LEARNING FROM TAKSIM
HAFIZ MUSTAFA 1864
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THE AREA OFANDTAKSIM HAS LOSTA PLACE ITS CHARACTER HAS BECOME WHERE NOBODY WANTS TO SPEND TIME ANYMORE. ITBECOMING LOST THEA PLACE NATUREOFOFPASSAGE, A PUBLICWHERE SPACE,THE HISTORICAL EVENTS DO OFNOTTHEPLAYLOCAL A ROLE ANYMORE. THE HABITS COMMUNITY OF SPENDING TIMEOR TOGETHER OUTSIDE, HAVING A DRINK GOING DURING FOR A PICNIC TO THE PARK, FOR EXAMPLE RAMADAN OR BAYRAM, ARE NO LONGER VISIBLE. THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SQUARE HAS SLOWLY BEEN SHADED BY THE COMMERCIALISATION OFMONUMENT, THE SURROUNDINGS. APART FROM TAKSIM NO SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT HAS REMAINED UNALTERED. THE ATATURK KULTUR MERKEZI ,AKM. THE LANDMARK OF THE SPACE AND THE FACADE KNOWN THROUGH THE PICTURES OFDEMOLISHED. THE TAKSIM PROTESTS, HAS BEEN THE LOCALS DO NOT FEEL REPRESENTED BY THE NEW CHARACTER OF THE SQUARE. THEREFORE, THEY AND WEREATTRACTIONS FORCED TO INLOOK FOR NEW VENUES OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
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THE CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATIONS OFWITH THE THE SQUARE OVER THE YEARS TOGETHER DEMOGRAPHIC AND URBANTHEFRAGMENTATION OF THIS AREA DESTROYED CONNECTION WITH ITS PEOPLE. THE CHANGES WERE NOTOFJUST FORMAL, BUT THE ALSO IN THE MEANING THE SQUARE FOR COMMUNITY. HISTORICALLY TAKSIM SQUARE REPRESENTED A PLACE OF PROTEST AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC FORUM ANDINHABITANTS CULTURAL OFCROSSPOINT. IT BELONGED TOTHETHECULTURE ISTANBUL. WAS VIBRANT AND THERETAKSIM WERE ALTERNATIVES FOR ALL PREFERENCES. WAS A MEET, PLACE REGARDLESS TO SOCIALISE,OF WHERE EVERYONE WOULD CULTURE, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAD OR SOCIAL STATUS. THE COUNTERCULTURE A PLACE TO EXIST NEXT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. INOF THE FIFTIES THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER THE AREA STARTED TO CHANGE, WHEN THE FIRST HIGH RISE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT, LIKE THE THE HILTON OFFICERSHOTEL, CLUB, NINETEEN NINETEEN SIXTY SIXTY FOUR, NINE. AND
CURRENT SITUATION
FREE ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIAN RESTRICTED ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS
HOW INTRODUCTION LOSE THE COLLECTIVE MEMORYDID OFWETAKSIM?
WHAT DOES NOT FUNCTION TODAY? WHAT ARE THE MAIN PROBLEMS OF TAKSIM
TODAY AND THEHOWACTUAL CAN THEYSQUARE BE SOLVED? WHY DOES NOT WORK AS A PUBLIC SPACE? WHAT IS MISSING? TAKISM IS THE CLEARLY NOTSTAIRS A MEETING POINTPARK ANYMORE. MARMOR OF GEZI WERE IN THE PAST THE YOUNG PLACE POPULATION WERE BUSSESUSED USED TO STOP, SO THE TOTHISMEET HERE ANDATSITALLONTIMES. THE STAIRS, MAKING AREA ALIVE MOVING THE BUS STOP HAS STOLEN PART OF THIS TRADITION. BUT HOWSITTING CAN WEAREAS BRINGAREPEOPLE BACK? PROPER ALSO MISSING, ALL AROUND THE SQUARE. IF I WANT TO SIT IN A PLACE LIKE TAKSIM AND ENJOY SOME TIME WITH FRIENDS, I WILL NEED SHADOWTHEDURING THE HOT MONTHS. IN ORDER TO MAKE SQUARE SUITABLE IN