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All for Taksim – Taksim for all / Herkes Taksim İçin – Taksim Herkes İçin Taksim is Istanbul’s heart, and together with Gezi Park and its green surroundings it is also the city’s lungs. It is a basin for the country’s ideas and its memories, the distribution centre for its people’s hopes, dreams, sorrow, contentment and joy. Taksim is pulling Istanbul and its dwellers towards it, holding its breath a little before pumping them into the vessels of streets, walkways and tunnels to enliven the city of Istanbul well beyond its borders. As importantly however Taksim is also a place to be, a place to stay. To reflect, to celebrate, to play or to debate. Taksim’s life blood are the people of Istanbul, without whom it simply wouldn’t exist. It needs its people, their interest and engagement as much as they need Taksim. As we suggest in a historic overview and timeline on the following pages, Taksim has always been and must remain in the future an evocative, emancipatory and alive urban setting. In conclusion the aim of our proposal is therefore threefold: To federate the wishes of the people of Istanbul in a democratic design approach which in a rigorous open process will bring about multi-faceted uses of space for a wide range of activities – all for Taksim. To weave together a unifying sense of place, memory and meaning. Everybody is welcome to rest, to linger and meet – Taksim for all. And finally through strengthened connections with its surroundings to further engrain Taksim in the rhythm and circulation of Istanbul. To provide this unifying experience, to open up vital connections to surrounding elements, but also to create new perspectives we propose a new layer of walkways, platform and bridges which respect and complement the present layout of Gezi Park. They will provide new opportunities to stroll and cross thus connecting seamlessly to adjacent neighbourhoods (1). The westside of Gezi Park (Cumhuriyet Cd.) will be extended and raised. The street side will be equipped with two-storey facade fronts punctuated by two light green tower structures (2) which will provide vistas towards the park and Taksim Square.
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The new house fronts will have small street-side gardens, left and right of the tower structures. All houses will have terraces as well on the street side as on the park side. The houses will be able to provide a multitude of functions from shops, tea houses to community centres. They will strengthen Gezi Park on its west side while creating a boulevard in a lively urban setting on the street side. The green towers, gardens will provide a continuous flow from park to city and vice versa. To the north of this new boulevard, the former municipal park will be extended as well (3). To the south of the boulevard towards Taksim Square, an “underground park” with cut-open circles to let tree crowns grow into Taksim Square will strengthen the connection with the pedestrian underground transport system. An underground ramp will connect the metro station exit directly with the park (4). This new “underground park” will be a backdrop to a new bazaar building between Şht. Muhtar Bey Cd., Abdülhak Hamit Cd. and Taksim Square (5). At Taksim Square entrance of the Park where there are the main stairs, a Taksim memorial of walls which cut the stairs will be connecting the square and the garden to provide a connection to the green corridor in the north east. A new structure on this memorial place (6) will be erected. The building has two proposed parallel functions: a museum for the history of Taksim Square and a venue for contemporary arts. Furthermore, a temporary, light structure on Taksim Square (7) will trigger the participatory design process inviting people at the start of the making process of the project with the objective to communicate and build a number of built structures whose functions are not predefined. The exact number, size as well as uses and functions will be defined by the participating communities. Apart from girding the large square by a green belt of trees and a canopy which will redefine the edge of the square, Taksim Square itself will see no direct major changes as an open space. Rather it will become through the various elements described above, be transformed almost by proxy and woven into the new ensemble: All for Taksim, Taksim For All.
MAIN IDEA OF THE PROJECT
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Beyoğlu Evlendirme Taksim Art Gallery was Sarayı was demolished. demolished.
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The Republic Monument is opened at Taksim in 1928.
about Gezi shops, 1964.
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AKM designed by Feridun Kip and stopped.
AKM building was closed between 2008-2018 and demolished in 2018.
Tabanlıoğlu got the project and the new cultural center was opened in 1969.
Hayalet Yapılar / Ghost Buildings
Taksim Topçu Kışlası was demolished.
The new AKM complex is designed by Tabanlıoğlu Architects and will be opened in 2021.
Taksim Topçu Kışlası was proposed to be reconstructed as a shopping mall.
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Gezi Park is opened.
