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URBAN COMMONS

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“We are almost there!” she says to her daughter, pushing the stroller on a beautiful sunny day on Istiklal Caddesi. As she nears the end of the avenue, they see children playing at the water fountains behind the Cumhuriyet Aniti. Parents and grandparents are watching, seated on the benches where it’s cool and relaxing because of the shade and the water mist. The square is a mix of calm and excitement, with people resting, playing, taking pictures, and visiting the info desk to learn what’s new at the park. She turns the stroller to follow the ramp up the Cumhuriyet Sanat Muzesi, where they had such a fun time last weekend in an art workshop for toddlers. As they reach the top, the plaza opens up around them. Children, elders, locals, and tourists are looking down into the museum through the sloped skylights. They continue, moving around people, and between trees to get to the playgrounds that are filled with musical swings and toys. She settles on a shaded bench to watch her daughter play. Near her she sees people passing: couples walking their dogs, individuals jogging, and groups of students chatting. After an hour of play, she decides to go on a walk in the park so that her daughter can rest in the stroller. As they exit the playground and continue into the park, the landscape shifts, leaving the joyful social sounds behind and greeting them with serene tunes of nature instead. Her steps lead them to various art installations scattered around in the park, providing glimpses into its rich history. The path takes them to another open area where they see people, lined up for the show taking place at the open theatre. Suddenly the energy is back, crowded with young professionals, art enthusiasts, curious souls who are clustering near the theatre and food vendors. They continue in the same direction for a bathroom break and refreshments. They end up getting ice cream to enjoy at the viewing terrace; an urban balcony with an unparalleled view overlooking the Bosphorus. As the sun starts to set, she sees the lights accenting the park and sparkling throughout like fireflies. Distant sounds from center stage signal live music is about to commence. She looks over to her daughter who is happily eating ice-cream and showing hints of her nearing bedtime. The park seems to be just getting started, but they might head home she thinks. Or maybe, they could stay just a little bit longer.” We envision a square reunited with the people and a park enlivened with its cohesive community. A destination that co-creates with its guests, a house that celebrates the culture. Through architectural and urban interventions that promote accessibility, adaptability, and arts, we revitalize Cumhuriyet Meydani and Gezi Park, to become Istanbul’s focal point of practicing democracy and inspiring the future.

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MEMORY MAPPING

Taksim suffers from neglect. Of all Major Metropols in Europe and North America, Istanbul spends the most amount on public spaces. However Taksim, once Istanbul’s greatest civic amenity, currently moaning for its glorious past. Taksim is, indeed, the very first Public Square of the newly established Turkish Republic. It is the place where the soul of water (Maksem), has given way to the soul of the democracy, that is rights, equity and access. The current conditions of Cumhuriyet Meydani and Gezi Park mirror its turbulent past. The conflict between the historic moments we celebrate and the ones we condemn has resulted in the utter neglect of this area. The square where people once gathered, socialized, celebrated or protested, turned into a concrete desert, a stranger to its people. The once lively park, turned into an in-between passage, its greens and historic landmarks ignored. The maltreatment is apparent both in their physical damages and the area’s psychological weight. While many of the problems are visible at the square and in the park, we reframe the problem by focusing on the user, and how they feel. Throughout May-June 2020, we conducted a digital survey where we had both Turkish and international Istanbul residents participate. When asked about current conditions, all answers were either negative or apathetic, and many of the answers utilized the keywords “cold”, “grey” and “unsafe” “unsafe”..Although the survey showed that the square and park were both believed to be of great importance incorporating keywords llike “historic” and “landmark”, it also presented that currently the area functions as HASHTAG MAP Data sourced from Instagram in May, June, and July (2020) mainly a transfer hub to other areas. ” The improvements they wanted to see directly addressed the feelings they had about Cumhuriyet Meydani and Gezi Park. While a significant majority reminisced the green which once dominated the area, nearly half of the respondents wanted to see less police , indicating the association of the police presence with the violent events in the history.

