{"product_id":"ktu-nun-kurulus-yillarinda-mimarlik-egitimine-adanmis-bir-yasam-iki-mimar-ozgonul-erdem-aksoy","title":"A Life Dedicated to Architectural Education in the Founding Years of KTU Two Architects: ÖZGÖNÜL – ERDEM AKSOY","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The services Özgönül and Erdem Aksoy rendered to Karadeniz Technical University, and especially to KTU Faculty of Architecture, are beyond all praise. The injustices they faced after 1980 are unacceptable. As strong saplings, these two valuable people who took root in the university of my beloved city and who still exist there today as two mighty plane trees with their memories, will live on in our memories as exemplary academics, exemplary people…”\u003cbr\u003e–GÜLSÜN SAĞLAMER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book entitled \"A Life Dedicated to Architectural Education in the Founding Years of KTU, Two Architects: ÖZGÖNÜL – ERDEM AKSOY,\" prepared to both commemorate and pass on to future generations Prof. Dr. Özgönül and Erdem Aksoy, founders of the Department of Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University's Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, has been published in collaboration with the Association for Architectural Education (MimED) and YEM Yayın.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProf. Dr. Özgönül and Erdem Aksoy, founders of the Department of Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University's Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, were commemorated by the Association for Architectural Education (MimED) at a meeting held at the ITU Faculty of Architecture, Taşkışla, the institution where they themselves were educated. The event, attended by their friends, colleagues, and students, celebrated their lives dedicated to architectural science and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, prepared for publication by Türkan Ulusu Uraz and Ahsen Özsoy, the extraordinary story of the Aksoys begins when they, as young faculty members, laid the foundations of the KTU Department of Architecture in Trabzon in the 1960s, after entering ITU as architecture students. Subsequently, you will embark on a long journey that encompasses their dedicated and resolute development of the department they established; their answer to the question \"how can contemporary architectural and design education be provided?\" in an Anatolian city far from the center; the lasting and developmental impact they had on their students and educators through the educational model they created; their achievements, their unfulfilled aspirations, their joys, and their sorrows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn this journey, which is both intriguing and educational, you will learn about the Aksoys and the early years of the KTU Department of Architecture from first-hand accounts. You will understand their surprisingly inspiring personalities, efforts, and the magnitude of their largely unappreciated values, considering the conditions of their time.\u003cbr\u003eAnd perhaps, by the time you reach the end of the book, you won't be able to help but ask, \"If these two people, who achieved so much in approximately 15 years of service, had been able to remain in their positions for another 15 years, what wouldn't have happened?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's editors' views on its content, preparation process, and the Aksoys are summarized as follows:\u003cbr\u003eAHSEN ÖZSOY: “The series of commemorative meetings titled 'The Unforgotten,' organized by the Association for Architectural Education (MimED) and focusing on architectural educators, holds a very special and significant place among all MimED activities. In the first product of this series, the multi-layered story of the Aksoys' lives dedicated to architectural science and education is conveyed through the testimonies of their friends, colleagues, and students. Thus, the establishment of a university, its organizational and spatial development, and the shaping of architectural education under the conditions of those years, and consequently the founding and development story of the KTU Department of Architecture, are evaluated from various perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book profoundly introduces these two valuable figures, this education-loving couple, who left their mark on the development of architectural education in Turkey, through their lives and educator personalities. While Mr. Erdem's approach emphasized the rational and scientific content of architectural education, Ms. Özgönül prioritized life and humanity in education; in essence, these seemingly different perspectives converged in their search for an answer to the question 'What constitutes good architectural education?'