Prof. Dr. Lale Özgenel
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Prof. Dr. Lale Özgenel
Ph.D. (Architecture) Middle East Technical University
M.Arch (History of Architecture) Middle East Technical University
B. Arch Middle East Technical University
room: 66 phone: (312) 210 2235
Research Interests
Ancient domestic architecture and daily life, history of domestic architecture, gender and privacy studies, rural architecture, history of tennis and tennis clubs in Turkey, educational architecture
Post Doctoral Research
2003-2004 ARIT George and Ilse Hanfmann Fellow, American Academy at Rome.
2002 BIAA Martin Harrison Fellow, St. Hugh's College, Oxford University
2001 ARIT Aegean Fellow, American School of Classical Studies in Athens
Research Projects
2003-2007 Göksu Archaeological Survey, Extensive survey team leader.
2008 Avkat Archaeological Survey, Extensive survey team leader.
Courses Taught
AH 521 Themes on Ancient Domestic Architecture
This seminar course is a critical survey of domestic architecture and daily life in ancient Greek and Roman periods in an interdisciplinary framework through thematic readings. Weekly readings and discussions focus on such themes like house, home, space, privacy, luxury, leisure, gender and art to highlight how houses were spatially and socially used.
ARCH 423 Domestic Architecture in Antiquity
Development of domestic architecture in the ancient Greek and Roman periods are covered in a contextual approach. Architectural organization of houses are presented in relation to ancient daily life and social practices.
ARCH 426 House and Daily Life in History
The course covers the developments in the domestic architecture and daily life before the 20th century. Changes, continuities and transformations in the meaning, use and form of houses and domestic spaces and conception of private sphere and privacy are covered in thematic sessions.
ARCH 430 Seminer in Contemporary Architecture
This course addresses current developments and discussions in the contemporary architectural scene through thematic lectures. It covers multiple definitions and media of contemporary and its historical precedents. Themes selected aim to provide an insight into some of the key concepts, actors, precedents, institutions, books, venues and technologies forming the architectural agenda today. The course includes lectures, in-class (online) discussions and short assignments for each class. Class attendance is counted toward the final grade and active student participation is mandatory.
ARCH 401 Architectural Design Studio V
Development critical skills and competency in situating and negociating significantly complex architectural and urban programs in local and/or international contexts. Acquiring knowledge of contemporary approaches, methodologies, strategies and tools used in architectural and urban design. Gaining knowledge of the historical, theoretical, natural and cultural assets of design contexts, and developing awareness with respect to environmental, social, economic sustainability. Contribution to the student's development of a personal position and increasing autonomy in design work. Representation of multiple approaches to architectural design in the project outcomes.
ARCH 402 Architectural Design Studio VI
The students are expected to make an original contribution to a specified design assignment by adopting multiple approaches to complex architectural and urban design concerns. Students are encouraged to develop a personal position and an increasing autonomy in design work. Demonstration of a high level of creativity and critical skills is necessary in situating and negotiating significantly complex architectural and urban programs at all scales in national and/or international contexts.
Selected Publications
• Erkovan Yılmaz, N., Özgenel, L. (2023) "Bir Kırsal Örüntü Fenotipi: Anamur Arı Evleri (Kovanlıkları), YAPI,
• Özgenel L. (2022) ""Avlulu Ev"in Doğası: Küçük Asya'daki Geç Antik Çağ Evlerinden Örnekler". I. Uytterhoeven ve A. Ricci (der.) Konut Palimpsesti: Roma, Geç Antik, Bizans ve Erken İslam Dönemi Yaşam Kalıplarını Yeniden Değerlendirmek içinde, Koç Üniversitesi Anadolu Medeniyetleri Araştırma Merkezi, 169-199.
• Özgenel L. (2022) "The Nature of the "Courtyard House": Sampling Late Antique Houses in Asia Minor". In I. Uytterhoeven and A. Ricci (eds.) The Palimpsest of the House, Re-assessing Roman, Late Antique, Byzantine and Early Islamic Living Patterns, 8th International Anamed Annual Symposium, Koç University Press, 165-195.
• Erkovan Yılmaz, N., Özgenel, L. (2022) "Kırsal ve Yerel Bağlamda Ermenek Yerleşimi ve Mimarisi", TÜBA-KED, 26, 71-86.
• Erkovan Yılmaz, N., Özgenel, L. (2022) "Bee Houses as a Rural Construct: Sampling from Konya, Turkey", Belleten, 86 (306), 499-532.
• Erkovan Yılmaz, N., Özgenel, L. (2022) "Toroslarda Arı Evleri: Kırsal Bir Yapı Kültürü", Milli Folklor, 17 (133), 188-206.
• Özgenel, L. (2021) "Urban Vibes in Late Antique Houses: Sampling from Asia Minor". In C. Sfameni and I. Baldini (eds.) Abitare nel Mediterraneo Tardoantico. Atti del III Convegno Internazionale del Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull'Edilizia abitativa tardoantica nel Mediterraneo, Edipuglia, 53-64.
• Güzer, C. A., Özgenel, L. (2019) "Eğitim Yapılarından Öğrenmek". S. Al Şensoy (der.), Eğitim Yapıları ve Tasarımı içinde, PEGEM Akademi, 1-30.
• Özgenel, L. (2018) "Between Public and Private: Rethinking Architecture and Use in Late Antique Houses in Asia Minor". In I. Baldini and C. Sfameni (eds.), Abitare nel Mediterraneo Tardoantico, 2. Atti del II Convegno Internazionale del Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull'Edilizia abitativa tardoantica nel Mediterraneo (CISEM), (Bologna 2-5 marzo 2016), Edipuglia, 541-547.