HASHTAG MAP Data sourced from Instagram in May, June, and July (2020)

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The survey was instrumental in understanding emotional consequences and expectations of such an historic timeline. In addition to how people felt, we also wanted to understand what the square and park meant to people, both local and tourists.

#comics #nature #dog #ipekkirpik

We conducted an Instagram analysis where we monitored the hashtags shared in Taksim and neighboring areas between the months of May - July 2020. We wanted to observe why people were in the areas, and what were the keywords they preferred to use to describe their experience and relation to those sites.

#architecture #lifestyle

#dudak

#gezi

#bread

#palace

#comics

#natu

#bag

Global Green Space Survey: Acres of Parkland / 1000 person

#tattoo

Global Green Space Survey: Acres of Parkland / 1000 person

#sahhaf

#art

#ipekkirpik

#makara

#arch

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#lifestyle

#mevlid

#photographclub

#bread

#istanbul

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#art

1 1

Toronto

London

NYC

Istanbul

Bombay

#dudak

#tattoo

#sahhaf

#gezi

#ba

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Taksim’s top three hashtags turned out to be “bread”, “organic bread” and “tattoo”, showing us the disconnect of the people from its historic value and genius loci. Despite the neglect, and the disconnect that it created, this 26 Football Pitches large Public Land couldn’t be striped of its virtues

Site Area Scale Comparison

Taksim

Taksimİstiklal

#bread #bread #sahhaf #organicbread #organicbread #sanat #tattoo #tattoo #kitap

İstiklal

#sahhaf #sanat #kitap

Karaköy

Cihangir

Karaköy Cihangir

Karaköy

#komik #makara #eğlence

#komik #art #makara #photography #eğlence #karaköy

#art #art #photography #photography #karaköy #karaköy

Geographically, as a plateu, Taksim is the ultimate connector of the neighbourhoods with no alternative. Physically, with the iconic landmarks, vast scale, green landscapes, transportation infrastructure and historic moments of human rights advocacy, Cumhuriyet Meydani and Gezi Park have the foundations to become Istanbul’s urban commons.

Dolapdere Dolapdere Maçka Park Maçka Park Maçka Park #photography #photography #dog #dolapdere #dolapdere #nature #lifestyle #lifestyle #labrador

çe DolmabahçeDolmabahçe Nişantaşı

#dog #nature #labrador

Nişantaşı

#dolmabahçe #architecture #palace

#dolmabahçe #fashion #architecture #ombre #palace #design

#fashion #ombre #design

Elmadağ

Elmadağ Pera

Pera

#art #taksim #pera

#ipekkirpik #ipekkirpik #art буле#лавливстамбуле #лавливстамбуле #taksim #fashion #fashion #pera

Galata

Galata Sıraselviler

Sıraselviler Sıraselviler

#galata #istanbul #turkey

#galata #tattoo #istanbul #taksim #turkey #ink

#tattoo #taksim #ink

Galataport Galataport Talimhane

#istanbul #istanbul #dudak lub #photographclub#photographclub #fillers #artwork #artwork #‫رغاسکینیلک‬

#tattoo #taksim #ink

Talimhane Talimhane #dudak #fillers #‫رغاسکینیلک‬

#dudak #fillers #‫رغاسکینیلک‬

Gezi Park

Gezi Park Taşkışla

Taşkışla

#gezi #occupygezi #istanbul

#gezi #taşkışla #occupygezi #architecture #istanbul #art

#taşkışla #architecture #art

Teleferik

u Gümüşsuyu Gümüşsuyu Teleferik #bag #design #handmade

#bag #nature #design #teleferik #handmade #maçka

#nature #teleferik #maçka

Harbiye

HarbiyeTünel

Tünel

#comics #collectibles #marvel

#comics #mevlid #collectibles #kuranıkerim #marvel #hediyelik

#mevlid #kuranıkerim #hediyelik

#nature Regional Culture and Nature Walk #teleferik

#maçka Gezi Park is the Gate to the green cooridor envisioned by H. Prost. Restituting the continuity of this system of parks is of utmost importance, both for the life quality of citizens and asTünel an uninterrupted ecological corridor. #mevlid #kuranıkerim #hediyelik

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How might we honor the spatial memory and restore the genius loci? How might we create a destination that is welcoming and inclusive? How might we engage the public and inspire the future? How might we build spatial resilience?

