkey, 1988-2004, Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Istanbul, 2005. (Retrospective catalogue with exhibition texts and articles.)