Architectural built form

ARCHITECTURAL BUILT FORM AND PUBLIC DIALOGUE:
AN EVALUATION OF PUBLIC WALL IN ITS COMMUNICATIVE ROLE

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
OF
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

BY

TUĞBA GÜÇLÜ

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR
THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
IN
ARCHITECTURE

DECEMBER 2006

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Approval of the Graduate School of Applied and Natural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Canan Özgen
Director

I certify that this thesis satisfies all the requirements as a thesis for the degree of
Master of Architecture.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selahattin Önür
Head of Department

This is to certify that we have read this thesis and that in our opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of Architecture.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Cengizkan
Supervisor
Examining Committee Members
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Baykan Günay (METU, CP)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Cengizkan (METU, ARCH)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cana Bilsel (METU, ARCH)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Davide Deriu (METU, ARCH)
Instr. Dr. Tuğyan Aytaç Dural (Başkent Unv., ARCH)

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I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work.

Tuğba Güçlü

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ABSTRACT
ARCHITECTURAL BUILT FORM AND PUBLIC DIALOGUE:
AN EVALUATION OF PUBLIC WALL IN ITS COMMUNICATIVE ROLE

Güçlü, Tuğba
M.Arch., Department of Architecture
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Cengizkan
December 2006, 116 pages

This thesis is a study on the interface of public built form and the open public space surrounding it. The aim is to explore the problem of the transition between interior and exterior public space, that is the exterior skin of the public built form: its public wall. Public wall is explored as an

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