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Article: Hemp as a Potential Material in Architecture: Is it Possible in Turkey?

  Article: The Potentials of Industrial Hemp as a Construction Material: Hemp as a Potential Material in Architecture: Is it Possible in Turkey?  https://iconarp.ktun.edu.tr/index.php/iconarp/article/view/366

Book Chapter: Cyber-Gardening and Biophilic Design in Future Cities

Book chapter:  Cyber-Gardening and Biophilic Design in Future Cities  Book: Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections With Nature, edited by  Esen Gökçe Özdamar and Okşan Tandoğan, 2021, IGI Global, DOI:   10.4018/978-1-7998-6725-8. ISBN:  9781799867258. https://www.igi-global.com/book/emerging-approaches-design-new-connections/256644 Abstract: Today, in line with nature’s integrated habitats and environments, the scope of biophilic architecture emerges as an essential issue for society wellbeing. When evaluating the possibilities of enhancing ac- cess to healthy food, the necessity of including every scale of living—from the smallest individual living space to collective living areas—should be discussed. In this study, cyber-gardening practices are evaluated from critical perspectives in terms of dystopia. Cyber-gardening, systems of self-organization, and self-su ffi ciency concepts are crucial to envisaging a sustainable city, food, ...

New Edited book published: Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections with Nature" (IGI Global, 2021)

The new edited book "Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections with Nature" has just been published by IGI Global, 2021. Book: Emerging Approaches in Design and New Connections With Nature, edited by  Esen Gökçe Özdamar and Okşan Tandoğan, 2021, IGI Global, DOI:   10.4018/978-1-7998-6725-8. ISBN:  9781799867258. https://www.igi-global.com/book/emerging-approaches-design-new-connections/256644 Description: In today’s changing and transforming socio-economic, political, cultural, and technological paradigms, we encounter many methodologies, approaches, proposals, and practices in reconsidering the disappearing or emerging relations in the human/nonhuman-environment-nature interaction. These approaches, proposals, and practices range from new methods of urban gardening to biophilic design and augmented/immersive environments. However, these human-centric approaches, which only aim to meet their needs or emerge as technology-oriented replicas and representations of na...