ICAAD 2026: After the Presentation

Updated: 31 October 2026 · Presented: 23 October 2026

On 23 October 2026, I presented online at ICAAD 2026 our study, prepared with Prof. Dr. İlham Enveroğlu, titled “‘Idrak’ and ‘İnşaa’ in AI-Assisted Architectural Design: Rethinking Form, ‘Mana’ and Responsibility through Yûnus Emre.”

Following the earlier acceptance announcement, I am updating this page to include the completed presentation and its accompanying documents.

The central question is: How does an AI-produced architectural option come to embody mana through interpretation, adaptation and responsible realisation?

We use idrak and inşa to explore two related dimensions of design. Idrak concerns understanding a proposal in relation to place, people, culture and intention. İnşa concerns carrying an interpreted decision into spatial and material reality while taking responsibility for its consequences. We do not present these terms as an established conceptual pair in Yûnus Emre’s work; we explore a design question in dialogue with his thought.

As AI’s capacity to generate options grows, the way we evaluate those options becomes increasingly significant. Within this framework, şuur helps us consider reflective awareness of our intentions, limits and the effects of our decisions. Emanet recalls the responsibility carried by a design decision.

I am sharing the seven-page presentation and certificate of participation as a record of this stage of the research. I intend to continue documenting the study’s development in the Journal.

Paper ID: 669. The document shared here is the presentation; it is not described as a published full proceedings paper.

Acceptance announcement · 28 September 2026

I am pleased to share that my abstract, “Idrak” and “İnşaa” in AI-Assisted Architectural Design: Rethinking Form, “Mana” and Responsibility through Yûnus Emre”, has been accepted for an oral presentation at ICAAD 2026.

The research considers a question that is becoming increasingly important in architecture: when artificial intelligence can generate form quickly, how should designers think about meaning, judgement and responsibility?

Drawing conceptually on Yûnus Emre, the work explores the relationship between idrak — understanding or discernment — and inşaa — making or constructing — in AI-assisted architectural design. It asks how design decisions can remain attentive to context, intention and consequence.

The conference took place from 23 to 25 October 2026.

The original announcement recorded acceptance of an abstract for oral presentation. The shared PDF is the presentation.

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