Prof. Ataman DEMİR Interior Architecture Department atamandemir@superonline.com Prof. Ataman Demir was born in İzmir-Karşıyaka in 1938 and completed his primary and secondary education there. He started studying in the Department of Architecture at the Fine Arts Academy in 1957 and graduated in 1963. The same year, he was assigned to the Professorship of Chair of Building Knowledge and Architectural Project Assistantship. In 1973, he wrote his PhD thesis on Precautions taken in Architecture to be protected and benefited from Radiation of the Sun and in 1974 he became an Associate Professor. After he wrote a thesis on Antakya Ancient Residence Settling, he received his PhD in 1988. He did done observations and researches on architectural heritage in Anatolia, Balkans and Central Asia, and published these works on article series, and papers at national and international conferences. He also gave conferences about them. He has done restorations and new designs in Istanbul, Mudanya-Siği village and Konya, and he did the applications of most of these designs. He has won many awards. His ANTAKYA THROUGH THE AGES book was published by Akbank in 1996 and Foreign Professors at Fine Arts Academy was published by Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2009. He worked as a professor for Building Knowledge and Architectural Project between 1963 and 2003 in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He got retired in 2003. He supported the education system in Konya Selçuk University as a guest lecturer due to the Higher Education Council (YÖK) regulations in 1983. He gave lectures in the Interior Architecture Department in Yeditepe University between 2000 and 2004 and in the Architecture Department in Haliç University between 2005 and 2009. Since his retirement he has been working in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and he has been lecturing in the Department of Interior Architecture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Işık University since 2009-2010 academic year.
CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Name Surname: Ataman DEMİR 2. Date of Birth: 19 January 1938 3. Title: Professor 4. Educational Background: Degree Branch University Year Post Graduate Degree Architecture Academy of Fine Arts 1963 Competency at Doctorate Level Building Knowledge State Academy of Fine Arts 1973 5. Academic Titles: Associate Professor Architecture State Academy of Fine Arts 1974-1988 Professor Mimar Sinan University 1988 - Year entitled as Associate Professor: 1974 6. Master and Doctorate Thesis Conducted: 6.1 Master Thesis - SANSOY, S., Re-evaluation of Kapadokya Region Local Settlements MSU, Institute of Science, 1985. - ÇINAR, K., Konya Obruk Village Landscaping and Development, MSU, Institute of Science, 1985. - AYDIN, S., Examination of Turkish National Education System. Comparison of Middle Education Buildings Constructed through Type and Private Projects From the Beginning of Republic Until Today, MSU, Institute of Science., 1987. - Uzunoğlu, N, Tourism Politics in Turkey and Holiday Villages in This Policy, MSU, Institute of Science, 1987. - ÇELİKKOL, Ali H., A Research on İstanbul Beyoğlu Tarlabaşı Area Housing, MSU, Institute of Science, 1988.
- CAN, S., Analysis of Istanbul s Historical Region of Commerce and Design Proposals on Reconstruction of the Damaged Pattern, MSU, Institute of Science, 1995. - GÜLTEKİN, E., Evaluation of the Architectural Setup of Tepebaşı for Redesigning of Tarlabaşı., MSU, Institute of Science, 1996. - GÜRAY, H., Effects of Topography on Settlement and Planning- Üsküdar as the example., MSU, Institute of Science, 1998. - ÖZEL, K., The Concept of Center in Religious Architecture. Religious Elements Providing the Central Identity to the Worshipping Place., MSU, Institute of Science, 1998. MSU, Institute of Science, 1998. 6.2 Doctorate Thesis - İNCESAKAL, M., Design and Construction Principles of Middle Anatolia Region Vineyard Houses, Selçuk University,1996. - ATAY, F.G., The Place of the User in Architectural Production., MSU, Institute of Science, 2011. 7. Publications 7.1 Articles published in Magazines with International Judges --- 7.2 Proceedings presented in International Scientific Meetings and published in the book of proceedings (Proceedings) - SOKOLLU MEHMED PASHA BRIDGE IN BOSNIA, İSKİ Gn.Dir. Ottoman Civilization of Water International Symposium Proceedings Book p. 191-196. May 2000. - THE SOKOLLU MEHMED PAŞA BRIDGE, IASS-MSU Internetional Symposium Bridging Large Spans from Antiquity to the Present, June 2000, İstanbul. - ANTAKYA OLD HOUSING SETTLEMENT, Presidency of High Agency of Atatürk, Ottoman Period Cultural Traces in the Middle East International Information Feast. Symposium Proceedings Book p.205-206, 381-385, Ankara 2001. - URBAN PATTERN OF ANTAKYA: STREETS AND HOUSES, CNRS Maison de L Orient, Antioche de Syrie International Symposium, TOPOI Suppl. p.221-238, Oct. 2004. - CITY AND HOUSING IN ANATOLIA, UIA XXII. World Architecture Congress Istanbul, Material and Architecture Symposium, Jul. 2005. - WOODEN COLUMNED MOSQUES IN ANATOLIA, Timber Structures from Antiquity to the Present International Symposium, Symposium Proceedings Book p.15-26, June 2009.
