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CALL FOR PAPERS,
International Symposium, Istanbul - TURKEY, 12-16 October 2009

REVITALISING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS: Requalifying Old Places for New Uses

Dear colleagues,


The organizing committee of the International Symposium on 'Revitalizing Built
Environments: Requalifying Old Places for New Uses' is pleased  to announce
that the symposium will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 12 to 16 October 2009.
It is jointly organized by IAPS-CSBE 'Culture & Space in the Built
Environment Network' and the IAPS - Housing Network in collaboration with
Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture; Istanbul Bahcesehir
University, Faculty of Design and Architecture; The Turkish Chamber of
Architects and YEM-The Building Information Centre.

Please pass this "call for paper" on to scholars who you think might be
interested in.  Kindly note that the deadline for submission of abstracts is 9
January 2009. For complete details about the symposium, please visit our
website at: http://www.culturespace2009.org.  Once all the functions of the
website fully activated, there will be more information available to you such
as all the necessary instructions for the abstract submission procedure,
together with other important info about the Conference (venues, deadlines,
fees, scientific and social events, preliminary schedule, accommodation, etc.).
Please keep on checking the website for more information for future.

We look forward to your valuable participation.

Sincerely,

On Behalf of the organizing committee
Roderick Lawrence, IAPS-Housing Network, co-ordinator
Hülya Turgut Yıldız	, IAPS-CSBE Network, co-ordinator
Peter Kellett , IAPS-CSBE Network, co-ordinator


For any further question you can contact the Scientific Secretariat

Dr. Göksenin Inalhan, symposium secretary
ITU,Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture,
Taskisla, Taksim, 34437, Istanbul, Türkiye
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax: +90 212 244 92 43

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CALL FOR PAPERS   				 International Symposium

JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY IAPS-CSBE 'Culture & Space in the Built Environment
Network' and the IAPS - HOUSING Network

REVITALISING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS: Requalifying Old Places for New Uses
Istanbul - TURKEY                                                               
12-16 October 2009


The organising committee of  the International Symposium on 'Revitalising
Built Environments: Requalifying Old Places For New Uses'  is pleased  to
announce that the symposium will be held in Istanbul  12 - 16 October 2009.
This symposium is the  4th of a series of international symposia organized by
the IAPS -International Association of People-Environment Studies- Network on
"Culture and Space in the Built Environment", with the objective of
bringing together participants from various disciplines. The first symposium of
the network was "Culture and Space in the Home Environment" in Istanbul in
1997, then 'Traditional Environments in a New Millenium: Defining Principles
and Professional Practice', in Amasya in 2001, and 'Social Change and
Spatial Transformation in Housing Environments' in Istanbul in 2005. The IAPS
Housing Network has also organized four international symposia since 1989 in
the United Kingdom, Poland and Sweden. These events are now recognized as an
established tradition of the IAPS community and in international architectural
and urban research, a tradition that combines research studies within an
interdisciplinary framework with high relevance for practice. It will be the
primary aim of the organizers of this symposium to build  on these  tradition.
Symposium theme
Significant investments of monetary resources and professional expertise during
the last three decades in many countries have led to numerous projects and
programmes concerning urban regeneration, housing renovation, and the
revitalization of old neighborhoods.  Some of these investments have led to
problematic unintended consequences whereas others have been considered
successes. The common approach used in recent years has been based largely on
quantifiable criteria related to the functional and physical performance of
buildings, the financial return of monetary investments, and projections about
demographic and economic trends; it has been rare to explicitly integrate the
aspirations, preferences and values of local residents living in or adjacent to
many projects. The key question today is how can future projects define a
comprehensive programme of work if they continue to ignore the point of view of
the local population? Instead of relying heavily on technical solutions by
professionals, both quantitative and qualitative approaches are necessary which
would involve a wide range of actors from the public and private sectors
including citizens. The economic, functional and physical lifespan of buildings
should be reconsidered in relation to the diversity of meanings, including the
contested meanings of some projects which reflect the diverse values that
different groups of the population attribute to the built environment before
renovation works are defined. The two IAPS Networks organizing this symposium
have accumulated considerable scientific knowledge which can be integrated with
professional know-how in order to deal effectively with the challenge of
requalifying the existing built environment. In contrast to terms such as urban
regeneration, housing rehabilitation, upgrading and retrofit, the term
requalifying is used as a verb to underline the multi-actor process, the
multiple criteria and the meanings and values used during the reconfiguration
of existing buildings and public spaces in urban areas in order to improve the
quality of life of residents. Authors are invited to submit papers that
consider key theoretical and methodological issues, post-occupancy evaluations,
or present case studies that illustrate specific principles and methods as well
as examples of best practice, in relation to:
o	Residential buildings in the public and private sectors
o	Private industrial and commercial buildings
o	Public spaces and landmarks in urban and rural localities
o	Industrial sites, derelict lands (brown fields) and green spaces
Symposium structure
This international symposium is organized to encourage the participation of
scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and areas including
architecture, urban design, planning, psychology, sociology and anthropology,
and  from a range of countries and cultures.
Contributions will be accepted in the following categories:
o	Paper presentations: at the heart of the symposium will be paper
presentations by researchers drawing on applied and theoretical research.
Papers from both academia and practice will be considered for inclusion.
o	Posters: describing contributions and the latest results of scientific work
from theoretical and research work (especially PhD-researchers) best practice,
qualitative case studies, etc.
o	Symposia: representatives from various organizations involved in
revitalizing urban development initiatives including: the private sector,
commercial business, official agencies, municipalities, NGOs, schools,
universities, and other institutions etc. are invited to organize symposia that
will give a platform for in-depth discussion. They will be based on
o	Invited Symposia (invited by the Organizing Committee )
o	Proposed Symposia (proposals of  participants)

Participants'  Profiles
-	Academics
- Research organizations
- Architects in practice
- Construction companies
- Small architectural companies
- International architectural companies
- State/ local administrations
- Local professional organizations
- International professional organizations
- Representatives from community organizations
- Builders
- Real-estate organizations
- Community Associations, and Citizens
- Non-governmental organization
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Contact
Symposium website:	 www.culturespace2009.org
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