Aim
Urban spaces are the scenes of urban-life
experiences of the citizens; they are formed by the accumulation of diverse
cultural layers. Besides the public urban spaces like avenues, streets, public
squares there are different types like passages, dead-end streets and courts
which can be called as in-between spaces bearing more privacy. The aim is to
understand the logic of generation of the urban structure by analyzing the
historical layers and the connections of the structure, to realize the spatial
identities, and to maintain sustainability.
CHARACTERISTICS
The project aims to make researches, gather data
to compare the different formations under different geographies and to make
design proposals for the semi-public spaces under the subtitles; the physical
spatial evolution in the historical process in different cultures and geographies,
their spatial features in urban morphology, under what kind of physical and
social influences they developed, what kind of functions they have in urban
life and how can these spaces with strong
local or traditional features transform according to the current
expactations and needs.
OBJECTIVES
- To develop the ability of multi-dimensional thinking
and interdisciplinary comprehension on semi-public spaces such as; passage,
courtyards and dead-ends;
- To provide
awareness on the subjects of cultural heritage and sustainability;
- To accentuate
the holistic approach to spatial problems in the design processes;
- To gain the ability of realizing the background
factors of similar physical spaces in different cultures and enable them to create the ability of designing
through this knowledge.
METHODOLOGY
The
workshop has two steps; first is the analysis phase and the second step is the
design phase for thinking and finding solutions on the defined problems of the
area.
Analysis
The
analysis phase includes the observations, site studies and the researches on
the documents about the area. Conferences will be given to the participants in
order to provide knowledge about the area’s history and current situation. The
transformations and the contribution of the semi-public spaces to the urban
life, will be analyzed by examining the cartographic and printed documents.
Following this analysis phase, the problems/potentials, will be defined about
the subject.
Design proposals
In this phase, participants are supposed to offer
design solutions supporting the urban life, providing sustainability to the
urban pattern and obtain the required transformations in the analyzed public
and semi-public spaces.
assıgNment
Location and the Limits of the Study Area
The study area KARAKOY is at the skirts of
GALATA constituting the intersection line of the district with the sea. Galata
district is a part of BEYOGLU which is one of the biggest counties of Istanbul.
Karakoy is at the center of Istanbul Metropolitan City and in the Central
Business Area which had the function of trading and seaport during the history and today. The area is a strategic point
because of its geographical location being at the junction of Golden Horn
(Halic) and Bosphorus.
The limits of the area which is subject to our
study can be defined in two scales. The broader conception area which will be
analysed is defined between Tophane Square on the east, Azapkapı on the west,
and Galata Tower following the traces of the old city walls on the north and ending
with the coastline on the south. The area that design study will cover is a
limited area. The limits are defined between Karakoy Square where
Eminonu-Karakoy Bridge ends on the west, Tophane Square on the east, Galata
Tower and the traces of the old city walls on the north, and the coastline on
the south.
Questions
of the workshop
The design area can be treated
as having three sub-areas;
- The
public and semi-public spaces which are perpendicularly connecting the Galata
coast and the upper parts of Galata (Sishane, Galata Tower, Istiklal Street,
Tophane);
- The
public and semi-public spaces those lie parallel to the coastline and
topography, which are a part of the city’s main transportation lines;
- The
public and semi-public spaces on the coastline between buildings and the sea that
constitute the relation of the citizen with the sea.
And the questions to be
answered by the workshop are;
- What are the physical and social potentials these
public and semi-public spaces present?
- What kind of criteria is needed to be discussed
and developed for those in-between spaces in terms of their contribution to the
city’s future life?
- What kind of design approaches can be developed in order to make the
district’s unique character continue and to make the deprived spaces more
qualified?
