An Atypical Architectural Practice DS: From Rural Painting To Landscape - From Documentation To Preservation

The book offers first-hand accounts of the personal stories of Deniz and Sevim Aslan, the founding partners of DS, which specializes in landscape architecture and documentation for prservation; the book deals with these two special areas within architecture while also offering insights regarding the phases the architectural practice in Turkey went through in the last three decades. A series of interviews conducted by Pelin Dervis, the editor of the book, with Deniz Aslan from 2012 to 2015 constitutes the backbone of the first of the two main sections of the book, and is entitled From Rural Painting to Landscape". This section offers the reader the opportunity to see the development of the practice and academic milieu of landscape architecture in Turkey as seen and experienced by Deniz Aslan, as he recounts how the landscape architecture program became part of faculties of architecture, the process of creating academic programs, the professional organizations, and attempts at publishing. We also follow the changes in how landscape architecture is regarded within the creation of architecuture on various scales and contents as the latter is shaped by the constantly changing political and economic structure of the country."