Wilson, Christopher

Profile Picture
Profile URL
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/7289
Name Variants
Wilson, C.
Job Title
Email Address
christopher.wilson@ieu.edu.tr
Main Affiliation
06.04. Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Status
Former Staff
Website
ORCID ID
Scopus Author ID
55477617800
Turkish CoHE Profile ID
Google Scholar ID
WoS Researcher ID
DTD-5898-2022

Sustainable Development Goals

10

REDUCED INEQUALITIES
REDUCED INEQUALITIES Logo

0

Research Products

14

LIFE BELOW WATER
LIFE BELOW WATER Logo

0

Research Products

16

PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS Logo

0

Research Products

17

PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS Logo

1

Research Products

11

SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES Logo

2

Research Products

9

INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE Logo

0

Research Products

2

ZERO HUNGER
ZERO HUNGER Logo

0

Research Products

1

NO POVERTY
NO POVERTY Logo

0

Research Products

13

CLIMATE ACTION
CLIMATE ACTION Logo

0

Research Products

7

AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY Logo

0

Research Products

8

DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Logo

0

Research Products

3

GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Logo

0

Research Products

15

LIFE ON LAND
LIFE ON LAND Logo

0

Research Products

4

QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY EDUCATION Logo

0

Research Products

6

CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION Logo

0

Research Products

5

GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUALITY Logo

0

Research Products

12

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION Logo

0

Research Products
Documents

4

Citations

247

h-index

4

Go to Scopus profile
Documents

57

Citations

66

Go to WoS profile
Scholarly Output

6

Articles

5

Views / Downloads

0/0

Supervised MSc Theses

0

Supervised PhD Theses

0

WoS Citation Count

146

Scopus Citation Count

122

WoS h-index

4

Scopus h-index

3

Patents

0

Projects

0

WoS Citations per Publication

24.33

Scopus Citations per Publication

20.33

Open Access Source

0

Supervised Theses

0

JournalCount
Current Page: 1 / NaN

Scopus Quartile Distribution

Competency Cloud

GCRIS Competency Cloud

Filters

2006 - 200932010 - 20113
Reset filters

Settings

Scholarly Output Search Results

Now showing 1 - 6 of 6
  • Thumbnail Image
    Article
    Citation - WoS: 3
    Postmodernism and Consumer Culture: Image-Production Via Residential Architecture in Post-1980s Turkey
    (Academic Journals, 2011) Ozaslan, Nuray; Akalin, Aysu; Wilson, Christopher
    Housing production in Turkey is mostly completed by merchant builders, with little or no involvement of architects. Those architects who do function in the housing industry try to satisfy state authorities, private enterprises and the customer, behaving according to these clients' intentions. This, in turn, succeeds because of the current era of flexible accumulation where a consumer society is ready to digest whatever is offered. That is, buildings that have some resemblance to historical examples or look different to what people would normally prefer are chosen by consumers. As a result, different social classes of society commodify historical, traditional and cultural values in the name of creating an identity. In this context, this essay focuses on the image of the house itself and its interpretations within the post-1980s Turkish residential housing industry. It shows that architectural styles, typologies, names and terminology are freely used according to the market desires throughout the two case studies. The housing development called Kemer Country is a clear example of the reconstruction of a traditional Turkish neighborhood (mahalle) but there is no substance behind their facades, it is only an illusion. While Kemer Country creates a fake traditional mahalle outside of the city center of Istanbul, the developers of the Bosphorus City housing development claim to have re-built a significant part of Istanbul's topography, as well as its unique architecture, outside of the city. This paper reveals that the architecture of the residential developments in post-1980s Turkey is lead by market forces and consumption-oriented construction rather than artistic, cultural or historical assets.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Article
    Citation - WoS: 19
    Users' Evaluations of House Facades: Preference, Complexity and Impressivenes
    (Open House Int, 2010) Akalin, Aysu; Yildirim, Kemal; Wilson, Christopher; Saylan, Aysun
    This research solicits the opinions of the residents of the Kecioren district of Ankara, Turkey, in order to learn their preferences about their local postmodern environment where the municipality forces all contractors and architects to adhere to strict planning laws requiring Turkish folk and Islamic architectural references. The Municipality of Kegioren, as an agent of civil power, manages the architectural and urban transformation of the area from a district formerly composed of squatter housing to one comprised of, in the words of Robert Venturi, decorated sheds, in an effort to create a different looking environment rich in nostalgia and excitement. In this research, a total of 7 different sets of apartment facades were analyzed, with each set comprising three examples each of minimum complexity (representing the former condition of the district), intermediate complexity (representing high architecture designed by an architect, which does not exist in the district) and maximum complexity (representing the present postmodern condition of the district). The main hypothesis of the study was that preference rates would be high for intermediately