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Online Talk | Archeology Seminars | The Mountains of Osman: The Crucial Role of Landscape in the Foundation of the Ottoman State

As part the Online Talk Series Medieval Landscapes of Anatolia: Deciphering the dynamic relationship between urban and rural, "The Mountains of Osman: The Crucial Role of Landscape in the Foundation...

CRP406 Public Space for Inclusion and Diversity Workshop Series Started

Within the framework of the course CRP406 Public Space for Inclusion and Diversity, the class held a site visit to Eymir on 03.05.2025. During the field trip, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emre Alp from METU...

Tuesday Talks (34)

May 13, 2025 / Tuesday / 12.30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanzer Arığ, Faculty Member at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture...

Master of Regional Planning

The Master of Regional Planning program at METU Department of City and Regional Planning, established in the academic year of 1966 - 1967, is the first postgraduate program of regional planning in...

CRP446 Climate Responsive Urban Design: Trip to Kadıköy, İstanbul

As part of the CRP446 Climate Responsive Urban Design course conducted by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ender Peker and Res. Assist. Aybüke Balahun Çoban, students are reimagining a bazaar area in Kadıköy to...

Tuesday Talks (36)

April 29, 2025 / Tuesday / 12.30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Dr. Mehmet Çelik
Head of Urban Development and Planning Department, Aachen...

Lecture Series by Dr. Mehmet Çelik – Aachen Municipality, Germany

The Department of City and Regional Planning is pleased to host a distinguished lecture series by Dr. Mehmet Çelik, Director of the Urban Development and City Planning Department at Aachen...

CRP 402 | Re-developing Kahramanmaraş Conference and Field Trip

CRP402 Planning Studio instructors and students participated in the Re-developing Kahramanmaraş Conference held at the Kahramanmaraş EXPO Kelebek Museum between April 14–16, 2025. Within the...

Tuesday Talks (35)

April 22, 2025 / Tuesday / 12.30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Associate Professor Susana Alves Sapienza University of Rome
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology ...

CRP401 2024/2025 Fall Term Projects Catalogues

The digital catalogues of CRP401 Kahramanmaraş Planning Studio are online now! The catalogues cover the Urban and Regional Analysis for Kahramanmaraş and Kahramanmaraş Territorial Plans....

Application for İlhan Tekeli 2024 Thesis Awards

İlhan Tekeli Thesis Awards 2024 Applications are now open. Applications can be submitted between March 15 – May 15, 2025. For the application form, please click here. For more information,...

TÜBİTAK 1001 Project Acceptance: Modeling the Rainwater Harvesting Potential of Different Urban Fabrics: A Socio-Technical Approach

Coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ender Peker, as a member of our department, the research project titled "Modeling the Rainwater Harvesting Potential of Different Urban Fabrics: A Socio-...

Tuesday Talks (33)

March 18, 2025 / Tuesday / 12.30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Hülya Bayrak, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Project Manager Topic: A Perspective on Urban and...

Online Talk | Archeology Seminars | Coincidence and complexity: complex interaction of society, environment and conjuncture in the Eastern Roman world ca. 600-1000 CE

As part the Online Talk Series Medieval Landscapes of Anatolia: Deciphering the dynamic relationship between urban and rural, "Coincidence and complexity: complex interaction of society, environment...

Tuesday Talks (32)

March 11, 2025 / Tuesday / 12.30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Anıl Albayrak Topic: The Contribution of University Education and Academic Knowledge to the Project Processes In...

CRP201 2024/2025 Fall Term Final Projects Catalogue

The digital catalogue showcasing the course of the CRP201 Perşembe Planning and Design Studio with the studies from the beginning of the term to the final projects is online now! All catalogues are...

Tuesday Talks (31)

February 25, 2025 / Tuesday / 1.00 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Bager Akbay Topic: Artificial Intelligence Literacy In today's rapidly evolving condition of artificial...

CRP406 Public Space for Inclusion and Diversity

Among the elective course offered by Department of City and Regional Planning in the upcoming academic term, the CRP406 course explores the social dimensions of urban planning and design through...

Online Talk | Archeology Seminars III | Town and Country in Medieval Cappadocia: The View from Endowment Deeds and Records

As the third of the Online Talk Series Medieval Landscapes of Anatolia: Deciphering the dynamic relationship between urban and rural, "Town and Country in Medieval Cappadocia: The View from...

MUD Fall Term Final Jury

The 2024/2025 Academic Year Fall Term Final Jury of Master of Urban Design Studio is conducted on January 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM, with the studio theme "Recovery Urbanism v3.0: Regenerating the...

CRP401 Fall Term Final Jury

The fall term final jury of CRP401 Planning Studio (Kahramanmaraş) will be held on 6-7 January, 2025, at 10:30 AM.

CRP101 Fall Term Final Jury

The fall term final jury of CRP101 Planning and Design Studio will be held on 2-3 January, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM at the CRP101 Studio, Faculty of Architecture. The theme of the projects and the...

CRP301 Fall Term Final Jury

The fall term final jury of CRP301 Planning Studio (Antalya) will be held on 2-3 January, 2025 between 09:45 AM - 05:00 PM, at the CRP301 Studio, Faculty of Architecture. The projects focus on the...

CP501 Fall Term Final Jury

The fall term final jury of City Planning Master Studio will take place on December 25th, 2024, at 2:00 PM, at Kubbealtı, Faculty of Architecture. In this jury, students will present their creative...

