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'Istanbul is Yours', Istanbul Haliç Coasts Design Competition, Zone 5th
The project won the first prize in the urban design competition for the 'Istanbul is Yours', Istanbul Haliç Coasts Design Competition Zone 5th, Istanbul in 2020.
(Re)Charging Podgorica - The Rivers and the Circuits
(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...
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Urban Design Competition for the Kadıköy Urban Square
The project won the third mention award in the urban design competition for the Kadıköy Urban Square, Istanbul in 2020.
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Alanya Urban Square and Seaside
Interface of the City and the Seafront: Alanya Square
Alanya’s past contains important specimens, prehistoric and historic, such as the Damlataş Cave, Historic Bazaar, Red Tower, the Citadel as...
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Adana Urban Park
Urban Park Project has 48.650 m2 area that is located at the central part of Adana city, in Seyhan district, having 500 m. distance to Seyhan River. The major idea of landscape design is to protect exi...
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METU - Culture and Convention Center, 'Atatürk and Education' - Open Space Design
The project won the second prize in the urban design competition for the METU - Culture and Convention Center, 'Atatürk and Education' - Open Space Design, Ankara in 2018.
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Konya Çamlıbel Historical Site
Tavus Baba Mosque, Tomb, and Historical Bath in Çamlıbel Site, Konya – Meram Konya – Meram, Çamlıbel Site Urban Design Project is placed in Konya Meram District, within boundaries of Selam and...
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'Onsekiz Sekbanlar' Historical Martyrdom
‘Onsekiz Sekbanlar’ Martyrdom
‘Onsekiz Sekbanlar’ is known as the first Martyrdom in Istanbul after Mehmed II, The Conqueror Ottoman Sultan, occupied Constantinople in 1453 and transformed into an...
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Istanbul International Finance Center
A Sustainable Finance Center for Istanbul
IIFC with its 69 hectares project area is located at Anatolian side of İstanbul on the crossing of two major vehicular axes of the city, i.e., TEM and D-100 h...
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Atatürk - Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa Boulevard
İstanbul Gazi Mustafa Kemalpaşa Boulevard –Plane Trees for a Public SpaceGazi Mustafa Kemalpaşa Boulevard, one of the major, longest on the north-south axis, intersected almost with all main streets...
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The Recreational Area for Historical Fevziye Park
An Example for Sustainable Historical Landscape Sites: Bursa Fevziye Pavilion and its Park The Historical Fevziye Pavilion and its Park are in the central area of Bursa, Molla Arap Neighborhood. They a...
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Kaplıkaya within the Scope of Bursa Silk Road Project
Kaplıkaya within the Scope of Bursa Silk Road ProjectThe Historical Silk Road that had served as trading bridge between Asia and Europe, had hosted for carrying and transferring thousands of goods of...
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Urban Design Competition for the Spectacle of May the 19th
Blue for Sea – Green for Spring: A Representative Statement of the May the 19thIn keeping the topic of the competition, the major goal of the project is to propose rehabilitation of the waterfront, to ...
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International Competition of Bandırma Design Park
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...
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Outer City Wall of Diyarbakır
An Urban Exhibit that Challenges Time: Diyarbakır City Wall – Outside the Wall – Unique Wall (Sur – Derve – Yekane)
Landscape Design Project of Diyarbakır Outer Fortress is located between the old...
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Manisa 'Ulu Cami' Mosque and its Protected Surroundings
Manisa Grand Mosque Sits Back the Spil MountainLocated in the central district of the Province of Manisa, by the foothills of the Spil Mountain, the project area is surrounded by the Mevlana Road to...
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Rehabilitation of Historical Yedikule ‘Bostan’s and Agriculture Park
Agricultural Space | Edible Landscape: Yedikule ‘Bostan’s
Active-passive green areas and urban open space balance, which are practiced in cities around the world, are now gaining a more...
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BJK Vodafone Park, İnönü Sports Complex
BJK İnönü Sports Complex – Vodafone Park
Beşiktaş Gymnastics Club (Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü, BJK) was founded in 1903 and is the first sports club of Turkey. The fan group of Beşiktaş, nicknamed t...
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Ordu Boulevard - Divan Road
İstanbul Ordu Boulevard – A Roman Axis or the Divan RoadOrdu Boulevard, almost centrally crossing the Historical Peninsula in İstanbul, extends towards Aksaray Square, and is connected with Vatan...
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Çukurova Regional Airport
Transportation through a Cultural Landscape: Çukurova Regional Airport
Shielded from the harsh central Anatolian climate by the Toros Mountains, the fertile plains of Çukurova attract a high...
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National Competition on New Martrydoms of Gallipoli Historical Site
Witnesses of Gallipoli - Landscape of Respect
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Urban Design and Architectural Project Competition on an Urban Square of Adana Seyhan Sucuzade Neighborhood
An Urban Encounter in Adana – Seyhan: Sucuzade Maidan
The Project site and its immediate surroundings can be described as a synthesis of multi-cultural urban texture, daily urban life components, and ...
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Morocco Casablanca Waterfront, Urban Design and Architectural Project Competition
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...
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Nature Park of Hatay Kisecik
Hatay Kisecik Topography Park
Kisecik Nature Park, which is located inside the agricultural landscapes of Antakya, is a recreational, entertainment, cultural and athletic area truly springing from ins...
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Tarsus Urban Square
Tarsus Square and Cleopatra Gateway
The Cleopatra Gate is one of the three main gates of Mersin Tarsus, which used to be a port city. Also known as the “Sea Gate”, this trace of the Byzantine past ...
