CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST - Global Impacts and Local Challenges
CAUMME 2012
International Symposium
Organized Jointly between Yıldız Technical University and Qatar University
Prof. Dr. Murat SOYGENİŞ, Symposium Chair,
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Ashraf M. SALAMA, Symposium co-Chair,
Head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University, Qatar
Since the beginning of the new millennium, it was apparent that a new phase influencing the development of architecture and urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East had begun, when rulers, decision makers, and top government officials developed stronger interest in architecture and development. With such a sturdy interest many cities in this region are experiencing rapid growth coupled with fast track urbanization processes, and marked by large scale work, learning and residential environments, and mixed use developments. This is witnessed from Istanbul’s intensive urbanization process to Abu-Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island Development to Bahrain Financial Harbor, and from Kuwait’s City of Silk to the future city of Qatar, Lusail. Notably, some cities have acquired a geo-strategic importance. Through the shift of global economic forces, they have developed to central hubs between old economies of Western Europe and the rising economies of Asia. In the context of international competition between cities new challenges are emerging.
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Conference Poster
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Conference Call for Papers
CAUMME 2012
International Symposium
Organized Jointly between Yıldız Technical University and Qatar University
Prof. Dr. Murat SOYGENİŞ, Symposium Chair,
Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Ashraf M. SALAMA, Symposium co-Chair,
Head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University, Qatar
Since the beginning of the new millennium, it was apparent that a new phase influencing the development of architecture and urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East had begun, when rulers, decision makers, and top government officials developed stronger interest in architecture and development. With such a sturdy interest many cities in this region are experiencing rapid growth coupled with fast track urbanization processes, and marked by large scale work, learning and residential environments, and mixed use developments. This is witnessed from Istanbul’s intensive urbanization process to Abu-Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island Development to Bahrain Financial Harbor, and from Kuwait’s City of Silk to the future city of Qatar, Lusail. Notably, some cities have acquired a geo-strategic importance. Through the shift of global economic forces, they have developed to central hubs between old economies of Western Europe and the rising economies of Asia. In the context of international competition between cities new challenges are emerging.
For More information
Conference Poster
http://www.mmr.yildiz.edu.tr/login/sys/admin/announcement/img/1324996093_CAUMME2012_poster.pdf
Conference Call for Papers
