As-Built Survey - 19th Edition

In order to understand what historical artifacts and monuments reflect from the past and how they shed light on architectural development, it is necessary to document, or "survey," both those that are preserved and those that are in ruins. A survey is the first step to be taken when intervention is required on an ancient artifact. Whether for archiving or for preparing a restitution-restoration project, surveying an ancient artifact is essential. From this perspective, the importance of surveying in our country, which has so many historical artifacts, is very clear.

Primarily prepared for architecture students who are new to this field, the SURVEY book is also an extremely useful resource for professionals. It addresses the subject in an easy-to-understand language and method for everyone; the stages of sketching, photographing, measuring, and drawing are explained with examples from the author's years of work.

About Bülent Uluengin

Born in Istanbul in 1944. Graduated from the Department of Architecture of the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts in 1969.

After his military service, he worked as a control architect at a private bank until 1974 and traveled to many regions of Turkey. In 1974, he started working as an assistant in the Department of Architecture at the Istanbul State Academy of Architecture and Engineering (İDMMA). In 1982, upon the invitation of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, he went to Saudi Arabia and worked as a research architect at the Hajj Research Center of the same university until 1986. Between 1986 and 1995, in addition to working as a freelance architect in Istanbul, he worked as a contract lecturer at Yıldız Technical University and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.
He completed his doctoral thesis and received his Ph.D. in 1996; he became an associate professor in 1997 and a professor in 2003. Between 1995 and 2007, he worked as a faculty member in the Architectural Restoration Program at the Vocational School of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Since 2007, he has been working as a faculty member and Head of the Department of Architecture at Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Architecture and Design.
He has written various papers and articles related to his field of expertise, and has carried out survey and project studies. He has participated in national and international symposia (Sudan, Yemen, Jordan, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, and America) and presented papers.
Uluengin has published books such as "Methods of Utilizing Photographic Techniques in the Architectural Design Process" (doctoral thesis, published by Yıldız Technical University in 1997), "Architectural Metals, Properties, Causes of Deterioration, Protection and Restoration Techniques" (Birsen Publishing House, Istanbul 2006), "Osmaneli and Its Traditional Houses" (Kirkuk Foundation Publication, Istanbul 2009), "Classical Building Details in Ottoman Monumental Architecture" (YEM Publishing, 3rd edition, Istanbul 2010), which won first prize in the Architectural Award category at the 2010 Writing-Documentation-Translation Awards of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities, and "Survey" (YEM Publishing, 4th edition, Istanbul 2010).