AE0718SR We believe our responsibility towards this spatial gem is to nurture where its neglected and to induce a natural flow of life, following the foot steps of the original design. Urban Commons is a collection of gentle architectural and urban interventions that give Istanbulians: ACCESS - A public space that is inclusive of and equitable for all. A place that meets everyones’ needs and prioritizes their well-being. ACTION - A place in the making with all its stakeholders. A destination with diverse programming that adapts to the times and what people want. ARTS - A cultural hub that educates on history through art works embodied within a “City Museum” as well as indoor and outdoor exhibitions throughout the park.

URBAN INTEGRITY CONNECTIVITY

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Hotel Integration

Non-existing Programming Lack of activities on site prevent it from being a destination

Elevated Park is accessible to all

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Lack of Safety - Police Presence

Lack of Access Elevated Park is accessible to all

Underground Bus Terminal

Current design does not support wellness, and lacks air and light

AtatĂźrk Library Integration The landscape around the library prevents it from fulfilling its potential

Non-human Centered Design Colossal pedestrian hardscape does not meet human needs

AKM Integration With three lanes width and fast traffic flow Mete Cad acts as an urban barrier between AKM and the Main Square

Policing the square Not enough restingofareas on the creates square an air of tension. Police being too visible promotes lack of safety

Lack of Access Elevated Park is accessible to all

Non-human Passing Centered Through Design The square mainlydoes acts as transfer pointneeds and lacks reasons to pause Colossal pedestrian hardscape notameet human

Cumhuriyet Monument Integration Past interventions on the site decentered the monument, leaving it too much on the way of everyday commute making it invisible to everyday eye. Monument deserves an intervention to promote its importance and value.

Lack of Access

Current design does not support wellness, and lacks air and light

Lack of Access

Elevated Park is accessible to all

Malnourished and Park incoherent canopy divided, design issegregated not in line with Existing Green spaces of Gezi is excessively and the original HenryLack Prostofdesign. Especially recently planted adds to a chaotic compartmented. free green space disallows people trees to interact. Fragmentation of Green Space spatial relationship . Existing Green spaces of Gezi Park is excessively divided, segregated and Lack of correct lighting in the park discourages night usage compartmented. Lack of free green space disallows people to interact.

15 Underground Bus Terminal

Elevated Park is accessible to all

Lack of Access

3 16 11 Lack of Safety - Underlit Areas

Elevated Park is accessible to all

Neglected Trees Space Fragmentation of Green

Lack of Access

AtatĂźrk Library Integration

Theitslandscape Intercontinental Hotel treats the park as a back yard on 3 edges. around the library prevents it from fulfilling its potential This hard edge condition also contributes to the unsafe feel of the Park Intercontinental Hotel treats the park as a back yard on its 3 edges. AKM Integration This hard edge condition also contributes to the unsafe feel of the Park With three lanes width and fast traffic flow Mete Cad acts as an urban barrier between AKM and the Main Square Park Parking Hotel Integration Fragmentation of Allowing Green vehicular Space parking inside the parkIntercontinental disrupts its function Hotel treats the park as a back yard on its 3 edges. Existing Green spaces of Gezi Park is excessively divided, segregated Lack of Access Thisand hard edge condition also contributes to the unsafe feel of the Park Lack of Access compartmented. Lack of free green space disallows people to interact. Elevated Park is accessible to all Elevated Park is accessible to all

IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS

Taxi Squatting Without designated spaces, taxis block the traffic flow

AKM Integration With three lanes width and fast traffic flow Mete Cad acts as an urban barrier between AKM and the Main Square

Fragmentation of Green Space

Non-existing Programming

Existing Green spaces of Gezi Park is excessively divided, segregated and compartmented. Lack of free green space disallows people to interact.

