Architecture as Territory: Politico-aesthetic Constructions and Representations of Space-time

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2024-1-17

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Kızıl, Sinan Cem

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The thesis claims that architecture, from its simplest constructions to grandiose ones, always deals with the construction of territories. It discusses the constructed nature of human and non-human ecologies by focusing on multiple theories of territory as the counter term for space. Learning from the discussions on territory, territoriality and (de)(re)territorialization, it understands architecture as the marking of the earth. Thus, it perceives architectural objects within the manifold territorial relationships. To unfold these relationships, this thesis looks at objects of architectural production in a non-linear mode by continuously navigating between the scales and domains of architecture: between human and non-human, production and reception, room and city. Two terms, rhythm and boundary, are the conceptual tools for this non-linear navigation. They inform the politico-aesthetic constructions of senses, individuals, societies, environments and the profession. Following rhythms and boundaries across territories, this thesis locates architecture as the production of space-times through manipulations of the environment to answer two questions, what do we construct and what do we represent?

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Territory, Territoriality, Space-time, Rhythm, Boundary

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/108398

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis