a [TRH]  Augmented Thresholds: Sustaining Architectural Heritage of Istanbul LandWalls

Organized by ITU Faculty of Architecture with the support of Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) and IBB Miras, the “a[TRH] Augmented Thresholds: Sustaining Architectural Heritage of Istanbul Land Walls” event will be organized as online seminars (March-June ’25) and face-to-face workshops (19-27 July ’25/ Istanbul), with participation from University of Granada, University of Porto, University of Applied Sciences Nysa, Technical University of Madrid and Politecnico di Milano. This event aims to develop an interdisciplinary approach for the preservation and transfer to a sustainable future of Istanbul Land Walls. The workshop will address issues such as the digitalization of architectural and archaeological heritage, supporting the Karasurları with gamification methods, addressing the Land Walls at an environmental and urban scales, evaluating them within the perspective of a circular economy, and strengthening them as a threshold in a periodic and functional context. The event aims to strengthen international cooperation while offering innovative approaches to the preservation of the Istanbul Land Walls.

 

ITU Faculty of Architecture students can apply by filling out the form from the link below until 7 March 2025. Due to the limited participation, student selection will be made by evaluating the applications. Participation is open to all departments’ 3rd and 4th year undergraduate and graduate students, 4 ECTS will be received upon completion.

Application link: https://forms.gle/raTYaTTeDMTBjPUc6

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Seminar Announcement

AI- & Robotics-supported Extra-/ Terrestrial Architecture

Henriette H. Bier

Associate Professor, Technical University Delft (TUD), Leader Robotic Building (RB), Associate TU Delft Robotics Institute (DRI) and RoboValley

Date: : 04.12.2024
Time: 13.30-14.30 pm (GMT+3)

Biography

After graduating in architecture (1998) from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, Henriette Bier has worked with Morphosis (1999-2001) on internationally relevant projects in the US and Europe. She has taught digitally-driven architectural design (2002-2003) at universities in Austria, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands and since 2004 she mainly teaches and researches at Technical University Delft (TUD) with focus on advanced computational design and robotics integrated into buildings and building processes. She initiated and coordinated (2005-06) the workshop and lecture series on Digital Design and Fabrication with invited guests from MIT and ETHZ and finalized (2008) her PhD on System-embedded Intelligence in Architecture. She coordinated EU projects E-Archidoct and F2F Continuum (2007-10) and led 4TU projects RDCB/ SP and Adaptive Joints/ VS (2015-18), NL-, ESA- and industry-funded projects CW4N, BCP Planetoid, Rhizome 1.0 and 2.0 (2019-27). 2014 she initiated and since then she has led the Robotic Building lab involving 4-6 researchers and technical assistants. 2017-19, she has been appointed professor at Dessau Institute of Architecture. Since 2020, she has been visiting professor at the Vietnamese German University in Hanoi, visiting researchers at PoliMi, and honorary associate professor at University of Sydney. She has 3 PhD students who defended successfully 2021-22 and currently co-promotes 6 PhD students. Results of developed research are presented at workshops and symposia and are published in books, journals and conference proceedings internationally.

Can Uzun will be a guest lecturer as part of the MBL 513E Digital Architectural Design & Modeling graduate course on Friday, November 17th, at 13:30 p.m. During this session, we will examine the relationship between machine learning and architecture and discuss the ongoing paradigm shift via the use of AI models.

The session will be face-to-face at the Taşkışla campus BIM-1 Laboratory.