Hotel Integration Intercontinental Hotel treats the park as a back yard on its 3 edges. This hard edge condition also contributes to the unsafe feel of the Park

10 Lack of Safety - Police Presence

Policing of the square creates an air of tension. Police being too visible promotes lack of safety

13 Taxi Squatting

Lack of activities on site prevent it from being a destination

Lack of Safety - Underlit Areas Lack of correct lighting in the park discourages night usage

15 Underground Bus Terminal

Without designated spaces, taxis block the traffic flow

Current design does not support wellness, and lacks air and light

14 Passing Through

The square mainly acts as a transfer point and lacks reasons to pause

Park Parking Allowing vehicular parking inside the park disrupts its function

12 Lack of Urban Furniture

Not enough resting areas on the square

16 Neglected Trees

Malnourished and incoherent canopy design is not in line with the original Henry Prost design. Especially recently planted trees adds to a chaotic spatial relationship .

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ACCESS: Reshaping Public Space

SOFT EDGE 11 1

Gradual Curve

Natural

Terrace

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Play

Green Buffer

Statue

Fountain

Flex Event Space

HARD EDGE

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14 15 7

Steep Slope

Restricted Slope

Stairs

Low Barrier

Wall

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Existing Condition

10 11 12

Vehicle Obstruction

Unity: strengthen the flexibility and cohesiveness of the spaces. The current symmetrical parterre composition at Gezi Park is about imposing order on nature. It creates fragmented spaces to look at, rather than be in. We propose a large wide open space that is flexible and occupyable. Connectivity: improve access and movement. The complex changes of level in the park is an opportunity to configure the intermediate space between city and park, between public and private, between individual and group activities. We seek to create a more fluid passage and soften transitions without blurring the edges, but instead thickening them. Favoring ramps to stairs because they are accessible to all. The ramp taking you from Cumhuriyet Cd. to the upper promenade at Gezi provides a sequence of perspectives that unfolds as one ascends or descends. EXISTING FLOW Resiliency: Integrating economic, social and cultural policies is paramount to urban resiliency planning. Resilient policies underlying Taksim are turned into actions through the creation of the museum, cafĂŠ, playground, art walk that bridge the cultural / social / ecological / economical gap. Resiliency

EXISTING FLOW

PROPOSED FLOW

Existing Pedestrian Flow

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Spatial concept

Proposed Pedestrian Flow

AE0718SR Transportation Strategy Transportation needs for the project will heavily rely on existing public transport and the proposed pedestrian network. The team deliberately avoided proposing drastic changes to the current instrastructure, rather applied light interventions which are: - Street Parking is avoided in the main streets close to the square. - Road widths are decreased to 7m in Mete Cd and the turns are made sharper, favoring calmer traffic. This will result in a natural slow down, which will be safer for the pedestrians. - While Restoring back the original Ramp design by H. Prost, the Metro.Bus Enrty / Exit and the Elevator is relocated, integrated within the lobby design of the proposed Museum. Public Transportation

Vehicular Circulation

Pedestrian Circulation

Minibus Stop

Taxi Stands

Zebra Crossing

TAKSÄ°M - Minibus Line

Parking Lots

Bus Stop

Pedestrian Friendly Street

TAKSÄ°M - Bus Line

Drop-off

Pedestrian Movement

Metro Exit

Metro / Funicular Route

Nostalgic Tram Nostalgic Tram Route 70.20

TAXI

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Ebike and Escooter Charging Station

P M

M P

Slope

Main Lawn

The Yard

Street

Hotel and Commercial

Promenade

Sidewalk

Hotel and Commercial

Materials

Flex Green Space

Stairs and Amphiteather Building Tree container & Seating

Cafe Ramps

Amphitheater

Terrace for the view point

Multiple-purposed Sport Court

AE0718SR Green Strategy Gezi Park already offers undeniable benefits to the neighborhood and city, but some aspects need to be strengthened to further improve the environmental quality (air and water quality), and increase the economic, physical, and social health of Taksimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s communities. Gezi has the potential to create wildlife habitats, further reduce exposure to ultraviolet light, experience nature, improve health, create jobs and provide educational opportunities, and increase land value.

