Academic Studies in Architecture, Planning and Design - I

This academic work addresses significant topics in the fields of architecture, planning, and design. The first chapter explores the historical evolution of future housing utopias within the context of digitality, flexibility, mobility, and adaptability. Thinkers such as Plato, Thomas More, Campanella, and Bacon’s utopian designs are analyzed. The second chapter details the preliminary design of flood protection structures in small ungauged catchments using the Altıntaş Stream case, providing a comparison of various hydrological methods. The third chapter highlights the importance of human-centred environmental perception in landscape architecture, emphasizing that physical indicators alone cannot explain experience, and promotes integrated evaluations through participatory methods and AI-assisted analysis. The fourth chapter examines the ethical and interpretive challenges of restitution for historic buildings under conditions of uncertainty, focusing on Edirne’s Yahya Bey Mosque. The final chapter evaluates the transformation of the former Keçiborlu Prison into an aviation museum, highlighting the spatial narrative, memory, and ethical responsibilities involved. The study proposes holistic and ethical approaches to the preservation and adaptive reuse of difficult heritage, advocating for spatial memory to be preserved and reinterpreted through layered design interventions.