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THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY OF KAYSERI CASTLE IN AN INTRODUCTORY ARCHITECTURE STUDIO: A RESEARCH-BY-DESIGN SYNTHESIS

KAYSERİ KALESİ’NİN MİMARLIĞA GİRİŞ STÜDYOSUNDAKİ ÖĞRETİCİ YOLCULUĞU: BİR TASARIM YOLUYLA ARAŞTIRMA SENTEZİ

Ömer Faruk Alp(ADIYAMAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-1975-6433
Ahmet Aslan(ABDULLAH GÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-9212-4523
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2026-08-10
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The resulting process offers an intertwined research-by-design synthesis concerning the Kayseri İç Kale context, the instructive operation of context in an introductory architecture studio, and the architectural lessons emerging through student-instructor interaction.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The İç Kale (Inner Castle) wall of Kayseri Castle is examined as a context that produces knowledge through research by design within an introductory architecture studio.
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Key Findings & Data:Students were invited to reinterpret the impermeable historical wall between the inner and outer spaces of the İç Kale as a vertical design plane.
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Conclusion & Impact:The resulting process offers an intertwined research-by-design synthesis concerning the Kayseri İç Kale context, the instructive operation of context in an introductory architecture studio, and the architectural lessons emerging through student-instructor interaction.
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⚙️Variables:Birinci yıl tasarım stüdyosu · tasarım yoluyla araştırma · mimari bağlam

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The İç Kale (Inner Castle) wall of Kayseri Castle is examined as a context that produces knowledge through research by design within an introductory architecture studio. Students were invited to reinterpret the impermeable historical wall between the inner and outer spaces of the İç Kale as a vertical design plane. The aim was to use representation as a means of intervening in the wall and to turn its physical resistance into a matter of architectural thought. Within this framework, students established multiple relations with the wall and developed proposals that attach to the niches between bastions, cling to the wall, hang from it, and open voids within its surface. Students then scaled and multiplied these proposals through representational tools such as models, collages, and drawings. Studio outcomes were later exhibited inside the İç Kale, returning representation from the studio setting to its actual context and making the historical wall and its representations simultaneously visible. In this process, representational intervention in the context became a productive research tool for developing architectural thinking through core concepts such as boundary, void, threshold, and representation. The resulting process offers an intertwined research-by-design synthesis concerning the Kayseri İç Kale context, the instructive operation of context in an introductory architecture studio, and the architectural lessons emerging through student-instructor interaction.

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Kayseri Kalesi İç Kale duvarı, mimarlığa giriş stüdyosu düzeyinde, tasarım yoluyla araştırma sürecinde bilgi üreten bir bağlam olarak ele alınmıştır. Öğrencilerden, iç ve dış mekânlar arasındaki geçirgen olmayan tarihî duvarı düşey bir tasarım düzlemi olarak yeniden okumaları istenmiştir. Amaç, duvara temsil düzeyinde müdahale ederek fiziksel direncini düşünsel olarak tartışmaya açmaktır. Öğrenciler bu çerçevede duvarla çok yönlü ilişkiler kurarak burçlar arası nişlere eklemlenen, duvara tutunan, asılan ve boşluk açan öneriler geliştirmiş, bu önerileri maket, kolaj ve çizim gibi temsil araçlarıyla ölçeklendirip çoğaltmıştır. Stüdyo çıktılarının daha sonra İç Kale içinde sergilenmesiyle temsil, stüdyo ortamından gerçek bağlamına geri dönmüş, tarihî duvar ile kendi temsilleri aynı anda görünür hâle gelmiştir. Bağlama yönelik temsil düzeyinde bir müdahale, mimari düşünceyi sınır, boşluk, eşik ve temsil gibi temel kavramlar üzerinden geliştiren üretken bir araştırma aracına dönüşmüştür. Bu süreç, Kayseri İç Kale bağlamına, mimarlığa giriş stüdyosunda bağlamın öğretici işleyişine ve öğrenci-yürütücü etkileşimi içinde açığa çıkan mimarlık öğretisine ilişkin iç içe geçmiş bir tasarım yoluyla araştırma sentezi sunmaktadır.

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Alp, Ö. F., Kurtuluş, V. B., Aslan, A. (2026). THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY OF KAYSERI CASTLE IN AN INTRODUCTORY ARCHITECTURE STUDIO: A RESEARCH-BY-DESIGN SYNTHESIS. Eskiz: Şehir ve Bölge PLanlama Dergisi, Cilt: 08. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21771604

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