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RE-TAKSİM
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HABITAT NETWORK STRATEGY S:1/10000
The proposal understands urban space as the milieu of living. In the midst of designing the square, it aims to create a “habitat” in a profoundly broad meaning: as a habitat in biological context, in artistic and cultural contexts and as an urban habitat for everyday life. This broad meaning is mused by continuously changing the contemporary lifestyle in the city. Therefore the proposal solves these issues as one to create urban harmony and fluidity. To create described hybrid urban space, the proposal begins the work with projecting and suggesting a multi-layered socio-ecological design strategy that has perpetual green paths which are between but not limited to the Historical Peninsula in the south and Büyükdere axis in the north. The urban habitat green network of the proposal is designed to link original natural reserves of the broader Taksim area and to repair natural ecological - topographical green paths which are damaged or completely degenerated during urban growth in the last century. For the purpose Golden Horn shores, Gülhane Park in the south and Maçka Park and Fındıklı Park in the west become key points as natural reserves. Habitat networks are proposed to create new perspectives, metaphorically and literally. The green paths will portray new possibilities in the city. The network will not only change human experience in the area with vegetated pedestrian paths, parks, artistic and cultural infrastructures and opportunities to create new urban events but it also aims to create a living-oriented ontology and existence to let nature infiltrate the city. Habitat networks projected to boost floral and faunal biodiversity and decrease the heat-island-effect of the dense urban area. The proposal is well aware that there are a lot of current lost links and private investments that can be seen as obstacles for the habitat network goal, for these kinds of urban issues, the proposal suggests hybrid spatial solutions which are influenced by the new perspectives on urban space. The design suggests open-to-public private spaces that will be superposed and by-passed by habitat green paths. Right alongside with being ecological green paths, the habitat links will become quality pedestrian routes mostly free from vehicle pollution.
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Spatial and Evacuational Strategies in State of Emergency S:1/2000
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Projections and Inventory of Art & Culture Spaces
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DEALING WITH THE SPATIAL ISSUES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TAKSIM SQUARE The modern expansion of İstanbul pursues the histo-topographical expansion route of the city which spans from Sirkeci into the south to the Maslak in the north. Taksim Square is the most important rotating plate of that route. The proposal suggests a public interface inbetween Cumhuriyet Street and Gezi Park which refunctioning axis as a hybrid urban space that contains urban green, cultural and retail functions programmatically and morphologically. One of the primary aims of the proposal is to recover the sense of place and sense of orientation in the square and re-articulate urban spatial experience, so that proposal re-framing the square as two interconnected parts. First is The Republic Monument Square which surrounded the Republic Monument and connects İstiklal Street and Cumhuriyet Street. The second part is Gezi Park Square as the main urban event and meeting area which surrounded by Gezi Park and Atatürk Cultural Center. It suggests extending the urban green and recreational pattern of Gezi Park to the proposed event and meeting area to define the urban characteristics while preventing to restrain its multi-layered potential. Additionally, to improve the spatial quality of transportation infrastructure, proposal re-designs subway and ground connections with considering the natural light, fresh air, accessibility and spatial awareness.
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Curing Cumhuriyet Route
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Micro-mobility Based Transportation
1. Extending Gezi : Strengthening legibility between, Cumhuriyet Monument, Atatürk Cultural Center and Talimhane by re-framing square with green landscape and pushing underground vehicle connection to the north.
2. Curing Cumhuriyet Route: Restoring urban connections by proposing new hybrid volumes on Cumhuriyet St. facade of Gezi Park.
3. Enabling Vertical Transmittances: Connecting vertically public spaces, and infrastructure, getting the daylight throughout the canopies and galleries.
4. Re-Taksim: Re-vitalizing the spatial quality and articulation.
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Site Plan S: 1/500
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Cumhuriyet Street Level (79.30) Plan S:1/500
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Spring Concert
Winter Festival
Summer Screen
Republic Day
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FUTURE VISIONS The design proposal aims to re-organize the square according to the urban approaches and life of the 21st century. It re-organizes Gezi Park as an active and joyful urban park for the innovative living and workstyle of the up-coming era. As it is well-aware the inclusiveness of the square is very important, the project is mused by the citizens who spend time together and experience a very broad spectrum of urban activities. The proposal contains the art and culture pavilion as a centerpiece. Additional to the pavilion, five main spaces designed for the purpose of spreading artistic aura all over the area. Lots of traces of modern history surrounded Taksim Square, so an open-air city-museum is projected which helps observers to track Turkey’s modernization with the perspectives from the key points. The design proposal suggests changing the mobility philosophy of the area drastically. It limits car roads, built accessible pedestrian walks, bicycle lanes and linked park zones. It also installs bicycle, e-scooter and disabled-friendly micro-mobility vehicle hubs and wifi connections. Moreover, it constitutes a Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) for the area. Proposal’s lighting design makes people feel safe between underground and surface, crowded and quiet urban spaces and it also aims to minimize disturbance on flora.
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RESILIENCE The proposal aims to take into consideration both prevention subjects and confronting emergencies in a holistic approach. The proposal suggests design-based solutions for ecological threats such as climate change and urban pollution, it also aims to transform Taksim Square and Gezi Park as the keystone of the resiliency infrastructure of Ä°stanbul. Gezi Park will become one of the most important entrances of the evacuation corridor in emergencies. Transformable spaces are tailored to respond to natural disasters. Some underground volumes designed to be the storage tanks for the water supplies. Under the green terraces contain storages for temporary shelters and food supplies. On the other hand, the green strategy of the proposal is aiming to re-vitalize, re-habilitate the green and blue infra-
structures and secure nature-culture integrations with creating green space networks, restoring self-sufficient native flora and environment, designing natural and urban spaces provide climatic comfort, permeable patterns and mitigation to the urban heat island effect according to a holistic habitat strategy. It aims to be a prototype for the hybrid futurescape of the city. In a belief to a more democratical, ecological, just future; the design tries to boost ecological and sociological qualities and possibilities of the area and all the city of Ä°stanbul for the current and future inhabitants.
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-1st (76.16 level) Floor Plan S: 1/500
-2nd (73.50 level) Floor Plan S: 1/500
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-3rd (67.00 level) Floor Plan S: 1/500