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A neo-structuralist perspective on architectural theory of post-truth era: Re-constructing the architect-subject
(2022) Cavdar, Rabia Cigdem; 237969
The fundamental aim of the article is to scrutinise the transformations and yet pseudo-disappearance of architectural theory with an archi-theoretical gaze. It is an attempt to reread/ write the architectural theory of the 21st century in the shade of the claim that architectural theory was dead. It is obvious that not only in architecture but also in all social-life structures, free-floating meanings began to invade the totality; every concept that constitutes societal life was dislocated after the digital turn. Concepts began to be depicted with the prefix 'pose; such as post-historical, post-humanist, post-political, post-ideological, post-theory, and even, 'post-truth'. Under these circumstances, the main argument of the article is that architecture could be run as a 'point de capitone' -in Lacanian terminology-, between the subject -described as the sublime object of ideology by Zizek- and the ideology; the role of architecture is to work as a stabiliser on/between the liquid surfaces/grounds. In the context of the main argument, the article is structured on three conceptual domains, which are that ideology, subject and architecture. Architecture as a point de capitone has a significant role in the reconstitution of incommensurable dialectic in the 'redoubling procedure; which works for both recreating the lost otherness, and providing social antagonism.
An Architectural Reading of Zamyatin’s Intersectional Elements in The Novel “We”
(2021) Çavdar, Rabia Çiğdem; 237969
“We” was written by Russian novelist Yevgeny Zamyatin in 1921 after the Soviet Revolution. To be at the edge of the conflicts was scrutinized at the novel, in which the protagonist, labeled as D-503, having a tentative position at the well-defined ground by the power which presented itself as the truth or the law. The narration was constructed via the diary of protagonist; how D-503 perceived the paradigm, which he had lived in, what kind of conflicts and contradictions he had been living with the system was questioned. Zamyatin chose very specific architectural elements to explain and criticize the dominant paradigm of the era -early 1920’s, and the periphery of that dominancy; like Green Wall, Glass Wall, logical labyrinth, cube square, and etc. These intersectional elements were constructed as in the form of blurred voids in order to unfold the ideological positions of the written period of the novel. The materialization and meaning of the walls, could be read as dialectic conceiving of how Zamyatin scrutinized both the revolution and the paradigm. As being a dystopia, the novel “We” criticizes the idealized beliefs that were presented as transparent, lucid and conductive.
Farklılığın Mekanı: Foucault ve Lefebvre’deki Heterotopya ve Heterotopi Ayrımı
(2018) Çavdar, Rabia Çiğdem; 237969
Kent içerisinde giderek artan bir biçimde kentlinin özgür kullanımının dışına itilen mekanlarla karşılaşılmaktadır. Bu itiliş -özgür kentsel kullanımın terkedilmeye zorlanması- aynı zamanda iktidar aygıtlarının kontrol edebildiği mekanlar ya da mekansal donatılar tarafından işgal edilmiş gündelik hayat anlamına gelmektedir. Bu durum erkin, kent içinde bir tür türdeş, sıkıcı ve steril mekanlar oluşturma girişimi olarak değerlendirilebilir. Erk, çeşitlilikten yalıtılmış, sayısal kontrol mekanizmaları ile fiziksel takibin olası kılındığı ve her türlü sosyal etkileşim derinliğinin azaltıldığı, bu mekanizmaların işletilemediği durumda fiziksel erişimin engellendiği bir mekanlar dizisi (dizge değil) ya da kent düzlemi (örüntü değil) oluşturma eğilimindedir. “Heterotopik” mekanların, erk tarafından sönümlendirilmesi girişimiyle karşı karşıya kalındığı aşikardır. Bu bağlamda, Foucault’nun “Heterotopia” ve Lefebvre’in “Heterotopy” kavramları, kentin özgür ve kamusal alanlarını yeniden okuyabilmek için elealınabilir mi? Farklılığın mekanını tarifleyen bu kavramlar sanki aynı durumu tarifliyor gibi gözükseler de aralarında net ayrımların olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu makale farklılığın mekanının ayrımını bütüncül bir bakışla ortaya çıkarma girişimidir. Bu metin, farklılığın mekanlarının yeniden okunabilmesi ve kentsel yaşantının kaybolan özgür yanının yeniden görülmesi gereğinin dillendirilmesi için yazılmıştır
From Badlands of Plastics to Up-cycled Objects: Tertium Non Data
(Cankaya University Press, 2018) Çavdar, Rabia Çiğdem; 237969
Roland Barthes (1991) stated, “A miracle is always a sudden transformation of nature.” Originally, plastic could be seen as a man-made material (thing) transformed from a natural material. Plastic is a new “perfect” material-object produced from earthly raw material. Although its discovery time is not very long, it is obvious that it has a long lifetime after once produced. That is why it is needed to find sustainable ways to manage the world of plastic objects. There are many re-cycling projects related with plastics, but here I would like to mention an “up-cycling” project of plastics. It is a “revaluation process” of plastics, it is “Tertium Non Data” done by Gülnur Özdağlar. In this miraculous process, useless-epidemic-uninspired plastic things transformed into something endemic and unique. “Tertium Non Data” could be a sustainable way of living with plastics.
Mimarlığın Maddiliği
(2020) Çavdar, Rabia Çiğdem; 237969
The Impact of Architectural Education on Children
(Elsevier Science BV, 2012) Çavdar, Rabia Çiğdem; 237969
Architectural education as a design education always encourages the creativity. The case studies realized with children shows that facing architecture in early ages when their brain has not formatted has a great potential both for architectural milieu and for consciousness of the children related to their surroundings. Being conscious in early age might bring an opportunity to shape more meaningful environments. For example, there is no need to be an architect to behave responsible with their environment; such as ecological problems, sustainability, traffic problems which are the tools for educating more responsible generations with their environment. They can perceive the world in different ways and constitute a conscious understanding of built environment. These meetings have double sided effect both on their mind and the milieu of architecture. This article will discuss mentioned thoughts above by means of workshops held abroad. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Ayse Cakir Ilhan

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