CURRICULUM VITAE (as of November 2018) Sıla Karataş Başoğlu Lecturer, M.Arch Contact Information: Çankaya University, Department of Architecture Öğretmenler Cad. No:14 Çukurambar 06530 Phone: +90 505 882 24 05 E-mails: karatassila@gmail.com / silakaratas@cankaya.edu.tr Personal Information Birth date 1987 Birth Place Nationality Turkish Employment 2016 - continuing Lecturer at Çankaya University Department of Architecture 2013-2016 Specialist at Çankaya University Department of Architecture 2012-2013 Specialist at Çankaya University Department of Interior Architecture 2005-2006 Student Assistant at Middle East Technical University Self-Access Center Education November 2015 - continuing September 2012 - September 2015 September 2006 - June 2012 Middle East Technical University PhD Student in Architecture Middle East Technical University Master of Architecture Thesis Title: Building Marshall Plan in Turkey: The Formation of Workers Housing Question, 1946-1962 Middle East Technical University Bachelor of Architecture Research Interests Architecture and Urban Theory, History and Theory of Modern Housing and Settlement, Social Housing, Postwar Housing and Urbanism, Workers Housing, Architecture and Social Policy, Housing Policy and Development, Neighbourhood and Community Planning, Urban Design, Public Space Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 1
Given Courses (undergraduate level at Çankaya University Department of Architecture - in English) 2018, Fall - continuing ARCH 101 Basic Design 2018, Fall - continuing ARCH 131 Technical Drawing 2018, Spring - continuing ARCH 312 Urban Design 2017, Fall - continuing ARCH 401 Architectural Design Studio V 2017, Fall - continuing ARCH 313 Principles of City Planning 2017, Fall - continuing ARCH 203 Computer Aided Design I 2016, Spring - continuing ARCH 436 Case Studies in Social Housing and Community Planning 2016, Spring - continuing ARCH 402 Architectural Design Studio VI 2015, Fall - 2017, Spring ARCH 431 Urban Design Studio 2013, Spring - 2016, Spring ARCH 285 Innovative Digital Applications II 2013, Fall - 2016, Fall ARCH 137 Innovative Digital Applications I Publications / Book Chapters 2018 S. Karataş Başoğlu. (2018). Mintrak Housing Cooperative: The Case of a Mid-century Housing Block as an Archetype from Production to Architectural Culture, (original title in Turkish: Mintrak Konut Kooperatifi: Üretimden Mimari Kültüre Bir Model olarak Yüzyıl Ortası Konut Bloğu Örneği ), in Ankara da İz Bırakan Mimarlar Rahmi Bediz - Demirtaş Kamçıl Panel Kitabı, E. Altan (ed.). Ankara: VEKAM. (Forthcoming) 2018 S. Karataş Başoğlu. (2018). Informal Home, in Mapping Syrian Migration: Migrant Spaces in Ankara, Ela Alanyalı Aral (ed.). Ankara: ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayınları, p. 12. (ISBN: 978-975-429-372-2) 2018 S. Karataş Başoğlu, G. Merin Abbas (2018). Territorialized Visibility of the Act of Commodification, in Mapping Syrian Migration: Migrant Spaces in Ankara, Ela Alanyalı Aral (ed.). Ankara: ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayınları, pp. 44-46. (ISBN: 978-975-429-372-2) 2012 S. Karataş, M. Al. (2012). Urban Space and Resistance: A Reading on Sakarya District, (original title in Turkish: Kentsel Mekan ve Direniş: Sakarya Bölgesi üzerine Bir Okuma ) in Ankara Urban Atlas, G. A. Sargın (ed.). Ankara: Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi Yayınları, pp. 137-145. (ISBN: 978-605-01-0311-3) 2012 S. Karataş, M. Al, A. Günhan, E. Sancar. (2012). Urban Foci, (original title in Turkish: Kent Odakları ) in Ankara Urban Atlas, G. A. Sargın (ed.). Ankara: Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi Yayınları, pp. 114-145. (ISBN: 978-605-01-0311-3) Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 2
/ Conference Proceedings 2013 S. Karataş. (2013). Historicist Aesthetics of Architectural Image: Mimesis and Memorial in Public Space, in Book of Abstracts, 19th International Congress of Aesthetics, 21-27 July 2013, Krakow, POLAND. (ISBN 978-83- 64275-02-9) / Articles in Periodicals 2011 S. Karataş. (2011). An Ideological Representation in the Capital of Modernity, (original title in Turkish: Modernitenin Başkentinde İdeolojik Bir Tasavvur, ), Arredamento Mimarlık, 2011/12, İstanbul: Boyut Yayınları. Invited Talks & Sessions 2017 S. Karataş Başoğlu. (2017). Mintrak Housing Cooperative: The Case of a Mid-century Housing Block as an Archetype from Production to Architectural Culture, (original title in Turkish: Mintrak Konut Kooperatifi: Üretimden Mimari Kültüre Bir Model olarak Yüzyıl Ortası Konut Bloğu Örneği ), Ankara da İz Bırakan Mimarlar Paneli, 31 March 2017, Koç University VEKAM Ankara Bağ Evi,. 