I was a guest lecturer today at the German University in Cairo. I would like to thank Dr. Covarino for inviting me to share my insights on ecocity and find a chance to negotiate the ecological and sustainability dimensions of tourist cities. Two amazing studios in parallel coordinated by Dr. Silvia Covarino in Egypt and…
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Final review discussions with urban desing and landscape projects students from German University in Cairo
We discussed with Design Studio VII, International Urban Design and Landscape Project students from Urban Design Program, Faculty of Engineering and Material Science at German University in Cairo, about their new urban landscapes proposals for Famagusta. I would like to congratulate all the students for their studies where each considered the ecology and potential peaceful…
Emotional Vortexes and Place Transmutations / Duygusal Girdaplar ve Yer Dönüşümleri
8th International Conference on New Trends in Architecture and Interior Design 2022” held in Cyprus this year after Dubai, Croatia, Finland, Russia and Turkey. I am pleased to be one of the keynote speakers with my presentation titled “Emotional Vortexes and Place Transmutations” For this meaningful organization and kind invitation, I would like to thank…
Praxis of urban peacebuilding in Famagusta Cyprus
I would like to thank Cyprus Network of Urban Morphology, and organizing committee for inviting me to share my experience and thoughts on urban peace-building. Over 9 years, we tried to generate as a multi-communal movement and to introduce the parameters of establishing a peace infrastructure set forth by the ecocity principles. Our efforts have…
Students meet Advisors- Awards meet Education
Very exciting to be part of growing architecture community: Inspireli awards provide a large laboratory to exercise new ideas and take part in an inclusive virtual education platform. On today’s live talk “Students meet Advisors- Awards meet Education- we had a chance to discuss their projects with amazing future architects. Bugün farklı kıtalardan ve farklı…
The 10th Annual Eurasian Peace Science Conference
Turkish Text follows / Türkçe metin alttadır It felt amazing to come together with peace scholars around the world at the 10th Annual Eurasian Peace Science Conference during these haptic times!It was an honor to present my insights at the roundtable “Urban Peacebuilding in Times of a Pandemic” chaired by Dan Miodownik (The Hebrew University…
Inspireli Awards community grows
Inspireli Awards community grows with new entries and always happy to provide feedback to the architecture students all over the world. For sure competitions supply wide laboratory to exercise new ideas, take place in a larger architecture community and it is very important for an architecture student’s progress in our profession. I wish all the…
The 75th anniversary of the Fulbright program
Fulbright programının 75. yıldönümünü kutlamasına Amerikan Elçiliği tarafından özel konuşmacı olarak davet edilmekten onur duydum. Nazik daveti ve misafirperverliği için Büyükelçi Judith Garber ve ekibine bir kez daha teşekkür ederim. Program benim için dünyadaki en prestijli burslardan birinden daha fazlası oldu. Bunu, yalnızca karşılıklı anlayışı değil, aynı zamanda barış inşası da teşvik eden entelektüel özgürlüğe…
Advocating for “Green Renaissance” at Voxeurop
Thanks to Chloé Emmanouilidis from VoxEurop for this piece. We are a group of people (Famagusta Ecocity Project)who loves nature, who believes we need to take an action for climate crisess, who knows that peace is only way for sustainable human existence- especially on a small island. We study based on science and facts and…
Peace Building for Cyprus in New York City
I was given the opportunity to teach an advanced architectural design studio (Arch401), together with distinguished Professor Dagmar Richter, at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture as a Fulbright visiting scholar during the 2020 spring semester. I feel honored to have celebrated one of our students winning the Michael Hollander Drawing Excellence Award with his transforming “Nicosia Airport into a Gray…
Bölünmüşlük Barış Getirmez
Bölünmüşlük barış getirmez, sınırlar insanları birleştirmez. İnsan doğaya hükmedemez ve empati yoksunluğumuz yükseldikçe, böylesi bir ortamda barış düzeni oluşturmak daha da zorlaşır. Hem doğa hem de insanla olan savaşlarla talan edilmiş, bölünmüş hiçbir düzen ve mekânsal düzlem, parça parça reformlarla kurgulandığı zaman, uzlaştırıcı bir zemine dönüşmez… Dr. Alexandra Novosseloff ile “Kıbrıs’ta BM Barış Gücü’nin (UNFICYP)…
On-the-line semester of an architectural design studio
One morning, we all woke up into a world that has been challenged with Covid-19 pandemic. The virus has forced each one of us to reconsider our habits, food chain, health services, transportation, living spaces as well as our education. Although many people across the word have reacted as well as anticipated quite unknown future,…
My new article on place attachment
