Burcu Salgin
University of California, Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Visiting Student Researcher
She did her undergraduate education at Erciyes University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Kayseri/TR (from 1999 to 2003). She was awarded the third best degree among the whole. During her undergraduate education, she held a position as a trainee in “ÖKOBAU TIARKS Architecture & Engineering Office” and “Tiemeier Architecture & Engineering Office” in Melle/Germany in summer 2002.
She received masters degree in architecture at Erciyes University, Graduate School of Naturel and Applied Science, Architecture Program, Kayseri/TR. The MSc dissertation title is “Raw Concrete, Brutalism and Examples in Turkey”. She received PhD degree in architecture at Yıldız Technical University, Graduate School of Naturel and Applied Science, Architecture - Construction Program, Istanbul/TR. The PhD dissertation title is “Design Approaches to Prevent/Reduce C&D Waste Generated Through the Building Life Processes and a Model Suggestion”.
Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture - Construction Sciences Program at Erciyes University, Kayseri/TR. She held a visiting lecturer position in the Architecture Department of the University of Granada (Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Granada) in Spain in 2008. She also held a visiting researcher position in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of California, Berkeley in the US in 2012. She also held a visiting postdoctoral researcher position in the School of Engineering at Widener University in the US in 2016.
Her main research interests are "C&D Waste Management and Sustainable Design". She has papers on these subjects, published national and international level.
Phone: +90 352 207 66 66 (ext. 35207)
Address: Erciyes Universitesi
Mimarlik Fakultesi Mimarlik Bolumu
38039 Kayseri / TR
She received masters degree in architecture at Erciyes University, Graduate School of Naturel and Applied Science, Architecture Program, Kayseri/TR. The MSc dissertation title is “Raw Concrete, Brutalism and Examples in Turkey”. She received PhD degree in architecture at Yıldız Technical University, Graduate School of Naturel and Applied Science, Architecture - Construction Program, Istanbul/TR. The PhD dissertation title is “Design Approaches to Prevent/Reduce C&D Waste Generated Through the Building Life Processes and a Model Suggestion”.
Currently she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture - Construction Sciences Program at Erciyes University, Kayseri/TR. She held a visiting lecturer position in the Architecture Department of the University of Granada (Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Granada) in Spain in 2008. She also held a visiting researcher position in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of California, Berkeley in the US in 2012. She also held a visiting postdoctoral researcher position in the School of Engineering at Widener University in the US in 2016.
Her main research interests are "C&D Waste Management and Sustainable Design". She has papers on these subjects, published national and international level.
Phone: +90 352 207 66 66 (ext. 35207)
Address: Erciyes Universitesi
Mimarlik Fakultesi Mimarlik Bolumu
38039 Kayseri / TR
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Kentsel yenileme, iyileştirme ve canlandırma yöntemleri kullanılarak uygulanan kentsel dönüşüm projeleri dünyada ve Türkiye'de hızla devam etmektedir. Bu projeler bir kent için yenilenme, canlanma ve prestij kazanma anlamları taşımakla birlikte beraberinde getirdiği çevresel yükler olumsuzluklar yaratabilmektedir. Çünkü kentsel dönüşüm uygulamalarında yapıların yıkılması sonucu ortaya çıkan yapısal atıklar kent için çözülmesi gereken yeni bir problem alanı doğurmaktadır. Kentsel dönüşüm uygulamalarının hızla devam ettiği bir il olan Kayseri için de yapısal atıklar bir problem alanıdır. Bu çalışma kapsamında Kayseri'de kentsel dönüşüm etkinlikleri sonucu oluşan yapısal atıkların yönetimine ilişkin bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla, öncelikle dünyada ve Türkiye'de kentsel dönüşüm kavramı ele alınmış, kentsel dönüşüm alanlarındaki yapısal atık yönetim uygulamaları irdelenmiştir. Ardından Kayseri'de kentsel dönüşüm yapılan alanlar incelenmiştir. Kentsel dönüşüm uygulamaları sonucu oluşan yapısal atıkların yönetimine yönelik güncel durum değerlendirilmiş ve sorunlar saptanmış, çözüme yönelik öneriler geliştirilmiştir.
