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Article Citation - Scopus: 6Revealing the Climate-Responsive Strategies of Traditional Houses of Urla, İzmir(Sustainable Building Research Center, 2023) Avcı, A.B.; Beyhan, Ş.G.Vernacular houses possess significant climate-responsive properties due to the accumulated information from the trial-and-error method. Therefore, the traditional houses of a region can guide new buildings in terms of adaptation to the climate. The study focuses on the climate-responsive properties of vernacular houses of Urla, İzmir. The study aims to reveal the specific strategies of the traditional houses of Urla in response to the hot and humid Aegean climate. Relating to this purpose, Postane Street, which is among the significant historic streets of the town, is selected as the case area to evaluate the vernacular houses of Urla. The research method is based on the climate-responsive strategies determined from the literature review in the first part. These criteria include “orientation to the sun and wind, the effect of direct sunlight and shading strategy, building envelope and form, interior space organization, integration of greenery, building materials, and roof strategy”. Climate Consultant and Design Builder Software were used to prepare the psychrometric graph and shading regime visualizations. The study showed that the climate-responsive strategies of the street’s vernacular houses are shaped to avoid excessive heat gain in the climate of Urla. The research results are expected to guide sustainable design applications in the same area. © International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development.Article Citation - WoS: 19Citation - Scopus: 20A Critical Review on Classification and Terminology of Scissor Structures(Int. Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 2019) Maden, Feray; Akgün, Yenal; Kiper, Gökhan; Gür, Şebnem; Yar, Müjde; Korkmaz, KorayWhen the existing literature on the research of scissor structures is thoroughly investigated, it is seen that different researchers use different terminologies and classifications especially for the definition of the primary units and the motion type. Some of the studies define the whole geometry based on the geometric properties of the primary scissor units and the unit lines while some other studies define it according to the loops. All these studies use different names for similar elements. This article aims to review the literature on the classification and terminology of scissor structures and represent the state of art on the studies. Tables are represented showing all approaches in the literature. In addition, the article criticizes the missing points of each terminology and definition, and proposes some new terminology. In order to arrive at this aim, different definitions of the primary scissor units and motion types used in key studies in the literature are investigated thoroughly. With several examples, it is demonstrated that naming the scissor units according to the resulting motion type might be misleading and it is better to specify the motion type for the whole structure. A classification for transformation of planar curves is presented.Article How Myths of City Affects Architecture Via Sample of Arap Cami(İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2016) Gelişkan, Nil NadireIn order to have direct relation with past people try to settle a historical, word-of-mouth, splendid stories with place that they are living in. Having a memorable, symbolic legends makes people a part of city's collective memory. Istanbul was a significant example that not only Byzantion people controlled this capital but also it was important for others in terms of religional care and its key location between east and west. This makes Istanbul always under Islamic-Arabian attacks both because of location and religional importance. Although these attacks could not reach their aim, Arabic pilgrims searched some architectural shares to be a partner of Istanbul. Mosque is the key building to settle an partnership with Istanbul. With an partnership in other words legend was always increased. This intention also affects architecture somehow with some symbolic buildings that Arap Cami is important one because of having claim of the first Islamic construction in Istanbul. This study seeks to understand reasons of naming a Latin church which probably was constructed on an old Byzantion church firstly as a mosque of Mesleme by giving some Islamic symbolic meanings. In order to get some clues about what makes Istanbul as legendary Arabs and also Muslims, how they tried to gain ownership of this capital not truly but metaphorically or symbolically. Starting from Arap Cami as case study archives, records and travellers scripts will be major research sources for this study. Historians of Istanbul had tendency to mention about this city as God's city with regards to being Constantinopolis or Istanbul. Because settling of Istanbul at the beginning held by emperor who represented as God on earth. For Muslims conquering of this city has significant and symbolic importance in consequence of prophet's words: 'Such a glorious commander who conquered Istanbul, such a glorious soldier who conquer Istanbul'. Arap Cami is important because of having an origins speculations tries to settle desiring relation with Constantinopolis. Anonymous mouths who established legends and myths put in to contact with both their roots and anyone who would listen. Purpose of study is investigating effects of origin speculation in terms of architecture.Article Through City Miniatures of Matrakci Nasuh Analyzing Bitlis With Regards To History of Architecture(İstanbul Üniversitesi, 2016) Gelişkan, Nil NadireBitlis is an important historical city that was settled on important trade roads between Asia and Mediterranean as a kind of market bridge since the beginning of history. Because of having such important position between mountains as a valley of Bitlis river makes this city precious on a very high plateau at the end of Eastern Taurus. With the victory of Malazgirt in 1071 city is frequented by the Turkish army after that point Seljuks became the ruler of Bitlis. Since that time Bitlis owned the essence of open-air museum even today because of having so many Seljuks monuments. The importance of historical background and vital location of city has not been reflected in the historical sources as anticipated. Domestic and foreign travelers who visits Bitlis somehow keep travel diaries which are reference guides today in order to have an idea about the situation of the city at that time, events, places and people in light of the author's owns style and vision. In this context, especially Evliya Celebi who visited Bitlis in 1655 is at the first place. Travelers records have been documented as visual map through Matrakci Nasuh. Between 1533 and 1536 Kanuni Sultan Suleyman organized a campaign and through their journey all ranges were they crossed he noted a book which is called as Beyan-i Menazil-i Sefer-i Irakeyn Suleyman Han or Description of the Stages of His Imperial Majesty Sultan Suleyman's Campaign in Two Iraqs (the 'two Iraqs' of the title refer to areas that are today Western Iran and Iraq) has consisted of 90 pages, 107 miniatures and 25 illustrated texts. Matrakci Nasuh has recorded representations of the cities making them almost appropriate exactly to their origin. In this context, this study would be the first study of Bitlis which is aimed to build city inventory of Bitlis in 16th century view collaborating with miniature of Matrakci Nasuh. Method of the study as depicted through the city which is the only document of the 16th century, structures which are still standing today, overlaid with the technical drawings of buildings and photographs describing the current situations will be discussed with the travelers records from past.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Emigration Chests in Ankara, Turkey: Tracing Spatial Trajectories of Tatar Community(SAGE Publications Inc., 2022) Akış, TonguçDuring migration, whether due to war, political conflict, or poverty, immigrants of turmoil carry their limited personal belongings, family items, and supportive objects in their luggage, bags, and, in some cases, chests to their new homes. Throughout this displacement, chests of migration are necessary and valuable witnesses via their materiality and they wait in their specific corners of houses dare to be contemplated. After the demanding journey, some immigrants continue to use both the chest itself and its contents at their new house in the target locations. In addition, used chests and their contents link immigrants to the journey and to the former location. The immigrants often choose to organize, decorate, and arrange their homes and rooms according to these chests and the items within. This rich mutual relationship between chest, immigrant, and house allows for multidimensional readings considering the spatial trajectories and narratives of migration. Moreover, the trialectic relationships of chest, immigrant, and their space within generate the arguments on the production of space in particular. In this paper, decoding of recent in-depth interviews, documentation of chest locations on each space, and revealing archival material of immigrant families in Ankara, Turkey, are systematized to illustrate the journey of emigration together with the particularities of chest keepers' attitudes and feelings. Additionally, inscriptions, contents, types, and paths of chest are unlocked on private and communal spaces of the Tatar community. This paper aims to uncover those implanted, profound, and engrained interactions on space of immigrant during expedition of chest.