• Özgenel, L. (2017) "Tennis in Republican Turkey and Ankara: The Emergence of a Sport as a Society and Space", TÜBA-KED, 16, 11-33.
• Özgenel, L. (2010) "Reha Ortaçlı (1921-2010) Anısına - Ankara Tenis Klubü", Bülten, TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Ankara Şubesi, Vol. 80, 36-39.
• Elton, H., Jackson, M., Mietke, G., Newhard, J., Özgenel, L. and Twigger (2009) "Alahan'da (Isaurya) Bir Roma Kentinin Keşfi", OLBA, XVII, 85-118.
• Özgenel, L (2008) "A Tale of Two Cities: In Search of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum", METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Vol. 25:1, 1-25.
• Özgenel, L. (2007) "Public Use and Privacy in Late Antique Houses in Asia Minor: The Architecture of Spatial Control". In L. Lavan, L. Özgenel and A. Sarantis (eds.) Housing in Late Antiquity: From Palaces to Shops, Brill, 239-281.
• Lavan, L., Özgenel, L., Sarantis, A. (eds.) (2007) Housing in Late Antiquity: From Palaces to Shops, Brill.
• Elton, H., Jackson, M., Mietke, G., Newhard, J., Özgenel, L. and Twigger, E. (2006) "A New Late-Roman Urban Centre in Isauria", Journal of Roman Archaeology, 19, 3011-311.
• Özgenel, L. (2006) "Late Antique Domestic architecture in Lycia: An Outline of Archaeological and Architectural Evidence". In K. Dörtlük et al. (eds.) The Third Symposium on Lycia, Symposium Proceedings, Antalya, 557-572.
• Özgenel, L. (2005) "Antik Yunan Konut Yazını: Kaynaklar, Sorunlar ve Yeni Yaklaşımlar Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme", OLBA, XIII, 199-220.
• Özgenel, L. (2001) "Anadolu'daki Yunan Dönemi Konutlarında Mekan Tanımı, Kullanımı ve Cinsiyet", OLBA, IV, 125-143.
• Özgenel, L. (1997) "Antik Dönem Evleri ve Sahipleri: Batı Anadolu'daki İyon Konutları", Arkeoloji ve Sanat, 78, 14-24.
Book Translation
Rich J., Wallace-Hadrill, A. (eds) (1994) City and Country in the Ancient World. Routledge, trans. L. Özgenel (2000) Antik Dünyada Kırsal ve Kent, Homer Publications, Istanbul
Thesis Supervised
Ph.D completed
• Esra Çonkır (2022) Living and Dwelling Under the Roman Roof in the Eastern Empire: Domestic Architecture in Provincial Syria.
• Aylin Atacan (2020) Between Image and Moving Image: Representations of Pompeii in Illustrated Books and Silent Films of 19th and Early 20th Century.
• Tülin Kaya (2020) Routes and Communications in Late Roman and Byzantine Anatolia (4th-9th Centuries AD).
• Ahmet Çinici (2013) Pisidian Landscapes: Production of Space, Power and Ideology in Rural Pednelissos.
Ph.D on-going
• Çiğdem Koçtekin, Living in The Countryside: Rural Asia Minor in Late Antiquity.
• Irmak Köseoğlu, Villa" As Concept and Architecture.
• Feridun Gündeş, Representation of "Foreign" in Late Ottoman Illustrated Journals: A Reading on Architectural Images in Servet-I Fünun.
• Elif Bilge, Architecture and 'Armature' in Roman Asia Minor: A Holistic Reading of Rural and Urban Dwelling.
• Seçil Özcan, Domestic Sphere And "Americanization" in Turkey: A Reading Through the Literature of the Period Between 1950-1980.
Masters
• Begüm Sarı (2022) Gender, Domesticity and House in Turkey: Context and State of Research (co-advisor).
• Nilay Başar (2022) From Routine to Ritual: Social and Spatial Consumption of Water in Roman Domestic Context, Sampling Pompeii, Ephesus and Zeugma.
• Başak Tükenmez (2021) Domestication of Media: a Spatial Inquiry into Modern Turkish Context.
• Elif Bilge (2019) The Courtyard House: A Spatial Reading of Domestic Architecture in Ancient Anatolia and Greece.
• Irmak Köseoğlu (2013) Late Ottoman Resort Houses: Büyükada and Kadıköy.
• Duygu Albostan (2009) Flexibility" in Multi-residential Housing Projects: Three Innovative Cases from Turkey (co-advisor).
• Ayşegül Şeker (2008) Form and Space in Roman Domestic Architecture: The Architectural Language of the Atrium House.
• Sezin Taşdöğen (2007) Traditional Domestic Architecture in Karacasu, Turkey (co-advisor).
• Ahmet Çinici (2006) The Conception, Operation and Architecture of 'Leisure' in the Ancient Roman Domestic Architecture.
• Firuzan Melike Sümertaş (2006) Female Patronage in Ottoman Classical Architecture: Five Case Studies.
• Esra Çonkır (2005) Late Antique Domestic Architecture in Asia Minor: An Interpretation on Use and Planning.
• Selen Uğur (2004) An Architectural and Social Inventory of the Past and the Present: Documenting the 19th Century Houses in Menteşbey.
• Dilşad Gözübüyük Melek (2004) New Interpretations of Domestic Space and Life: The Emergence of Apartment Buildings in Nineteenth Century İstanbul.
Masters on-going
• Arman Bozacı, Designing Future and House in 20th Century Architecture.
• Hilal Küntüz, Public Archaeology and Survey.
• Ecem Ayşe Çelik, Understanding Urban History and Cultural Heritage By Digital Archaeology, Digital Mapping of Ulus, Ankara.