THECANHOTPROVIDE TIMES, SHADOW MORE GREEN IS NEEDED. TREES BUT RIGHT NOW THEYTHEAREPAVEMENT. LIMITED TO POT TREES COMING OUT OF REGARDING THEFORINFRASTRUCTURE, THE ITSQUARE ISMISSING WELCOMING PEDESTRIANS, BUT IS A BIKE LANE CONNECTION. GEZI PARK HAS ALANE? CAR ACCESS, BUTHISTORICAL WHY NOT ADDING A BIKE ALSO, THE TRAM COMING FROM ISTIKLAL IS MERELY OFANTHEATTRACTION FORLOST TOURISTS. THE MONUMENT REPUBLIC ITS MEANING CD.ANDLOST ITS CENTRAL ROLE.IT DOESN’T CUMHURIYET ITS VARIETY, PROVIDE SHADOW AREAS,BASINS NOR PLACES TOREALLY SIT AND REST. THE WATER DO NOT HAVE A PURPOSE ANDIN THETHE CONCRETE PAVEMENT ABSORBS THE HEAT SUNNY DAYS. GEZI PARK IS BEEN REDUCEDPATHWAYS TO FRAGMENTED GREEN AREAS, PAVEMENTED ANDFROMPOOR URBAN FOURNITURE. GREEN AREAS FREE THIS STRUCTURES ARE VEGETATION NECESSARY INANDORDER TO PRESERVE THE LOCAL BRING PEOPLE OF THEIRBACK TOWN.TO ENJOY NATURE IN THE MIDDLE
SCENARIOS PAST.PRESENT.FUTURE ACTORS AND USERS
BASED ON THE AINTERVIEWS WEOF DID WITH LOCALS WECOMINGDEVELOPED SCENARIO POSSIBLE CHANGE FROM THE COMMUNITY. THESE SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS GENERATE THETHATDESIGNWILLTHROUGH APLACE QUITEIN NATURAL PROCESS, TAKE SEVERAL STAGES. IN ORDER TO CLARIFY THOSENARRATING STAGES WETHEDEVELOPED A OF STORYBOARD THREE MOMENTS PAST , BETWEEN THE YEARS TWO.THOUSAND.SIX AND TWO.THOUSAND.TEN;PRESENT ANDFROMFUTURE, TWO.THOUSAND.THIRTY, OF TAKSIM PERSPECTIVE OF THE DIFFERENT ACTORS. THE OUR INTERVENTION IS AOFSTARTING POINT AND AND THE REQUIRES THE ACTION THE CITIZENS MULTIPLE LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF TAKSIM IN ORDER TO RECREATE A LIVEABLE PLACE, FILLING IT WITH TEMPORARY ANDGIVE FLEXIBLE FUNCTIONS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BACKANDTHE LIFE OF THE NINETIES TO THE THE AREA TOTHEITSINTERVENTION REAL USERS.IS NOT A PROSTHESIS ATTACHED TOIMPLEMENT AN OVERUSED OLD WHOLE BODY, SYSTEM, BUT AN ANATOMICAL TO THE WHO SHOULD WORK AGAIN IN HARMONY.
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Based on the interviews we did with different local actors we developed a scenario of possible change coming from the community. These social interventions generate the design through a quite natural process, that will take place in several stages. In order to clarify those stages we developed a storyboard narrating the three moments of past - present- future of Taksim from the perspective of the different actors. Our intervention is a starting point and requires the action of the citizens and the
WESYSTEM SEEKTHAT TO CREATE A LANDSCAPE CULTURAL INVOLVES: CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SUCH ASOFTHEATRE AND ART ACTIVITIES EVENTS; PROMOTION LOCAL ECONOMY ECONOMY; DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF AS VEGETATION AND FUNCTIONAL AREAS SUCH URBAN GARDENS GARDENS; FOR COMMUNITY WORK AND OFAN OPEN PLATFORM THE EXPRESSION IDEAS.FORUM, WE SEEK TO OFCREATE A DEMOCRATIC FORUM A SIGN DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, A MEETING POINT AND A SQUARE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISTANBUL.
