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- Architecture, built environment and culturePublication . Kildir, Dilge Erdener; Pascoal, Sara Maria Cerqueira da SilvaThis dissertation is aspired to analyse the interrelationship between architecture and culture briefly. As a starting point, the following questions are asked: “What is the interrelationship between architecture and culture?” and “How does architecture/built environment affect culture and vice versa?” The first chapter starts by explaining the multicultural and multidisciplinary state of architectural theory and practice. Then, the relation among architecture, built environment and culture is expanded with the help of a framework of theoretical ideas. In this respect, the theory of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS) is introduced. In the second chapter, the EBS, its nature and its interrelationship with some other related theories such as Architectural Phenomenology and Space Syntax are mentioned. The evolution of EBS and its depiction are described. The definition and the practical usage of culture is also explained within this context by providing solid examples from past and present built environments. In the third chapter, explanations regarding culturally responsive environments are made, and the built forms are classified by contemplating Vernacular Architecture Studies (VAS). The evolution of these studies, how they emerged as a reaction towards the Modernist Movement’s deterministic approach, and the outcomes of these movements are elaborated. In this sense, gated community housing estates, mass housing projects and squatter settlements of Istanbul are handled as examples. In the fourth and last chapter, three landmark images which represent the cultural shifts in the modern built environment are chosen and explained, while aiming to demonstrate a link of all the topics that have been handled in the study.