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İstiklal Street
İstiklal is Reviving …
İstiklal Caddesi, also known as Cadde-i Kebir or Grand Rue de Pera, has become a symbol of İstanbul for its own sake, independent of its association with Taksim. It is an...
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Istanbul Land Walls - 'Kara Surları'
Istanbul Land Walls ‘Kara Surları’ had been lived for centuries, served as Byzantine, Constantinian, Theodosian, and Ottoman city walls for protection, survived against natural disasters, wars, and cal...
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An Idea Competition on Urban Design and Architecture of Konyaaltı Coastal Line
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...
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Idea Competition for the Nodes of National Park of the Gallipoli Peninsula
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,...
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Idea Project Competition of Kurbağalıdere Valley
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 ...
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“Green” Urban Design Project Competition for Çanakkale City Square and its Surroundings
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...
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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 day, and will demonstrate that the city and nature can bec...
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Idea Project Competition of Urban Design, Planning and Landscape on Gallipoli Historical Peninsula National Park, Ağadere Hospital and the Memorial
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,...
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Urban Design Project Competition for Orhangazi Square and its Vicinity
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 ...
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National Urban Design Project Idea Competition on İsmetpaşa Street and its Vicinity
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...
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Invited Competition on Urban Regeneration Project for Ankara – Yenimahalle Mehmet Akif Ersoy Neighborhood
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...
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Environmental Design and a Visitor Center for Kars Ani Ruins
Kars Ani: Memory and Nature
The province of Kars is located on the border with Armenia and is the last stop of the Turkish railway system in Eastern Anatolia. The Oriental Express operating...
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Ahlat Seljukid Meydanlık Graveyard
Heritage of Ahlat: Seljuk Meydanlık Graveyard
The district of Ahlat, located on the northwestern edge of Lake Van in the province of Bitlis, is home to the largest historic Muslim Cemetery in the worl...
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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...
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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...
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METU Technocity Türk Telekom Research and Development Center
Architecture-Landscape Integration: METU Teknokent Telekom Research and Development Center
The Telekom Research and Development Center Building, which was designed as a part of the Technocity...
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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 ...
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Bilecik Hamsu Valley
Bilecik Hamsu Valley
The Hamsu Valley physically divides the Bilecik morphology (hills and deep valleys connecting them) into two along the east-west axis. Urban regeneration and transformation mod...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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The Walk of Landscape Architecture between Academia and Profession: on experience
...The firm of “on”
and its team aims to always be on the balance beam for academic and
professional approaches. The major intention behind the establishment of this
office was to contribute to...
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‘From Theory to Practice, Dreams and the Truths'
Inönü University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the sixth session of the 'Mesleki Pratik Söyleşi' series on...
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'Urban Design Talks'
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 ...
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2018 Capital of Tourism: Tabriz
Presentations by Oktan Nalbantoğlu on "new methods of sustainability to ensure urban development in cities" will be held on December 3, 2016 in Tabriz, Iran.
The seminar intends to develop a new...
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'ilk on' Exhibition, Historical Sirkeci Train Station, Istanbul, 2018
‘’ilk On’’ Urban and Landscape Encounters: The Story of On Tasarım, founded by Oktan Nalbantoğlu, meets up companions from science and art community, private and public institutions, and colleagues fro...
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'ilk on' Exhibition, TSMD, Ankara, 2017
‘’ilk On’’ Urban and Landscape Encounters: The Story of On Tasarım, founded by Oktan Nalbantoğlu, meets up companions from science and art community, private and public institutions, and colleagues fro...
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IFLA 60th World Congress, CODE RED for Earth
The Walk of Landscape
Architecture between Academia and Profession: “on” experience
"The presentation
assumes that there is an urgent need for calling a balance between our cities
and n...
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'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...
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'Becoming Landscape Architect'
İnönü University, Department of Landscape Architecture has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the first Series of Professional Practice , 'Becoming Landscape Architect' on November, 2023....
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Istanbul Land Walls - Topkapı Kaleiçi Square Urban Design Competition, 2022
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...
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Contribution to the Profession Award
Contribution to the Profession Award is presented to Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the Landscape Architecture during of his career, by...
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From Theory to Practice, Dreams and the Truths
Inönü University, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture has invited Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan Nalbantoğlu at the sixth session of the 'Mesleki Pratik Söyleşi' series on...
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'Istanbul is Yours', Istanbul Haliç Coasts Design Competition, Zone 5th, 1st Prize
An National Urban Design Competition, 'Istanbul Halic Coasts" asked designers to create an innovative solution for one of the seven sites through the Halic Coasts, in Istanbul.Asst. Prof. Dr. Oktan...
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'Landscape as Collective Memory..'
UCTEA, Chamber of Landscape Architects and International Federation of Landscape Architects - Europe has organized the 7th International Landscape Architecture Congress within the scope of Landscape...
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'ilk on' ON TASARIM Exhibiton, Ankara, Istanbul, 2018
‘’ilk on’’ Urban and Landscape Encounters: The Story of On Tasarım, founded by Oktan Nalbantoğlu, meets up companions from science and art community, private and public institutions, and colleagues...
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Competitions are unresolved issues of our professional life in Turkey
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...
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About The City
If you do not take guidance of urban culture that makes up the memory and character of the city, that design cannot go beyond being a theatrical scene or a decor.
Tasarım Dergisi: Currently, many new ...
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2018 Capital of Tourism: Tabriz
Presentations by Oktan Nalbantoğlu on "new methods of sustainability to ensure urban development in cities" will be held on December 3, 2016 in Tabriz, Iran.
The seminar intends to develop a new...
Read more