(Re)Charging Podgorica The Rivers and the CircuitsThe project rests upon a system thinking for improvement of existing natural, cultural, and physical contexts of Podgorica via...

New Time and Space in Bandırma: An Urban Park and Design Institute The project rests upon the idea of maintaining the existing natural and urban contexts and architectural heritage, and integrating...

  Casablanca Waterfront Again - Costablanca   Casablanca, the frontier city of Morocco to the western world, connects Africa with the Atlantic Ocean, but, the city has gradually lost its coastal...

 Antalya Coast Reunifies the Bey Mountains The most significant feature setting Konyaaltı, Antalya, apart from its other coastal peers is its geographical configuration, i.e., its location between the...

Nature Writes the History: Gallipoli National Park The main aim of this project is to ensure that what will be done in order to commemorate the martyrs does not endanger or dominate the peninsula,...

Ecological Renewal of Kurbağalıdere – Kuşdili – Kadıköy This project aims to develop a discourse that will breathe life into İstanbul’s Kadıköy, that will configure the future rather than saving the ...

New Çanakkale Urban Square: Collective Memory and Urban Ecology The most important feature that differentiates Çanakkale from its peers is its having witnessed the Çanakkale Wars, one of the most...

The Landscape of Respect: Gallipoli Peninsula The project marks the location of a field hospital that operated during the First World War. The visitor’s journey starts and finishes on the Dardanelles,...

Urban Design in Historical Ottoman Texture of Bursa: Orhangazi Urban Square and its Vicinity Bursa, one of the key centers of the Ottoman Empire, has faced both glory and destructions throughout its ...

Historical Urban Axis of Uşak: A Pedestrianization Project   Today, its many historic examples of civil architecture, mosques, inns and bathhouses function as an open-air museum. But, the city has...

Nev-i Derya: An  Ankara Boulevard and a Green Bridge Nev-i Derya regeneration project is located on the Anadolu Boulevard; on the north-south direction of the new westward development corridor of...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

METU MUD has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the second session of the 'Urban Design Talks' series on October, 2017 at METU Faculty of Architecture. Nalbantoğlu presented some of selected ...

The award ceremony of the Istanbul Land Walls Topkapı Square Urban Design Competition organized by the Planning and Project Directorate of Fatih Municipality took place on June 25, 2022.The proposal...

Arkitera, interviewed with Dr.Oktan Nalbantoğlu about ON TASARIM, professional office life, and the architectural / urban design project competitions in Turkey.. Oktan Nalbantoğlu: We, ON TASARIM, are...