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Stakeholder Workshop Programme

(Co)Designing for Quality of Life in Middle-Class Mass Housing:

Exploring Challenges & Opportunities

CA18137: WG3 MCMH STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP

Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)

30 September- 1-2 October 2022

Location: Umitköy Sitesi, Umitkoy, Cayyolu, Ankara, Turkey
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The Stakeholder Workshop (Co)Designing for Quality of Life in Middle-Class Mass Housing: Exploring Challenges & Opportunities” aimed to explore the challenges and opportunities for improving quality of life and sustainability in Middle-Class Mass Housing complexes through engagement and collaboration with local stakeholders. The case-study site was Umitköy Sitesi, Umitkoy, Cayyolu, in Ankara, Turkey. The Workshop was organized as part of a COST Action CA18137 “Middle-Class Mass Housing (MCMH), and Middle East Technical University (METU) hosts it in Ankara, Turkey. The coordination team of the workshop organization includes Dr Müge Akkar Ercan (Middle East Technical University), Dr Juliana Martins (University College London) and Research Assistant Irem Duygu Tiryaki (Middle East Technical University).

The Workshop brought 28 experts from 11 countries -Cyprus, Denmark, France, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Pakistan, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, and the U.S.A.The expert groups in the Workshop, coming from different professional backgrounds, included urban planners, architects, urban designers, civil engineers, interior architects, landscape designers and specialists on housing policies, legislations and regulations. They had different experiences, skills, and knowledge of the requalification of MCMH sites. Around ten residents living in the project site participated in the workshop. They worked together with the project groups over the three days to explore the challenges and opportunities for improving the quality of life and sustainability in a Middle-Class Mass Housing (MCMH) site in Ankara.

  • Workshop Coordinators

Prof. Dr. Müge Akkar ErcanMiddle East Technical University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juliana Martins | University College London

Teaching & Res. Asst. İrem Duygu Tiryaki | Middle East Technical University

    • Workshop Organising Team

    Teaching & Res. Asst. Nilay Nida Can | Middle East Technical University

    Teaching & Res. Asst. Aybüke Balahun Çoban | Middle East Technical University

    Teaching & Res. Asst. Ayşegül Sarı | Middle East Technical University

    Teaching & Res. Asst. Selen Karadoğan | Middle East Technical University

    Furkan Erdem Sözeri | MSc. Student, Middle East Technical University

    • Contact for Administrative Issues

    Ana Vaz Milheiro | Action Chair, ISCTE-IUL

    Carolina CAMACHO | Meeting Admnst., ISCTE-IUL