As part of the agreement between Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Architecture de Paris La Villette and Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture, this joint workshop "Road Movie" was held from the 6th to the 16th of September 2024. The workshop was supervised by Hugues REIP and Mina SAIDI-SHAROUZ from ENSA Paris La Villette, and Prof. Dr. Cânâ Bilsel, Dr. Gizem Güner, Dilara Yaraş Er from METU.
Objective
of the Workshop
The aim of
this workshop is to produce collective films related to architecture and urban
life. It is essentially based on the discovery of a territory (architecture
heritage, landscape, activities, and society), the creation of a script, and
the shooting and editing of a short film. The outcome expected from the student
groups will be a very short film (location scouting - writing - shooting -
editing).
Excursion
An excursion
was held in this objective, to Beypazarı near Ankara, to Ürgüp and
İbrahimpaşa Village in Cappadocia, to Hattusa archeological site in Boğazköy (Çorum),
and to the city of Sinop on the Black Sea coast between the 6th to
the 16th of September, 2024.