Observing patterns for the urban fabric as a place shaping continuum on the waterfront of the Haliç area, Istanbul

Mehmet Aytekin Saygılı; Elmira Ayşe Gür

doi:10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4i3104

Observing patterns for the urban fabric as a place shaping continuum on the waterfront of the Haliç area, Istanbul

Authors

Mehmet Aytekin Saygılı Short Bio Istanbul Technical University

Mehmet Aytekin Saygılı gained his bachelor’s degree in architecture at Yıldız Technical University (YTU), Istanbul; received a master’s degree at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU), Istanbul and was a research assistant at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. He has been a PhD candidate at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul for some time.
Elmira Ayşe Gür Short Bio Istanbul Technical University

Prof. Dr. Elmira Gür received her undergraduate degree from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture in 1989. She received her master's degree from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Yıldız Technical University in 1992. She received her doctorate from ITU, Institute of Science and Technology in 2001. Her doctoral thesis was titled "A Changeable/Transformable/Flexible Physical Environment Model for Pre-School Child Education Centres". She worked as a visiting researcher at North Carolina State University between 1998-99. She has participated in international symposiums, conferences and workshops in various countries and has received awards from architectural project competitions, national and international research projects, and publications. The professor has written various international articles, papers and books on affordable/accessible housing, slum settlements, Istanbul housing development and housing typology, design studio physical environment, architectural design education, pre-school child education centres, post-disaster shelters, urban transformation, and urban space identity. She has published chapters and edited various books. She has been working at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University since 1992 and as a full professor at ITU since 2020. Elmira Gür served as Deputy Head of the Department of Architecture and Architectural Design Project Coordinator between July 2015 and April 2017, and as Deputy Dean between October 2017 and March 2023.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4i3104

Keywords:

content analysis, pattern-matching, sense of place, streetscape, urban fabric, waterfront

Abstract

This paper examines placemaking and the outcomes of urban design issues in a waterfront area. The fine-grained urban fabric has played an important role in waterfront regeneration schemes globally. Acting towards environmental challenges to provide green spaces has increasingly become a favourable approach since the 2010s. An ideas competition was held in 2020 to address the issues on the waterfront of the Haliç area. The seven semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the competing discourses on each project created by the teams who attempted to deal with the unsolved urban fabric. Making use of a series of semi-structured interviews, this research paper investigates the existence of the urban fabric as a place-shaping continuum in the Halic area.

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2023-12-17

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Saygılı, M. A., & Gür, E. A. (2023). Observing patterns for the urban fabric as a place shaping continuum on the waterfront of the Haliç area, Istanbul. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 4(3), 380–399. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4i3104