Selahattin Önür - architect Turkey associate professor METU

Name / Surname : Selahattin Önür
Profession : Architect / Academician
Year / Place of Birth : 1945 / Izmir, Turkey
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ACADEMIC DEGREES AND TITLES

Assoc.Prof. : Title conferred by the Inter-Universities Council, Turkey, November 1993
Ph.D : M.E.T.U. Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science, Ankara, Turkey, February 1992
M.A. : University of Essex, History and Theory of Architecture Program in the
Department of Art, Colchester, England, July 1971
B.Arch : M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture, Ankara, Turkey, June 1967

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

1993 - Associate Professor (title) at M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
1992 - 1993 Assistant Professor at M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
1985 - 1992 Instructor at M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
1983 - 1985 Visiting Instructor at Yarmouk University Department of Architecture, Irbid, Jordan (on sabathical and a year's leave of absence)
1979 - 1983 Extension of academic service to M.E.T.U. Department of Industrial Design
1973 - 1983 Instructor at M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
1972 - 1973 Assistant at M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture

TEACHING EXPERIENCE / M.E.T.U.

1985 - (every fall semester) ARCH 121 Introduction to Architecture I: "The
1972 -1983 purpose of the course is to introduce the student to the scope and vocabulary of architecture. Study of design activity at different scales and levels of space; order and character of places. Analysis of form, structure, use and meaning; physical and cultural influences on architectural form."
1985 - (every spring semester) ARCH 122 Introduction to Architecture II: "The
1972 - 1983 course focuses on the conceptual and material aspects of architecture introduced in connection with the development of contemporary architecture. Study of selected traditions, styles and movements with reference to formative ideas, intentions and techniques.
1985 - (every fall semester) ARCH 101 Basic Design: "Introduction to the
1973 - 1983 basic concepts and principles of design. Exercises to develop mental and manual skills to cope with design problems. Development of visual values for structuring and articulating two and three dimensional spatial compositions in different media."
1985 - (every spring semester) ARCH 102 Introduction to Architectural
1974 - 1983 Design: " An intermediate course to prepare the student for architectural design, aimed at developing the skill for rapport between basic design and architectural design."
1972 - 1973 ARCH 421-422 Philosophy and Theory of Design: "Recent trends and round-the-world developments in architectural theory and practice, conceptual and experimental architecture."
1979 - 1982 ID 101-102 Basic Design: "Introduction of the student to the concept of design. Development of basic abilities in two and three dimensional design work. Correlation between abstract and concrete design ideas introducing concepts of material, structure, mechanism, etc."

Development and introduction of a new course:

1981 - 1983 ID 303-304 Design Workshop: "Introduction to diverse techniques, through their demonstration and application by the student to various, and in general, short-term design problems."
1982 - 1983 ID 403-404 Design Workshop: "For identified design problems from diverse areas, the students will be expected to decide on the techniques appropriate for their individual solutions and to carry out pertinent research and design work."

TEACHING EXPERIENCE / YARMOUK UNIVERSITY, JORDAN

1983 - 1984 (fall semesters) ARCH 201 Basic Design I: "An introduction to the vocabulary and basic concepts of environmental design with form, space, function, movement, growth, etc., investigated in a series of studio-based design problems which develop the student's proficiency in expressing basic interrelationships between people and their architectural environment."
1983 - 1984 (spring semesters) ARCH 202 Basic Design II: "Examination of fundamental principles of architectural design, analysis of design elements and their relationships to each other and to spaces, and the treatment of socio-economic, functional and aesthetic problems in illustrative design projects."
1984 (fall semester) ARCH 203 Architectural Communication II: "Developing the knowledge of graphic communication skills in Communication I, this course introduces model-making in design and communication and teaches the basic methods of expressing three dimensional structures with two dimensional media. Shadow projection and the rendering of presentation drawings complete the student's preparation in this course."

Development and introduction of a new course:

1985 (spring semester) ARCH 418 Analytical Architectural Design: "Design in architecture considered as primarily an analytical process with reference to appropriate examples."


SUMMER PRACTICES / M.E.T.U.

2003 Organization of the two-month ARCH 190 summer practice in construction for building a computer studio for the primary school in Arili Village, Findikli, Rize.
2002 Organization of the two-month ARCH 190 summer practice in construction for the extension of mountaineers' lodge at the foot of Demirkazik Mountain in the range of Taurus Mountains, Nigde.
2002 Moderator of the TCMB (Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association) Summer Design and Construction Workshop for architecture students from thirteen schools organized at M.E.T.U. Campus, Ankara.
2001 Organization of the two-month ARCH 190 summer practice in construction for an extension of a foundation school, Nigde.
2000 Organization of the two-month ARCH 190 summer practice for total remodeling of two derelict lodgings, for the teachers of the primary school in Eminlik Village, Ulukisla, Nigde.
1999 Organization of the two-month ARCH 190 summer practice for total remodeling of the old unused primary school in Eminlik Village (Ulukisla, Nigde) as a multi-functional building (for library, computer studio, and refectory with kitchen) to be used by the students and the community. (with this, the re-introduction of M.E.T.U.'s practice of organizing students' summer construction practice in the country, after twenty-eight years)
1974 Co-director in the M.E.T.U. Applied Research Project for the architectural survey with students of a vernacular environment in Akcaalan, South-West Turkey, led by R.Plunz and S.Ozkan (a joint project with Columbia University Department of Architecture, U.S.A.)
1974 A one-month construction work at the M.E.T.U. Campus with students for the ARCH 190 summer practice.
1972 Survey, analysis, and graphic documentation of apartment flats in Ankara for ARCH 290 summer practice.

