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Aysegül Dinccag Kahveci

Shortbio

  • geb.1985 in Istanbul
  • 2017-2019 Gründerin des Siebdruckateliers „Das Papel Studio“
  • 2016 Mitbegründerin von „Luftmenschen Kollektive”
  • 2015-2016 Design Thinking an der DSchool, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Potsdam
  • seit 2012 Mitarbeiterin in diversen Berliner Architekturbüros
  • 2011 Stadterneuerungsprojekte in Istanbul
  • 2010 Diplomarbeit: Die Geschichte der „Gecekondu“ in der Türkei. Ein alternativer Entwurf für die soziale und architektonische Umgestaltung der informellen Siedlung „Karanfilköy“ in Istanbul als Teil des Stadterneuerungen.
  • 2004-2010 Architekturstudium an der Universität der Künste, Berlin

Contact

Technische Universität Berlin
Fakultät VI – Planen Bauen Umwelt
Institut für Stadt- und Regionalplanung
Fachgebiet Denkmalpflege
DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 2227 „Identität und Erbe“
D-10623 Berlin

Sitz: Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1 | BH-A 340
D-10587 Berlin
dinccag[at]tu-berlin.de

TRANSFORMING LOCALITIES – HERITAGE PRACTICES IN MAKING OF LOCAL ARCHITECTURE
CASE STUDY: IMBROS / GÖKÇEADA, TURKEY

The research explores the transformation of local identity in relation to regional architecture on the former Greek island of Imbros (Gökçeada) in Turkey. It aims to understand the architectural implementations of the social transformation of a rural community in a global age. The fact that the structural evolution of the traditional ‘Imbriotic house’ has been interrupted by unfortunate state violence appears today as a chance for the islanders to consider their heritage critically, and to apply a self-conscious reconstruction of their old houses in today’s reality of the island. 

Examining how traditional houses are ‘modernized,’ this research tries to capture the transformation of the built environment in its cultural and historical context, focusing on the 3rd generation newcomers of Greek community. Analyzing the spatial changes on the typologies and the constructional adaptation of traditional houses in line with the changing needs of its dwellers, this thesis aims to understand which architectural components of the Imbriotic house are kept and/or changed in order to preserve the “local identity” in today’s regional houses. Concerning the future of the heritage of Imbriotic houses, the main research question is, “How can ‘regional architecture’ be used as a critical tool to reflect the tempo-spatial reality and its transformations of a specific place in a global age?”

The research is based on ethnographic field research, which yielded qualitative data from oral narratives and participant observations. The thesis will represent three reconstructed houses and their stories in the interdisciplinary case study.