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Papers by Ali Şahin
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2024
Architectural education encompasses a variety of methods, with the primary goal of maintaining an... more Architectural education encompasses a variety of methods, with the primary goal of maintaining and improving education quality. In this context, the concept of accreditation has emerged as a system that ensures the preservation of certain standards and keeping these standards up to date in higher education. In Türkiye, the Association for Accreditation of Architectural Education (MIAK-MAK) has established certain accreditation requirements for Architectural Bachelor's Programs in 2021. According to these requirements, the targeted graduate profile is defined under the title of "Education and Learning Characteristics" of the program. The subheading "Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies that Graduates Should Acquire" summarizes the knowledge and skill areas that students need to acquire through the courses included in the program's curriculum, which are categorized into five titles. This study aimed to statistically evaluate the importance of the areas created for the knowledge, skills, and competencies that the graduate should gain from the perspective of the active student. The study focuses on the students of the Department of Architecture at KTO Karatay University Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. In this context, a face-to-face survey was conducted with the students, and the survey results were evaluated using the Analytic Hierarchy Process method. By comparing each subheading with the others, a ranking system was created, and their importance levels were determined. The results of student evaluations indicated that especially issues related to life safety, structural systems, sustainability, and global architecture stood out prominently. Studies evaluating accreditation criteria from the student perspective are very limited in the literature. For this reason, as an important approach, this study points out the gap in the field for researchers working on accreditation. This research, which aims to provide a perspective from students, is expected to offer an alternative approach and provide a participatory view in educational research.
Inspiration from nature in the design process is a very widely used method. Architects and design... more Inspiration from nature in the design process is a very widely used method. Architects and designers take advantages of aesthetic features and structural systems of the objects found in the nature. Voronoi diagrams also known as Voronoi tessellations emerge at different scales in nature's cell structures, honeycomb and animals fur patterns. Architects and designers use this diagram to obtain a more organic looking design, rather than imitate directly from nature. The Voronoi diagram is a mathematical formula used in many scientific fields and use of that goes as far as Descartes. The Voronoi diagram is a system that divides the space into sub-spaces in an organic way. The diagram uses points to create cells that surround these points. Points can be placed as spontaneously or can be determined in the direction of a certain data and tessellation can be provided accordingly. Use of Voronoi diagram in fields such as architecture and urban design has increased with the widespread of use of parametric design in architecture. Architects use the Voronoi diagram especially to obtain an organic structure and natural pattern in facade designs. In the academic field, new possibilities that use of the Voronoi diagram can provide for urban design and spatial design are being evaluated. Use of the Voronoi diagram in architecture and its spatial possibilities were investigated in architectural project course. The subject of the project is to design culture street between two faculty buildings within their campus. The project aimed to design a street with a program consisting of 40 teacher rooms, 10 student club rooms, book sales place and seminar hall. The project theme has enabled this diagram to be used both in the urban space and in the architectural project. This study mainly focuses on the architectural uses of Voronoi diagrams and to explore new opportunities that this diagram can provide. In this context, entire design process which began with site analysis to space organization and facade design the Voronoi diagram is used will be presented. In this study, the use of Voronoi diagrams in the architectural design process has been evaluated through the experience of architectural project course. 1. Introduction Using computers by designers provides to explore new opportunities in the design process. Parametric design process presents data for architects and designers and also crucial contributions in order to generate alternatives and solutions via parameters. Voronoi diagrams are a parametric design tool that used often in spatial and urban planning in recent years. Voronoi diagrams and its general characteristics and usage areas in different disciplines were referred within this study in order to understand the usage of Voronoi diagram in spatial and urban planning. Information about usage area of diagram in architecture and urban design and also design process was represented. The usage of diagram in different concepts was exemplified by reviewing and examining of a research project that performs Voronoi diagrams, a well-known building, an urban design project and a competition project. Finally, student project process and usage of diagram in this process was illustrated and design process was evaluated with examined examples in the conclusion part of the study.
The concept of space, which is based on architecture and confronted as an architectural product, ... more The concept of space, which is based on architecture and confronted as an architectural product, has various definitions in the literature. Many perspectives were improved on the concept of space that was discussed for years. Space perception is a contemporary and sophisticated theme. Aforementioned concept is classified as sensual and cognitive perception. While sensual perception is consisted of sight, hearing, smell and touch sense, cognitive perception is defined by Downs and Stea as a range of psychological transformation of obtained information by the individual and coding, storages, recollections and an analyzed case about relative places. [1] The effect of education on space perception was evaluated within this study. Education is assumed as an important element for the generation of architecture discipline, though opposing views. Architecture education provides yield such as saving detailed perceptual levels for the individuals and differentiating space perception style. The results that architects and non-architects evaluate the constructions differently were expressed within many studies. The objective of this study is to bring into question the space perceptions of architecture students, the change about the evaluating skills of obtained information in parallel with the education. The study was conducted through a questionnaire about the effect of education on space perception among students in the first, second, third and fourth classes. Four constructions that are an important architecture product and completed after the year of 2000, were selected for the study. The questionnaire was consisted of adjectives for measuring the visual perception at the end of the reviewing process of the literature. Besides, the students are asked for estimating the function and material of the constructions by evaluating visual imaginations. The obtained data was evaluated via statistical analysis. The 1 st and 4 th class students answer more decisive and the other classes present ambivalent answers as considering the significant results. Furthermore, positive effect of education on estimating material and function is highlighted as a conclusion of the study.
ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2024
Architectural education encompasses a variety of methods, with the primary goal of maintaining an... more Architectural education encompasses a variety of methods, with the primary goal of maintaining and improving education quality. In this context, the concept of accreditation has emerged as a system that ensures the preservation of certain standards and keeping these standards up to date in higher education. In Türkiye, the Association for Accreditation of Architectural Education (MIAK-MAK) has established certain accreditation requirements for Architectural Bachelor's Programs in 2021. According to these requirements, the targeted graduate profile is defined under the title of "Education and Learning Characteristics" of the program. The subheading "Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies that Graduates Should Acquire" summarizes the knowledge and skill areas that students need to acquire through the courses included in the program's curriculum, which are categorized into five titles. This study aimed to statistically evaluate the importance of the areas created for the knowledge, skills, and competencies that the graduate should gain from the perspective of the active student. The study focuses on the students of the Department of Architecture at KTO Karatay University Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. In this context, a face-to-face survey was conducted with the students, and the survey results were evaluated using the Analytic Hierarchy Process method. By comparing each subheading with the others, a ranking system was created, and their importance levels were determined. The results of student evaluations indicated that especially issues related to life safety, structural systems, sustainability, and global architecture stood out prominently. Studies evaluating accreditation criteria from the student perspective are very limited in the literature. For this reason, as an important approach, this study points out the gap in the field for researchers working on accreditation. This research, which aims to provide a perspective from students, is expected to offer an alternative approach and provide a participatory view in educational research.
Inspiration from nature in the design process is a very widely used method. Architects and design... more Inspiration from nature in the design process is a very widely used method. Architects and designers take advantages of aesthetic features and structural systems of the objects found in the nature. Voronoi diagrams also known as Voronoi tessellations emerge at different scales in nature's cell structures, honeycomb and animals fur patterns. Architects and designers use this diagram to obtain a more organic looking design, rather than imitate directly from nature. The Voronoi diagram is a mathematical formula used in many scientific fields and use of that goes as far as Descartes. The Voronoi diagram is a system that divides the space into sub-spaces in an organic way. The diagram uses points to create cells that surround these points. Points can be placed as spontaneously or can be determined in the direction of a certain data and tessellation can be provided accordingly. Use of Voronoi diagram in fields such as architecture and urban design has increased with the widespread of use of parametric design in architecture. Architects use the Voronoi diagram especially to obtain an organic structure and natural pattern in facade designs. In the academic field, new possibilities that use of the Voronoi diagram can provide for urban design and spatial design are being evaluated. Use of the Voronoi diagram in architecture and its spatial possibilities were investigated in architectural project course. The subject of the project is to design culture street between two faculty buildings within their campus. The project aimed to design a street with a program consisting of 40 teacher rooms, 10 student club rooms, book sales place and seminar hall. The project theme has enabled this diagram to be used both in the urban space and in the architectural project. This study mainly focuses on the architectural uses of Voronoi diagrams and to explore new opportunities that this diagram can provide. In this context, entire design process which began with site analysis to space organization and facade design the Voronoi diagram is used will be presented. In this study, the use of Voronoi diagrams in the architectural design process has been evaluated through the experience of architectural project course. 1. Introduction Using computers by designers provides to explore new opportunities in the design process. Parametric design process presents data for architects and designers and also crucial contributions in order to generate alternatives and solutions via parameters. Voronoi diagrams are a parametric design tool that used often in spatial and urban planning in recent years. Voronoi diagrams and its general characteristics and usage areas in different disciplines were referred within this study in order to understand the usage of Voronoi diagram in spatial and urban planning. Information about usage area of diagram in architecture and urban design and also design process was represented. The usage of diagram in different concepts was exemplified by reviewing and examining of a research project that performs Voronoi diagrams, a well-known building, an urban design project and a competition project. Finally, student project process and usage of diagram in this process was illustrated and design process was evaluated with examined examples in the conclusion part of the study.
The concept of space, which is based on architecture and confronted as an architectural product, ... more The concept of space, which is based on architecture and confronted as an architectural product, has various definitions in the literature. Many perspectives were improved on the concept of space that was discussed for years. Space perception is a contemporary and sophisticated theme. Aforementioned concept is classified as sensual and cognitive perception. While sensual perception is consisted of sight, hearing, smell and touch sense, cognitive perception is defined by Downs and Stea as a range of psychological transformation of obtained information by the individual and coding, storages, recollections and an analyzed case about relative places. [1] The effect of education on space perception was evaluated within this study. Education is assumed as an important element for the generation of architecture discipline, though opposing views. Architecture education provides yield such as saving detailed perceptual levels for the individuals and differentiating space perception style. The results that architects and non-architects evaluate the constructions differently were expressed within many studies. The objective of this study is to bring into question the space perceptions of architecture students, the change about the evaluating skills of obtained information in parallel with the education. The study was conducted through a questionnaire about the effect of education on space perception among students in the first, second, third and fourth classes. Four constructions that are an important architecture product and completed after the year of 2000, were selected for the study. The questionnaire was consisted of adjectives for measuring the visual perception at the end of the reviewing process of the literature. Besides, the students are asked for estimating the function and material of the constructions by evaluating visual imaginations. The obtained data was evaluated via statistical analysis. The 1 st and 4 th class students answer more decisive and the other classes present ambivalent answers as considering the significant results. Furthermore, positive effect of education on estimating material and function is highlighted as a conclusion of the study.