CRP201 Fall Term Final Jury

The fall term final jury of CRP201 Ordu/Perşembe Planning and Design Studio is held on 23rd and 26th of December, 2024. The jury on December 23rd took place at 1:40 PM at Göbektaşı, Faculty of...

İlhan Tekeli 2023 Incentive Awards

The İlhan Tekeli Thesis Awards, organized annually by the İlhan Tekeli Urbanism Culture Foundation (İTŞKV), were presented on December 13, 2024, following the events held at the Istanbul Planning...

İlhan Tekeli Thesis Awards 2024

The İlhan Tekeli Thesis Awards, organized annually by the İlhan Tekeli Urbanism Culture Foundation (İTŞKV), will be presented after the events held on December 13, 2024, at the Istanbul Planning...

Online Talk | Archeology Seminars I on YouTube! Resilient Landscapes and Dynamic Communities of Medieval Komana

As part of the Archaeology Online Seminars Series - Medieval Landscape Of Anatolia: Deciphering The Dynamic Relationship Between Urban And Rural, the recording of the online talk "Resilient...

Tuesday Talks (30)

December 3, 2024 / Tuesday / 12.30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı AnkaraAks | Cemre Gökpınar, Zeynep Ünsal, Dilara Güney, Naz Şerife Özcan Cengiz Topic: Aks+New European Bauhaus:...

Online Talk | Archeology Seminars II | Out in the Country: Urban Elites Encounters in the Countryside in Medieval Anatolia

As the second of the online Talk Series Medieval Landscapes of Anatolia: Deciphering the dynamic relationship between urban and rural, the presentation titled "Out in the Country: Urban...

The 2nd of Archaeo-Informatics Conference

Conducted by the Department of Settlement Archaeology, the 2nd of the Archaeo-Informatics Conference: Use and Challenges of AI in Archaeology will take place on 25 – 26 November 2024, at...

9. of the Congress on Urban Studies: Resilient Cities and Communities

The 9. of the Congress on Urban Studies has the framework of Resilient Cities and Communities. The conference will take place between November 20-21-22, 2024 at TEPAV-TOBB ETÜ Campus. For the details...

CRP201 | Field Trip to Ordu

The field trip of CRP201 Planning and Design Studio is conducted in Ordu, between 5-7 November, 2024.

CRP301 | Field Trip to Antalya

The field trip of CR3401 Planning Studio is conducted in Antalya, between 21-24 October, 2024.

CRP401 | Field Trip to Kahramanmaraş

The field trip of CRP401 Planning Studio is conducted in Kahramanmaraş, between 16-20 October, 2024.

UD | Field Trip to Kahramanmaraş

The field trip of Urban Design Master Studio is conducted in Kahramanmaraş, between 16-20 October, 2024.

Orientation with our Freshmen!

Within the scope of the Orientation Program organized traditionally by our university, the introduction of our department to our Freshmen was held on September 26. A route covering important...

Visit to Etimesgut Municipality

In response to the visit of Etimesgut Mayor Erdal Beşikçioğlu to our faculty, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burak Büyükcivelek, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Şenol Balaban and Res. Asst. Selen Karadoğan, from our...

2023-2024 Academic Year Graduate Ceremony

As part of the 2023-2024 Academic Year Commencement, following the parade held at Devrim Stadium, our students have received their diplomas and successfully completed their undergraduate education....

2023-2024 Academic Year Graduate Commencement

The Commencement for the Graduate Students of 2023-2024 Academic Year is held on September 2, 2024, at the METU Culture and Convention Center. We extend our best wishes to our graduates for their...

TÜBİTAK 1001 Scientific Research Project Acceptance From our Department

The research project titled "Investigation of Housing Use Density in Türkiye", coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burcu Özdemir Sarı, is entitled to be supported by the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program. We...

2022-2023 METU Graduate Awards | Department of City and Regional Planning

As a graduate of the City and Regional Planning PhD Program, Dr. Neşe Aydın deemed appropriate for the 2022-2023 METU Graduate Award with her PhD Thesis titled "Investigating the Relationship ...

Workshop | Towards Healthy, Safe and Resilient Cities Across Türkiye

Date: 25.06.2024 Place: METU Architecture Amphitheater Time: 09:00 AM - 5:00 PM Conducted in collaboration with the University College London (UCL), the Development Planning Unit (of UCL),...

Graduation of the 4th Year CRP Students

We congratulate our 4th year students for their graduation, and wish the best in their future as Planners!

CRP202 Studio Final Projects Presentation at VEKAM: Ankara Searches for Its Vision

Following the final jury of CRP202 Studio, the projects are presented with the call "Ankara is Looking for Its Vision" on Monday, June 10, 2024, at 16:00, at Ankara Bağ Evi, hosted by Koç University...

MUD 2023/2024 Final Jury

The final jury of Master of Urban Design (MUD) Studio with the theme "Sustainable and Resilient Urbanism (SRU): Envisioning New Agents for Planning and Designing Sustainable and Resilient Residential...

EXHIBITION: Plans for the Capital City Ankara in the 100th Anniversary

Preparations for the "PLANS FOR THE CAPITAL CITY ANKARA IN THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY" exhibition have been started along with the "100 Events in the 100th Year" Project, conducted by Middle...

