Emerging Issues # 1: Design With / Against Nature

[Arkitera Editor]

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Yurdnanur Dülgeroğlu Yüksel

Inquiring into Ecology, design and technique;
The Ecological ethics of design
The relationship between Nature, ecology and place
Appropriate technology
Various approaches to sustainable development, culture and technology, mass production
Examining the concepts of green architecture, multi-culturality, ecological community

Keywords: environmental policy, social ecology, human ecology, biodiversity, multiculturality, sustainability

Seminar articles / readings (about the theoretical aspect):
> Birnbacher, B. (1999) “Doğadan Sorumlu muyuz?” in Ecology Felsefesi ve Etiği, Bulut , pp.93-108.
> Çakmak, C. (1999/1) “Phusis Ten res eksitensa’ta Doğa ve Teknik Anlayışları” in Ecology Felsefesi ve Etiği Bulut , pp.77-92.
> EDRA 33 (2002) Community: Evolution and Revolution.
> Ferry, L. (2000) Ekolojik Yeni Düzen, Yapı Kredi yayınları, Istanbul.
>Gasses, D. (2002) Big and Green –Toward SustainableArchitecture in the 21rst Century, Princeton Architectural Press, NewYork
> De Geus, M. (1999) Ecological Utopias – Envisioning the Sustainable Society, International Book, Netherlands
> Kayır, G.O. (2003) Doğaya Dönüş – Topluma Ekoojik Bakış, Bağlam Yayınları, Istanbul
> Kurukawa, K. ed., (1998) From the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life, BookArt Ltd., London.
> Seamon, D. (1993) Seeing and Designing – Toward a Phenomenological Ecology, State University of New York Press, Albany.
> Van der Ryn, S., Cowan, S. (1996) Ecological Design, Island Press, Washington D.C.