ABSTRACT
Urban transformation projects implemented using urban renewal, improvement and regeneration methods have been given much attention in many parts of the world and in Turkey. The projects may mean renewing, reviving and gaining prestige for a city; however, the environmental burdens associated with it can create negative effects. This is because construction and demolition (C&D) wastes that result from the destruction of buildings in urban transformation applications cause a new problem area which needs to be solved for the affected cities. C&D waste is also a problem area for Kayseri, the city where urban transformation practices are at its peak. In this study, the evaluation of the management of the C&D wastes resulting from urban transformation activities in Kayseri was made. With this aim, first of all, the concept of urban transformation in the world and in Turkey is discussed, and C&D waste management practices in urban transformation areas are examined. Later, the areas where urban transformation was done are examined in Kayseri. Current situation on the management of C&D wastes that have emerged as a result of these applications are evaluated, problems are identified and suggestions for solution are developed.
future research topics.
construction sector is an important part of this problem, since buildings generate significant amounts of waste
during construction, usage and deconstruction/demolition phases. The longest phase in a building’s lifespan is
the period of its usage, which may involve enlarging, dismantling or remodeling the building. These
modifications during the usage phase may result from the failure to determine the needs of the user accurately
during the design phase, and range from the physical deterioration of products to changing needs, users,
functions, requirements or tastes. These changes generate waste from construction materials. To
prevent/reduce this waste stream, the factors that cause waste during the usage phase need to be examined in
detail. Design desicions for preventing/reducing waste production at the design phase can thus be developed.
Keywords: Design decisions, usage phase of buildings, construction and demolition waste.
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Recovery plays an important role in C&D waste management hierarchy because there are many environmental and economic benefits associated with it. Such benefits include the protection of raw materials and the reduction of pollution. For this reason, this study seeks to determine the types of C&D wastes that are frequently generated by construction sector activities in Turkey and to examine their recovery possibilities.
Recovering C&D waste can be possible through reusing and recycling. As the recovery methods of C&D wastes vary according to the various properties of building materials and elements, the amount and level of benefits to be provided will vary. For this reason, it is important to determine the methodology that is most beneficial by investigating the possibilities of recovering materials and elements. In this context, the types of C&D waste that frequently occur during the building life cycle in Turkey have been determined. Later on, recovering (reuse, recycle) possibilities for these wastes and usage areas after recovery will be investigated. Present applications for Turkey have been put forward.
Considering the ecological and economic benefits to be gained by increasing the level of consciousness and applications about recovering of C&D waste, this study is considered to make a significant contribution to the literature and application field.
"This work was supported by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Erciyes University. Project Number: FBA-2016-6627."
As an example of design parameters like topography, daylight, sense of intimacy exhibit themselves in architectural design as courtyard housing typology; they also show themselves in fashion design as colours, patterns and style in traditional clothing. Being situated in transition zone also represents itself in industrial design as jewellery that based on archaeological heritage.
In this paper, it is aimed to show how Mesopotamia and its atmosphere as a memory setting are reflected in designers’ works. This paper suggests that tradition and cultural heritage is a way of design learning/thinking in several design principle. The way should not be understood as historicism. It is just a way gives impression to a designer which lets him to annotate in a contemporary context.
Talas is a town in Kayseri, Turkey that can be determined as a living organism is the outcome of centuries of optimization of building typology, climate considerations and landscape. The architecture of this settlement reflects the lifestyle and cultural values of the past. There are however a large number of monuments in the region indicating that settlements belonging to a variety of civilizations and the fact is that Talas has been a homeland for numerous communities from past to present.
The simplicity of building types - plan typology, solid-void balance in the facades - and their site planning in this settlement have evolved through time and they have reached their form and layout through landscape, topography, climatic conditions and life style. Thanks to the passive design criterias such as natural ventilation, solar oriantation, the construction techniques and using local building materials, the settlement can be studied as models of environmentally responsive and sustainable architecture.
This paper aims that such a built environment acts as a living organism that is inherently sustainable by using various bioclimatic concepts, the usage of landscape and having a minimum waste of resources. These design principles provide examples of a sustainable building tradition which many lessons can be learned from. The design recommendations, which can be replicated not only
as a gesture of respect towards tradition but also for its essential value of contemporary design principles providing energy efficient design today.
Kentsel yenileme, iyileştirme ve canlandırma yöntemleri kullanılarak uygulanan kentsel dönüşüm projeleri dünyada ve Türkiye'de hızla devam etmektedir. Bu projeler bir kent için yenilenme, canlanma ve prestij kazanma anlamları taşımakla birlikte beraberinde getirdiği çevresel yükler olumsuzluklar yaratabilmektedir. Çünkü kentsel dönüşüm uygulamalarında yapıların yıkılması sonucu ortaya çıkan yapısal atıklar kent için çözülmesi gereken yeni bir problem alanı doğurmaktadır. Kentsel dönüşüm uygulamalarının hızla devam ettiği bir il olan Kayseri için de yapısal atıklar bir problem alanıdır. Bu çalışma kapsamında Kayseri'de kentsel dönüşüm etkinlikleri sonucu oluşan yapısal atıkların yönetimine ilişkin bir değerlendirme yapılmıştır. Bu amaçla, öncelikle dünyada ve Türkiye'de kentsel dönüşüm kavramı ele alınmış, kentsel dönüşüm alanlarındaki yapısal atık yönetim uygulamaları irdelenmiştir. Ardından Kayseri'de kentsel dönüşüm yapılan alanlar incelenmiştir. Kentsel dönüşüm uygulamaları sonucu oluşan yapısal atıkların yönetimine yönelik güncel durum değerlendirilmiş ve sorunlar saptanmış, çözüme yönelik öneriler geliştirilmiştir.