STATEMENT AS THE AREA CHANGED INTO A PASSAGE, THE
PEOPLE INANYMORE. TAKSIM ONLY PASS BY IGNORE AND DOEACH NOT INDULGE THEY EITHER OTHER, RUNNING TOOFTHETHENEXT MEETING EVEN OR TAKEIF RANDOM PICTURES PASSENGERS. YOU TO STAY, YOUCONTINUOUS WOULD BENOISE FORCED TOCOMING GOWANTED BECAUSE OF THE FROM BIG THE SCALE CONSTRUCTION SITES. THE UNUSED SPACES GIVEDOESN'T A SENSE OFWELCOME. SMALLNESS TO THE USER WHO FEEL THE CONCRETE PAVEMENT DOES NOT HELP IN THE HOT MONTHS AS ANDNO SHADE IS PROVIDED NOR AREAS TO SIT COOL DOWN. YOU WOULDN'T BELOOKABLELIKEOFINIMAGINING HOW THE SQUARE COULD ONE OR TWO YEARS. YOU CANNOT HOLDTO ONTO MEMORIES. ASTHEDESIGNERS WE WISH DELIVER AN THEM IDEA TOTO PEOPLE OF TAKSIM, IN ORDER FOR FEEL ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE SPACE. PROCESS OFFIRSTRECREATING THIS STOLEN PUBLIC OF ALLPEOPLE CAMESTAY? THE QUESTION: HOW DO WE MAKE THE WETHATSEEKINVOLVES: TO CREATE A LANDSCAPE SYSTEM CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SUCHLOCAL AS THEATRE AND ART EVENTS; PROMOTION OF ECONOMY; DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION OF VEGETATION AND FUNCTIONAL AREAS SUCH AS URBAN GARDENS; COMMUNITY WORKOF AND AN WEOPEN PLATFORM FOR THE EXPRESSION IDEAS. SEEK TO CREATEANDA FREEDOM DEMOCRATICOF FORUM, AASIGN OFMEETING DEMOCRACY SPEECH, POINT AND A SQUARE FOR THE PEOPLE OFTHEREFORE ISTANBUL. WETHECHOSE TO START FROM THE AS FOUNDATION, PAVEMENT, THE CONCRETE, ASUPPORTS SOLID ANDTHE PERMANENT ELEMENT, THAT TEMPORARY ACTIONS HAPPENING ONAS IT.A REMINDER OF THE OLD USE OF THE AKM FACADE ASWEAMAKE HANGING WALL FOR POSTERS AND SLOGANS THE NEW FASSADE A PROJECTION SURFACE, WHICH BECOMES THEAND BACKGROUND FOR THE PUBLIC CULTURAL ARTISTIC EVENTS HAPPENING IN TOFRONT OFPARK, IT. LEAVING ITS ACTUAL PURPOSE GEZI WECULTURAL WOULD LIFE LIKE HAPPENING TO INCLUDEINITTHEIN SQUARE, THE NEW CONNECTING ITTHEALSO THROUGH BIKESURFACE, LANES, AND DEVELOPING ACTUAL GREEN SPECIFYING ITS LANDSCAPE CONTENT. WE GARDEN IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING A URBAN AREA HERE, TOBETWEEN THE EXISTINGANYTIME. TREES THE AND ACCESSIBLE THE INHABITANTS COMMUNITY WILLEVERYBE PERSON THE OWNER OF BETHOSE SPACES AND WOULD ABLEEVERY OF TAKING WHAT THEY NEED FROM HERE, AS PERSON WILL OFBE THIS CONTRIBUTING TO THEIT WOULD MAINTENANCE MICROCOSMOS. BEFROMA THE COMMITMENT FORTOTHETHEWHOLE COMMUNITY, YOUNGEST OLDEST OFRESPONSIBILITY IT. WE THINKFORTHATSOMETHING THE SENSEALIVE,OFMEMBERS ASSINCE A GARDEN, IS A GREAT LESSON TO LEARN THE EARLY YEARS OF OUR LIFE.
