MAPPING MODERN CAMPUSES: “AN IMAGINATIVE PROJECTION BACKWARD IN TIME”

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2023-1-19
Yürekli, Yurdanur Melike
This study aims to map a specific network of modernism that embodies operational projections. Based on Genz and Lucas-Drago’s definition, mapping is understood as a technique to generate a representation of spaces and places of the “actors” and their relation to each other. Mapping modern campuses, here, are interpreted in multiple contexts and considered both a research tool, an interface, and a visualization problem for revealing the network. University campus as an urban model particularly after the World War II period between the 1950s-1970s corresponds to the total complexity of modernism with projections from and towards the spatio-temporal contingencies. The narration of campus case composes a unique assemblage with actant layers ranging from the architect’s intention, institutional requirements, regional and physical environment, social and political drive, cultural context, material availability, and further usage by students, professors, and personals. This study configures after multiple mapping trials with potentials, limitations, and shortcomings that occur in both representational and archival frames.

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Citation Formats
Y. M. Yürekli, “MAPPING MODERN CAMPUSES: “AN IMAGINATIVE PROJECTION BACKWARD IN TIME”,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2023.