ABSTRACT
Urban transformation projects implemented using urban renewal, improvement and regeneration methods have been given much attention in many parts of the world and in Turkey. The projects may mean renewing, reviving and gaining prestige for a city; however, the environmental burdens associated with it can create negative effects. This is because construction and demolition (C&D) wastes that result from the destruction of buildings in urban transformation applications cause a new problem area which needs to be solved for the affected cities. C&D waste is also a problem area for Kayseri, the city where urban transformation practices are at its peak. In this study, the evaluation of the management of the C&D wastes resulting from urban transformation activities in Kayseri was made. With this aim, first of all, the concept of urban transformation in the world and in Turkey is discussed, and C&D waste management practices in urban transformation areas are examined. Later, the areas where urban transformation was done are examined in Kayseri. Current situation on the management of C&D wastes that have emerged as a result of these applications are evaluated, problems are identified and suggestions for solution are developed.
future research topics.
construction sector is an important part of this problem, since buildings generate significant amounts of waste
during construction, usage and deconstruction/demolition phases. The longest phase in a building’s lifespan is
the period of its usage, which may involve enlarging, dismantling or remodeling the building. These
modifications during the usage phase may result from the failure to determine the needs of the user accurately
during the design phase, and range from the physical deterioration of products to changing needs, users,
functions, requirements or tastes. These changes generate waste from construction materials. To
prevent/reduce this waste stream, the factors that cause waste during the usage phase need to be examined in
detail. Design desicions for preventing/reducing waste production at the design phase can thus be developed.
Keywords: Design decisions, usage phase of buildings, construction and demolition waste.
Recovery plays an important role in C&D waste management hierarchy because there are many environmental and economic benefits associated with it. Such benefits include the protection of raw materials and the reduction of pollution. For this reason, this study seeks to determine the types of C&D wastes that are frequently generated by construction sector activities in Turkey and to examine their recovery possibilities.
Recovering C&D waste can be possible through reusing and recycling. As the recovery methods of C&D wastes vary according to the various properties of building materials and elements, the amount and level of benefits to be provided will vary. For this reason, it is important to determine the methodology that is most beneficial by investigating the possibilities of recovering materials and elements. In this context, the types of C&D waste that frequently occur during the building life cycle in Turkey have been determined. Later on, recovering (reuse, recycle) possibilities for these wastes and usage areas after recovery will be investigated. Present applications for Turkey have been put forward.
Considering the ecological and economic benefits to be gained by increasing the level of consciousness and applications about recovering of C&D waste, this study is considered to make a significant contribution to the literature and application field.
"This work was supported by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Erciyes University. Project Number: FBA-2016-6627."
As an example of design parameters like topography, daylight, sense of intimacy exhibit themselves in architectural design as courtyard housing typology; they also show themselves in fashion design as colours, patterns and style in traditional clothing. Being situated in transition zone also represents itself in industrial design as jewellery that based on archaeological heritage.
In this paper, it is aimed to show how Mesopotamia and its atmosphere as a memory setting are reflected in designers’ works. This paper suggests that tradition and cultural heritage is a way of design learning/thinking in several design principle. The way should not be understood as historicism. It is just a way gives impression to a designer which lets him to annotate in a contemporary context.
Talas is a town in Kayseri, Turkey that can be determined as a living organism is the outcome of centuries of optimization of building typology, climate considerations and landscape. The architecture of this settlement reflects the lifestyle and cultural values of the past. There are however a large number of monuments in the region indicating that settlements belonging to a variety of civilizations and the fact is that Talas has been a homeland for numerous communities from past to present.
The simplicity of building types - plan typology, solid-void balance in the facades - and their site planning in this settlement have evolved through time and they have reached their form and layout through landscape, topography, climatic conditions and life style. Thanks to the passive design criterias such as natural ventilation, solar oriantation, the construction techniques and using local building materials, the settlement can be studied as models of environmentally responsive and sustainable architecture.
This paper aims that such a built environment acts as a living organism that is inherently sustainable by using various bioclimatic concepts, the usage of landscape and having a minimum waste of resources. These design principles provide examples of a sustainable building tradition which many lessons can be learned from. The design recommendations, which can be replicated not only
as a gesture of respect towards tradition but also for its essential value of contemporary design principles providing energy efficient design today.