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The Cistern part of Taksim Maksemi was opened as Taksim Republican Art Gallery
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Taksim Maksemi was renovated by TAÇ
Taksim Maksemi was constructed to collect and distribute water.
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EVENTS ARTIFACTS
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Gezi shops are demolished.
First McDonalds is opened at Taksim.
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Istanbul Kültür Sarayı was designed by Feridun Kip and
Taksim Topçu Kışlası was constructed
Gezi shops are designed and opened at the edge of Gezi Park.
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government on April 13th, 1909, followed by those in other barracks across Istanbul. This date corresponds to March 31st, 1325 on the Rumî Calendar then used Abdülhamid II was deposed.
mnemonic emancipatory urban sculptures alive uefa cup mnemonic On May 17th, 2000 Galatasaray achieved a rst in Turkish football emancipatory history, winning the UEFA Cup cultural
Twenty sculptures were commissioned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic in 1973, to be erected in public areas. This project went down in history as the most important sculpture event of the 1970s. Most sculptures were placed in public parks and the work called “The Two of Us” by the sculptor Namık Denizhan was erected in Taksim Gezi Park.
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Turkish Republic was founded.
team Arsenal in the nals. Upon their return to Turkey, the Galatasaray football team took a tour of the city with the UEFA cup, and got together with their fans in Taksim Square.
Gezi Protests: In 2013, trees were cut down in Taksim Gezi Park in order to reconstruct the protests by ecologists, and Taksim Square became the government demonstraacross the country
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The sculpture series commissioned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Republic enhanced the visibility of ne arts in Turkey. İsmail Hakkı Öcal’s “Abstract Sculpture” was erected in the vicinity of The Marmara sculpture was among the works selected during that transpired in Taksim Square.
Square and its environs
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On May 1st, 1977, the Labor Day was celebrated in Taksim Square with
demonstrators were killed. The perpetrators of the massacre were never
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HISTORY AND CHALLANGES
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Taksim has always been a place for
of The Turkish Republic. It has always been and emancipatory character makes it such as May Day or Gezi protests take place in Taksim.
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Taksim is always alive. It has cafes, bars, restaurants for -
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Taksim is a cultural hub. It has theatres, cinemas, concert halls, art galleries, cultural centers and
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boulevard library
former municipal park
Today Taksim consists of diďŹ&#x20AC;erent disconnected patches: the square, the monument, the junction on the north-western edge of Taksim Square proper, the boulevard, Gezi Park, the former municipal park north of Gezi and the Library Park. The consequence of these disconnected entities are spatial voids, unlinked level diďŹ&#x20AC;erences and complicated crossings Underpasses and busy side streets add to the confusion. What is more, the new square has lost the relationship with its surroundings and has become out of scale.
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DIAGRAMS
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connections
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SPATIAL WEAVING
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* The red hexagons on the diagram do not represent the form of the structures but just reflect the design principle.
Participation Infrastructure: Design/Build Process 1. Detail open structure design build. Prerequisites: robustness, modularity, fast build time, adaptiveness, indoor/ outdoor compatibility 2. Define spatial distribution of locations for all potential open structures 3. Provide an infrastructure grid for all potential locations (water, electricity, communication) 4. Build a prototype open structure and showcase potential use scenarios 5. Fine-tune specifications for further with stakeholders 6. Build further structure(s) Participation Process 1. Build a framework for the participation process with rules, regulations, roles and responsibilities for participants as well as budgets and timelines 2. Build a communication structure to promote the process and publish results (web, social media, billboarding, on-site communication) 3. Make an open call for participation and personally invite all critical stakeholders 4. Start specification procedure. In the process define governing structure for use models and (if applicable) economic model 5. Fine-tune specifications with the design team
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SOCIAL WEAVING
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along the boulevard
cafes and the new walking path
inside the market place
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ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
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underground park
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SECTIONS
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looking from the tower gardens
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SECTIONS
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participation public
NGOs
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COMPETITION
PHASE 1
stake holders
decision making
international core design-team
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architect
artist
historian
urban planner
graphic designer
sociologist
landscape architect
curator
civil engineer
architect
process designer
designer
architect
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STRUCTURE OF THE TEAM
architect / landscape designer
architecture student
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