Master Degree / Yüksek Lisans Tezleri

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  • Master Thesis
    Architecture, Community and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture
    (01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2021) Keser, Elif; Erten, Erdem; Yücel, Şebnem
    This thesis aims to understand/explore how architecture can assume social responsibility and offer solutions to social problems by focusing on projects awarded by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA). Unlike many major architecture awards, the AKAA prioritizes social contribution and the projects selected by the award features architects taking social roles other than simply being the designer. While examining the social responsibility of architecture, the thesis explains the alternative roles that the architect can take on regarding certain themes. The first chapter investigates the history of "community-oriented architecture" and its examples in the literature. The second chapter focuses on the projects awarded by the AKAA with reference to the contributions of architecture to social development. From the first award period to the last (1980-2019), 124 projects were examined and 8 examples suitable to the scope of the thesis were selected. When selecting these examples, three main themes were determined (using parameters such as economic resources, relations with local government, organization, community education, etc.): "Participatory Architecture", "Urban Upgrading and Community Development", "Historical Restoration and Socio-Economic Revival". Under these themes, subheadings were created according to the alternative social role assumed by the architect. The extensive archive of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture was used for the necessary documents such as detailed information about the projects, technical reports, jury reports.
  • Master Thesis
    The Metaphor of "curtain Wall" in the Modern Architectural Discourse
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2013) Kutluay, Pınar; Yücel, Şebnem
    "Curtain wall" is mostly regarded as a direct outcome of the industrial reform in the Nineteenth Century. Following technological determinist approach, most of the studies about curtain wall seek to find an origin for it in the late Nineteenth Century. Different from these studies, this thesis investigates the formation of the discourse of curtain wall in view of its metaphoric background. Instead of focusing only on technology as the main factor, the study unveils different sides of the discourse which remained in the background and deciphers how "curtain," a term borrowed from textile and theatre, has been associated with facade of frame structure. In detail, the study sheds light on how frame structure, one of the main components of a curtain wall system, came to be called as "skeleton" with reference to the theory of organicism. The dressing --Bekleidung-- theory of Gottfried Semper is also examined as an alternative interpretation of the relationship between structure and facade regarding monumentalization through dressing and masking; as skeleton structure led architects to reconsider wall with concern of representation. Furthermore, the study concentrates on the architectural environment of Chicago in the second half of the Nineteenth Century, exploring two mainly different interpretations of frame structure which both arose from a shared concern of representation by some significant architects, including Louis H. Sullivan, who was also interested in monumentalization through ornament. This thesis claims that curtain wall is a metaphor invented to reconcile the emerging technology with the theory of representation which had diverse sides.
  • Master Thesis
    Aeg and Peter Behrens: Symbolism in the First Corporate Identity Design
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2012) Boztepe, Uygar; Yücel, Şebnem
    Some historians called Peter Behrens' designs for AEG as first corporate identity design without a detailed analysis. Another group of the historians claimed that his works for AEG were shaped by only function or machine-aesthetic. Even some of these historians saw Behrens' works as inceptors of functionalism or rationalism in modern architecture. This thesis attempts to fill the gap in literature by analyzing Behrens' works for AEG in order to understand whether his designs formed a corporate identity or not. In order to show the shortcomings of such readings, the thesis explores the symbols that were used in the designs of Behrens, even in his most-functionalist design-works. The discussion was carried out through analysis of Behrens’ and his contemporaries’ written and design works, with materials available in Klingspor, Mathildenhöhe and TechnikMuseum Berlin Archives. This analysis is done through a review of scientific management techniques and their reflections in architectural culture and by parallel readings of literature and architecture in Germany at the turn of the century. As the discussion of the thesis pointed out, Peter Behrens' designs for AEG can be called as first corporate identity design since they have a consistent design vocabulary. While designing for AEG Behrens used scientific management and mass-production techniques in his designs. However these were not the only forces that shaped his design-work. One can see the vestiges of the symbols in his works that are coming from literature and antiquity. The thesis argues that it is not possible to fully understand the architecture of Behrens without understanding symbols. The thesis hopes to make a new reading of modern architecture from a different point of view, which includes a discussion on symbolism in modern architecture, avoiding oversimplification and reductionism present in readings with functionalist focus.