CRP202 2023/2024 Spring Semester Final Jury

The Final Jury of CRP 202 Batıkent Planning and Design Studio took place on Thursday, June 6, 2024, between 09:30 - 17:00 at the CRP 2nd Year Studio. The projects of the students with an inductive...

CRP102 2023/2024 Spring Semester Final Jury

The final jury of CRP102 with the theme Imaginative Communities has taken place between 30-31 May, 2024.

CRP402 2023/2024 Spring Semester Final Jury

CRP402 Planning Studio has completed the final jury with the 1/1000 scale urban design and module projects for Eskişehir.

CP502 2023/2024 Spring Semester Final Jury

Date: 29.05.2024 Place: Kubbealtı, Faculty of Architecture Time: 2:00 PM The final jury of the Master of City Planning Studio is held with the projects focused on building community...

CRP202 Trip to Ankara Development Agency

CRP202 Ankara Planning and Design Studio organized a visit to Ankara Development Agency and attended the Information Meeting on Ankara Regional Plan Studies and Strategies. Following the presentation...

International Day for Biological Diversity: Count the Species

Date: 26 Mayıs 2024 Location: ODTÜ Yerleşkesi Time: 10:00 - 18:00 The 6th Count the Species (Tür Say) event, held in cooperation with METU, will be held on our campus on May 26....

CRP448 Lecture III | Kilometers of Foodscape, Where is Home

The third of the lecture series of CRP 448 Urban and Rural Foodscapes course will host Tuba Şatana and her online presentation titled "Kilometers of Foodscape, Where is Home?". The presentation will...

MCP: Visit from Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction

METU Master of City Planning hosted valuable guests from Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction. Prof. Dr. Elshan Gurbanov and Prof. Dr. Roushar Samedov visited the Master of City...

CRP448 Online Lecture II | Hungry Cities: Making food visible in the functioning of 21st century urban spaces

The second of the online lecture series of CRP 448 Urban and Rural Foodscapes course will be held by Dr. Pierre Raffard's online presentation titled "Hungry Cities: Making food visible in the...

CRP448 Online Lecture I | Food, Landscape and Land Ownership in Medieval Anatolia

Within the framework of CRP 448, Urban and Rural Foodscapes through Time, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Trepanier from the University of Mississippi - Department of History, held an online presentation of...

Exhibition | Turkey's Mass Housing Experience in the Centenary of the Republic: Explorations and Attempts

EXPLORATIONS | ATTEMPTS aims to make visible typological practices that took mass housing as a design theme and have become mainstream in different periods within the last hundred years of Turkey's...

Tuesday Talks (29)

March 19, 2024 / Tuesday / 12:00 PM METU Architecture Amphitheater Prof. Dr. İlhan Tekeli Topic: Planning Education in Search of Local Governance İlhan Tekeli İlhan Tekeli is graduated...

Tuesday Talks (28)

March 12, 2024 / Tuesday / 12:00 PM METU Architecture Amphitheater Topic: A Student Meeting for the Evaluation of the METU CRP Undergraduate Program In the 28th gathering of the Tuesday Talks...

MCP Final Jury | 2023/2024 Fall Semester

This semester METU City Planning Master Studio dedicated their studies on building community resilience in Antakva in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes. The focus was on developing...

CRP401 2023/2024 Fall Term Final Jury

CRP401 Planning Studio 2023/2024 Fall Semester Final Jury was held on 4-5 January, 2024 with the 1/25,000 scale master plan studies of Eskişehir.

CRP301 2023/2024 Fall Term Final Jury

The Final Jury of the CRP301 Planning Studio is held between 4-5 January 2024. The students of CRP301 studio worked on the Konya-Karaman TR41 Region, and developed projects on 1/250.000 scale....

CRP201 2023/2024 Fall Term Final Jury

Based on the presentations of the student projects consisting of 1/2000 scale urban design plan and 1/500 scale models, the final jury of the CRP201 Batıkent Planning and Design Studio will be...

CRP101 2023/2024 Fall Term Final Jury

The final jury of the fall semester of CRP101 Basic Design and Planning Studio is held between 4-5 January, 2024. The students of the first year planning studio worked on 1/500 scale for the design...

Celebration of the New Year | 2024

As members of METU Department of City and Regional Planning, we celebrated the beginning of 2024 together!

Tuesday Talks (27)

November 21, 2023 / Tuesday / 12:00 PM METU Architecture Amphitheater Ali Faruk Göksu Topic: Experiencing the Experiences The 27th of the Tuesday Talks Series were held with the...

Edited Book | Industry, Spatial Planning and Design for Productive Cities

The book "Industry, Spatial Planning and Design for Productive Cities" edited by Assoc. Dr. Olgu Çalışkan and Esen Çağlar has been published. The book, which deals with the industrialization...

Ankara Urbanism Biennial Program

The "Ankara Urbanism Biennial", organized by İlhan Tekeli Foundation of Urbanism Culture in collaboration with the stakeholders in Ankara, aims to enable urban residents to recreate themselves...

Ankara Urbanism Biennial | 2023

Ankara Urbanism Biennial will take place between November 13-26, 2023 with the theme of "Together in the Urban: Contemporary investigations for public space". The Biennial aims to contribute to the...

CRP201 OSTIM Field Trip: Technopark and the University

The CRP201 Planning and Design Studio of 2023 conducted a field trip to OSTIM, Ankara on 30.10.2023. The trip started with a presentation from Dr. Derya Çağlar as the general manager of OSTIM...

