Speaker: Gizem Karabay Can
Date: 09/11/2023 Thursday
Time: 12:30
Place: FB 309
Title: Transforming Landscape: Multi-Scalar and Multi-Temporal Dimensions of Urban Design
Abstract: This presentation aims to cover the place – scale – temporality relationships in urban design, as observed within professional practices. These practical experiences shed light on the constraints shaped by the normative-based professional practice environment, while also examining the ways in which these constraints, as well as the approaches to urban space interventions, are transformed by the opportunities offered by the multi-scale perspective of urban design and the distinctive temporal characteristics of landscape.
Bio: Gizem Karabay Can studied urban design and landscape architecture at Bilkent University (2011) and completed her master’s degree in urban planning and policy design at Politecnico di Milano in 2016. Her master’s thesis focused on assessment of campus sustainability in relation to the interface between morphological conditions of university campuses and sustainability strategies. Since 2013, she has been involved in design and master plan projects at different scales as co-founder of Goland Urban Design and has won various national and international awards in urban design competitions. Currently, she is working as a part-time instructor at Bilkent University.