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The National Urban Design, Planning and Landscape Competition on Zonguldak Lavoir Protection Area and its Surroundings
Zonguldak, Türkiye 2010

Zonguldak Lavoir Protection Area

The National Urban Design, Planning and Landscape Competition on Zonguldak Lavoir Protection Area and its Surroundings

Black Diamond of Zonguldak: Future of the Coal Lavoir Area Coal production facilities have played a critical role in the formation and location of Zonguldak’s urban texture for many years, with the city shaping around these facilities on steep slopes. Currently, the major problem of Zonguldak is the extreme density of the city center, the chaotic vehicular traffic and the inadequacy of the...

Landscape and Urban Design Project Competition of İzmit Waterfront
Kocaeli, Türkiye 2010

İzmit Waterfront

Landscape and Urban Design Project Competition of İzmit Waterfront

An Ecological Coastal Line to Izmit Izmit found itself thrown in a rapid process of industrialization starting from the 1950s and bears the traces of an unplanned urban development that undermined its urban identity. Rather than a mere waterfront development putting make-up on the city, the project looks for answers towards making Izmit a livable and sustainable city. The emphasis is on strategic ...

Landscape Planning and Urban Design Project Competition on the 1<sup>st</sup> and the 2<sup>nd</sup> Development Zones of Uludağ National Park
Bursa, Türkiye 2009

Uludağ National Park

Landscape Planning and Urban Design Project Competition on the 1st and the 2nd Development Zones of Uludağ National Park

Uludağ National Park   Uludağ National Park was declared in 1961 and gradually, the park area expanded and has reached its current 27.300 hectares. Access to the national park is possible with three different means: highways, aerial cable cars and chairlift. In addition to these, many hiking tracks exist throughout the park, especially on the valley bottoms and in the north-south slopes. The...

National Urban Design Project Competition of the Ziyapasa Neighborhood Mimar Sinan Park
Adana, Türkiye 2008

Ziyapasa Neighborhood Mimar Sinan Park

National Urban Design Project Competition of the Ziyapasa Neighborhood Mimar Sinan Park

Adana park – Seyhan River All over again…   The recent history of the project area reveals a geometric urban pattern featuring formal orange gardens. This formal geometry has been one of the pillars of our design approach aiming for sustained continuity between the past and the future. The other pillar of our design is the flow; the motion, the act of going from one place to the other. Building...

Idea Competition for Maltepe Regional Park
Istanbul, Türkiye 2007

The Seed: Maltepe Regional Park

Idea Competition for Maltepe Regional Park

The Seed: Maltepe Regional Park The origin point for the new life of the Maltepe Regional Park, the Seed of the project, is the Social and Cultural Center, while the proposed lake is the nurturing point of the park. By transforming the vehicular road splitting the park in half into an underpass, continuity is achieved for the wild life and the natural habitat. The project is conceptualized as a...

National Urban Design and Architectural Project Competition for Kızyakup City Park
Bursa, Türkiye 2006

Kızyakup City Park

National Urban Design and Architectural Project Competition for Kızyakup City Park

Bursa Kızyakup City Park   The leading role of Bursa in modernization has impacted the surrounding settlements, with all the master plans featuring grid-plan neighborhoods for immigrants, forced into the organic urban texture. Mass migrations to Bursa following the years of the Early Republic resulted in unplanned urbanization on the periphery of the city and neighborhoods unfitting to the...