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PASSAGEWAY TO AYA TRIADA

HERITAGE OF HISTORIC AND MULTI-LAYERED CULTURES IN ISTANBUL LARGELY REFLECTS ITSELF IN SITES OF RELIGIOUS SURROUNDINGS…..

TODAY DIFFERENT LIFE-STYLES AND BELIEFS MEET ON THE STREETS AND SQUARES OF THE CITY…WHERE TAKSIM SQUARE IS TO LIVE AND SENSE THE REFLEXTIONS OF HISTORIC AND MULTI-LAYERED CULTURES.. …SIT..,WATCH.., HEAR AND INTERNALIZE LIFE ON THE SQUARE……

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PASSAGEWAY TO AYA TRIADA -

CONSIDERING THE HISTORICAL VALUES... BOTH A RATIONAL APPROACH AND PLANNING IS NEEDED FOR PHYSICAL AND SPATIAL REHABILITATION IN TAKSIM...

THE GROUNDFLOORS IN BEYOĞLU... LITERALLY TAKSIM, HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST COMMERCIAL VALUE IN THE CITY...

A PASSAGEWAY CREATED WITHIN AN ATTRACTIVE SPATIAL CONTEXT, MAKES WALKING EASY...

ACCESIBLE UPPER LEVELS INCREASES THE EFFECTIVE USABLE AREAS AND THE VALUE OF LAND/BUILDING FOR THE OWNERS… AS A RESULT OF PROPOSALS PRESENTED IN THIS PROJECT... PLUS ENABLING THE ZONING PLANS THROUGH COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL ASSETS WILL ENCOURAGE THE PRESENT LAND/BUILDING OWNERS TO MAKE NEW INVESTMENTS...

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CUMHURIYET PROMENADE

PEOPLE COME ….MEET…. DRINK TEA, COFFEE…..ENJOY THE SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE AND LIFE IN TAKSIM….THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE INSPIRED., WRITING…, POEMS… AND NOVELS…..

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CUMHURIYET PROMENADE WITH THE PROPOSITIONS, CUMHURÄ°YET STREET WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A PROMENADE IN THE PIAZZA OF THE TAKSIM CENTER...

- ALONG THE ALLEE: THE CAFES, FLOWER SHOPS, ISLANDS FOR SITTING, ENOUGH SPACE FOR ALL KINDS OF STREET EVENTS

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THE TAKSIM CENTER

THE TAKSİM CENTER WILL BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER COME FOR EXCITEMENT... EXPERIENCE ART... CREATIVITY... VISIT EXHIBITIONS AND THE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, GET ACQUAINTED WITH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ART...

READING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES WITH FRIENDS... LAUGHING AT HACIVAT AND KARAGÖZ IN THE CHAMBER THEATER... CABLE CAR LANDING (TO ATATÜRK LIBRARY)...

WATCHING GEZİ PARK IN THE WINTER... LISTENING THE MUSICIANS... BANDS...

PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA REHEARSALS... TO REACH TO FANTASTIC FLOWERS...

TROPICAL PLANTS... THE HIGHEST WATERFALL... AND MAYBE A SOLO PERFORMANCE IN THE STREET...

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THE TAKSIM CENTER -

A DEMOCRATIC PLACE FOR EVERYBODY, TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN ART AND NATURE, BROADEN ONE’S CULTURAL AWARNESSS AND COMMUNICATION...

GLASS ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTS POLITICAL TRANPARENCY...

PHYSICAL TRANSPERENCE CREATES A VISUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GEZİ PARK AND THE CITY...

ALSO THE OUTER SHELL OF THE BUILDING, SPECIALLY THE FACADE CAN BE DESIGNED TO RETAIN THE HEAT AND GENERATE ELECTRICITY...

TRANSFORMING CUMHURİYET STREET TO A PUBLIC SPACE (PIAZZA) OF (AND) ACTIVITIES…

PROGRAM : GROUNDFLOOR: - A THREE STOREY HIGH GREENHOUSE (c. 24 m X 30 m X 70 m) WITH A CAFE AND A WATERFALL...

