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Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, cilt.17, sa.3, ss.101-119, 2002 (Scopus)
Building/Architectural Programming discipline, which gave its first written works in 1970s, has been evolved gradually. The main theme of this change was; going beyond the limits of having a practice-based, narrow area and defining a broad spectrum that covers the whole constituents of the field of architecture, including the interactions between constituents. The change, which is the main theme of this study, shows itself in the contents of the main books of the field, most significantly. Each book, being reviewed in this study, aims to introduce a new definition and frame to the discipline. Being directly connected to the field of practice, architectural programming, was defined as a systematic search for information and placed by scientific research. In its ultimate position, architectural programming, aims to approach the complex and multi-layered structure of the field of architecture that depends on actors, therefore is based on interpretations and suppositions that has to be defined in each new case. In this study, these two positions, and the ones inbetween, are reviewed in terms of the definitions of the discipline and the strategies introduced to the field. The choice of the main books have been made according to the "being a milestone/adding something new to the discipline" criterion. The books, which just guide the practice and repeat the existing discourses, are excluded in this study.