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI believe that by reading about how this difficult and incredible effort in Trabzon, at a time when only a few architectural schools were located in big cities, was undertaken, its costs, its results, and its current impacts through different authors, today's architectural education environment will also be evaluated with a different perspective. I think this book, which will ensure that these two valuable people who left deep traces by realizing this unique project, one of the important milestones of architectural education in Turkey in the 100th year of our Republic, are recognized and understood in various aspects, will also be a guide for research on the history of architectural education in our country…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTÜRKAN ULUSU URAZ:\u003cbr\u003e“The Association for Architectural Education (MimED, 1998) organized a meeting on November 29, 2013, to commemorate Prof. Dr. Özgönül and Erdem Aksoy, the founders of the Department of Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture. They were remembered through their lives dedicated to architectural science and education, and their personalities, with the participation of their friends, colleagues, and students, and also under the roof where they were educated, at ITU Faculty of Architecture, Taşkışla... It was gratifying that the texts matured by those who requested to speak as listeners during the meeting; and the carefully written articles by Aksoys' students Gamze Kaymak Heinz, Bekir Gerçek, and their friends Yavuz Önen and Sevinç Hadi, who heard about the book preparation, were included in our book. Furthermore, Ülkü Özen and Şehnaz Özkan, who wanted to share the letters and cards the Aksoys wrote to them from their drawers; our graduates S. Mehmet Altuner, Nurel Akkaş, Tahir Ayçiçek, T. Fikret Bilgin, Erkin Erten, Bekir Gerçek, Gülnaz T. Gezgin, Ayhan Karadayı, Şengül Öymen Gür, Şenay Ö. Eryavuz, Kayhan Topel, Zihni Turkan, Vehbi Tosun, İlkay Özdemir, N. Kırhan Yazıcı, Seyhan Yılmaz, KTU Alumni Association President Bedir Toker, and my professor Erdal Aksugür did not withhold their support by opening their photo archives and patiently answering my endless questions about them; we owe them our gratitude. The photo archives of my professor Hasan Saltık, my classmate İbrahim Okman whom we lost too early, and the late Haldun Özen, a friend of the Aksoys, were always with us. Naturally, only visuals from the early years of KTU could be included in our book...\u003cbr\u003eThe articles in the book were organized under three main headings after the Introduction and Opening Speeches. The meeting speech texts were grouped under the heading 'NARRATIVES AND ACCOUNTS ABOUT THE AKSOYS' as The Aksoys' ITU Years: Educational Ideals; The Aksoys' KTU Years: Design of Architectural Education and Environment; The Aksoys' Post-KTU Period, and Memories and Comments from the Audience. The second heading, 'WRITINGS ABOUT THE AKSOYS,' consists of published texts written after the Aksoys' passing by their friends, most of whom are no longer alive. The third heading, 'WRITINGS AND DRAWINGS BY THE AKSOYS,' is a selection of scientific articles, award-winning designs, and additionally, letters and cards that served as a means of meeting and communicating with distant friends, with an emphasis on those related to education. Between these sections, there are photographs illustrating the Aksoys and the KTU environment of the time. Considering that nowadays, every moment can be captured by mobile phones and easily erased from our memory, the value of these photographs, at least half a century old, shared with us by Aksoy's friends, is priceless. Perhaps for this reason, we prioritized using almost every photograph suitable for printing to better explain the environment. We hope that each of these will carry a different memory and narrative value for the reader, encourage them to imagine what they read, perhaps to re-read it, and transform the transition between headings into a visual feast.\u003cbr\u003eIn conclusion, this book sheds light on the mission of architectural education and educators, research in architectural sciences, and the identity of architectural schools, as well as the founding years of KTU between 1965 and 1982, through the Aksoys' last 35 years of life, which included their teaching duties at the KTU Department of Architecture, which they founded, as well as their roles as Head of the Department of Architecture, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Rector at the same institution. Therefore, it can serve as a guide for young academics and administrators in founding and innovative ventures in higher education. It also humbly notes, based on testimonies, the chaotic environment experienced by universities in the oppressive military rule of the late 80s and before, and finally the unfair purge and isolation suffered by the Aksoys. The aim is to remind people of what has been forgotten and to make people aware of what has been overlooked...”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YEM Yayın","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48370208112883,"sku":"9786257008662","price":980.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/files\/YEM_OZGONUL_ERDEM_AKSOY_KITAP_KAPAK.jpg?v=1733316492","url":"https:\/\/yemkitabevi.com\/en-us\/products\/ktu-nun-kurulus-yillarinda-mimarlik-egitimine-adanmis-bir-yasam-iki-mimar-ozgonul-erdem-aksoy","provider":"YEM Kitabevi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}