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DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center)

The conference dates back to 2009, when the first international conference, "Architecture, Media, and Art," was organized at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. The first of the theory of architecture conference series, ARCHTHEO, has been held since 2011 at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, focusing on the possibility of the theory without the backing of the practice or built environment. Therefore, The title was "Theory for the Sake of the Theory" emphatically. In 2012, the discussion centered on Living and space; the main topic has been chosen as "House&Home' in particular. ARCHTHEO '13 focused on the two leading roles in architecture, the architect and the so-called 'user', and 'Creativity, Autonomy and Function' has been a fruitful discussion theme. In 2014, 'Architecture and Text' was discussed; in 2015, 'Architecture and Criticism' was the main theme. In 2016, the ARCHTHEO Conference was merged with the ARCHHIST Conference series and, since then, has continued to focus on the theory and history of architecture from various perspectives.

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TRACK 01: ARCHITECTURE, WRITING, THEORY - Criticism and History of Architecture - Architectural Criticism, Critical Theory, and ‘Critical Architecture - Essential Texts on Architectural Theory - Architect as Author: Texts by the architects - Multidisciplinary Studies on architecture - A structural relationship between architecture and text - Philosophy and architecture - Case studies on terminology and points of view - Definition and concepts by architectural movements or periods TRACK 02: DESIGN IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM - Artificial Intelligence - Biomimetics - Kinetic Architecture - Programmable Matter - Cognitive Neuroscience and Architectural Experience - Ideology and Architecture - New Digitial Technologies - Genetics and Architecture - Gender Issues and Architecture - Architects, Race, and Minorities - Refugee Crises and Architecture - Pandemic and Architecture - Architecture in the Age of Climate Crisis - Green Architecture - Sustainability - Biopmorphisim - Neuroscience and Architecture TRACK 03: CITIES AND URBAN DESIGN - Urban Design Case studies - The future and past of the cities - Everyday life, ideology, and culture - Phenomenology and architecture - Anthropology, locality, and 'low' architecture - Body, movement, and space - Perception, feeling, and space - Metaphors, symbols, and people - Lives of Buildings - Public and private life - Objects and interiors - The problem of scale in architecture - Buildings, urban life, and environment TRACK 04: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE - Historical styles and periods - Case studies - Figures from the history of architecture - Historiography - Modern Architecture - Contemporary trends