Urbanisation

2012 — New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). In English and Turkish. Color and b/w ills. 197 p. Harbour cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg.= Liman kentleri: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg. The course "World Cities" is one of the compulsory courses of the graduate program in Architectural Design at Istanbul Bilgi University; it was included In the program with the aim, on the one hand, of deepening experience and knowledge in modern architectural culture, and, on the other hand, of reinforcing knowledge in the major subjects of study, to wit, history of architecture and the modern city, by focusing on one of the cities that occupies the agenda in the world. The course is conducted throughout the academic year via seminars on a specific city and its architecture selected each year, and is concluded with a research and discovery excursion at the end of the academic year. Research and discovery excursions carried out at the end of the academic year are sponsored by VitrA. Academicians and architects who constitute the educational staff of the program and our graduate students are present and conduct their programs in the selected city as guests of VitrA. The materials in this book were collected during the academic studies and the excursions made to Amsterdam in 2009, to Barcelona in 2010 and to Hamburg in 2011.