Adding new trees and sq.m of planting will create microclimate on Cumhuriyet Cd. and Taksim Square. Attention will also be given to selecting high albedo paving. The park will thereby provide a cool, comfortable, and clean environment not just within its boundary, but also as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;heat sinkâ&#x20AC;? and a giant air cleaning machine for the neighborhood. The design also seeks to combat air pollution by planting trees where possible. Trees help to settle out, trap and hold particle pollutants (dust, ash, pollen and smoke) that can damage human lungs. They also absorb CO2 and other dangerous gases and, in turn, replenish the atmosphere with oxygen. Trees remove gaseous pollutants by absorbing them through the pores in the leaf surface. Particulates are trapped and filtered by leaves, stems and twigs, and washed to the ground by rainfall. Preserving historical features of the park and minimizing the design intervention will offer environmental and energy savings over demolition and new construction. The collection of rain water on site and the selection of native species with lower water demand, allows for minimum irrigation.

AE0718SR The City Museum: Educating on the past for a divided present to enable a collectively better future. The definition of a museum is “an institution at the service of society and its development” [ICOM] and it holds a power that “shapes collective values and social understanding” (Luke, 2002:xiii). Therefore the proposal of the “City Museum” will not only unite the park and the square, but also, it will be a direct treatment to the disconnect between the people and the spatial memory. It will raise awareness and educate its visitors, and inspire next the generations through arts and cultural events. The placement of a museum and the programming that comes with it make a public space timelessly relevant and significant. By placing the museum under an elevated public plaza we integrate the museum in a non-invasive and respectful manner. The park gently peels upwards at the edges to make room for the entrance, while the ramps going up to the plaza are restored to create accessible connections to the plaza. The skylights placed on the roof of the museum also function as a public viewing deck into the museum exhibitions for the people on the plaza. Such architectural interventions support our goal to create a fully accessible and equitable public space. The museum will revitalize an area that is currently heavily underutilized. It will take care and support the liveliness of the park through outdoor exhibitions, an open theatre, and various events, while also spilling out to the park with a museum-cafe and an art-house that hold indoor exhibitions and workshops co-curated with and for the people.

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Activate Space and place

The aim of all activation has been to take as a guide local and regional interests, as well as climatic characteristics. Avoiding generic programs gives an opportunity to create a rich programmatic activity calendar tailored to the local communities. By creating spaces that can cater for events large and small, this allows full flexibility for the programmatic calendar of the Park. The variety of spaces caters for celebrations, ceremonies and festivities large and small. The Park can operate as a host for events from local to international. Local – food trucks, sports filed, playground City –city festivals, sports tournaments, movie nights… National – A place to congregate International Events – International Art Playground By closely interrelating cultural events with the calendar of the flora and fauna present in the park, all programs are integrative and integrated. Varying in scale from popular large events such as summer music concerts to smaller scale events such as beach volley tournament, Gezi provides an idyllic urban setting.

ITU TASKISLA

HARBIYE

INTER CONTINENTAL

ITU CAMPUS

TALIMHANE AKM

GUMUSSUYU

The Marmara Taksim

TARLABASI SIRASELVILER / CIHANGIR ISTIKLAL

Taksim Square and The Gezi Parki is the one of the most important public spaces of Istanbul. At the center of a very diverse community from different socio exonomic and cultural backgrounds such as students, academics, artists, creatives, dancers, designers, makers, entrepreneurs, doctors ect., this urban void is a Meeting Venue for people of Istanbul, as well as world travellers via various on site Hotels and Cultural Buildings Our proposals activity nodes is designed so that eveyone can find some reason to come to Taksim, to meet their “other”.

