International Symposium
“Industry | Spatial Planning | Design for the Productive Space”

3 sessions, 2 keynotes, 12 speakers

AURA Symposium is organized with the contributions of Industrial Urbanism_Turkey, which designed as a multidisciplinary platform in cooperation with the METU Master of Urban Design, Master of Architectural Design Programs and the Policy Analysis Laboratory (PAL) with a reference to the “Industrial Urbanism” group created by the cooperation of MIT and Tel Aviv University. 12 speakers from 4 different countries, discussed the strategic perspectives for the future transformation of the industrial districts in relation to the city.

05.15-05.30 AM (EST)
Opening Speeches 
Sinan İzgi (AURA İstanbul)
Esen Çağlar (PAL)
Olgu Çalışkan (ODTÜ)

05.30-06.15 AM (EST)
Keynote
City-Industry Nexus: Changing Dynamics and Future Challenges
Ayda Eraydın (ODTÜ)

06.15 -07.45 AM (EST)
Session 01
TOWARDS AN INDUSTRIAL URBANISM
• New Industrial Urbanism: Designing Places for Production
Tali Hatuka (Tel Aviv University)
• Architectural Praxis as A Means of Production: A Critical Perspective
Güven Arif Sargın (ODTÜ)

07.45-08.00 AM (EST) Break 

08.00-09.15 AM (EST)
Session 02
PLANNING AND DESIGN: A MULTI-SCALAR PERSPECTIVE
• Industrial Transformation and the New Planning Policies
Ayşe Nur Albayrak (Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University)
• Architecture of Production: From Mills To Machine Landscapes
İlayda Güler, Esin Kömez (ODTÜ)

09.15-10.00 AM (EST)
Keynote 
From the Past to Future Imaginaries for Productive Spaces
Nina Rappaport (Director, Vertical Urban Factory | Kean University)

10.00-10.15 AM (EST) Break 

10.15-12.00 AM (EST)
Session 03
DESIGNING FOR INDUSTRIAL URBANISM
• Designing the Future Factories of Pearl River Delta Region: Posthuman Landscapes Studio at MLA/ HKU Fall 2018 – 2020
Merve Bedir (Hong Kong University)
• Reworking Industrial Districts in Long Island City: The Studio Experiment of DUSP/MIT in Spring 2018
Marie Law Adams (MIT)
• Designing the Next Generation of Industrial Districts:
The Experiment of Fall 2019 ‘Industrial Urbanism Studio’ at METU, Turkey
Olgu Çalışkan (ODTÜ), Esen Çağlar (PAL)