{"id":8199,"date":"2025-05-04T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8199"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:49:10","slug":"emerging-landscapes-the-story-of-topological-ground-of-benghazi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=8199","title":{"rendered":"EMERGING LANDSCAPES | THE STORY OF TOPOLOGICAL GROUND OF BENGHAZI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-461897f4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nesli-naz-aksu-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8201\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7998046875;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nesli-naz-aksu-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nesli-naz-aksu-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nesli-naz-aksu-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nesli-naz-aksu-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nesli-naz-aksu.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emerging landscapes\u2014shaped by ecological and cultural crises, technological advancements, and shifting paradigms\u2014are redefining architecture`s ground. In this evolving context, re-situating architecture by examining its disciplinary boundaries has become more crucial than ever. These extends encompass various disciplines, most notably landscape architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discussing both the literal <strong>Earth\u2019s ground<\/strong> and the conceptual <strong>disciplinary ground of architecture<\/strong> seeks to overcome the dual stance between architecture and landscape architecture and its reflection in academia and practice. <strong>Topological ground<\/strong> is where these fields intersect, making their relationship more significant than their individual definitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landscape, as augmented architecture, curates cities and creates new grounds. These grounds\u2014referred to as <strong>topological grounds<\/strong>\u2014are coordinated by uncovering their thicknesses and particularities, enabling the design of productive landscapes, where the shift from a single artifact to a system becomes evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The design of Benghazi Stadium and its surrounding sports city serves as a case study of a productive landscape shaped by the city&#8217;s and the region&#8217;s extensive history. Learning from topology\u2014the continuities and connections of the ground and the ongoing transformations the area has undergone\u2014ultimately breaks the ground and proposes a system that regulates the social and special recovery of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nesli Naz Aksu is an architect and landscape architect. After receiving her dual degree in Architecture and Landscape Architecture from Istanbul Technical University, Aksu moved to New York City to work at Eisenman Architects and for her master\u2019s studies in Advanced Archi\u00adtectural Design at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University. Following her studies, she worked as a teaching assistant for architectural design studios and international workshops at GSAPP. She finished her PhD, titled <em>Topological Ground: Land Form and Built Form<\/em>, at METU and she coordinated design studios at TOBB ETU. Her research interests include emerging landscapes in relation to architec\u00adture in academia and practice. As a second-generation architect, she is a partner of azaksu architects.s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-sticky is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-container-1 is-position-sticky\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 08\/05\/2025 Thursday<br><strong>Time:<\/strong> 12:30-13:30<br><strong>Place:<\/strong> FFB-05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?cat=7\" rel=\"tag\">Lectures<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?cat=6\" rel=\"tag\">News &amp; Events<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emerging landscapes\u2014shaped by ecological and cultural crises, technological advancements, and shifting paradigms\u2014are redefining architecture`s ground. In this evolving context, re-situating architecture by examining its disciplinary boundaries has become more crucial than ever. These extends encompass various disciplines, most notably landscape architecture. Discussing both the literal Earth\u2019s ground and the conceptual disciplinary ground of architecture seeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lectures","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8205,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8199\/revisions\/8205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}