Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The Dialectics of Urban and Architectural Boundaries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, Suzan Girginkaya Akdağ,Mine Dinçer,Meltem Vatan,Ümran Topçu,İrem Maro Kırış, Editör, The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham, Heidelberg, ss.57-78, 2021
Mixed-use projects which are gaining momentum in Istanbul due to urban developments, specifically in
the 2000s, may cause various disconnections and undefined spaces within the urban continuity with the
borders they create. The study aims at reading the relationship between mixed usages and urban patterns
through the concepts of boundary and threshold. Phenomena that are selected for the case study are two
large-scale mixed-use projects designed in different typology and architectural forms in neighboring
districts of Istanbul. Adopting the conceptual framework specific to urban enclaves, the analysis is carried
out through three main characteristics of the projects: namely form, ownership, scale, which are prominent
as mixed-use strategies. In this way, the methods of how these boundaries are formed according to these
characteristics corresponding to mixed-use strategies were investigated. While the study examines how the
projects in question join the city and their relationships with their close surroundings, it also provides an
opportunity to evaluate the impact of different strategic approaches, different physical environments and
architectural attitudes they present on the creation of the urban enclave form. In conclusion, the findings
related to the enclave characteristics of mixed uses were interpreted through their effects on the publicness
in the city.