Abstract:

İstanbul is a huge metropol. Each and every day the city is evolving and cultural values are disappearing in the new urban fabric. For example, sounds related to cultural values such as tea, hubble bubble and backgammon are being replaced by the dominant sounds of new lifestyles. This paper is an attempt to draw attention to cultural sounds which are evolving or disappearing in the daily chaos and emphasize the significance of sounds that are typical of İstanbul. A peculiar sound is the call of the seagulls, that will follow the commuters on their way between the two sides of the city. Learning from the sounds of the city was one of the main aims of a learning experience this paper deals with. Learning now occurs in a variety of ways through different communities of practice and personal networks. This is true for learning in the architectural design arena. Architectural design education is inherently multicultural and with the advent of globalization, it aims at contributing to the society at international level. International workshops are held frequently between architectural schools resulting in success and sharing. With the help of digital developments new visions have opened up for education. Video is different from other learning technologies because it offers the benefit of using the visual perception, the most powerful of all our senses.

This paper is about an International Workshop held in İstanbul, in January 2019 between UPC/ETSAB, BAU FA&D and Yeditepe University FA. Thirty students from the three faculties of architecture worked in joint groups to create a stop motion video as the final work of the Workshop. The main objective as it has always been was providing the best possible learning experience within a multicultural higher education environment in a short time. Thinking and reflecting on Multicultural Sounds of İstanbul, students had a chance to experiment the lived space all over İstanbul by using all of their senses. Sketches and mixed images made up their stop motion videos. Multicultural collaboration and diversity were the key factors of this group.

Keywords:

İstanbul, multicultural, sounds, workshop, stop motion video.