Urban Infill in the Tarlabaşı-Dolapdere-Feriköy axis
in Istanbul
An
Experimental Design Studio
FOR
THE “EURAU 2014: Composite CITIES’
İpek Akpınar1,
Şebnem Şoher2
1: Department of Architecture
Istanbul
Technical University
University, 34743, Beyoğlu / İstanbul / Türkiye
e-mail: akpinari@gmail.com ,
2: Department of
Architecture
Istanbul
Technical University
University, 34743, Beyoğlu / İstanbul / Türkiye
e-mail: soher@itu.edu.tr
Abstract
Istanbul has become a ‘theatrical stage’ for a radical
social and economic change through the populist policies welcoming the
multi-national investments and their spatialization with upscale architectural
vocabulary. The decade is characterized by destruction, eviction of urban poor,
restless rapidity combined with the accumulation of global capital. The
so-called urban transformation projects in the urban center bring about a
transformation that is intertwined with the social networks, economic and
cultural dynamics and that is rapidly gentrified and gentrifying via the
integration with the industry of culture. The city has witnessed a process
accompanied by the emergence of social, cultural, economic and spatial
segregation. The micro intervention decisions create new borders, new
enclosures and new thresholds on macro level.
In this framework, Dolapdere and its surrounding
neighbourhoods such as Harbiye, Tarlabaşı and Feriköy in the urban center
exemplify the representation of the above mentioned urban transformation.
Whereas Tarlabaşı urban regeneration project has resulted with the eviction of
the inhabitants of mostly low-income, immigrant groups; in Feriköy, larger
plots of former industrial facilities are now occupied by residential
highrises, introducing a new and fragmented urban grammar to the neighbourhood.
Following discussions and productions, conducted in a 7-week summer design studio in 2011, this
paper focuses on hybrid nature of the urban environment and how the intolerance
of the governance regime to ambiguities affect on it. Couple of the main
questions asked are: What kind of hybrid organizations are being generated
in the above mentioned, contemporary
urban conditions? What is the role of cultural institutions, civil initiatives
and bottom-up interventions in the context of Istanbul? Finally, how far can
school projects proceed in comprehending the contemporary issues and provide a
medium for discussing these issues?
Keywords: experimental
architectural design studio, urban theory, urban segregation, professional
ethics, infill
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