'ona' culture, space and nature in design
The book titled ONA - Culture, Space and Nature in Design, prepared from the projects of “on tasarım” and which is a tribute to Atatürk on the 100th anniversary of Türkiye Republic, was published by YEM Publishing.
The book, which was prepared with the aim of contributing to the profession of landscape architecture and the entire world of architecture and planning, includes on design's previously unpublished landscape design and urban design projects. The projects prepared for different scales and different requirements are presented under the titles of "culture-memory, nature- preservation, square-street, waterfront-port, park-garden, education-health and housing-commerce". Exactly 65 design texts, drawings and color photographs are presented, including projects developed for historical and urban textures that have been frequently discussed and debated in recent times such as Istanbul Historical Peninsula, Land Walls, Galataport, post-earthquake Hatay, Haydarpaşa Train Station, Atatürk Forest Farm, Gallipoli Peninsula.
Oktan Nalbantoğlu, the founder of on tasarım, says the following about the book, which was prepared for publication in Turkish and English under the editorship of S. Ayşegül Tokol and designed by Deniz Gündoğan:
“As on tasarım, we have consistently advocated that preserving the unique values and context of cities and of public spaces that are essential factors of cities, contributes to awareness of citizenship, assets and priorities of democracy, equality, and freedom. We have made great efforts to establish solid foundations for this approach both in theory and practice. We believe that this effort nourishes the ideology and practice of art, architecture, engineering, and planning, and contributes to urbanity. .....
In our book ‘ona’ the reason for conceptual projectchapters is to classify unpublished materials from this second period and thoughts and words between sections. Those thoughts and words that we have placed between project chapters are not only quotations from academic and professional conference presentations, articles, and interviews, but also parallel to the very notion that we have a design idea and research at the beginning of every project, providing a reference to the content of the book. We have always paid attention to the synchronization of the text and visuals and their relationships, both in competition entries and in conceptual and implementation projects.
This book, that we present to you with pleasure, opens a door to the magical world of landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and architecture projects. We hope that stories, planning and design approaches we have tried to convey in their purest forms, will serve as a guide for both aspiring colleagues and youngsters of our professions, as well as a source of inspiration for experienced professionals.
With respect to the memory of Atatürk…”