- CHILDREN’S AMUSEMENT AND PLAY AREAS...

- AN ELDERLY CLUB...

- COVERED ENTRANCE TO TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES...

- PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BOOKSHOPS...

1ST-2ND UPPERFLOORS: - AREAS FOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICES - EXHIBITION AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL AREAS WITH FLEXIBLE SECTIONS FOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS OF THE CITY’S MULTICULTURAL INSTUTIONS (FROM MUSEUMS TO SCHOOLS) - SPATIAL AND TECHNICALY EQUIPPED FLOORS IN THE ROOMS, FOR ART, HAPPENINGS, MUSIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GATHERINGS, EVENTS...

3RD UPPERFLOOR: - İSTANBUL YOUTH CENTER: o CABLE CAR CONNECTION FOR EASY ACCESS TO ATATÜRK LIBRARY, DESIGNED TO SERVE İSTANBUL’S YOUTH... CHILDREN... STUDENTS... AND TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR STUDIES. o READING, THROUGH VARIOUS AUDIO FACILITIES... LISTENING BOOK-READINGS... STORY TELLING... o MUSIC ROOMS... INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION DESKS. o INTERACTIVE BROADCASTING STUDIO: ‘’TAKSİM LIVE’’ AND ‘’HERE AND NOW IN TAKSİM’’

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ATATÜRK CULTRAL CENTER (ACC) CANOPY IN THE SUMMER EVENINGS WE WILL BE WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THE LATEST SEASONAL EVENTS OF ACC ON FREE SCREEN …

ACC CANOPY ACC CANOPY İS A FREE STANDING CONSTRUCTION WITH LIGHTING, İNFRARED OUTDOOR HEATING SYSTEM, AND A ROLLABLE PROJECTION SCREEN AND SOUND (ALSO BLUTOOTH) FACILITY ..

SINCE EXSISTENCE OF THE (OLDER) BUILDING ,FRONT SQUARE OF ACC HAS ALLWAYS BEEN OPEN TO ALL SORTS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS .. AS A GATHERING AND A CONFORTABLE MEETING PLACE: CANOPY COULD BE IN AS A CONTRUBITION TO HIS PROJECT, COLLABRATION WITH THE ARCHITECT OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT VIOLATING HIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES..

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THE GEZI PARK AND THE GEZİ ARCADES GEZI ARCADES WALKING THROUGH THE GEZI ARCADES… PARK ON ONE SIDE…, TAKSIM SQUARE ON THE OTHER… PEOPLE CALLING : ‘’LIBERTY’’…WATCING THE WHOLE PARK JUST ABOVE THE TREES..

‘’GEZI ARCADES’’ CROWNING THE MAIN ENTERANCE OF GEZI PARK PRACTICALLY SERVES AS A COVERED CONNECTION BETWEEN METE STREET AND THE HEART OF TAKSIM SQUARE: ‘’THE TAKSIM CENTER’’ AND ALL THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES…ABOVE THE STAIRS TO PARK THERE IS A TRANSPERANT VIEW PLATFORM WHICH ONE COULD EASILY GO BY GLAS ELEVATOR OR STAIRWAY; VIEWING TAKSIM AND GEZI PARK JUST ABOVE THE TREES .., AND TAKING PICTURES AND CREATING MEMORIES…

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THE GEZI PARK AS I WALK THROUGH THE PARK I NOTICE SOMETHING HAS CHANGED..THE STONE WALKWAY IS BARELY TO SEE..IN BETWEEN PLANTS..,GRASS HAS GROWN…EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED BUT MEMORY IS THERE…THIS IS SOMETHING AS IF WALKING THROUGH THE TRACES (ARCHEOLOGIE ) OF THE PAST… THIS PLACE (CONTRARY TO ITS SHORT HISTORY) HAS EXPERIENCED SO MANY AND SO DIFFERENT HISTORICAL EVENTS...

