Architecture & Urbanism in the Age of Planetary Crisis

10:00-10:15, Opening Speech, Professor Dr. Senem Zeybekoglu, Conference Chair, Ecodemia

10:15-11:00, Keynote Speech,  Towards Lightness and Freedom: Reimagining Architecture and Education, Professor David Gloster, Director Of Education, Royal Institute of British Architects

11:00-12:30, Session 1, Moderator: Professor David Gloster

• The Urban Commons as A Possibility for the Socio-Spatial Justice   in the Cities of the Global South: Rethinking the Favelas in the Metropolis of   Rio De Janeiro, Bernardo Soares, Ph.D. Candidate, Federal University of Rio de   Janeiro
• Creating Geographies for Capital Accumulation and the   Reproduction of Crises, Dr. Paria Valizadeh, Near East University
• Post-Democracy Governance in Refugee Camps. Unveiling the   Socio-Spatial Conflicts of Refugee Crisis in Athens and Thessaloniki,  Dr. Charalampos Tsavdaroglou Professor Dr. Konstantinos Lalenis, University of Thessaly
• Recovering the City, Citizen Empowerment Towards A Tactical   Urbanism, Amine Mseddi, Asil Zureigat, Carlos Enriquez Diaz, Jéssica   Andrade Dos Santos, Letícia Pacheco Dos Passos Claro, Madelyn Lackman, Sarah   Ben Salem, Ecodemia
• What Do We Have to Be Careful about Public Space in the Age of   Planetary Crisis?, Beatrice Galimberti, Phd Candidate, Politecnico di Milano
• The Contributions of Architects   to Post-Conflict (Re)Construction: Social Processes Towards Building Peace,   Case studies from Rwanda, Colombia and Iraq, Sabine Lepere, Uppsala University

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:15 Keynote Speech: Unveiling Istanbul: Taksim Urban Design   Competition for Prost’s espaces libres, Professor Dr. Ipek Akpinar, Izmir Institute of Technology

14:15-15:45 Session 2, Moderator: Professor Dr. Ipek Akpinar, Izmir Institute of Technology 

• De-urbanisation as Paradigm and   Process: The Embedded Transdisciplinarity in De-Urbanisation, Danielle Maccarthy, Joshua Hurtado, Ecodemia
• Towards Post-Pandemic Urban   Change; Renaissance of Bicycle Networks, Gurkan Guney,, Ph.D. Candidate   Dr. S. Aysegul Tokol, Middle East Technical   University, Bilkent University
• The Urbanization Processes of   Northern Istanbul in the Anhropocene Era: The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and the   Northern Marmara Highway, Dr. Evren Aysev, Istanbul Bilgi University
• Strategy and Planning from the Field: An Alternative Methodology, Professor Dr. Fátima Silva, Rui Seco, Ph.D. Candidate, CITAD Lusíada University Lisbon
• The Incentivization of Freedom and Its Future, Muhammad Isfandyar Khan, Ahmad Waseem Ghauri, Spacemen Architecture Design, TkXel
• An Analysis of Children's Perceptions on the Concept of   Neighbourhood through Their Own Paintings, Dr. Nevset Gul Canakcioglu, Ozyegin University

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-17:30 Session 3 Moderator: Dr. Hossein SADRI, Professor, Girne American University, Lecturer, Coventry University

• Sustainability and Smartness During a Pandemic Scenario: Case Study   in New York City, Professor Dr. Monica Santos   Salgado, Federal University of Rio de   Janeiro
• A Reading on New Social Praxis and Its   Possible Effects on Built Environment in the Post-Pandemic Era through the   Brave New World Text, Sinan Yasan, Merve Cengiz, Associate   Professor Dr. Ece Ceylan Baba, Yeditepe University
• The Pandemic Reveal: American Housing Policy 1920 - 2020, and its Lasting Impact on the   Black Community, Jerrod Delaine, Assistant   Professor, Pratt Institute
• House Types, Settlement Patterns, Infrastructure and Physical   Distancing Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dr. Adedayo H. Ayoola, Professor Dr. Amira Osman, Federal University of Technology, Tshwane University of Technology
• The Crisis of Place-Based Labour at the Crossroads of Planetary   Gentrification and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dr. Gulsah Aykac, Adjunct Lecturer, TEDU
• Urban Planning Evolution by Virtual Workplaces, Ghazal Khaksari, UITM (Universiti Teknologi   MARA)
• Seeking Potentials in the New Cultural & Material Reality of   the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Appraisal from the Lenses of New Babylon, Ali Dur, Lecturer, Ph.D.   Candidate, Kadir Has University

13:30-14:15 Keynote Speech: Reproducing Architecture and Urbanism in the   Midst of a Pandemic Condition, Professor Dr. Ashraf Salama, Chair in Architecture, University of Strathclyde

14:15-15:45, Session 4: Moderator: Professor Dr. Ashraf Salama, University of Strathclyde

• How Can Architects Serve the Climate Crisis? Presenting A Design-Led   Solution to the Wicked Problem, Rebecca Jane Mcconnell, Ph.D. Candidate, Queen's University Belfast
• Using Case Studies to Explore the Concept of Buildings-As-Energy-Service, Dr. Maurizio Sibilla, Senior Research Fellow, Dr. George   Blumberg, Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
• Ti.hum : Tierra húmeda | Especies   Coexistence Urban Model for Vulnerable Basins The Case of Tierra Amarilla, Agro-Mining   Town of the Copiapó River Basin, Atacama Region, Chile, Alessia Valenti, Pontificia Universidad Católica   de Chile
• Retracing Reconstruction. Establishing An Analytical Drawing   Method for the Comprehension and Systematisation of Urban Metamorphosis   Following Extreme Events, Dr. Jacopo Galli, Università Iuav di Venezia
• A Home in the Earth, Made without Hands, Iliona Outram Khalili, University of Kent
• Transform to Transform Ourselves, María Ignacia Lucares, María Paz Jiménez, Alexandre Carbonnel, Hugo   Pérez, Daniel Escobar, Dayana Gavilanes, Universidad de Santiago de   Chile 

15:45-16:00 Break

16:00-16:40 Keynote Speech: Transition Design: An Approach   for Addressing Complex "wicked" Problems and Catalyzing Transitions   Toward More Sustainable Long-Term Futures, Professor Terry Irwin, Director of Transition Design Institute, Carnegie Mellon University