PROFESSIONAL WORK

2003 Jury member of the competition held for the central buildings of the M.E.T.U. Campus in Northern Cyprus.
2003 Jury member of the limited design competition for a research block for the M.E.T.U. Techno-Park.
2000 Organizer and head of the jury for a limited design competition for the SEV Foundation School in Izmir.
1994 Vice-director of the M.E.T.U. Revolving Fund Applied Research Project: Architectural and urban design project for the Dumlupinar University Campus, Kutahya (Published in Yapi, n.169, December 1995, 91-93.
1993 Consultant jury member of the competition held for the Taris Headquarters in Izmir.
1993 Entry for the international architectural competition held in Japan with the theme "Wind, Air - Beautiful Ambience" (with Prof.Dr.Mehmet Kiciman, civil eng.) (Published in the 1995 Agenda of the M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture).
1980 Entry for the national competition held for a cultural and recreational fairground in Eskisehir.
1971 Entry for the competition held for the planning of the Zonguldak Metropolitan Region.
1971 Assistant-collaborator in the international competition entry for "Plateau
Beauborg, Cultural Center for Contemporary Art" (now, Pompidou
Center) in Paris, with A.Gulgonen, K.Aran, and M.Demiray (awarded with one of the eight mentions; no other prize, except the 1st, was given)
1967 - 1969 Architectural assistant for very short periods in Ankara (Polat's and Dalokay's offices) and in Copenhagen (Dyreborg and Bjerg's office).
1966 - 1969 Assisted A.Gulgonen in a series of architectural competitions in Ankara (two of them prize-winning).

PUBLISHED / UNPUBLISHED STUDIES

"Avrupa Yuksek Ogretim Alani - Bolonya Sureci ve Bu Surec Icinde Avrupa Mimarlik
Egitim Alanini Sekillendirme Calismalari" ("European Higher Education Area -
Bologna Process and Attempts Towards Shaping the European Architectural
Education Area Within This Process") Mimar-Ist, n.9, Summer 2003, pp.79-84.

"An Inner-City Resource for Regenerating the Public Domain". Paper accepted by the
IAPS 14 Conference on Evolving Environmental Ideals: Changing Ways of Life,
Values and Design Practices, July 30-August 3, 1996, Stockholm.

"Savas Sonrasindan Gunumuze Kentsel Kamu Mekanina Iliskin Deneyim ve
Denemeler" ("Experiences and Experiments in the Urban Public Space Since the
World War II"). Kent, Planlama, Sanat (City, Planning, Art) ed. By I.Tekeli, v.2,
M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture Publication, Ankara 1994, pp.455-495.

"Architectural Experiences and Experiments in the Public Sphere". Ph.D Thesis,
M.E.T.U., Ankara 1992.

Design contribution to "Gul Baba Workshop" published in Gul Baba '87, Akadémiai
Kiado, Budapest 1987, pp.108-109 (referred to by K.Polonyi in Budapest, n.10,
October 1988, pp.12-14).

"Working Outline for the ARCH 418 Analytical Architecture Course". Unpublished
lecture notes, Yarmouk University, Irbid 1984.

"Two Contemporary Philosophical Trends in Esthetics and Esthetics in Architecture".
Unpublished essay submitted for Ph.D Qualification, Ankara 1981.

"'Mimarlikta Ikinci Kademe Egitimi: Kuram, Arastirma, Uygulama' Seminerinin
Dusundurdukleri" ("Thoughts on the Seminar on Second Cycle Education in
Architecture: Theory, Research, Practice"). M.E.T.U. Journal of the Faculty of
Architecture, v.3, n.1, Spring 1977, pp.141-162.

Onur, S., Mutaf, G., "Re-Design to Adapt". M.E.T.U. Journal of the Faculty of
Architecture, v.2, n.1, Spring 19976, pp.113-122.

Onur, S., Ozkan, S., Kalin Duvar Oruntusu ve Kapadokya'da Mimarlik" ("Thick-Wall
Pattern and Architecture in Cappadocia") Mimarlik, n.5, 1974, pp.10-15.

Onur, S., Ozkan, S. (1973) "Another Thick-Wall Pattern: Cappadocia". Shelter, Sign,
and Symbol, ed. by P.Oliver, London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1975, pp.95-106.

