On 13 and 14 October 2017 a special symposium was held in the Chamber of Architects Izmir branch under the title
From Dudok to the 21st Century: Redesigning the city
The programme of the two days was as follows:
Friday 13 October 2017
12.00 Official opening of the exhibition Dudok in Izmir: An Architect's Lost Dream by a representative of the City of Izmir and in the presence of the project's initiators
14.00 Symposium From Dudok to the 21st Century: Redesigning the city , Chamber of Architects, Izmir branch, coffee
14.30 Welcome and opening remarks by Ibrahim Alpaslan – President Chamber of Architects, Izmir branch
14.35 Welcome by representative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
14.40 Welcome by the representative of TVCulture on behalf of all the project partners
14.45 Presentations on Dudok and the Konak Square , introduced by Dr. Meltem Gürel , Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara
14.50 Documentary short on Dudok in Izmir introduced by Peter Veenendaal , documentary maker and initiator of www.dudok.org
15.00 ‘Le silence de la mer’. W. M. Dudok and the power of the drawing
Dr. Herman van Bergeijk , Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Delft University of Technology
& President of the Dudok Foundation
15.30 The Image of Izmir from the Aegean Sea
Fatma Tanis , PhD student, History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Architecture, Delft University of Technology
16.00 Konak Square in the context of Ottoman and Republican Modernism
Dr. İlhan Tekeli , Professor Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Consultant, Mediterranean Academy Founding Honorary President
16.30 Planning the City of Tomorrow: Le Corbusier's project for Izmir and Konak square
Dr. Volker Ziegler , Associate Professor, National School of Architecture, Strasbourg
17.00 Break 30 minutes
17.30 W.M. Dudok's Konak Square intervention
Dr. Meltem Gürel , Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara and Marinus Jongeneel , architect
& students, Bilkent University, Ankara
18.00 Konak Square Architectural Competitions and 2002-03 Intervention
Ersen Gürsel , architect and urban planner
18.30 Discussion: all the participants lead by Dr. Meltem Gürel, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara
19.15 End of Day 1
Saturday 14 October
9.30 Coffee and tea
10.00 Presentations on Restoration, Re-use and Transformation , introduced by Dr Sebnem Yücel , Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Yasar University, Izmir
10.05 From A Tobacco Warehouse to the Chamber of Architects Izmir and the “Izmir Shore Design Project”
Orhan Ersan & Deniz Dokgöz , Ikiartibir Architects
10.30 Restoration and Re-use: from World Heritage to 'ordinary' monuments
Meindert Booij , Broekbakema Architects, Rotterdam
11.00 Transforming the Central Bank of Turkish Republic Izmir (design Ergun Unaran and Doğan Tekeli) to the Key Hotel
Derya Akdurak , architect
11.30 Restoration and Transformation: The Dutch approach
Dr. Marie-Thérèse van Thoor , Associate Professor, Chair Heritage & Cultural Value, Department of Architecture, Delft University of Technology
12.00 Reconstructing the city in the 21st century: Iconic Architecture in an Existing Urban Fabric
Stefan de Koning , architect and Senior Associate, MVRDV architects and urban planners, Rotterdam
12.30 Reconstructing the city in the 21st century
Murat Tabanlioglu , Tabanlioglu Architects, Istanbul
13.00 Network sandwich lunch, offered by the Chamber of Architects, Izmir branch
14.00 Presentations on Reconstructing the city in the 21st century , introduced by
Dr. Ir. Sevil Sariyildiz , Professor of Design Informatics - Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, Delft University of Technology
14.15 Reconstructing the city in the 21st century:Space and Policy
David Mulder van der Vegt , architect, XML architects, Amsterdam
14.45 Reconstructing the city in the 21st century; how to build value with urban planning and architecture
Jaap Gräber , architect, PLAN-Modules, Amsterdam
15.15 Defining the public building and its relation to the public space from Dudok into the 21st century
Hasan Topal , architect
15.45 Tea Break
16.15 Discussion: all the participants lead by Dr. Ir. Sevil Sariyildiz, Professor of Design Informatics - Department of Architectural Engineering + Technology, Delft University of Technology
17.00 Networkdrink organised in partnership with the NBSO
18.00 End of Day 2
Sunday 15 October
10.30 Special tour of Izmir with architectural highlights
Thursday 19 October
Dudok in Izmir: An Architect's Lost Dream transported to the Adnan Saygun Cultural Centre, Izmir
Friday 20 October
Dudok in Izmir: An Architect's Lost Dream opens in Adnan Saygun Cultural Centre in Izmir