altered high style houses by showing the existence of a U-shaped relationship between preference and complexity. That is, facades representing an intermediate level of complexity would be favored over less complex and more complex facades. It was also assumed that there would be a difference in the ratings of different age groups. A questionnaire was carried out with 50 adults (aged 30-45) and 50 high school students (aged 18-20) of Kegioren, who were asked to rate a total of 27 photographs from 7 apartment complexes with the help of a five-point semantic differential scales under three headings: preference, complexity and impressiveness. The results proved the existence of a U-shaped relationship between preference and complexity. On the other hand, younger respondents, compared to older respondents, gave more favorable ratings to the physical qualities of the photographed buildings.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Correction
    Users Evaluations of House Facades: Preference, Complexity & Impressiveness (vol 35, Pg 57, 2010)
    (Open House Int, 2010) Wilson, Christopher
    [Abstract Not Available]
  • Thumbnail Image
    Article
    Citation - WoS: 103
    Citation - Scopus: 104
    Architecture and Engineering Students' Evaluations of House Facades: Preference, Complexity and Impressiveness
    (Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2009) Akalin, Aysu; Yildirim, Kemal; Wilson, Christopher; Kilicoglu, Onder
    In this study, five different sets of single-family house facades from private Suburban cooperative housing developments in Ankara, Turkey,, were analyzed; with each set comprising one example each of minimum and maximum complexity. Although the houses in each set had the same appearance when they were first built, their facades have since been altered by their owners. The main hypothesis of the study was that preference rates would be high for intermediately altered houses by showing the existence of a U-shaped relationship. On the other hand, it was hypothesized that perceived complexity and perceived impressiveness would have a linear relationship, with perceived complexity increasing and perceived impressiveness decreasing as the complexity level changed. In terms of these two basic hypotheses, it Was also assumed that there would lie a difference in the ratings of particular respondent groups with different backgrounds. Thus, a questionnaire was given to 100 undergraduate Students of the Architecture and Engineering Departments of Gazi University, Ankara (41 from architecture and 59 from engineering). These students were asked to rate a total of 15 photographs from five housing sites with the help of five-point semantic differential scales under three headings; namely; Preference: beautiful - ugly, warm - cold, pleasant - unpleasant: Complexity: unimposing - imposing, simple complex: and Impressiveness: impressive - Unimpressive. The results proved the existence of a U-shaped relationship between complexity and preference criteria. That is, facades representing an intermediate level of complexity were favored over less and more complex ones. The facades that seemed the most impressive were the most complex ones, but these, however, were not the most preferred. Amongst these results. it was also noted that the architecture Students replied fit a more critical way than the engineering students as they criticized what they saw as negative design decisions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Article
    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Representing National Identity and Memory in the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
    (Soc Architectural Historians, 2009) Wilson, Christopher
    [Abstract Not Available]
  • Thumbnail Image
    Article
    Citation - WoS: 14
    Citation - Scopus: 12
    A Study in Re-Establishing the Corporate Identity of a Post Office Institution With Gender-Related Differences in Perception of Space
    (Locke Science Publ Co Inc, 2006) Baskaya, A; Wilson, Christopher; Ozcan, YZ; Karadeniz, D
    In the presentation of corporate image, the role of architecture is quite considerable. The architectural identity stressed in this work is the use of whole components of space as a communication tool. Although the post office is an institution dealing with communication, the image of the post office for users is not architectural (three dimensional) at all, only graphic (two dimensional). To test the assumption that an architectural image might change depending on the experience with a space, a post office example especially designed for that purpose was studied. While analyzing the functional quality of the selected example's Public Hall, the perception of the space was tested, both in infrequent and frequent rise. This work discusses the two types of images that a post office institution should have and put forward: initial image (sensation) and actual image (perception), which can differ depending on the subjects' spatial experience. An initial image is, the result of infrequent use, and an actual image of frequent use. In the infrequent case, it is assumed that sensations are concerned with the physical characteristics of the space. In the frequent case, it is assumed that perceptions are concerned with the functional qualities of a space. Even though respondents will be indecisive about the spatial quality of space (depending on the frequency of use and multiple experiences of a space), users can learn about an organization better through more than just one experience, forming a general image about it. The effect of gender on the performance appraisal task was also examined. Compared to females, who were more frequent users, male users mostly stressed the physical characteristics of the space rather than its functional qualities.