We applied a triangulation in order to maximize the use of the proposed and existing touch points of the user.

2. ROOFSCAPE PARK:

1. TAKSIM SQUARE:

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WINTER ICE RINK

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

MUSEUM SNEAK PEAK

FOOD & BEVERAGE VENDORS

MEETING & PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

RELAX & UNWIND

MUSEUM TICKETS

FESTIVALS & POP UPS

INFORMATION DESK

SPEAKERS CORNER

SKATEBOARDING

MEETING & PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

CONCERTS: “Atatürk Cultural Center organizes Opera nights in Cumhuriyet Square, and those who stay in Istanbul in August, like us, get to enjoy it. They turn the facade of AKM into a big digital screen so we get to see it outdoors. It’s a great activity with the family, it's the only place where our children like the opera!”

REMEBERING HISTORY: “It’s International Women’s Day! I will be attending the Women’s March and the festivities with my girlfriends for sure!”

3. THE REPUBLIC MONUMENT

“Taksim Square is a symbolic place for May 1st Labor Day to be celebrated, with the participation of numerous worker unions and citizens. The corteges approach the Square from the main avenues converging in Taksim. The celebration commences after a moment of silence in respect to those who lost their lives in the past”

REMEMBERING HISTORY: “I really like how the monument is now in a room of trees, it creates a calm pocket in all the busyness, as if to honor the monument while also allowing us to find some shade to sit at. I guess I forgot the significance of it since I just walked past it everyday on my commute without even paying attention anymore. Now the semi-hiddenness makes me more curious to go and see again and again. ”

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4. GEZI COMMONS: MEETING & PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

5. SCULPTURE GARDEN & ARTIST GALLERY/WORKSHOP: PICNICS

RELAX & UNWIND

On Stage: “With our arts collective we have organized a Performance Arts Festival through June. This year we have a performance every night since the festival was such a success last year, there’ll be theater groups, opera singers, folklore and modern dancers, traditional music groups. The audience is usually so diverse so it’s always good to have a good mix of performances. We’ll also have open-mic during the day for other artists to sign up and improvise. Those are my favorite.” “I look forward to summer, in July & August there are film screenings at the pneumatic screen placed on the central lawn of Gezi Park, and they show my favorite Old Yeşilçam movies. Between the movies themselves and the open air cinema the lawn transforms into, it is a very nostalgic experience.”

EVENTS FOR KIDS: “I am so excited for the concert this Sunday! I have been practicing with my friends from my elementary school in Dolapdere for the Gezi Park Children’s Park concert for over a month now. It takes every April but this is the first time I’ll be in it! We have been going to the park to practice at the stage there, it’s very fun to do it outdoors. My parents and my grandparents are also going to be there so I am very happy!”

MEETING & PUBLIC ACTIVITIES

OUTDOOR THEATRE

WORKSHOP: “This weekend has been packed at the Arts House, we had many young professionals join on Saturday, both local and from all around Istanbul for the workshops. Sunday we had workshops indoors for children, and that was also busier than usual as it was raining and families needed in door activities for the children. I had to do another trip to my atelier in Kurtulus to get more crafts supplies but it was definitely worth it!”

EXPLORE: “We love to walk over to Gezi Park with friends and stroll around to see the art installations that are scattered around. Every time we see a new one we have stimulating discussions on the art piece and what it represents. It is a relaxing yet inspiring experience.”

6. NATIVE BOSQUE & PROMENADE: RELAX & UNWIND: “Texted my friend to see whether she is available to grab lunch at the Gezi Park, she works at one of the hotels nearby as well. It is nice to have lunch at the park during the weekdays, if I go by myself I grab food from the food vendors near the hotel and relax at the lawn, and if I go with my friend we can go to the tea garden for the Bosphorus views. If we plan it prior, we sometimes do a mini picnic after work instead and walk to Harbiye through the park after.”

