Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture, Famagusta, North Cyprus

The International Conference on Architectural Education with the theme of “Unspoken” is going to be held in the Faculty of Architecture, Eastern Mediterranean University in Gazimagusa (Famagusta), North Cyprus, in April  14 – 15, 2022  .  The meeting is organized with the intention that scholars, practitioners and students will come together for discussing architectural education from various perspectives.

Under this scope, The second International Conference “Unspoken Issues in Architectural Education”, delightfully welcomes interdisciplinary scholars, practitioners and students from all around the world working in the disciplines of design, architecture, interior architecture, art & architectural history, engineering, urban studies, cultural studies, sociology, environmental studies, and pedagogical studies, for proposing papers and meeting in North Cyprus, in April 2022.

This conference intends to lead the discussions on various critical issues in architectural/interior architectural education, with the main themes of “Diversified Mediums”, “Dynamic Philosophy”, and “Contradictive Education”. Toward these main themes, the main objective of the conference is to investigate and disseminate key challenges of architectural/ interior architectural education in present time such as; irrelevance of architectural education to the real world, effects of media, working or designing for the poor, disaster management, climate change, fuel poverty, price of energy, conflicts and wars, number of architects and architectural schools, questioning the methodology of teaching in architecture and many more unspoken issues. 

*All papers presented in the conference will be published in a proceeding book/CD. 

Conference Themes

Diversified Mediums

• Emerging concepts and unpredictable/unprecedented issues in architectural education

• Technology (New technologies) integrated architectural/ Interior architectural education

• The role of national/international /internal/external certifications in education of architecture/interior architecture

• Climate action

• Contextual /regional/local /effects in architectural education / interior architectural education

• Architectural education for conflicted fronts / disaster management / refugee crisis

• Architecture/interior architecture for the poor / social housing

• Architecture/interior architecture for dis/ability

• Implicit learning and education; the hidden agenda

• Extracurricular activities / informal education

• Pre-undergraduate Education (for Architecture/Interior Architecture)

Dynamic Philosophy

• Ideology/beliefs and architectural education

• Integrating social justice into education

• Art and Design in Action

• Provoking curriculums and education culture

• Ground-up envisioning of architectural education

• Creative design process and creative product

• Challenges and creative solutions

Contradictive education

• Disparities/Differences between status of architectural education and profession

• Who should teach architecture? / Who should teach interior architecture?

• Pedagogy for career activities

• Acquisition of new data: for future of both profession and architectural/interior architectural education

• Reassemble of core values in architectural education

• Setting new standards, rules or norms for the profession

• Principal responsibilities of architectural education

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Uğur Ulaş Dağlı	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Resmiye Alpar Atun	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Zehra Öngül	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Oya Atalay Franck-EAAE President	Zurich University of Applied Sciences, SWITZERLAND
Johan De Walsche-[Founding member of EAAE Education Academy]	University of Antwerp, BELGIUM
Hazem Rashed-Ali	University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Jonathan A. Scelsa	PRATT Institute, NY, USA
Shashi Caan	IFI Chief Executive Officer, USA
Şebnem Önal Hoşkara	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Özgür Dinçyürek	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Abdi Güzer	Middle East Technical University, TURKEY
Aktan Acar	TOBB ETU, University of Economics & Technology, TURKEY
Ali Cengizkan	TED University, TURKEY
Antonio Petrov	University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Ayşe Şentürer	İstanbul Technical University, TURKEY
Banu Manav	Kadir Has University, TURKEY
Banu Tevfikler Çavuşoğlu	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Burak Kaptan	Eskişehir Technical University, TURKEY
Çelen Paşalar	North Carolina State University, USA
Chris Tweed	Cardiff University, UK
Çiğdem Polatoğlu	Yıldız Technical University, TURKEY
Deniz Hasırcı	İzmir University of Economics, TURKEY
Deniz İncedayı	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, TURKEY
Guita Farivarsadri	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
İpek Yada Akpınar	İzmir Institute of Technology, TURKEY
Ivan Cabrera I Fausto	Universitat Politècnica de València, SPAIN
Kokan Grchev	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Maya N. Öztürk	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Neriman Şahin Güçhan	Middle East Technical University, TURKEY
Neslihan Dostoğlu	İstanbul Kültür University, TURKEY
Noor Cholis Idham	Universitas Islam Indonesia, INDONESIA
Nur Çağlar	TOBB ETU, University of Economics & Technology, TURKEY
Orasio Carpenzano	Sapienza University of Rome, ITALY
Rahinah Ibrahim	Universiti Putra Malaysia , MALAYSIA
Ralf Weber	Dresden University of Technology, GERMANY
S. Müjdem Vural	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Sally Stone	The Univesity of Manchester, UK
Selahattin Önür	Atılım University, TURKEY
Sevgi Lökçe	Atılım University, TURKEY
Sezin Tanrıöver	Bahcesehir University, TURKEY
Suzie Attiwill	RMIT University, AUSTRALIA
Wassim Naghi	Lebanese University, LEBANON
Zakkiya Khan	University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION SECRETARIAT
Nil Paşaoğluları Şahin	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Baddiossadat Hassanpour	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Ceren Boğaç	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Kamil Güley	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
Uğur Ulaş Dağlı (Co-chair)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Resmiye Alpar Atun (Co-chair)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Zehra Öngül (Co-chair)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Nil Paşaoğluları Şahin (Secretariat)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Baddiossadat Hassanpour (Secretariat)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Ceren Boğaç (Secretariat)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Kamil Güley  (Secretariat)	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Mukaddes Polay	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Afet Coşkun	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Ahenk Yılgın Damgacı	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Pınar Uluçay	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Müge Rıza	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Seyit Ermiyagil	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Ameen Youns	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Deya Salo	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Nüvit Köseoğlu	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
M.Maged Habib	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Doğa Üzümcüoğlu	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS
Şerife Hikmet	Eastern Mediterranean University, NORTH CYPRUS

Organisation Committees