2021-2022 METU Graduate Awards | Department of City and Regional Planning

As a graduate of the City and Regional Planning PhD Program, Dr. Gülsün Duygu Bütün Bayındır deemed appropriate for the 2021-2022 METU Graduate Award with her PhD Thesis titled "Development of a...

"Insights on Academic Publishing" with Prof. Dr. Menelaos Gkartzios | 12.09.2023

Within the scope o the events of our department, an academic publishing workshop titled "Insights on Academic Publishing" is conducted by Prof. Dr. Menelaos Gkartzios on 12.09.2023, in Kubbealtı....

METU CRP Master of Urban Design (MUD) | Exhibition & Opening

METU Urban Design Master Studio's (MUD) Exhibtion of 2022/23 Academic Year Izmir Harbor Urban Design Projects, and the Opening Cocktail of the 2023/24 Academic Year were held at our faculty.

Visit our Updated Online Photo Gallery!

The Photo Gallery of our web page is upated with recent photographs from several ceremonies in our department. Via the following you can visit our new photo gallery: link: https://crp.metu.edu....

Planning Studio VI - Digital Exhibition Catalogue

Planning Studio VI (CRP 302) has now published the digital exhibition catalogue of the recent works of the studio.

Photo Gallery: METU 2023 Alumni Day | City and Regional Planning

The photo gallery of METU 2023 Alumni Day | Department of City and Regional Planning can be visited from the link below: https://crp.metu.edu.tr/en/gallery/

Agora Event Catalogue

The catalogue of Agora Planning Students Meeting held on 22-23 June 2023 in our department, is available online!

2022/23 CRP201-202 Catalogue: Safranbolu

In line with the focus of the second year planning studio, planning students of 2022-2023 academic year studied on Safranbolu with a spatial vision, strategies and policies created during the first...

AGORA Urban + Resilience Planning Students Meeting

After the February 6, 2023 Earthquakes based in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, the lectures and studios held within the scope of Faculty of Architecture focused on the targets for resilient cities during the...

Final Jury of Master of City Planning

Within the scope of METU Master of City Studio, the final jury will hold the presentations of student studies on the topic "Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Imrahor Valley" in the...

CRP102 - Seminar: Beyond the Surface of Tactical Urbanism

April 27, 2023 / Thursday / 12:30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Within the scope of the CRP102 Basic Design and Planning Studio lectures, Assit. Prof. Dr. Paulo Silva from Aveiro...

Planning Studio VIII - Disaster Research Catalogue is online!

Spring 2023, Planning Studio VIII (CRP402) Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online now! This catalog includes research posters of CRP402 Planning Studio students. Research topics were selected in...

Open Lecture: Supporting Children to be Active

Date: 10 April 2023 Place: Kubbealtı Time: 12:30 The British Academy project team, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ayşe Ozbil Torun (from Northumbria University) and Assoc.Prof.Dr. Yücel Can...

Planning Studios Excursion Archive is available online now!

Planning Studios Excursion Archive of our department has been published on our website. Please click here for the list of the sites visited by the academic members of each planning studio in...

UD501 Urban Design Studio Final Jury

Within the context of the rear port of Izmir, examining the creative industry-based post-industrial transformation through a design research, the UD501 Urban Design Studio Final Jury of the 2022-23...

Master of City Planning Final Jury

Place: Kubbealtı / Faculty of Architecture Date: 10.01.2023 Time: 13:30 The final jury of the Master of City Planning Programme will take place on 10.01.2023 at 1:30 PM, at Kubbealtı / Faculty...

Jury: CRP101 Basic Design and Planning Studio Final Review

Place: Faculty of Architecture Date: 04 - 05.01.2023 Time: 09:30 With the projects prepared within the scope of a "Ludic Space" theme, the Final Review of the CRP101 Basic Design and Planning Studio...

Urban Design Talks - 06

December 13, 2022 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Murat Memlük The 6th of the series of presentations and talks organized by the Urban Design Master's Program, is...

Seminar/Lecture | Integrated Energy Sea- and Landscapes

11 November 2022 / Friday / 14:00 METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Dr. Rozanne C. Spijkerboer Title: Integrated Energy Sea- and Landscapes: The case of the Netherlands An expert in...

Tuesday Talks 26

November 8, 2022 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, Kubbealtı Dr. Erman M. Demir Topic: Creative-Cultural Industries and Turkey's Place in the International Perspective Within...

MCMH Stakeholders Workshop

CA18137 EUROPEAN MIDDLE-CLASS MASS HOUSING (MCMH) STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP (Co)Designing for Quality of Life in Middle-Class Mass Housing: Exploring Challenges & Opportunities Middle East Technical...

Orientation Program with the Freshmen

Within the scope of the "Orientation Program" held on September 30 and October 1, 2022 students who attended the METU-Family this year, were introduced to the departments, academic and...

CRP102 Final Jury | Designing the Living Fabric

CRP102 Final Jury | Designing the Living Fabric

The final jury of the CRP102 Basic Design and Planning Studio will be held on 13.06.2022 at 13:30 and 14.06.2022 at 09:30 in METU Faculty of Architecture.

MCP502 Final Jury

The final jury of METU Master of City Planning Studio will be held on 8th of June, at 13:30 PM (GMT +3), Faculty of Architecture/Kubbealtı. All interested parties are cordially invited.

