Bilkent University, Department of Architecture (BUDA)

&

Sapienza Roma University, Department of Civil, Buiding and Environmental Engineering (DICEA)

In collaboration with

Cappadocia University, Department of City and Regional Planning

&

Cappadocia Research Center

present:

International Summer School

Architectural Design within Heritage Context

Cappadocia 2025

The “International Summer School: Architectural Design within Heritage Context” consists in a design workshop organized in Cappadocia (Mustafapaşa village, Ürgüp), where Italian and Turkish students will engage with the challenges posed by a region of immense cultural and historical significance. Cappadocia is a unique and complex territory, renowned for its remarkable landscapes and vernacular architecture. However, it is also highly vulnerable, facing the pressures of mass tourism that threatens to disrupt the delicate balance of its built environment and local communities.

A series of guest lectures offered by scholars specialized in Architectural History, Preservation and Design, provide a complete framework of knowledge about the preservation, the restoration, and the possible reuse of the architectural heritage of the region.

The workshop, integrated by site inspections and other on-site activities, will aim to explore design solutions and propose new scenarios that address the ongoing deterioration of the area. The goal is to protect the region’s cultural identity and safeguard the integrity of its historical and vernacular structures, ensuring that the future of Cappadocia respects its past.

Topic: Architectural Design within Heritage Context

Place: Mustafapaşa village (Sinasos), Ürgüp, Cappadocia

Period: June 21^nd-28^th 2025

Tutor working team:

Özge Selen Duran & Giorgio Gasco with Rüya Uzun (BUDA)

Anna Bruna Menghini & Maria Argenti with with Serena Cecchetti, Alessandra Marino, Filippo Montorsi, Leonardo Rizzi, Emiliano Zandri (DICEA)

Guest lectures by:

Maria Argenti

Önder Aydın

Anna Bruna Menghini

Aslı Özbay

Sükran Ünser

Students:

Deniz Akdemir, Ozan Aygüney, Larasu Başhelvacı, Rukiye Simay Karaca, Rengin Güler, Elanur Özkan, Akif Ertuğrul Öztürk, Zeynep Yaren Usta, Arife Zeynep Yılmaz (BUDA)

Luca Bastianello, Rebecca Maria Costanzo, Matilde Costella, Alice Potenza (DICEA)

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WITHIN HERITAGE CONTEXT
OPENING SESSION PROGRAM

June 23, Monday, in Oktay Sinanoğlu Conference Hall (Mustafapaşa Campus)
10:30 Opening speeches:
Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture: Prof. Dr. Ayşe Çakır İlhan
Rector of Cappadocia University: Prof. Dr. Hasan Ali Karasar
11:00 – 11:15 Introduction to the International Summer School and to the Guest
Lectures Session by Giorgio Gasco (Assistant Prof. Bilkent University)
11:15 -12:45 Guest Lectures session I
11:15- 11:45 / Lecture by Şükran Ünser (Assistant Prof., Director of the Research
Center for Cappadocian Studies – KAM)
11:45 – 12:15 / Lecture by Aslı Özbay (Conservation Architect)
12:15 – 12:45 / Lecture by Önder Aydın (Professor, Gazi University)

12:45-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 15.00 Guest Lectures Session 2
14:00- 14:30 /Lecture by Maria Argenti (Professor, Roma Sapienza University)
14:30- 15:00 / Lecture by Anna Bruna Menghini (Associate Prof., Roma
Sapienza University)
15:00 – 15.15 Final Remarks, Q&A
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45-17:00 Visit to the site and studio work with students
18.30 Dinner at Gorgoli Restaurant (The dinner is generously sponsored and
organized by Cappadocia University)