2016 Round Table. What to think about transformation forms in large cities, (original title in Turkish: Büyükkentlerde Dönüşüm Biçimi Olarak Neler Düşünmeliyiz? ), City Monitoring Center Workshop, 5 January 2016, TMMOB Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara Branch,. International Presentations / Conferences (Peer-Reviewed) 2019 S. Karataş Başoğlu. (2019). Public housing for Domestication: The Sociospatial Politics of Settling the Bulgarian Immigrants in Turkey after 1950 and 1989, European Architectural History Network (EAHN) Conference 2019 - Displacement and Domesticity since 1945. Refugees, migrants and expats making homes, 28-29 March 2019, Brussels, BELGIUM. (Forthcoming in-person paper presentation) 2013 S. Karataş. (2013). The Functional City between Utopia and Reality, 14th International Conference of the Utopian Studies Society-Europe, 1-4 July 2013, New Lanark, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM. (In-person paper presentation) 2013 S. Karataş. (2013). Historicist Aesthetics of Architectural Image: Mimesis and Memorial in Public Space, 19th International Congress of Aesthetics, 21-27 July 2013, Krakow, POLAND. (In-person paper presentation) / Symposiums 2018 S. Karataş Başoğlu. (2018). Decentralization for Productivity: The Politics of Welfare and the Introduction of Suburban Dream to Workers Housing in Postwar Turkey, International Symposium - The Idea of Decentralization and Regional Planning in the 20th Century: Projects, Visions, Ideologies between the Cold War and the Welfare State, 11-12 December 2018, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, ITALY. (Forthcoming in-person paper presentation) Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 3
/ Workshops 2012 Becoming Violence of Public Space or Becoming Public Space of Resistance, 4th Annual Amman Lab Summer Design Workshop, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Program, Istanbul, TURKEY. (In-person paper presentation as part of the Collective Architecture group) Awards 2017 Honorable Mention, Turkish Social Sciences Association Young Social Scientists Award (original title in Turkish: Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Genç Sosyal Bilimciler Mansiyon Ödülü). (Received with the Master s Degree Thesis, Sıla Karataş Başoğlu, Building Marshall Plan in Turkey: The Formation of Workers Housing Question, 1946-1962, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 2015.) 2009 Honorable Mention, Denizli Provincial Administration and Governor s Office Architecture, Neighbourhood and Urban Design Project Competition (original title in Turkish: Denizli Valiliği İl Özel İdaresi Denizli Hükümet Konağı Mimari Projesi ve Yakın Çevresi Kentsel Tasarım Projesi Yarışması). (Received with the architecture and urban design project collaborated with Celal Abdi Güzer, Lale Özgenel, Oktan Nalbantoğlu, Erdal Kurttaş) 2009 Exhibition Award for four B&W Photographs, Photography exhibition of the event Spaces/Times/People: Patronage and Architectural History, METU Department of Architecture Exhibition Hall,. Organized by Middle East Technical University Graduate Program in Architectural History. Organized Events 2014 3rd International Architecture Summer School, Cultivating Possibilities: Reclaiming & Speculating, 17-24 August 2014, Supino, Frosinone, ITALY. In colloboration with Oxford Brookes University, Girne American University, Çankaya University, Municipality of Supino and the Architects Association in Italy. (Member of the Workshop Organization Committee, Tutor) 2013 [IS IT REAL?] International Semiotic Congress, 8-10 October 2013, Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture,. (Member of the Conference Organization Committee) 2013 Collective Session II: Violence Games/Conservatism and War (original title in Turkish: Kolektif Söyleşi II: Şiddet Oyunları/Muhafazakârlık ve Savaş), 15 May 2013, Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture, Kubbealtı,. (Member of the Session Organization Committee as part of the Collective Architecture group) 2012 Collective Session I: Dystopia/Dystopic Games (original title in Turkish: Kolektif Söyleşi I: Distopya/Distopik Oyunlar), 19 October 2012, Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture, Kubbealtı, Ankara, TURKEY. (Member of the Session Organization Committee as part of the Collective Architecture group) Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 4
