Managing Growth
Different Aspects of Life, Nature and Human Interaction in the Urban Periphery: An Example from Istanbul
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Ilker Ozorhon, Guliz Ozorhon
The peripheries of cities are critical regarding the built environment-natural environment relationship. Especially in cities that do not fit within their borders, such as Istanbul, the periphery and those on the periphery are vital. As the city grows, it moves towards the periphery, towards nature, with various leaps and gradually swallows the countryside and greenery. There are multiple reasons why this happens. The first of these is that people who want to get away from the dense texture and chaos of the city are looking for a more peaceful and healthy living environment, and this search is encouraged by housing producers. Working in the city and living in the green surroundings is an attractive prospect. Unfortunately, this understanding threatens the urban periphery's forests, water basins, and rural agricultural areas. In this study, the Ömerli region, located at the urban/rural intersection in Istanbul, is examined from this perspective. What consequences do pushing residential areas and other urban instruments to the periphery have in terms of life, nature, and human interaction? Or what potential does this situation hold? With the analyses carried out within the scope of the study, different aspects of the settlement-nature relationship in the periphery are revealed through the Ömerli Region. These different faces are systematized through sequences, and the findings are evaluated with their positive and negative aspects for the future in the context of sustainability. The results of this study have significant consequences for the city's future planning.
Remembering, Learning and Realizing: Autochthonous Knowledge of the Past for Sustainable Buildings
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Guliz Ozorhon, Ilker Ozorhon
Issues such as zero waste, zero emissions, recycling, natural resources, and healthy living environments, which play a crucial role in our future, are urgent and priority issues that must be examined together under sustainability. From the built environment perspective, one of the first topics related to these issues is sustainable buildings. So, what comes to our mind when we say sustainable building? Or how to design a sustainable building? What does it look like? Where should we look for answers to these questions? This research points to the past to find answers to these and similar questions. Sustainability as a word or a concept is new, not in its essence but in scientific appearance. Therefore, past guidance is essential for the future's durable, healthy, and green environments. These settlements have lived in harmony with nature for hundreds of years and continue to do so. The success of this continuity lies in placing nature at its center. Observing nature involves knowing the climatic characteristics, rain, sun, and soil of the environment to which one belongs. This study examines the view of "sustainable life" in traditional settlement examples selected from Anatolia and how this awareness is integrated into the built environment. With the analyses, the dynamics that created these settlements are revealed. By examining the settlements, information and perspectives that may be useful for the sustainable buildings of today and the future is displayed.
The Power of Landscape-driven Design : Contemporary Urban Interweaves Proposal for Historic Salem, MA
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Myoung Joo Chun
As cities evolve in response to economic shifts, technological advancements, and historic and political changes, the dynamics of urban landscapes undergo continuous transformation. This study explores the potential for landscape-driven urban design in downtown Salem, Massachusetts. In a two-acre site, by leading with landscape, the graduate interior architecture design studio project aims to create a framework that accommodates contemporary ideas about urbanity and fosters a rich and vital city life for residents, workers, and visitors. The design studio delves into city context and processes shaping urban landscapes, emphasizing the intricate interplay between larger site contexts and specific project objectives. Through rigorous analysis and research, students aim to redefine the site for the city fabric and identity for the community.
Vertical Planning in the City: Asocial Form of Design or an Opportunity? View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Nir Mualam
Planning vertically holds promises and challenges. As cities grow up, their urban public spaces expand upwards, with cities now planning schools, libraries, parks and hospitals in multi-level towers, midrise and highrise buildings. Mixing private and public land uses on the same site, let alone in a vertical environment, poses various challenges. This type of mixed-use development is incredibly challenging to construct, finance, and run. This paper reviews the advantages and challenges of this type of development. We examine the nature and scale of this phenomenon during the last two decades, as well as its prospects and consequences. While focusing on Tel Aviv as a case study, we review public-private partnerships that enabled the city to co-locate public amenities next to residential, commercial, and office space. This trend has benefitted both developers and city administrators, yet it brings to the fore questions about possible tensions between land uses, the ways in which the public is consulted and the long term impacts of such development on city denizens.
