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International Association of SILKROAD UNIVERSITIES (iasu)

3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Archi-Cultural Interactions through the Silkroad

March 25-27, 2015

Bahçeşehir University of Istanbul/Turkey and Mukogawa Womens University (MWU) of Nishinomiya/Japan are pleased to announce 3rd International Conference on “Archi-Cultural Interactions through the Silkroad”, organized by the International Association of Silkroad Universities (iaSU), scheduled to take place at Bahçeşehir University in March 25-27 2015, in Istanbul/Turkey.

About The Conference 

This conference intends to explore the range of cultural interactions of design with a special emphasis on built environment and its elements in all scales and practices within the broader geography and network of Silkroad -stretching from Europe to the Far East and Japan.

Silkroad is considered as a container and conveyor of knowledge; as a medium of interaction among different cultures. Going beyond the conventional explorations within the dichotomy of east and west; the variegated cultural and design practices of the Silkroad is intended to be discussed through close study of local dynamics and through the perspective of cultural interaction. Since interactions depend highly on cultural communication, this conference aims to initiate mapping networks, agents and examples of interactions mediating the dynamic and creative interfaces of the Silkroad; the unity and diversity of design’ theories and practices within this special geography in perspective.

Design can be described as a configuration of a medium of communication between designers and the rest of the world. Throughout this configuration all the elements of design are interacting at the same time to structure the design language. By keeping this statement in mind, the major aim of this conference is to enhance the awareness of cross/trans cultural interactions along the Silkroad beyond borders and to foster cultural exchange in present and future prospects, beyond sharing the knowledge of history within a large scope of theoretical, technical and practical approaches of design. As in the past iasu conferences, the main intention is to provide scholars, researchers, and practitioners from across the Silkroad with an interdisciplinary milieu to explore and debate historical, contemporary and future problems relating to the fields of architecture, urban design, landscape cultures and practices, interior design, product design and art practices of the Asian countries. With the affirmation that design in all scales incorporates both space, its elements and culture; descriptive, comparative, critical and practical studies on theories, cases, experiences, and interrelations between different scales and elements of design through research and practices are open to scholars covering wide spectrum regarding inter-connections between culture and the fields mentioned above.

The THEMES on “archi-cultural interactions” will cover the followings
Design tools, materials and methods
Materials & methods of the vernacular
Conservation practices and adaptive re-use
Cross-cultural interactions in art and design
Sustainability and ecological concerns
Urban & rural practices
Landscape traditions
Human & environment relations
Sacred & secular spaces
Objects of cultural practices
Cultural acts of dwelling
Digital approaches and applications
Current dynamics and future prospects in design

This conference offers a unique opportunity for scholars, universities and research institutions representing different cultural identities of the Silkroad to exchange ideas, initiate collaborative studies and to develop new strategies for improving cross-cultural understanding and communication.

Publications

Proceedings of the conference will be published in the e-book format. Selected papers of the conference will be published as full text papers in the post conference book by Bahçeşehir University Press.

Key Dates

Extended Abstract Submission: September 26, 2014

Acceptance Notification: December 1, 2014

Conference Dates: March 25-27, 2015

Early Registration: January 15, 2015 Regular Registration: February 15, 2015

Language

The official language of the conference is English. Simultaneous translations from English to Turkish and Turkish to English will be provided only during the Opening Ceremony for thematic speeches by the representatives of universities and other higher education institutions from the Silkroad region.

Committees

Honorary Board

Sema Soygeniş

Shigeyuki Okazaki

Bülent Uluengin Tevfik Balcıoğlu

Scientific Committee

Zuhal Ulusoy A. Zeynep Onur Yasushi Asami Türkan Ulusu Uraz Teruyuki Monnai Shuichi Hokoi Şebnem Timur Öğüt Suzan Girginkaya Akdağ Salih Ofluoğlu Özen Eyüce Osman Demirbaş Nilay Ünsal Gülmez Neslihan Aydın Yönet Murat Şahin A. Müge Bozdayı Mitsuo Takada Minako Mizuno Yamanlar Meltem Eti Proto Mehmet Asatekin Mamoru Kawaguchi Kunio Kato Kazuhiko Yanagisawa Işıl Uçman Altınışık İnci Deniz Ilgın Hümanur Bağlı Hironobu Yoshida Gülsüm Baydar Göksun Akyürek Altürk Farouk Y. Seyif Eren Şansal Emine Onaran İncirlioğlu Dürnev Atılgan Devrim Ülkebaş Deniz Özkut Deniz Hasırcı Burak Altınışık Bengü Uluengin Ayşe Coşkun Orlandi Aren Kurtgözü Ahmet Sezgin

Steering Committee

3rd iaSU International Conference is organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Design of Istanbul Bahçeşehir University (BAU), in cooperation with Mukogawa Womens University (MWU) in Japan. The Organizing Committee includes the following Bahcesehir University faculty members:

Murat Dündar (Vice-Dean, Faculty of Architecture & Design)

Sezin Tanrıöver (Chair, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design)

Elçin Tezel (Chair, Department of Industrial Design)

Melahat Küçükarslan Emiroğlu (Faculty of Architecture & Design)

Sinem Kültür (Faculty of Architecture & Design) Belinda Torus (Faculty of Architecture & Design)

Belinda Torus (Faculty of Architecture & Design)

Conference Secretary

Renk Dimli Oraklıbel (Faculty of Architecture & Design)

Zeynep Gül Söhmen (Faculty of Architecture & Design)

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