Profile URL: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13091/11558
Job Title:Dr. Öğr. Üyesi
Email Address:marat@ktun.edu.tr
Main Affiliation:04.03. Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Status: Current Staff
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Yaygın, Muzaffer A. Arat, M. A.
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Conference Object Applying a Morphological Approach Into Istanbul’s Urban Landscape(Springer, 2022) Arat, Muzaffer Ali; Oliveira, VitorThis paper proposes a methodology based on the concept of morphological region and the method of morphological regionalization. The concept has been proposed by M.R.G. Conzen in the early 1960s, and promoted by J.W.R. Whitehand and his colleagues at the University of Birmingham mainly from the late 1980s. A morphological region is an area that has unity in respect of its form that distinguishes it from surrounding areas, based on a combination of town-plan, building fabric, and land and building utilization (Conzen’s tripartite division of the urban landscape). The methodology is based on a set of criteria considering the tripartite division of the urban landscape. Age of streets, streets geometry, plot layout, and building coverage are four criteria offered on the basis of the town-plan. Architectural style, building material, and height are proposed on the basis of the building fabric. Finally, land and building utilization is used to design the methodology. The methodology is applied to the Fatih District, the historical core of Istanbul. A four-tier hierarchy of regions is identified. The map of first-order morphological regions can offer the basis to produce a map of planning zones—a key tool to guide urban landscape management. Lower order regions can support the formulation of regulations for each planning zone, framing the design of new forms, assuring a strong relationship with extant urban forms. These ideas, detailed in the paper, are of great relevance for spatial planning, particularly for Turkish planning, where regulations are very generic and do not acknowledge the specific character of each urban landscape.Conference Object The Idea of Morphological Regions as a Tool in Planning and Design(2020) Oliveira, Vitor; Arat, Muzaffer AliA great deal has been written on how to get a better understanding of urban form, to identify transformation processes of existing types, patterns of urban form elements, and types of forms. The idea of ‘morphological regions’, proposed within the historico-geographical approach by M.R.G. Conzen, has been one of the most powerful tools to overcome the difficulties of reading extremely diversified urban forms. The concept of region is clear. A region is an area that has unity in respect of its form that distinguishes it from surrounding areas, based on a combination of town plan, building fabric and land and building utilization. However, the concept still remains elusive among scholars and practitioners in regarding to how it deals with reading urban form, and what the capability of the concept is. On this basis, this paper attempts to clarify these inexplicit aspects. The paper has two main goals. First, it identifies the establishment morphological region on the basis of the tripartite division of the urban landscape - the town plan (streets, plots and their aggregation into street-blocks, buildings), the building fabric, and the land and building utilization. Second, it demonstrates the ability of the concept to be applied into planning and design practices. In this way, it is elucidated that reading urban form based on the idea of morphological regions can serve a sound basis for: new design, conservation area delimitation and control, heritage management, character assessment, urban landscape management, suitability and effectiveness of area preservation, and enhancement strategies.Article The Concept of the Morphological Region: Developments and Prospects(Urban Morphology, 2020) Oliveira, Vítor; Yaygın, Muzaffer AliOver recent decades, the historico-geographical approach has been established as one of the main morphological frameworks to describe, explain, and prescribe the physical form of cities and to understand how this form is continuously shaped by different agents and processes over time. Within this approach the concept of morphological region – and the method of morphological regionalization – stands as one of the most important in recognizing the historico-geographical structure of the urban landscape. While the relevance of the concept has been demonstrated in a number of applications in different geographical and cultural settings, this paper identifies and addresses some major challenges that the concept has been facing. In particular, it argues for a stronger linkage between each regionalization and the historico-geographical body of knowledge, for clearer usage of language and terminology in each application to facilitate the shared construction of a more robust method, and for a more explicit and systematic definition of procedural options and steps.Article Kentsel Morfoloji: Tarihi-Coğrafi Yaklaşım(2024-08-18) Arat, Muzaffer AliBu makalede kentsel morfolojinin kavram olarak ortaya çıkışı, kentsel morfoloji yaklaşımları ve bu yaklaşımlar içerisindeki ‘tarihi-coğrafi yaklaşım’ ve bu yaklaşımın planlama pratiklerindeki rolünden bahsedilmektedir. Öncelikle kentsel morfolojinin tanımı ve hayatımızla olan ilişkisi üzerinde durulmuş olup kentsel morfolojideki temel yaklaşımlara değinerek bu yaklaşımların kenti veya kent parçalarını ele alış biçimleri açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır. Sonrasında, kuramcısının M.R.G. Conzen olduğu tarihi-coğrafi yaklaşımına odaklanıp, yaklaşım içerisindeki farklı konseptler irdelenmiştir. Bunlar sırasıyla, çeper kuşak, morfolojik bölge, burgage cycle, form kompleksleri, morphological frame, ve sabitleme hattıdır. Ardından bu çalışmanın temel amacı çerçevesinde tarihi-coğrafi yaklaşımın kent planlama pratiklerindeki rolü ortaya konulmuştur.Conference Object Fourth Symposium of the Turkish Network of Urban Morphology, Konya, Türkiye, 31 May–2 June 2023(International Seminar on Urban Form, 2024) Topçu, M.; Arat, M.A.