Bilgi University Architecture Department Master /3rd-4th Year Elective Design Course

2011-2016

Trans Disiplinary Urban Interventions

TDUI is a prototype-forward research and design framework for a new type of urban transformation, one that is closer to acupuncture in its effect. Inspired by theories of situationism (Debord), traceability (Lynch), design thinking (Kelley), maker culture (Pettis) and hybrid cities (Mitchell), TDUI becomes a strategically pragmatic manifesto for a more humane and inclusive urban renewal.

The argument is that public spaces in cities carry nascent potential to be transformed for all citizens, but they are also the most problematic part of the neoliberal, privatised urbanism projects of the last decade. Nonetheless, these spill-over, in-between spaces can be activated via a transdisciplinary design process that energetically dives into an on-the-field prototyping and testing process and produces tangible results, quickly. Afterwards, as these “sparks” are disseminated via the network and appropriated to different public spaces, they can carry a unique transformative energy that can bridge utility and poetry, physical artifacts and digital traces.

Sample Assignments and Final Projects

Assignment #2 Comparative Public Space Analysis through Interview and Presentation Experience

Assignment #4 Public Space Analysis and Presentation

by: Mina Yanci

by Ozguc Capunaman 

Public Intervention Assignment

Intervention takes places in the city centre, where the students create an observation tent and watch the reaction of the bystanders and their interaction with installation. 

by  Nujen Acar, Deniz Tumerdem

Final Project #1

Year: 2014

Project is about the street vendor culture in Istanbul and how it is embedded within the city culture. Team analysed the exiting network of vendors and their dynamic relationship with Government Officials. Project proposes an alternative delivery method and network for Chestnuts Vendors through the use of drones and social media. 

by LAF (Nujen Acar, Necdet Yagiz Ozkan, Deniz Tumerdem)

Final Project #2

Year: 2016

Interactive Intervention with Glue Sticks and Interactive Lights where strange individuals react to each other through game / playing

by Tugce Demircioglu, Tugce Uysal, Melodi Esgin, Pinar Aksoy, Serkan Burak Can Cangir, Mert Bozaydin, Nil Erkmen

Make an Intervention 1 Day Workshop

One Day Workshop at Salt Galata Year: 2014

Students were asked to analyse an urban plaza / space and come up with an intervention plan, execute and document it within the same day. This intervention is based on a  simple rule of Unseen Boundaries in Our culture and how we as a society act towards the rules. The project aims to see how the people on the street react to the taped line and the stools inside it. What is our proximity to each other? Do we stay within the line? Is the line a barrier?