7.3 Written International Books or sections in the books - A RESEARCH ON MEASURES TAKEN IN ARCHITECTURE FOR BEING PROTECTED AND BENEFITTING FROM SOLAR RADIATION, M.S.U Publication no:12, 1986. - ANTAKYA THROUGH ERAS and ANTAKYA THROUGH THE AGES Akbank Kültür ve Sanat Kitapları No:62, (Akbank Culture and Art Publications 62), January 1996. - FOREIGN LECTURERS IN THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE DOCUMENTS IN THE ACHIEVES, M.S.G.S.U. (Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts) Publication, 2008. - SANAYİ-İ NEFİSE MEKTEBİ (SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS) IN GAZETTES 1924-1939, M.S.G.S.Ü. (Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts) Publication no: 718, 2010. 7.4 Articles published in Magazines with International Judges - ANTAKYA IN TIME, Yapı Magazine no:43, 1982. - FRONT LINE IN ANTAKYA HOUSING ARCHITECTURE, Yapı Magazine no: 45, 1982. - PROF. MEHMED ALİ HANDAN, MY PROFESSOR WITH HIS OWN DRAWINGS Tasarım+Kuram Dergisi (Design + Theory Magazine) (M.S.U. Fac. of Architecture Publication), v:1, issue: 2, p.1-12, 2000. - COMMEMORATING PROF. SEDAD, Tasarım+Kuram Dergisi (Design + Theory Magazine) (M.S.U. Fac. of Architecture Publication),, V:4, issue: 6, p.50-53, 2008. - PROFESSOR FERIDUN IN MY MEMORIES, Tasarım+Kuram Dergisi (Design + Theory Magazine) (M.S.U. Fac. of Architecture Publication), v:5, issue, p.1-11, 2009. 7.5 Proceedings presented in International Scientific Meetings and published in the book of proceedings - 8 SUBMITTED AND PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS BETWEEN 1988-2005 ON VARIOUS CULTURAL HERITAGES AND THEIR PROTECTION. 7.6 Other publications: - 77 ARTICLES, IN TURKISH AND ENGLISH, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1980-2011 IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINES.
8. Projects: - PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF MOST OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND RESTORATION PROJECTS OF 30 STRUCTURES SUCH AS HOUSING, BUSINESS CENTER, HOTEL, MALL, SHOPS BETWEEN 1968-2001 IN ISTANBUL, KONYA. - PARTICIPATION IN 20 ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT COMPETITIONS BETWEEN 1963-1991. 9. Administrative Positions: M.S.U. Faculty of Architecture Vice Dean 1984-1987 M.S.U. Institute of Science Member of Board of Directors. 1990-95 M.S.U. Member of Senate 1999-2003 10. Memberships in Scientific Institutions TAC Foundation Member of Board of Trustees. 11. Awards - AWARD AND MANSION IN 6 OF THE PARTICIPATED ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT CONTESTS. - MANSION AND SALE OF WORKS IN 1982-1985 İFSAK and ENKA FOUNDATION PHOTOGRAPHY CONTESTS. - ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENT AWARD, Award received in Mediterranean 1. Environment Problems Symposium, 1992. - 1995 AWARD FOR SERVICE TO HATAY, 1995. - ANTAKYA HONORARY CITIZEN AWARD, 1996. - Naming of an old Antakya street as PROF ATAMAN DEMİR STREET with the decision of Antakya Municipal Council. 2005.
12. Fill in the table below for the undergraduate and post graduate level classes instructed by you in the last four years. Academic Year Semester Name of the Course Weekly Hours Theoretical Practice Number of Students Building Knowledge I-II Architectural Project 1 3 100 8 15 2008-2009 Building Knowledge I-II 1 3 100 Architectural Project 8 15 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 Interior Architecture Bl. Project 6 20 Interior Architecture Bl. Project 6 20 2012-2013 Interior Architecture Bl. Project 6 25 Interior Architecture Bl. Project 6 25