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Ayse Hilal Ugurlu
Istanbul Technical University
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
Contact
ITU Mimarlik Fak. Taskisla
Taksim
Istanbul
Turkey
ABOUT
A.Hilal Ugurlu is a Turkish architect and an architecural historian. Her Master’s thesis, entitled “The Works of Architect Behruz Cinici”, focused on modern Turkish architecture from 1950’s up until today and analyzed the works of contemporary Turkish architect Behruz Cinici in that context. After she received her MS c. degree in 2002, she became increasingly interested in Ottoman cultural history and its effect on architecture. Her research focuses on 18th and 19th century Ottoman architecture in Istanbul. In her dissertation “Selim III’s Istanbul: Building Activities In The Light Of Political And Military Transformations", she seeks to describe the relationship between the physical and social structure of the Ottoman capital at that time. She was a visiting research scholar in the Aga Khan Program between 2009-2010. She recieved her Phd degree in 2012. Besides her dissertation, she was a part of a TUBITAK project, entitled “The works of Architect William James Smith in Istanbul and ‘Taskisla’”.
Discipline
Art/Art History
Sub Areas
History Of Architecture
Ottoman Studies
Identity/Representation
Modernization
Geographic Areas of Interest
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
18th Century Ottoman Architecture
Selim III Era
The Architectural Culture In Istanbul
Languages
Ottoman (advanced)
English (advanced)
Turkish (native)
Education
PhD | 2012 | History of Arch. | Istanbul Technical University
MA | 2002 | History of Architecture | Istanbul Technical University
BA | 1999 | Architecture | Istanbul Technical University
Abstracts
Mosque Courtyards As Open Public Spaces In Early Modern Istanbul Changing Spatial and Political Relations Between "The City" and "The Mosque" in the Nineteenth Century Ottoman Empire