Özet:

Todays political environment activating huge global development policies and urban renewal projects is cousing battle royals triggering massive social responses in country-wide scales and central government units, non-governmental organizations and architects are centered in the heart of these discussions. This iniquitous situation puts the architects in a critical position; what are the responsibilities of an architect to the community? In a capital dominated society, can the architect be advocate of ‘right to the city’? If yes, how and specifically when this social roles and responsibilities can be included in architectural education?   In this context, 5th semester Architectural Design Studio in Istanbul Kultur University is selected as a case and ‘Architecture and Politics’ has given to the students as the theme for the  project. The target of the studio was to create a consciousness regarding the efficient role of architects and the students were expected to complete the project design processes working on the concept of ‘advocating the right to the city’. This study is important, from the point of bringing a new approach to the political issues -which is a part of everyday life, parallel to their approach to the design problems handled in the architectural design education.

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