A guide for designing a universe

The aim of this thesis is researching the concepts like space, time, forces, consciousness which architecture and other disciplines uses commonly and representation systems like coordinate system, projection geometry, dimensions, scale that architecture and other disciplines uses commonly. First of all we should understand where the discussion is standing in architectural theory and where architecture is standing in universe itself. "Architecture is not only designing buildings anymore. It can be ıdentified again and again with the improvements in science, technology and other theoretical systems." (Yürekli, 2014)In Ancient times architecture was only art of making buildings. There was no concept of space in architecture and the mathematical space was not invented yet.With the modern mathematical space is identified, architecture became a discipline which is interested in space. So now for understanding whay we are doing in architecture we should understand what space is, and we should also understand the historical background of the concept. The aim of this thesis is not taking scientific and technologic developments for creating physical objects or buildings. What we want to do is to understand the working mechanism of the universe and the represantations of it. And taking the concepts and representation systems mentioned before trying to deconstruct, and rejoining and creating new ideas for new universes. For extending the idea of time and space the concepts that make space and time like multiciplicity, distance and space (boşluk) is discussed in first major part of the thesis. In the other main part, the representation systems of the universe are discussed and they are deconstructed for the sake of designing new universes. Representation systems makes how we perceive the universe. For example, roots of the Cartesian coordinate system begins long before Descartes. Ptolemy puts the first examples of coordinate system. After that an architect, Alberti, puts the rules of projection geometry. Mercator with the knowledge of projection geometry makes the dream of Ptolemy come true, he makes the map of the Earth. Descartes puts his mathematical coordinate system after all these representation technics. Then Newton, with the help of Cartesian coordinate system invents calculus and puts the rules of universal gravation. Like in this example represantaion systems come before the mathematical conception of the universe, they make it possible. The reason why the concept of universe chosen is that it is a holistic concept. Since modernism, space, time and consciounsness is taken separately. For the sake of designing new relationships between them taking them together is necessary. Because everything is related to everything. "An art student must be aware that she is not just a child of Earth but she is also a chilf of whole universe, that she is a part of a star between all stars." (Moholy Nagy, 2016) To discuss the universe and its alternatives, some scientists and artists will be mentioned. John Cage, Lewis Caroll, Euclides, Alain Resnais, Edwin Abbott, Einstein, Riemann Newton, Leibniz are all universe designers. For example, Renais shows the time space continuum works different for different people buy using the form of cinema, Lewis Caroll by destructing the continuum of spacetime and make the narration absurd, Euclides created abstract elements for understanding the universe, Cage discovered the universe of scilence and coincidence, Edwin Abott designed the 2 dimensional universe, Einstein created the bended space time continuum. All conceptions of the universes are infact designs. The concepts that we use when we mention about universe and the system that we use when representing it makes this design together. But this design is not always unique for the person who make it, it is generally hided in tradition. To make the designs visible and understanding the mechanism of represantations and discussing them with the historical and ideological context, make it possible to change the design. The separation system in this thesis is just one speration system that can be used when discussing on universe, other separation systems can be tried, other concepts can be chosen to talk about it. However, in this thesis only the alredy known representation sytstems are deconstructed in further research very new representation systems can be created for designing new universes. In the end of the thesis one wholistic universe is tried. These tries can be extended. In this thesis for making the theoretical experiments on universe everyday objects are chosen as example space. Because it is easier to think, and change the universe if we make it closer to our scale.