»Click to download the article The process of developing an emotional nexus between the self and an uncanny geography: An autoethnography Ceren Boğaç Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10, Turkey Abstract In this paper, I aim to explore my nexus with a prohibited place and its emotional meaning,…
Love of place: Emotional engagements and psychological process
Published conference proceedings. Bogac, C. (2019). ‘Love of place: Emotional engagements and psychological process’, Environmental Psychology: Humans in their surrounding world, 4th EFPSA Conference, Kampus Hybernská, Prague Czech Republic,ISBN 978-80-263-1554-4, pp.13-18 Abstract Through the perspective of my multiple selves, as an architect and environmental psychology scholar, with this study I want to develop an…
Emekli NASA astronotu Dr. Anna Fisher ile tanışmak / Meeting with retired NASA astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher
NASA’nın ilk kadın astronot sınıfının üyesi ve uzaydaki ilk anne olan, emekli NASA astronotu Dr. Anna Fisher ile tanışmak büyük bir zevkti! Bugün Amerikan Elçiliği’nin davetlisi olarak onunla ve Kıbrıs’ta gelecek nesil kadın liderliğini güçlendirmek için çalışan diğer 9 harika kadınla bir araya geldik. Yaptığımız toplantıda, kadın liderliğinde başarıya nasıl ilham verebileceğimize dair zorlukları ve…
“360 Degrees” – ALPHA TV GREECE
A short documentary about Famagusta that is broadcasted on Alpha TV to present various dimensions of the city’s division and displacement for former and current citizens. I would like to thank to Maya Filippopoulou once again, the editor in chief, for her sensitivity to reflect Turkish Cypriot and bicommunal peace building efforts in this documentary….
EFPSA 2019 Conference -Environmental psychology: “Humans in their surrounding world”
I had great time with psychology students coming all over the Europe to the “4th EFPSA Conference, 2019, Environmental psychology: Humans in their surrounding world”. I feel so honored to represent Cyprus as being an Environmental Psychology scholar & speaker and represent Eastern Mediterranean University in this regard. The conference is organized by the European…
In Between: Visions from Contested Cities
As various peace activists and scholars, we discussed various visions and practice of bringing change to contested spaces of Belfast, Jerusalem, Nicosia and Sarajevo. I would like to thank the Davis Institute for International Relations of the Hebrew University and the Center for Regional Initiatives (IPCRI), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Ireland Palestine Representatives for…
Memory Landscapes of Famagusta
Today I talked with Maya Filippopoulou, Editor in chief of 360 Degrees News program, Alpha TV Greece, about memory landscapes of Famagusta and the ontological meaning of the city’s fragmentation for both communities. We also discussed about future projections through the facts regarding to the ecological threats. I would like to thank to her and…
Just published! “The Famagusta Ecocity: A New Path for Peace in Cyprus” BOOK
Thanks to all our authors, friends, supporters and everyone who believes in a united and sustainable future in the beautiful city of Famagusta- for this amazing book! We believe in this ecopolis which does not stand away- Together we stand, divided we fall 🌱 Preface “We stand at a critical moment in Earth’s history, a…
Emotions within Architecture (Podcast)
Talking about the phenomenon of love is a difficult theme for each subject, not only for architecture. In this podcast, I wanted to develop a short account on love and place. »Soundcloud link
“If the Varosha is re-opened, people should touch their homes, breath there…”
The new initiative of the government regarding to the Closed Varosha excited the Famagustians. Environmental Psychologist Ceren Boğaç from the Famagusta Ecocity Project spoke to the Cyprus Post about the traumas created by Closed Varosha and the project. Boğaç said if Varosha is re-opened, the first thing that people should do after all those…
Avrupa’nın çözülmemiş en uzun çatışması / The longest unresolved conflict on the Europe
İtalyan minet-TV ile Avrupa kıtasında çözülmemiş en uzun çatışma ve en uzun süredir devam eden BM barış gücü misyonlarından biri haline gelen “Kıbrıs sorunu” üzerine konuştuk. Röportajda, adada sahip olduğumuz ortak mirası, Mağusa’nın güzelliklerini ve çalışmaktan ve dillendirmekten hiç vazgeçmeyeceğim kalıcı barış arzumu bir kez daha vurguladım. Yayın editörü Christine Helfer’e raporunda bana da yer…
Sustainability in the Island of Cyprus
I would like to thank Xanat Meza for featuring me in her “Report of Sustainability in the Island of Cyprus”! Thanks for covering the example of the Therapeutic Community Agia Skepi, a cultural garden which is created by Emily Markides, the inspiration behind the Famagusta Ecocity Project. Click for the Japanese version of the article…
Urban peace building with community
Yesterday I was together with a group of International Relations and Global Politics students from the American University of Rome, who were in Cyprus for a study visit with their professors Irene Caratelli and Cecilia Sottilotta. I am happy to share the FamagustaEcocityProject‘s vision for an integrated and sustainable city, as well as our approach for…
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