Cultural landscapes is the theme for this conference to be held at the Faculty of Architecture of the Istanbul Technical University (ITU).
The theme of the conference will be developed around the following topics:
Responses of cultural landscapes to changing natural processes (such as climate change, re-colonization of abandoned lands, impact of emerging need for sustainability, etc.);
Landscapes as a reflection of changing cultural processes (such as globalization, multiculturalism, emerging awareness to sustainability, etc.);
Technology as a driver of cultural landscape change (such as international styles, disappearing vernacular styles as a result of increased visual images through internet as well as advanced technology to enable new construction methods and techniques and capability to use new materials or recycled materials, etc.);
Education, research methods and approaches (such as profession based education, multi-disciplinary education, interdisciplinary education, EU format, USA and the Canadian format, Eastern and Pacific Rim format).
