SYMPOSIUM: AtatüRK’S FORESTRY FARM AND THE FUTURE OF ANKARA
ÇANKAYA MUNICIPALITY CONTEMPORARY ARTS GALLERY, ANKARA, 8 OCTOBER 2012

PROGRAM

First Session: Opening  

10.00-10.45         Prof. Dr. Cânâ Bilsel (Chamber of Architects of Turkey Ankara Branch) 

                                Tezcan Karakuş Candan (Chamber of Architects of Turkey Ankara Branch Secretary Member)                      Prof. Dr. Güven Sargın (Vice-President of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey)                              

10.45-11.30         Prof. Dr. Ruşen Keleş  (Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences)

“Atatürk’s Forestry Farm From the Point of Law and Ethical Principles”

Second Session: Historical and Spatial Formation and Development

of Atatürk’s Forestry Farm

Chair:     Prof. Dr. Ali Cengizkan (METU Dean of the Faculty of Architecture)

11.30-11.50         Assist.Prof. Dr. Duygu Kaçar (ESOGÜ Dept. of Architecture)

                               "Space of Social and Cultural Transformation: Forestry Farm"

11.50-12.10         Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leyla Alpagut (Abant İzzet Baysal U. Dept. of Architecture)

"Emergence of Atatürk’s Forestry Farm as a Model of Modernity Project:

Planning, Buildings and Ernst Egli”

12.10-12.30         Prof. Dr. Yalçın Memlûk (Ankara University, Head of the Landscape Design Dept.)

                                “Mustafa Kemal’s Green Revolution of Urbanism and the Example of Forestry Farm” 

12.30-13.30         Lunch

Third Session: Sustainable Urban Development and Ecological Parks:

Examples from the World

Chair:     Prof. Dr. Jale Erzen (METU Dept. of Architecture)

13.30-14.20         Prof. Dr. Kongjian Yu

(Dean of the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University)  

“Beautiful Big Feet: High Performance and Low Maintenance Landscape”

14.20-15.10         Gerhard Seltmann (GseProjekte, Berlin, Germany)

“Emscher Landscape Park: A Strategy for Regional Sustainable Development”

15.10-15.20         Discussion

Fourth Session: Urban Development of Ankara and Atatürk’s Forestry Farm

Chair:     Prof. Dr. Güven Bilsel (Architect, Town and Regional Planner)

15.30-15.50         Prof. Dr. Baykan Günay (METU Dept. of City and Regional Planning)

“Metropolitan Planning of Ankara and Atatürk’s Forestry Farm as a Public Property”

15.50-16.10         Erhan Öncü (Architect, Urban Planner)

"Roads on the Green are for New Buildings not for Transportation”

16.10-16.30         Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Tekel (Gazi University Dept. of City and Regional Planning)

“An International Studio on Atatürk’s Forestry Farm at the Gazi University”

16.30-16.40         Discussion

Fifth Session  Atatürk’s Forestry Farm as a Cultural Landscape and

Ecological Corridor   

Chair:  Prof. Dr. Yalçın Memlûk (Ankara University Head of the Dept. of Landscape Design)

16.50-17.10         Prof. Dr. Halim Perçin (Ankara University, Dept. of Landscape Design)

“Green System of Valleys in Ankara and Atatürk’s Forestry Farm as

an Ecological Corridor”

17.10-17.30         Dr. Deniz Altay Baykan, Dr. Kumru Arapgirlioğlu, Dr. Gaye Çulcuoğlu,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Batuman (Bilkent U. Dept. of Urban and Landscape Design)

"Atatürk’s Forestry Farm and Urban Agriculture as a Strategy for Urban Regeneration"

17.30-17.50         Prof. Dr. Orhan Kuntay (Gazi U. City and Planning Department)

"Two Warming Islands in Atatürk’s Forestry Farm Area, the Causes of Warming

and the Results of the Increase of these Islands”         

Sixth Session: Round Table: Atatürk’s Forestry Farm and the Future of Ankara                    

18.00-19.30

Chair:     Prof. Dr. Ruşen Keleş (Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences)

Prof. Dr. Güven Arif Sargın

(Chamber of Architects of Turkey Vice President & Head of METU Dept. of Architecture)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tarık Şengül (METU, Dept. of Political Sciences)

Redife Kolçak (General Secretary of the Chamber of Landscape Architects of Turkey)

Orhan Sarıaltun (President of the Chamber of Planners of Turkey Ankara Branch)

                               Ali Hakkan (President of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey Ankara Branch)

Final Declaration

Symposium Advisory Board:

Ruşen Keleş, Yalçın Memlûk, Ayça Bilsel, Güven Bilsel, Ali Cengizkan,

Orhan Kuntay, Elvan Altan Ergut, Ayşegül Tokol

Symposium Organization Committee:

Cânâ Bilsel, Tezcan Karakuş Candan, Esin Bölükbaş, Aydın Kılcıoğlu

KIM (TMMOB Chamber of Architects of Turkey Ankara Branch, Urban Monitoring Center)