"Proceeding of the Seminar on Semiology". Lecture Abstracts, Seminar Proceedings,
and the Bibliography of the Methodology of Design Course, ed. by S.Ozkan, M.E.T.U.
1972, Ankara.

CONFERENCES

1998 - 2003: Active participation in MOBBIG (Communion of Heads of Schools of
Architecture in Turkey) Meetings twice a year since 1998 (twelve meetings / missed
two).

1998 - 2003 : Active participation in the EAAE Meetings of the Heads of Schools of
Architecture in Europe every September in Chania, Crete, since 1998 (six meetings).

Group member in the meeting of the EAAE / ENHSA (European Network of Heads of
Schools of Architecture) Working Group on "assessment of education in European
schools of architecture" in Antwerp, Belgium in March 29, 2003.

"Urban Development and Conservation of the Past". An international symposium held
on May 10, 2000 in conjunction with the Heracles supported production and
Exhibition of "Urban Projects for Five Greek Cities" in Ankara (organizer and
chairperson of the first session).

"Mimarlikta Modern ve Post-Modern Yaklasimlar" ("Modern and Post-Modern
Approaches in Architecture") (panelist) at the Turkish-British Cultural Association in
Ankara, April 28, 1998.

"Recent Developments in Urban Design Theory". Seminar given at ARCH 422
Seminar on Contemporary Architecture, M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture, May
1993.

"CIAM and Team X Urban Design Theories". Seminar given at ARCH 422 Seminar
on Contemporary Architecture, M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture, May 1992.

"Kentsel Mekana Iliskin Kavram ve Sorunlar I-II" (Concepts and Problems Related
with Urban Space). Two seminars given at the M.E.T.U. Department of City and
Regional Planning for the 1991-1992 Spring Semester Seminars Program.

"Cagdas Tasarimda Yoresel Ogeler" (Vernacular Elements in Contemporary Design)
Symposium, November 5, 1990, at Yildiz University , Istanbul (panelist).

"The Tomb of Gul Baba". International Workshop Seminar '87 held in July 3-14, 1987
in Budapest, Hungary (supervisor and critic).


THESIS SUPERVISION

Ela Alanyali, "Leftover Space as A Value and Potentiality for the Public Realm in the
City". Ph.D Thesis, M.E.T.U., March 2003.

Nihal Bursa, "A Socially Constructed Reality: Sedad Hakki Eldem". Ph.D Thesis,
M.E.T.U., March 2003.

Kerem Yazgan, "Designography of Architecture". Ph.D Thesis, M.E.T.U., July 2003.

Haluk Zelef, "A Research on the Representation of Turkish National Identity:
Buildings Abroad". Ph.D Thesis, M.E.T.U., September 2003.

Gokhan Berk "Social Housing and Evaluation of Participatory Approaches: Case
Study on Detca Housing Cooperative in Batikent". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U., January
1997.

Cavit Arikan "Business and Commercial Skyscrapers in the Urban Context Studied
for Their Relationship with the Immediate Environment". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U.,
January 1997 (co-supervisor).

Fulya (Geveci) Topaktas "Environmental Effects of Tourism on Coastal Historic
Towns - Case Study: Side". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U., January 1997.

Cetin Tuker "Study of General Hospitals". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U., January 1966.

Cigdem Erbug "Integration of Ergonomic Studies in Design Process Management"
Ph.D Thesis, M.E.T.U., January 1996.

Renin Tarman "Meaning and Function of the Urban Park as Public Open Space for
Recreation". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U., July 1994.

Cig Suer "Architectural Form-Giving as An Excursus of Maki's 'Group-Form'
Concept". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U., September 1994.

Inci Kale "Physical and Social Transformation of Urban Green Space". M.Arch
Thesis, M.E.T.U., June 1990.

Tansel H.Korkmaz "Urban Architecture as An Architecture of the Urban Public
Realm". M.Arch Thesis, M.E.T.U., February 1989.

Can Cinici "A Figurative Approach to Architecture - An Essay on Form" M.Arch
Thesis, M.E.T.U., September 1988.

S.Evinc Torlak "Pedestrianization at the Urban Core". M.Arch Thesis, September
1983 (started with U.Copur as supervisor).

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTY

1998 - Chairperson, M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture
1997 - Member of the Faculty Academic Council, M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture
1994 - 1998 Head of the Architectural Design Division, M.E.T.U. Department
of Architecture
1993 - 2000 Member of the Board of GISAM (University Research Center for Audio-Visual Systems)
1992 -1997 Member of the Faculty Administrative Council, M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture
1984 - 1994 Assistant Chairperson, M.E.T.U. Department of Architecture

EDITORIAL WORK

1985 - 2000 Member of the Editorial Board of M.E.T.U. Journal of the Faculty of Architecture
1978 - 1982 Editor of the M.E.T.U. Faculty of Architecture Occasional Paper Series.