Eymir Symposium

Eymir Symposium is held on 15-16 December 2016 at METU Culture and Congress Center. The aim of the symposium was to present the history of METU on Lake Eymir by bringing together its afforestation...

The 16th AESOP Young Academics Conference METU & YTU, Istanbul

16th AESOP Young Academics Conference was held in Istanbul in 5-8 April, 2022

The 16th AESOP Young Academics Conference has been held in collaboration with Middle East Technical University and Yildiz Technical University in April 5-8, 2022 in Istanbul. For more information...

Proceedings Book: ‘Urban Morphologies: Multidimensional Approaches in Urban Form Studies', published as an e-Book!

Proceedings Book: 'Urban Morphologies: Multidimensional Approaches in Urban Form Studies' Editors: F.Cânâ Bilsel & Olgu Çalışkan Organized online by METU Department of City and Regional Planning...

The Book "İlhan Tekeli" has been Published

The Book "İlhan Tekeli" has been published recently by the Development Workshop Cooperative. It represents the 5th book of the Series of Contributors to Development, which has people who inspire and...

Editors: Müge Akkar Ercan, Yağmur Erişen, İrem Duygu Tiryaki

BOOK: Sustainable Green Urbanism, published!

SUSTAINABLE GREEN URBANISM: Envisioning New Agents for Planning and Designing Sustainable Green Spaces in Ankara Editors: Müge Akkar Ercan, Yağmur Erişen, İrem Duygu Tiryaki The world is struggling...

First Year Basic Design & Planning Studio (CRP101) Catalogue is online now!

First Year Basic Design & Planning Studio (CRP101) Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. You can find more details about projects from...

Planning Studio VII - Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online!

Fall 2021, Planning Studio VII (CRP401) Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. Planning Studio VII - Digital Exhibition...

Final Review: CRP101 Basic Design and Planning Studio, Fall 2021

Final Review of CRP101 Basic Design & Planning Studio will be held on February 2, 2022 at 09.30. All interested parties are cordially invited to the Kubbealtı, Faculty of Architecture. ...

MCP501 City Planning Master Studio - Fall 2021 Final Jury

The intermediary jury of the 2021-2022 Semester of MCP501 City Planning Master Studio will be held online on January 21, 2022 at 13.30 pm (GMT +3).
All interested parties are cordially...

İzmir Tübitak Project

Within the scope of TÜBİTAK Programme on Urbanization, the final report on the research project 'Interpretation of Settlement Pattern Changes in Turkey: The Case of İzmir', carried out...

Tuesday Talks 25

December 14, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM METU Faculty of Architecture, R28 Dr. Milan Husar Topic: A Modern City (Brasilia, New Belgrade and Petržalka - A District of Bratislava) Dr. Husar gave...

CRP 301 Planning Studio is in Eskisehir

CRP 301 Planning Studio organized its first field trip to Eskisehir in Nov. 11, 2021 in the context of Eskisehir, Bursa and Bilecik region planning studies.

Ankara Projects Exhibiton

The opening of the Ankara Projects Exhibition, organized by the Architecture Culture and Planning Working Group within the Ankara City Council, was held on Wednesday, October 13. The exhibition...

CONFERENCE: AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference

AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference will be held in collaboration with the City and Regional Planning Departments of Middle East Technical University and Yildiz Technical University. The conference...

PRESENTATION: "Disaster Risk Management Approach in Cultural Heritage Sites" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem ŞENOL BALABAN

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem ŞENOL BALABAN delivered a speech about " Disaster Risk Management Approach in Cultural Heritage Sites" in Emre Madran Memoriam Meetings - 8, Theme 2021: " Risk in Cultural...

PRESENTATION: "Increasing Risks and Vulnerable Cities" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Şenol Balaban

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem ŞENOL BALABAN delivered a speech about "Increasing Risks and Vulnerable Cities" in Synergy Activities 7, titled "Globalocal Disaster Dynamics" Webinar held by Association for...

Planning Studio V-VI - Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online!

2020-2021 Planning Studio V and VI (CRP301-302) Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. CRP301-302 Planning...

Planning Studio VIII - Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online!

Spring 2021, Planning Studio VIII (CRP402) Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. Planning Studio VIII - Digital...

First Year Basic Design & Planning Studio (CRP102) Catalogue is online now!

First Year Basic Design & Planning Studio (CRP102) Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. You can find more details about projects from...

DEPARTMENT INTRODUCTION: Department Introduction Video

The Introduction presentation of the City and Regional Planning Department was held online on June 30, at 13:00. The video of the presentation is available on the METU YouTube channel....

Online Seminar by Sertaç Erten: “How can we integrate health and well-being into our cities?”

Sertaç Erten, the local team leader in Çankaya Healthy Street Intervention, will make a presentation titled "How can we integrate health and well-being into our cities?" The seminar will take...

Tuesday Talks 24

June 1, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM Feridun Duyguluer Topic: A Positive Approach to Irregularity in Urban Design Between planning and architecture, urban design has a process of self development...

Urban Design Talks (05)

18 May 2021 / Tuesday / 20.00 (Istanbul) Dennis Pieprz Title: Design Tools: Regenerative Urbanism Dennis Pieprz is going to present a range of current projects describing the philosophy,...

ISUF Turkey 2021 - The III. Symposium on Urban Morphology

Organized jointly by METU City and Regional Planning Department and the Department of Architecture, the III. Symposium on Urban Morphology will be held online on 3-4-5 May 2021. For detailed...

