13-20.05.2015 | Taşkışla

Instructors: José Nuno Beirão (TU Lisbon), Pirouz Nourian (TU Delft), Ahu Sökmenoğlu (İTÜ), Ceyhun Burak Akgül (CBA Lab)

Organizers: G. Çağdaş (İTÜ), S. Sarıyıldız (TU Delft), J. Duarte (TU Lisbon-FAULT)

The aim of the workshop is to propose urban intervention scenarios for a historical deteriorated neighbourhood of Istanbul; Tarlabasi. Tarlabasi neighbourhood is currently subject to urban renewal consisting of a massive demolishment and large-scale constructions, leaded by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The urban renewal approach applied by the municipality is seriously criticized for not respecting existing historical urban patterns and social networks. Therefore, in this workshop we aim to produce alternative urban intervention scenarios on how Tarlabasi can be transformed without destroying its original character. Within this framework it is very important to identify site-specific particularities of Tarlabasi to further incorporate them into urban intervention strategies. We therefore introduce various computational urban analysis methods and techniques as a toolset that enables identification of diverse aspects of the site. In the scope of our workshop we will test how this toolset can be used to support design decisions in an inner-city urban intervention problem.