SAFETY AND SECURITY

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Lack of sense of safety is one of the major problems that prevent people from feeling comfortable in Gezi Park especially at night. “Eyes on the Park” is the urban design strategy proposed in order to enhance the sense of safety in Gezi Park and other public open spaces around it. In line with Jane Jacobs’ “eyes on the street”, besides night lighting and other measures to increase visibility, ensuring the vitality of the public open spaces by increasing their attractiveness will contribute in people’s feeling safe. Eyes on the street, eyes on the park Increase access and a “sense of safety” for people on street is provided by the existence of certain boundary between public space and private space and the existence of “eyes on the street” (Jacobs, 1961). - Increasde access and flow to bring more people to the park contributed to the sense of safety. - Decreased isolated and dark locations to encourage 24h hour access to the public space for all with no fear of crime. - Proposed wider pedestrian walkways and sharper turns on Mete Cd will naturally calm the traffic down an prioritize pedestrians - Additional Street Trees will help increasing sence of safety - Enahanced Pedestrin Level Lighting enhances night-time walking and provide a greater sense of safety. - A Branded New Parks organization for the parks of Istanbul will help the perception of sense of security.

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E A A

Paving Lights Lights embedded on the floor / pavement at Main Square

Bench / Planter Underlighting Lights embedded in raised planter/benches/retaining walls

B C

Flood Lighting for Active / Playground Areas Pedestrian Scale Flood Lighiting for active Areas

E F

Moon Lighting with Poles Tall Light Poles at the periphery of the Square - Not Center

H Interior Lighting

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C G

Relying on Interior Lighting from buildings at the periphery like AKM, Hotels, and also proposed Museum Skylights

Moon Lighting with Poles Tall Light Poles at the periphery of the Square - Not Center

Organization of the Working Team for Stage2

Scattered Lights “ Fire FLy Effect” Light Poles Scattered on the Eastern side of the Park to archive “Fire Fly Effecs”

LIGHTING STRATEGY

Ring Lighting

Ring of lights at the inner tree ring of Cumhuriyet Aniti, illuminating the Monument

Lighting is designed to help enhance the urban spatial qualities, embraces sense of place while increasing security and safety aof the places and strengthening the formal and functional needs.

As next steps we would want to explore potential of public public-private partnerships that can boost the livelihood of the site. Such partnerships could be artist residencies at the neighboring hotels, festivals collaborated with food vendors in the area and workshops designed by the creative community of Taksim region. An on-going collaboration with the local network and community will create a sustainable and adaptive model for the area to be active. Our diverse team comprises architects, urban planners, landscape designers, design strategists, hospitality consultants, service designers, museum consultants, historians, inclusive design consultants. transport consultants, artists, curators, entrepreneurs, qs, and cost consultant, structural and mep engineers, experience designer, communication designer, .

it is prefered to use downlighting to avoid light pollution and cast shadows (Moonlighting.) Pedestrian scale light luminaries, at floor and furniture, and making use of the lighting diffusing from buildings. Proposed Lighting Typologies are: A - Paving inserts Lights embedded on the floor / pavement at Main Square B- Bench / Planter Underlighting Lights embedded in raised planter/benches/retaining walls at the Promenade and Bosque Area C- Flood Lighting for Active / Playground Areas Pedestrian Scale Flood Lighiting for active Areas D- Moon Lighting w Polls Tall Light Poles ar th periphery of the Square - Not Center E= Mooniighting w Trees Luminaries on Trees like string of lights haning in trees at Taksim Bahcesi and the Tea House, F- Interior Lighting Relyin on Interior Lighting from buildings at the periphery like AKM, Hotels, plus proposed Museum Skylights G- Scattered Lights “ Fire FLy Effect” Light Poles Scattered on the Eastern side of the Park to archive “Fire Fly Effecs” H-Ring Lighting Ring of lights at the inner tree ring of Cumhuriyet Aniti, illuminating the Monument I-Light Installations Park to house light installations from time to time, seasonally comissioned and ever changing

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