İstanbul’da Tarihi Çevrede Çağdaş Tasarımların Yeniden Değerlendirilmesi Konferansı

İstanbul’da Tarihi Çevrede Çağdaş Tasarımların Yeniden Değerlendirilmesi Konferansı / 2nd International Conference on Re-Evaluating Contemporary Designs in Historical Context (2nd RE-ConD’25); Türkiye Mimarlık Vakfı (MİV) tarafından 09-11 Temmuz 2025 tarihleri arasında düzenlenecek. Konferans için son başvuru tarihi ise 3 Şubat 2025.

Introduction

The historical environments that were forgotten in the beginning of modernization period, regained importance in 1970s with the studies on relationship between the old and the new and started to be considered not only as a building stock, but also as a whole with their cultural, social, economic and legal aspects. Within the global market during 1990s, the historical environments once again experienced intense changes and transformations. In creating a place and revealing identity of a city, it is understood that the historical environments deserve more than conservation actions. As a result, innovative designs and projects have become a current issue.

In this regard the conference is seeking to re-evaluate the attitudes to existing environments via discussing new architectural, structural and urban projects built or to be built in natural and/or cultural and/ or historical contexts, the way to participate to the space and harmonize the new projects in existing elements and resources and meet the contemporary requirements.

The conference will provide an international and interdisciplinary meeting for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the necessity, concept and criteria of designing/constructing new structures/buildings and settlements in historical contexts and their environments. It will also bring together historians, art historians, archaeologists, architects, engineers, scientists, building surveyors, urban planners, and other specialists to exchange their analytical, experimental, historical and constructional experiences and studies in preservation of urban or rural context.

Topics

1. General Principles- Professional Responsibilities

• International Agreements on Designing New Buildings in Historic Environment
• Heritage Management plan, conservation policies
• Legal/administrative views
• Ethical and professional responsibilities

2. New and Historic Environment Relationships / Integration

• Archaeological, Rural, Urban settlements and Coastal areas
• Cultural Landscape
• Sustainability in New Design and Historic Relationship

3. Need for Contemporary Designs in Historic Environment

• Physical & Social Changes
• Natural and Human Induced Damage / Destruction
• Density Pressure / Population Growth
• Infrastructure projects
• Expression of cultural identity
• Global Issues, Economic Dynamics
• Functional Changes (Tourism, Cultural)

4. Factors Affecting New Design in Historic Environment

• Leading factors (location, sense of place, identity, silhouette, mass and scale, style, façade proportions / organization, color, material and structure etc.)
• Design principles (adaptation, recall, interpretation, contrast, neutralization etc.)
• Infrastructure Capacity / Problems
• Accessibility
• Safety / Security

5. Design Principles Affecting New Design in Historic Environment

• Intervention, Restoration & New Additions
• Reuse (Function Change) of Historic Heritage Buildings / Sites
• Revitalization of an Urban Settlement (Space)

6. Construction Principles and Materials

• Traditional or contemporary construction materials
• Compatibility of construction materials/contrasts
• Structural compatibility

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts: February 03, 2025

Acceptance of Abstracts: March 10, 2025

Full Paper Submission: April 14, 2025

Acceptance of Full Papers: May 23, 2025

Submission of Revised Papers: June 13, 2025

Submission of Copyright Agreement: June 13, 2025

Last date for Early Payment: June 13, 2025

Submission of Presentations: June 30, 2025

Conference Presentation: July 09-11, 2025

Fee & Payment

For participants will include Proceedings* and participation in all technical sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, welcome reception and Conference gala dinner.

For accompanying person will include lunches, coffee breaks, welcome reception, and Conference gala dinner. Only one accompanying person can be registered per delegate.

For students will include Proceedings* and participation in all technical sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, welcome reception and Conference gala dinner. To be able to register as a student, you must present a proof of fulltime enrolment at a university or college for both the time of registration and during the Conference.

Following are the registration fees.

Until June 13, 2025

Participants 500 €

Session Organizer 400 €

Accompanying 300 €

Student 200 €

After June 13, 2025

Participants 550 €

Session Organizer 550 €

Accompanying 350 €

Student 250 €

*Conference Proceedings book will be sent to Web of Science’s CPCI (Conference Proceedings Citation Index)

Conference Program