Methodology Training Series 2 - Mental Maps

In the second event of our Methodology Training Series on Dec 1st, we listened to Asst. Prof. Pınar Sezginalp Özçetin from the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Özyeğin University. The training focused on understanding mental maps and how to collect data through mental maps in an ethnographic research. The workshop provided a comprehensive background on the evolution and significance of drawings in architecture; showed us how historiography & social changes have an impact on dwelling and drawing styles. "The power of drawings is beyond words in architecture," says Özçetin. 

The training concluded with a team discussion on the mental maps collected from our project's interviewees so far in Istanbul, Hatay and Gaziantep.