Workshops & Summer Schools 2018 ETH Summer School in Rome, Building, Film, and Tourism in Post-War Rome: The Urbanism of La Dolce Vita, 22-29 July 2018, Rome, ITALY. Organized by ETH Zürich & Istituto Svizzero di Roma. (Participant) 2012 FABRIC FORM Workshop, 18-21 May 2012, Middle East Technical University,. Organized by C.A.S.T. Canada & Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture & University of Manitoba Department of Architecture. (Participant) 2010 Architecture Summer School in Halfeti, 13-20 June 2010, Urfa, TURKEY. Organized by TMMOB Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara Branch. (Participant) Exhibitions 2018 Who are we? Art, Migration and the Production of Democracy, as part of Tate Exchange, 22-27 May 2018, TATE MODERN, London, UNITED KINGDOM. (Designer of two maps with Günsu Merin Abbas on the lived spaces of Syrian migrants in.) 2017 Mapping Syrian Migrant Spaces in Ankara Cities, as part of the workshop Cities in transition: locality, identity and experience of place: issues for migrant and minority ethnic groups in rapidly emerging urban developments and typologies, 23-27 October 2017, METU Department of Architecture,. (Designer of two maps with Günsu Merin Abbas on the lived spaces of Syrian migrants in.) 2012 1 st Istanbul Design Biennial Academia Program, 3 October 16 December 2012, Antrepo 7, İstanbul, TURKEY. (Designer of two gypsoplast panels with Hayri Dörtdivanlıoğlu) 2009 Photography exhibition of the event Spaces/Times/People: Patronage and Architectural History, organized by Middle East Technical University Graduate Program in Architectural History, METU Department of Architecture Exhibition Hall,. (Photographer of four B&W photographs) Architecture Projects 2014 OSTİM Organized Industrial Zone Architectural Façade Design Project, with KENTMER at Çankaya University,. (Member of the architectural design team, produced architectural drawings and 3D architectural modeling of the project.) Project Information: http://kentmer.cankaya.edu.tr/course.php?page=100 Academic & Professional Duties 2017 - continuing Publishing Coordinator and Member of the Publishing Board of GRID - Architecture, Planning and Design Journal, Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture International E-Journal (Double-blind peer-reviewed). Published on http://dergipark.gov.tr/grid Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 5
2013-2017 Member of the Organization Committee for Thursday Seminars (original title in Turkish: Perşembe Seminerleri) on behalf of Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture. 2011-2014 Member of the Publishing Board of Bülten, monthly periodical of TMMOB Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara Branch. Non-curricular Faculty Duties 2014-2017 Web Designer / Web Content Manager / Web Coordinator for the websites of Çankaya University Faculty of Architecture and Department of Architecture. (http://mimarlik.cankaya.edu.tr/, http://arch.cankaya.edu.tr/) Academic & Professional Memberships 2014 - continuing Member of the Housing Research Group of the City, Region and Environment Practices and Studies Center (KENTMER) (original title in Turkish: Kent, Bölge, Çevre Uygulamaları ve Araştırma Merkezi) at Çankaya University. 2014 - continuing Member of the City, Region and Environment Practices and Studies Center (KENTMER) (original title in Turkish: Kent, Bölge, Çevre Uygulamaları ve Araştırma Merkezi) at Çankaya University. (http://kentmer.cankaya.edu.tr) 2014 - continuing Member of City Monitoring Center Advisory Board (original title in Turkish: Kent İzleme Merkezi Danışma Kurulu) of TMMOB Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara Branch. 2012 - continuing TMMOB Chamber of Architects of Turkey, Ankara Branch. Other Activities 2018 Forest Ecology School,. 23-24, 30-31 October 2018. Organized by KIRSAL ÇEVRE, The Research Association of Rural Environment and Problems of Forestry (Original title in Turkish: Kırsal Çevre ve Ormancılık Sorunları Araştırma Derneği). 2018 Steppe Ecology School,. 4-9 June 2018. Organized by KIRSAL ÇEVRE, The Research Association of Rural Environment and Problems of Forestry (Original title in Turkish: Kırsal Çevre ve Ormancılık Sorunları Araştırma Derneği). 2018 Dendrology School,. 5 May-2 June 2018. Organized by KIRSAL ÇEVRE, The Research Association of Rural Environment and Problems of Forestry (Original title in Turkish: Kırsal Çevre ve Ormancılık Sorunları Araştırma Derneği). 2010 Cinema and Editing Workshop in. March-May 2010. Organized by Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center. 2010 Photography Workshop in. March-May 2010. Organized by Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center. Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 6
2008 Scuba Diving Basic Training in Ankara and Kaş, TURKEY. October 2007- February 2008. Organized by METU Sub-Aqua Society (METU-SAT). 2006 Paragliding Basic Training in. October-December 2006. Organized by METU Paragliding Community. Language Skills Turkish English French German Native Advanced academic reading and writing, fluent speaking (C2 level) Intermediate reading and writing, elementary speaking (B1 level) Basic (A1 level) Sıla Karataş Başoğlu / 7