Project Title: "ITU-GAP Alker Pilot House Project"
Timetable: Julyl999-since June2000 in use
Title: "ITU-GAP Alker Pilot Yapi Projesi"
(English: ITU GAP Alker Building Pilot Project) "Birecik Barajından Etkilenen Nufusun Yeniden Yerlesimi, Istihdami ve Ekonomik Yatinmi icin Planlama ve Uygulama Projesi" Uyannca Yapi Teknolojisi Calismasi Cercevesinde (English: According to the Program: Planing and Action Program for Investment, Employment and Housing Problems of the Population in the Birecik Power Dam Area)
Project Leader: Dr. Bilge ISIK
Project Holder: Prime Ministry GAP Regional Development Department, ITU
Support from Industry: Gypsum Producer Association, ABS, Dogan Alci, Barit, Entegre,
Serpo, Ege Yildiz, Eczacibasi-Intema, Berkosan, Betek, Forbo, ISIK AS.
1. Workshop Organizing 22.03.1999 I
UNI-YEM Meeting
Location: Yapi Endustri Merkezi, Istanbul Organizer:
ITU represented: Doc. Dr. Bilge ISIK-YEM represented: Birgül YAVUZ
Adviser: Prof. Ruhi KAFESCIOGLU
Participant: Construction Material Producer: Betek and Ege Plastic,
2. Congress, 22.04.1999
Location: TUYAP Fair Center, Yapi'99
Organization by
From ITU: Doc. Dr. Bilge ISIK-
From YEM: Birgül YAVUZ
Adviser: Prof. Ruhi KAFESCIOGLU
Topics of the Congress: (English: Construction Technology
According to the Program: Planing and Action Program for
Investment, Employment and Housing Problems of the Population in
the Birecik Power Dam Area)
Keynote Paper: ISIK B., "GAP'a Yapi Sektoründen ArGe Destegi",
(English: R&D support to the Construction Sector of the GAP Area)
UNI-YEM Meeting TUYAP, 22.04.1999
3. Workshop Participation 07.05.1999
Location: Urfa, Birecik in the GAP Area
Workshop Organizer: T.C. Prime Ministry GAP Regional
Development Department
Workshop title: (English: According to the Program: Planing and
Action Program for Investment, Employment and Housing Problems
of the Population in the Birecik Power Dam Area)
Participation and Presentation:
1. Lecture: "Healthy Houses for the new settlements in the Birecik Power Dam Area"
2. Poster Exhibition: Construction of Healthy Alker House
3. Demonstration: Producing alker wall material.
4. Architectural Project Development:
5. Constructing the Social House
Project and work of the Urfa Pilot Building (Apartment House, 4 units each 100 m2)
6. Material tests are carried by
a. ITU Civil Engineering Faculty b. Harran University, Agricultural Faculty c. DSI Urfa Region, Material Laboratory d. Birecik Power Dam Concrete Laboratory
Publication (healthy indoor/outdoor 5)
1. ISIK B., HELVACI G., "Role of Culture and Tradition in the Development of Housing in the GAP Area of Turkey" IAHS World Congress on Housing "Housing Issues and Challenges for the New Millennium" San Fransisco, USA, June 1-7 1999 (31)
2. ISIK B., "Ecological Aspects of Proposing Gypsum Stabilized Earth (Alker) Construction for Housing in the south east (GAP) Area of Turkey" International Conference Eco-materials for Sustainable Habitat, Havana, CUBA, Nov. 23727th 1998 (29)
3. ISIK B., "Earth as a Wall Material and its Impact on Pollution" Poster Paper, CIB World Building Congress'98, Gaevle, Sweden, 7-12 June 1998(28)
4. ISIK B., GOCER C.,: "Konut Sektoründe Dis Duvar Cevre Kirliligi Iliskisi", (English: Relation between Outdoor Wall and Air Pollution) Yahtim'97, Sempozyumu, Firat Universitesi, Elazig, 15-16 May 1997(24)
5. ISIK, B.: "Energieverlust derLehmbau Haeuser" Presentation, Energie, Umwelt und Bauen - Symposium, IB Institut fur Bauforschung, Hannover-Germany, 17 October 19 (9) 90