Open Lecture by Dr. Martin Steskal

Within the scope of CRP102 Basic Design and Planning Studio, Dr. Martin Steskal from Austrian Archeological Institute will give a lecture about the urban layout of Ephesus in antiquity for the studio...

BROADCAST: What will the future of cities be like?

On April 9, 2021, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olgu Çalışkan was the guest of 'Sektör Emlak' Program on NTV to discuss the role of urban planning in shaping the future of cities. You can watch the full episode...

BROADCAST: 2021 the Year of Disaster Education: Findings and Recommendations

Chamber of Civil Engineers, the seventh seminar of 47. Period, "2021 the Year of Disaster Education: Findings and Recommendations" was held on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 20.00. For full video click...

Tuesday Talks 23

March 30, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM Christian Gänshirt Topic: Design Tools: An Introduction As part of the Tuesday Talk Series, Dr. Christian Gänshirt, who is an architect and educator based...

BROADCAST: We need to make cities resilient to disasters! What should (not) be done?

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Şenol Balaban is invited to an event entitled "We need to make cities resilient to disasters! What needs to be done (and not done)?" organized by the Chamber of City Planners...

Tuesday Talks 22

March 16, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM Gökhan Yalçın Topic: Shaping the Implementation: Results-Oriented Monitoring-Evaluation and Policy Design Gökhan Yalçın, who has worked in the field of...

Basic Design & Planning Studio I - Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online!

Fall 2020, Basic Design & Planning Studio I (CRP101) Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. You can find more details...

Planning Studio VII - Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online!

Fall 2020, Planning Studio VII (CRP401) Digital Exhibition Catalogue is online now! We sincerely thank the students for their efforts during the semester. Fall 2020 - Planning Studio VII...

Tuesday Talks 21

February 16, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM Hakan Gümüş Topic: Real Estate Market Change with the Pandemic As part of the 21st Tuesday Talks, Hakan Gümüş, the permanent guest of the 'Sector Real...

New Book from METU Master of Urban Design

SUSTAINABLE URBANISM Envisioning New Agents for Planning and Designing Sustainable Spaces This book aims to investigate how sustainability of urban and rural spaces can be attained with multi-...

Tuesday Talks 20

9 February, 2021 / Tuesday / 12:30 PM Zehra Yaşın Topic: Environmental Studies and Research Facilities in the field of Social Sciences in Turkey As part of the 20th Tuesday Talks, Zehra Yaşın...

CP 501 Final Jury

The final jury of the CP501 City Planning Master Studio will be held online on January 13, 2021, at 13:00. All interested parties are cordially invited. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j...

INTERVIEW: Impacts of Urbanization on Climate Change

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Şenol Balaban interviewed about the impacts of urbanization on climate change to TRT Haber. You can watch the full interview from the following link. https://youtu.be/...

Open Lecture by Pieter Uyttenhove

Within the scope of the CRP213 City in History course, Prof. Dr. Pieter Uyttenhove held a lecture on "19th CENTURY GHENT: A City Towards Reform and Modernisation" on December 17, 2020, between 12:00-...

ONLINE SYMPOSIUM: ‘The Cities of Future’ by İzmir Development Agency

Prof. Dr. Osman Balaban and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olgu Çalışkan gave an open lecture entitled ‘Ecological Crisis, Covid-19 and the Future of Cities’ and ‘Futuristic Thinking in Urbanism’ within the online...

PRESENTATION: 'Nature & Cities' Project

A presentation titled 'Nature & Cities Project' will be made on November 25, at 14:00, within the scope of the City Planning Master's Program. All interested parties are cordially invited....

BROADCAST: Cities after Covid-19 | 'Özelkalem' Wednesday Sessions

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 In a special broadcast on YouTube, the topic 'Cities after Covid-19' is discussed with the participation of our member Prof. Dr. Ela Babalık. To watch the full video click...

The winners of the Taksim Square International Urban Design Competition

Our Department member, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Olgu Çalışkan and his team members in "2x1 Architects-İkikerebir ve Studio BEMS" were awarded with one of the three 1st prizes in the Taksim Square International...

BROADCAST: Meteorological Disasters | 'Özelkalem' Wednesday Sessions

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 As a member of our department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Şenol Balaban, drew attention to the possibility that overflows and sudden floods will probably cause more frequent...

The Catalogue of the Graduate Projects of Spring 2020 Planning Studio VIII

The Catalogue of the Graduate Projects of Spring 2020 Planning Studio VIII - CRP402 is online! Spring 2020 - Planning Studio VIII - Digital Exhibition Catalogue

III. Symposium on Urban Form - Urban Morphology Research Network, Turkey

In cooperation with the Department of Architecture of the Faculty of Architecture - METU and the Department of City and Regional Planning, Urban Morphology Research Network, Turkey - III. Symposium...

Tuesday Talks 19

Dr. Emrah Söylemez, receiving the 2017-2018 İlhan Tekeli Ph.D. Thesis Award, gave a presentation titled "In Border Area Socio-Spatial Interaction and Governance: Turkey's EU and Georgian Border...

Tuesday Talks 18

As a member of our department, Dr. Burak Büyükcivelek held a discussion by sharing the outputs of his 2018 research titled "Urban usage practices of the creative class". Date: November 12, 2019...

