ISTANBUL STUDIO FALL 2009 All Images and Text © Weldon Pries 2016
Istanbul - The City and the Sea
Special Topics Studio ARCH916 5th Year Fall 2009 Professor Weldon Pries
The Seven Hills and The Golden Horn
Istanbul and Turkey are emerging as Western, Islamic, and secular societies. Strategically located at the intersection of Europe and Asia, and at the center of world trade routes over land and sea, Istanbul expresses historic and present-day cultural influences in its layering and form. The evolution of the city and its urban design and architecture embrace the diversity of its people, cultures, and civilizations. In 2010, Istanbul will become the European Capital of Culture, with the theme of the Four Elements, connecting Europe to the East.
The city of seven hills, where the soaring mosques, palaces, and Orthodox churches rise, surrounds the shimmering Golden Horn, a natural harbor of transportation, fishing, and commerce. The majestic skyline of domes and minarets forms the backdrop for the city on the water. Around the Golden Horn, ethnic groups of Muslims, Jews, Armenians, Greeks and Europeans, and recent immigrants have settled in neighborhood communities.
Istanbul Project - The Seven Hills and The Golden Horn
The studio addresses the role of cultural influences and architecture in the evolution of the city and its form and urban design, with the unique relationship to the Golden Horn. Included is the future formation of the architecture of the water's edge for dwelling, culture, commerce, and recreation, with the environmental restoration of the Golden Horn for transportation and fishing.
The project phases include research and documentation of urban design with focus on the methodology of analysis for cities, urban design proposals of "urban modification" in the communities, bazaars, and industries along the Golden Horn, and related architectural design projects for the new formation of the city and the water's edge.
This project will contribute to the understanding of a significant "world city" in a critical geopolitical region, and of urban design in cities globally. Travel opportunities will be explored, as well as the involvement of Istanbul architects and professors at Mimar Sinan University and Istanbul Technical University.
Team Urban Analysis
Students
Corey Carreiro, Benjamin Guertin, Margaret Jackson, Aidan Lindh,
David Ngo, Brendan O’Rourke, Michael Paganetti, Chelsea Proulx,
Julie Scheel, John Tomaz, Jonathan Vergara
Figure Ground Drawings - Evolution of Istanbul
Urban Analysis
Spatial and Figure Ground Analysis
Topography and Urban Massing - City Sections and Elevations
Spatial Analysis - Mosques
Urban and Spatial Analysis
Digital Model
Student Urban Design Projects
Corey Carreiro
Benjamin Guertin
Margaret Jackson
Aidan Lindh
David Ngo
Brendan O'Rourke
Michael Paganetti
Chelsea Proux
Julie Scheel
John Tomaz
Jonathan Vergara
All Images and Text © Weldon Pries 2017
