Istanbul – Site Investigation
Student Presenter(s): Stuart Jacome, Ariel Lorenzi, Antony Rosas, Eddy Voltaire, Elsie Torres
Faculty Mentor: Giovanni Santamaria
Department: Architecture and Design
School/College: School of Architecture and Design, Long Island
The goal of this investigation is to establish a framework that will permeate into our individual design proposals for Istanbul's Halic shipyard and urban plan. The initial analysis focuses on prevalent topics across dimensional scales, global to regional- trade, government, environment, energy, and demographics. This "layered biography" framed within the historic pcontext, and more specifically the post-industrial site of Halic Shipyards along the Bosporus River allows the team to better understand the city of Istanbul (Turkey).
These studies further inform the framework of six thematic and design-oriented approaches that synthesize the DNA of the current Turkey: Mismanagement of environmental policy, the inbetween nation, geopolitical unrest, reconstruction of national identity, Islamization to generate soft power, and towards an autocratic economy and spirit. A better understanding of the ongoing systems, and their interaction has enabled us to clarify the country's dynamics, introduce design proposals that could empower sustainable growth; balancing and improving ecological, urban, and social vulnerabilities.
The following video is the result of a team effort within the first semester of final Thesis Studio in the B.Arch program at the School of Architecture and Design of New York Tech.