Jansen ve Ankara: Harita, Plan ve Eskizlerle Başkentin Tasarım Öyküsü

Jansen ve Ankara: Harita, Plan ve Eskizlerle Başkentin Tasarım Öyküsü 10 Ekim 2019, Goethe Institut, Ankara Goethe Institut Ankara ev sahipliğinde, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, TEDÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi...

Tuesday Talks 17

Celeste Gilman, graduated from the University of Washington and is the Deputy CEO at the Washington State Department of Transportation, gave a presentation on "Sustainable Cities and...

City Planning Graduate Studio 2018-2019 Spring Semester Final Jury

City Planning Graduate Studio 2018-2019 Spring Semester final jury will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 13:40 at the City Planning Graduate Studio (R: 208). Those concerned are invited.

Tuesday Talks 16

Within the scope of Tuesday Talks, Remzi Sönmez, manager of DAMPO Consultancy Research Architecture Planning company, held a presentation titled "Alternative Spatial Development Strategies in the...

Tuesday Talks 15

Within the scope of the Tuesday Talks series, Prof. Dr. İlhan Tekeli conducted a presentation titled "The Izmir Model: A Democratic Municipality Proposal for Izmir". Date: April 16, 2019 Venue: Dean'...

Tuesday Talks 14

Within the scope of the Tuesday Talks series, Dr. Nihan Oya Memlük Çobanoğlu conducted a presentation of her Ph.D. thesis titled "The Functioning of Sovereignty Zones at the Scale of Residential...

Jansen ve Ankara: Harita, Plan ve Eskizlerle Başkentin Tasarım Öyküsü

Jansen ve Ankara: Harita, Plan ve Eskizlerle Başkentin Tasarım Öyküsü 13 Aralık 2018, Çankaya Belediyesi Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi, Ankara Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ) Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir...

International 'Jansen and Ankara' Symposium

INTERNATIONAL 'JANSEN AND ANKARA' SYMPOSIUM Middle East Technical University (METU) Faculty of Architecture Department of City and Regional Planning, Turkish Education Association University (TEDU)...

Tuesday Talks 13

Within the scope of the Tuesday Talks series, Şule Demirel and Res. Asst. Damla Karagöz held a presentation regarding their Ph.D. theses which are titled respectively as "Influences of Gentrification...

Tuesday Talks 12

Within the scope of the Tuesday Talks series, Res. Asst. Neşe Aydın and Res. Asst. Zeynep Özçam held a presentation regarding their Ph.D. theses which are titled respectively as "The Relationship...

Tuesday Talks 11

Mehmet Gürkan, an expert in the field of Cultural Heritage Preservation, held a presentation titled "Site Management and Conservation Planning". The main topics of the presentation are as follows:...

Tuesday Talks 10

Within the scope of the technical trip they organized themselves, third year students of our department made a presentation about their experiences in Biga, the potentials of the city , what kind of...

Tuesday Talks 09

City and Regional Planning senior students shared their TU Dortmund/Germany and De Aveiro/Portugal Erasmus experiences and impressions comparatively with the participants. Date: March 13, 2018 Venue...

Eymir Sempozyumu

Eymir Sempozyumu 15-16 Aralık 2016 tarihlerinde ODTÜ Kültür ve Kongre Merkezi'nde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sempozyum, ODTÜ'nün Eymir Gölü ile ilgili tarihini, başta ağaçlandırma uygulamalarını, akademik...

Tuesday Talks 08

Impressions of the Ukraine field trip conducted by Urban Design Studio between 4-13 July 2017, were presented within the scope of Tuesday Talks, with the narration of the studio students. With...

EXHIBITION: How to value heritage? What are the Roles of Place-Makers?

EXHIBITION: How to value heritage? What are the Roles of Place-Makers?" exhibition that has been prepared in the framework of METU 60th anniversary and the EU-FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES Planning, Urban...

Film Gösterimleri 09

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimlerinin üçüncüsü "Modern Times". Gösterim herkese açıktır. Tarih: 10 Mayıs Salı, 18:00 @Kubbealtı.

Urbanlab - Sunuş & Sergi

Şehir Planlama Yüksek Lisans Programı 2015-2016 Dönemi Planlama Stüdyosu "Katılım I Participation (Mekansal Stratejik Planlama I Strategic Spatial Planning)" konulu sunuş ve sergi düzenlemektedir....

International Symposium On Urban Design - ‘Designing Urban Design: Towards a Holistic Perspective’

At the 20th anniversary of its Urban Design Graduate Program, METU Faculty of Architecture organised an international symposium on urban design on 4-6 October 2016 in Ankara, Turkey. Covering the...

Film Gösterimleri 08

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin ikincisi "Perfume: Story of a Murderer" . Gösterim herkese açıktır. Tarih: 3 Mayıs Salı, 18:00 @Kubbealtı

Film Gösterimleri 07

Sizi beraber film izlemeye davet ediyoruz. / We invite you to watch the film together. The Name of the Rose / Jean Jacques Annaud . 1986 22 Mart 2016 Salı / 18:00 @ Kubbealti - Mimarlik Fakultesi 22...

Tuesday Talks 07

Bilge Serin (CRP, 2007) graduated from the Heriot-Watt University, School of the Built Environment (Scotland), held a presentation on "The Promised Lands, Media and the Production of Urban Space: The...

Tuesday Talks 06

Milan Husar (Dresden Leibniz Graduate School and Slovak University of Technology) held a presentation titled "Planning in the face of complexity - Multilevel polycentric governance for cross-border...