[No abstract available]Conference Object Thinking About Morphological Regions(2019) Oliveira, Vitor; Arat, Muzaffer AliVarious approaches have been developed within the field of urban morphology. In the end of the 1950s, MRG Conzen started to develop seminal work that would later be expanded by JWR Whitehand, establishing an historico-geographical approach (Oliveira, 2018). For Conzen, the climax of urban morphological analysis was the concept of morphological region. A region is a spatial grouping of form ensembles based on the principle of geographical and historical similarities. The concept suggests a sound basis for urban landscape management. Utilization of the concept has increased from the second half of twentieth century onwards. Despite the amount of research on the concept, the derivation process of morphological regions has remained elusive. The focus of this research is on how morphological regions can be established in a systematic way. First, it aims at clarifying former applications of the concept in different continents. Second, fourteen criteria have been identified for discussion. These are as follows: main expansion phase of the town (in relation to the natural context), subdivision of main expansion phases, geometrical arrangement of streets, dimensions of street blocks, plot layout, block plan types, plot coverage ratio, position of buildings - on the basis of ground plan; floor area ratio, ratio of building height to street width - based on the relationship between ground plan and building fabric; architectural style, building materials, building height - based on building fabric; and, finally, land and building utilization.Article An Integrated Framework for Assessment of Urban Forms and Their Transformation(2023) Türkyılmaz, Muzaffer; Topçu, Mehmet; Arat, Muzaffer AliThis paper addresses an integrated framework on the basis of different urban morphological theories: histocico-geographical approach, space syntax, and the Morpho method. It includes eleven criteria focusing on the assessment of urban forms and their transformations. These criteria are the accessibility of streets, connectivity of streets, intelligibility, synergy, street block size, plot size, building coverage, floor area ratio, block-plan size based on the town-plan or ground plan; building height and total constructed area (density of buildings) based on building fabric. Sekiz Mahalle (Konya, Turkey) is used to validate the methodological procedures of this integrated framework. The implementation of the methodology enables a strong basis for how an urban area should be transformed, and what should be followed before any interventions in the urban landscape. It is argued that this methodology can provide a smoother transition of the physical form of cities. It can play a substantial role in the preparation of municipal plans and designs in which any change is needed, balancing the conservation and transformation of morphological constituents of the urban landscape.Book Part Applying a Morphological Approach To Istanbul’s Urban Landscape [book Part](Springer, 2022) Arat, Muzaffer Ali; Oliveira, VitorThis paper proposes a methodology based on the concept of morphological region and the method of morphological regionalization. The concept has been proposed by M.R.G. Conzen in the early 1960s, and promoted by J.W.R. Whitehand and his colleagues at the University of Birmingham mainly from the late 1980s. A morphological region is an area that has unity in respect of its form that distinguishes it from surrounding areas, based on a combination of town-plan, building fabric, and land and building utilization (Conzen’s tripartite division of the urban landscape). The methodology is based on a set of criteria considering the tripartite division of the urban landscape. Age of streets, streets geometry, plot layout, and building coverage are four criteria offered on the basis of the town-plan. Architectural style, building material, and height are proposed on the basis of the building fabric. Finally, land and building utilization is used to design the methodology. The methodology is applied to the Fatih District, the historical core of Istanbul. A four-tier hierarchy of regions is identified. The map of first-order morphological regions can offer the basis to produce a map of planning zones—a key tool to guide urban landscape management. Lower order regions can support the formulation of regulations for each planning zone, framing the design of new forms, assuring a strong relationship with extant urban forms. These ideas, detailed in the paper, are of great relevance for spatial planning, particularly for Turkish planning, where regulations are very generic and do not acknowledge the specific character of each urban landscape.Book Morphological Regionalization : Strengthening the Conzenian Method(Springer, 2023) Arat, Muzaffer AliEditorial Fourth Symposium of the Turkish Network of Urban Morphology, Konya, Turkiye, 31 May-2 June 2023(Int Seminar Urban Form, 2024) Topcu, Mehmet; Arat, Muzaffer Ali[No abstract available]
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Building and ConstructionGlobal and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceUrban StudiesDemography
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Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Remote Sensing and Land Use
Urban Planning and Governance
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
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| University of Newcastle Australia | 2 |
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