THEBECOME REGAINEDPOTENTIAL SPACES STAGESEVENTS, FOR CULTURAL MARKET VENUES, URBAN GARDENS, SITTING AREAS,ANDWATER MIRRORS PLAYGROUNDS. A SPACE THATTHEY THEUSEARE CITIZENS CAN FOR THEIR PROJECTS ANDFORTHEIR INITIATIVESCOMMUNITY. THE
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WEPOSSIBILITY IMAGINE OFTHESTARTING AHERE, URBANBETWEEN GARDENTHEAREA EXISTING TREESTO THE AND ACCESSIBLE INHABITANTS ANYTIME. THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THE OWNER OF THOSE SPACES AND EVERY PERSON WOULD BETHEYABLE OF TAKING WHAT NEED FROM HERE, ASBE EVERY PERSON TOWILLTHE CONTRIBUTING MAINTENANCE MICROCOSMOS. OF THIS
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LEAVINGTOITSGEZIACTUAL ASOLDA USE REMINDER OF AKMTHE PURPOSE PARK, OF THE WE WOULD LIKE TONEW FACADE AS A HANGING INCLUDE IT IN THE WALL FOR POSTERS AND LIFECONNECTING HAPPENING ITIN SLOGANS WEA MAKE THE NEW CULTURAL THE SQUARE, FACADE PROJECTION LANES ALSOANDTHROUGH BIKE THE LANES, SURFACE, WHICH BECOMES DEVELOPING THE BACKGROUND FOR THE ACTUALSPECIFYING GREEN SURFACE, PUBLIC CULTURAL AND ITS ARTISTIC EVENTS LANDSCAPE HAPPENING IN FRONT CONTENT. OF IT.
PROPOSAL.DESIGN IDEA THE INTERVENTIONS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO TWO
DIFFERENT SIZES: MACRO AND MICRO. THE MACRO INTERVENTION HASFOUNDATION A PERMANENTOF THE CHARACTER, BEING THE NEW SQUARE. IT WHICH HAPPENSWILLONBETHESCRATCHED MATERIAL ANDLEVELENGRAVED OF THE PAVEMENT, INPURPOSE. ORDER WORKING TO LET THE GROUND BREATH AND FINDWANTSNEW ON THE GROUND MATERIALS TOCOMMUNITY BE A METAPHOR FOR THESTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE AND THE SOCIAL OF TAKSIM. THE MICRO TOINTERVENTIONS ARE SPECIAL ANDTHEYVERYCOME IMPORTANT THE POPULATION, BECAUSE FROM THE PEOPLEEVENTS, OF ISTANBUL. THESEINSTALLATIONS INTERVENTIONS ARE TEMPORARY HAPPENINGS, AND ANYA NEW KIND FLOOR OF INITIATIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY, FOR WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED AND TEMPORARY STRUCTURES CAN BE ADDED.
C THE PAVEMENT WILL BE THE STABLE
STRUCTURALWILLELEMENT, BUT THEFROMFUNCTION PLAYGROUND BE FLEXIBLE. WATER PLAYGROUND IN THE HOT DAYS TO STAGE FOREVENTS. DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC THROUGH THEURBAN DIFFERENCE OF LEVEL WE PROVIDE A FURNITURE ELEMENT ELEMENT, LIKE A BENCH WHERE PEOPLE TWOPARK SEMICIRCULAR AREASGROUND IN FRONT OF GEZI WILL BE THE TO LET THIS VEGETATION GROWN, IN WHAT WE CALL ,,URBANOF THE WOOD,,GROUND WHICHOFREPRESENTS ANIN INSTINCT COMING UP THOSE AREAS WHERE THE PAVEMENT IS REMOVED. THE UNDERGROUND VEGETATION, FREED FROM THESPACE STONEANDANDCREATES CONCRETEAN SURFACE, GAINS AREA TO SIT AND ENJOYTHETHESUNNY SHADOWDAYS.IN
MACRO STRATEGY THE PAVEMENT BECOMEOFANSTRATIFICATION ELEMENT OF URBAN FURNITURE.WILLINSTEAD
OFSETTLED FUNCTIONS ANDTERMELEMENTS WESOMEPROPOSE AOF LONG USE FOR AREAS THE SQUARE,STRUCTURAL WHICH ARECHANGES NOT GOING TO NEED ANY MORE IN THE NEXT YEARS. THE WALKING SURFACE OF TAKSIM ALREADY HAS LIVED MANY INTERVENTIONS OVER THE YEARS AND WEPAVEMENT WOULD WILL LIKE BETO THE GIVE STABLE IT A REST. THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, BUT PLAYGROUND THE FUNCTIONINWILL BEHOT FLEXIBLE. FROM WATER THE DAYS TO STAGE FOR DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND ARTISTICWE EVENTS. THROUGH THE DIFFERENCE OFELEMENT, LEVEL PROVIDE A URBAN FURNITURE LIKESIDE, A BENCH WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEAT ON ONE WHICH IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE TOWHOWHEELCHAIR USERSTO ONNAVIGATE THE OTHER SIDE, THE WILL BE ABLE THROUGH BARRIER.FREE FACILITY. SINCE THE NEED OFCORONA SOCIALPANDEMIC, DISTANCINGWE CAME BECAUSE OF THE IMAGINED THOSEEXTENSION LOWER OFAREASTHE OFMOSQUE THE FLOOR ALSO AS AN IN THE OUTER SPACE. WELIVINGPICTURES THOSE PEOPLE SPACES ASCANANFEELURBAN ROOM WHERE COMFORTABLE, LIKE ON THEIR OWN SOFA.
THIS OPEN AIR LIVING ROOMSUCH WILLASALSOTREES. NEED SOME PERMANENT SHADING, THEY ARE OFFUNDAMENTAL AND PERMANENT ELEMENTS THE DESIGN AND INPAVEMENT ORDER TOWILL LET THEM GROW, SOME OF THE BEFRONTREMOVED. TWOPARKSEMICIRCULAR AREAS IN TO OF GEZI WILL BE THE GROUND LET THISWOOD,, VEGETATION GROWN, IN WHAT WE CALL ,,URBAN WHICH REPRESENTS AN INSTINCT OFWHERE THE THE GROUND OF COMING UP IN THOSE AREAS PAVEMENT IS REMOVED. THE UNDERGROUND VEGETATION, FREEDGAINS FROMSPACE THE STONE AND CONCRETE SURFACE, AND CREATES ANSUNNY AREA DAYS. TO SITTHEANDCITYENJOYLIGHTS THE SHADOW IN THE DISTRIBUTED OVER THE ELEMENTS REST OF THE SQUARE WILL BECOME SHADING AND SOUND BOXES AT THE SAME TIME. THE MACRO STAGES: INTERVENTION WILL HAPPEN INOF THE DIFFERENT FIRST THE REMOVAL PAVEMENT WHERE NEEDED;OF SECOND A BUILDING PIT; THIRD THE LAYING THE EARTH BED FOR THE VEGETATION; FOURTH THE SHADING ELEMENTS; FIFTH THE FOUNDATIONS USE OF THE REMOVED STONES FOR THE NEW LAYERS AND THE STREET FURNITURE.
MICRO STRATEGY THE REGAINED SPACES BECOME STAGES FOR CULTURAL EVENTS, POTENTIAL MARKET VENUES,
URBAN GARDENS, SITTING AREAS, WATER MIRRORS AND PLAYGROUNDS. THEY ARE A SPACE THAT THE CITIZENS CAN USE FOR THEIR PROJECTS COMMUNITY.AND THEIR INITIATIVES FOR THE THE DEMOLISHED AKMTHAT FACADENEEDSREPRESENTS THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY TO BE PRESERVED. IT CAN STILL TELL A STORY. A GHOST FACADE MADE OF PROJECTIONS ON THE NEW BUILDING SERVE ASIN THIS A BACKGROUND TOTHETHESQUARE. EVENTSITWILL HAPPENING AREA OFOF WILL CARRY THE HISTORY THE EVENTS THAT TOUCHEDELEMENTS IT. ALSO WORK THE CITY LIGHTS.SHADING ASWHATAUDIO SPEAKERS ONWHICHTHELETOTHERPEOPLE KNOW IS HAPPENING SIDE OF THE SQUARE, WHEREVER THEY ARE ENTERING IT FROM. THOSE ELEMENTS PROVIDE SHADOW AND ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE DAY AND LIGHT DURING THE BECOMES NIGHT. THEA COMPANION SOUND COMING FROM THE BOXES FOR THETHEM PEOPLE WALKING ALONE AT NIGHT, GIVING AALIVE SENSEALSOOF DURING SAFETY THE AND NIGHT MAKINGHOURS. THE SQUARE IF USED REQUIRED THOSE ELEMENTS CAN ALSO BE AS SUPPORT FOR SAFETY CAMERAS.
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