Book presentation by Pelin Derviş, Independent researcher, Architecture and Design in Turkey
Discussants:
Assist. Prof. Dr. Burçin Başyazıcı - Architecture Department
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nevin Aslı Can - Architecture Department
Assist. Prof. Dr. Moira Valeri - Architecture Department
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The first book of the Pelin Derviş Publication Project, Architectural Model Making In Turkey As a Tool For Thinking and Visualization | Fragments from the 20th Century have been published in collaboration with the Architects’ Association 1927. The book includes articles on the place of architectural models in the practice, education, history and archive of architecture alongside the biographies, professional works and selected productions of eight model makers—Sami Pazarbaşı, Sidel Pazarbaşı, Yusuf Z. Ergüleç, Selahattin Yazıcı, Mehmet Şener, Varjan Yurtgülü, İhsan Kostak, Murat Küçük. The first output of the project, “Architectural Model Making in Turkey,” was the Architectural Model Making in Turkey as a Tool for Thinking and Visualization exhibition, which took place at Studio-X Istanbul in 2017. The book features both this exhibition that led to the emergence of this particular project, and the specific work that was produced within the context of the archive in collaboration with the METU Faculty of Architecture and SALT Research together with the discussions that took place within the same framework.
This book presents a fragment of the 20th century with an edited selection. As much as it was shaped by certain quests, the selection is determined by sources that could have been accessed and a deadline. It is clear that there is a lot more to do.
