Gizem Güler Nakıp

• Master of Science
• PhD Student at Silesian University of Technology

Studies within the scope of the history of modern architecture show that different social, cultural, economic and political developments in different regions of the world have led to a different modernization processes in each country. A similar process occurred in Turkey by which political, economic and technological developments after the Republi...

The conservation and transferring of cultural heritage to future generations have been facilitated by the increasing development of digital modeling and architectural visualization software. With the help of a virtual environment, heritage data can be archived more permanently and accessed by numerous users. This paper aims to put forward how herit...

Housing architecture clearly reveals lifestyle, social/cultural/political/economic changes, and architectural approaches. The changing needs of society, negligible conservation awareness, and interventions in housing units due to urban renewal policies negatively affect historical continuity and permanence. It is therefore important for conducting...

The modernist architecture of the twentieth century, often referred to as the International Style, exhibited diverse forms and urban layouts shaped by local cultural, economic, and political factors. To comprehensively understand the architectural heritage of this era, it is essential to consider both universal and local principles. This paper expl...

Twentieth-century housing estates are an important part of the architectural heritage of the modern age, reflecting not only the evolution of housing forms, but also the technological advances and sociocultural dynamics of the twentieth century. However, awareness of the value of this heritage is still insufficient, resulting in a lack of legal pro...

Passages and bazaars, examples of public interiors, are types of buildings that have a variety of functions, like providing social and economic needs. However, due to changes in shopping habits in modern times, these public interiors are losing their commercial and social significance, along with their architectural functions. The study aims to ana...

Housing architecture – multi-storey houses, housing estates, and their urban layouts – of the second half of the XX century is a spectacular representation of the transformation process from traditional to modern architecture. Modernism, referred to as the “International Style”, created numerous variations depending on local conditions. The main th...

Historical urban areas have great importance in terms of having memory, belonging, and place identity. They have a tendency to create an urban identity for the remaining parts of the city. Existing industrial buildings being an important value of historical areas contribute to the identity of the city in terms of their architectural characteristics...

The interdisciplinary study of architecture across many fields adds meaning to architecture. Literature, which is one of the areas that works together with architecture, conveys information to the reader on many topics, such as periods, daily life practices, social problems, and human-space relations. Analysis of a literary work combines literature...

The modernization process in Turkey which had started with the proclamation of the Republic in 1923 has also influenced architecture and then has led to the emergence of modern design. International architectural languages began to be sprawled much faster in cities like İzmir where different cultures have been living together for centuries. The cit...

Architecture benefits from different disciplines and the interdisciplinary impact of architecture is a field that gets stronger over time. It intertwines with a wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, sociology, philosophy, and literature, that expand architecture’s own meaning. Language is a resource for disciplines to establish a relation...

Playgrounds are the areas that are specifically designed for children to play which are actually the places enable them to take part in the everyday life. In addition to taking place, the quality of this participation is also important. For analysing the quality of these areas, evaluating them in terms of Universal Design principles is one of the e...

Technology has been widely used in recent years in all design fields, including architecture. 2D and 3D representational techniques enable better visual communication by displaying the materials, colours, interior components, and so forth. Similarly, the use of e-documentation for modern heritage enables easy access for a large number of users, pro...

This study aims to review the re-functionalization of İzmir's cultural heritage on the scale of interior architecture by considering the connection of this issue with socio-cultural sustainability. For this purpose, firstly, literature is searched on socio-cultural sustainability, cultural heritage, industrial heritage potential of İzmir city and t...