EVEN AS A PARK BY ITSELF THERE HAS BEEN MUCH GOING ON… THIS PLACE WILL ALWAYS LIVE AS A PARK... AND EVEN MORE, AS NEVER BEFORE... WE RECOMMEND NOT TO TOUCH THE REMAINS OF THE PAST AND LET THEM GET OLDER AND DISSAPEAR BY THEMSELVES AND LET NATURE DECIDE AND PLAN IT AS AN ECOLOGICAL PROCESS...

LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROCESS : TODAY

TRANSITION PHASE: SHORT TERM : UP TO 20-30 YEARS BRAKING DOWN SOLID SURFACES AND OTHER MATERIALS (STONE PAVEMENTS, WALLS etc. ) INTO SMALLER PIECES THAT WILL ALLOW NATURE (GREEN) GROW IN BETWEEN… CREATING AREAS AND WALKING SURFACES FOR THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED..

TAKEOVER PHASE: CONTINUING...

LETTING THE ECOLOGICAL GROWTH PROCESS TAKE OVER THE TRACES OF THE PAST... GEZİ PARK…

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1. MORE THEN EVER THERE WİLL BE MUCH MORE GREEN ON THE GROUND...

2. ANYONE WHO WALKS ON THESE SURFACES (SHOULD) WALK ON THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST… 3. MORE SHRUBS (OF SECURITY HEIGHT) AND TREES WILL BE PLANTED WITHOUT DISTURBING THE ECOLOLOGICAL BALANCE AND HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF THE SITE. 4. THE CIRCULAR FOUNTAIN AND THE SURROUNDING STONE PAVEMENT WILL BE A SUNKEN LIKE BASIN, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE TRACES (STILL VISIBLE) OF THE PAST... SOMETIMES AS A FLOATING STAGE FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND HAPPENINGS... SOMETIMES AS A FOUNTAIN… OR IN WINTER AS AN ICE- SCATING RINK ...

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TAKSIM SQUARE ARRIVING AT THE SQUARE I FEEL THE STRONG FAMILIAR ATMOSPHERE OF THE WHOLE SPACE... IN PIECES... GROUND TEXTURES... TREES...A HUGE FOUNTAIN FILTERING THE TRAFFIC NOISE... I FIND MY WAY ALONG (TREES? TEXTURES? LINES? I CAN BE HERE AND THERE... THERE IS NO LACK OF ORIENTATION AS BEFORE. I SIT ON A BENCH FOR A WHILE AND WATCH PEOPLE GO BY...

TAKSİM SQUARE IS A PUBLIC SPACE, A TRANSPORT HUB LOCATED AT THE HEART OF THE CITY; COMMERCIAL TOURIST ACCOMODATION, RESIDENTAL AND CULTURAL SPACES... THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME AND GO ON DAILY BASIS. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE PROJECTS IS TO TRANSFORM TAKSİM FROM A PLACE THAT PEOPLE JUST GO THROUGH, TO A PLACE PEOPLE GO TO, STAY AND ENJOY TAKSİM… WITH ITS SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE, THE REPUBLIC MONUMENT WAS (IS) DESIGNED TO BE THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE SQUARE... AS THE CENTER EXPANDS… CHANGING LINES AND GROUND TEXTURES (SOME VERY SIMILAR) TREES... THE PERCEPTION OF BEING HERE AND THERE… FROM ACC (AKM) TOWARDS TARLABAŞI THE WALKING ROUTE THAT DIRECTS THE PEDESTERIANS PROVIDES A STRONG ORIENTATION IN THE NEAR AND DISTANT PLAN... WHICH IS EMPHASIZED PHYSICALLY: TRADITIONAL GARANITE PEBBLE STONE PAVEMENTS... SURROUNDING VEGETATION AND INTERCHANGEABLE SEATING SPACES... INSPIRED BY TAKSİM’S PAST TRAFFIC FLOW… THE BEGINNING POINT OF THIS PATH IS ACCENTUATED WITH A WIDE CIRCULAR FOUNTAIN... THE SOUND OF WATER MASKS THE MONONOUS TRAFFIC NOISE... BENCHES AROUND TO SIT AND RELAX…

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