Tuesday Talks 05

Melda Tanrıkulu Aslan (METU CRP, 2006) held a presentation titled "Planning the Wind Energy: The Case of Turkey". Date: December 15, 2015 Venue: Kubbealtı Time: 12:30 PM - Melda Tanrıkulu Aslan...

Tuesday Talks 04

A. Faruk Göksu (METU CRP, 1984) held a presentation titled "Imagine first, plan later: A unique planning experience ". Date: December 8, 2015 Venue: Kubbealtı Time: 12:00 PM - A. Faruk...

Tuesday Talks 03

As a part of the Tuesday Talks series, Yalçın Demirtaş (Expert, Mass Housing Administration) held a presentation on "Housing Production in Turkey: the State, Private Sector and Users". Date: ...

Tuesday Talks 02

As a part of the Tuesday Talks series, Dr. Idil Gaziulusoy from Melbourne School of Design (University of Melbourne, Australia) held a presentation on "Visions and Pathways 2040: Transitions to Low-...

Tuesday Talks 01

Within the scope of the Tuesday Talks, Asst. Prof. Dr. Olgu Çalışkan, as a member of Urban Design Graduate Program, held a presentation titled "A New Generation of Design Control in Urbanism:...

Tuesday Talks 00

The first event within the scope of Tuesday Talks is held by Dr. Didier Bouakaze-Khan, who is a member of the Settlement Archeology Graduate Program at our faculty, with the presentation titled "Rock...

Kubbealtı Talks 05

Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Guldmann who is a member of the Ohio State University, Department of City and Regional Planning, held a presentation titled "Green Roofs and Green Spaces for the Mitigation...

Kubbealtı Talks 04

The presentation "Parametric Urban Design': Design by Algorithm vs. Design by Drawing" is held by Dr. Olgu Çalışkan, Y. Baver Barut and Gökhan Ongun at our department. Date: May 28, 2015 Venue:...

Özcan Esmer Anma Toplantısı

Dr. Özcan Esmer hocamız için 18 Mayıs Pazartesi günü 12:30'da ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Kubbealtı salonunda bir anma toplantısı gerçekleştirilecektir. Toplantı, hocamızın tüm öğrencileri, yakınları ve...

Kubbealtı Talks 03

State University of New York, School of Architecture and Planning faculty member Daniel B. Hess's presentation on the access and integration-based planning processes of Soviet-era residential areas...

Film Gösterimleri 06

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin sonuncusu "Blade Runner" 12 Mayıs Salı günü saat 18:00'de son gösterim için düzenlenecek kokteylin ardından 19:00'da Kubbealtı'...

Gönül Tankut 10th Year Commemoration Exhibition

Prof. Dr. Gönül Tankut was commemorated with an exhibition held at the METU Faculty of Architecture Exhibition Hall on 27 April 2015. In the exhibition, Gönül Tankut's various lecture notes,...

Film Gösterimleri 05

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin beşincisi "Modern Zamanlar" 28 Nisan Salı saat 18:00'da Kubbealtı'nda gerçekleştirilecektir. Gösterim herkese açıktır.

Film Gösterimleri 04

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin dördüncüsü "Les Misérables" (Sefiller) 14 Nisan Salı saat 18:00'da Kubbealtı'nda gerçekleştirilecektir. Gösterim herkese açıktır...

Film Gösterimleri 03

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin üçüncüsü "Perfume: Story of a Murderer" 30 Mart Pazartesi günü saat 18:00'da Kubbealtı'nda gerçekleştirilecektir. Gösterim...

Film Gösterimleri 02

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin ikincisi "The Name of the Rose" 17 Mart Salı günü saat 18:00'da Kubbealtı'nda gerçekleştirilecektir. Gösterim herkese açıktır....

Film Gösterimleri 01

CRP 212 City in History dersi kapsamındaki film gösterimleri serisinin ilki "Agora" 3 Mart Salı günü saat 18:00'da Kubbealtı'nda gerçekleştirilecektir. Gösterim herkese açıktır.

Kubbealtı Talks 02

Argun Evyapan shared his experiences and what he saw in 1965's Israel. Date: April 6, 2015 Venue: Kubbealtı Time: 12:30 PM

Kubbealtı Talks 01

The presentation "Children's Commitment to Public Space in the Context of Urban Regeneration: Effects of Children's Involvement in Planning and Design Activities" is held within the framework of our...

THE 2013 MEETING of the WORLD SOCIETY for EKISTICS

The cities, security and poverty Ankara, Turkey, 7-10 July, 2013 Hosted by Middle East Technical University, Hacettepe University. Supported by Chamber of Turkish Architects, Turkish Chamber of City...

IP ANKARA Intensive Programme on Spatial Development Planning being organised by the METU Department of City and Regional Planning, is held in METU, Ankara on April 2-14, 2013 Rationale and...

David Harvey's message to planners

David Harvey sends a message to the participants of AESOP meeting held in Ankara, Turkey in July 2012. Interview held at MATPUM (Built Environment Research Centre) Ankara on 14th June 2012. https://...

AESOP 2012 Silver Jubilee Congress, Ankara

AESOP 2012 | ODTÜ, Ankara AESOP 2012 Silver Jubilee Congress was held in METU, Ankara between 11-15 July 2012. "Association of European Schools of Planning would like to thank Middle...