Mimarist, sa.63, ss.77-83, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)
DESIGN
PRINCIPLES FOR LIVABLE AND IDENTIFIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD UNITS: COMPARISON of KADIKÖY and ATAŞEHIR EXAMPLES in
ISTANBUL
With the 1980s, attempts to develop sustainable and
livable setting environments, planning and design principles have been adopted
from the reinterpretation of "traditional neighborhood design" which
is based on the interaction of natural and socio-economic structures. In this regard, the protection of biodiversity,
increasing resistance to climate change by the help of designing healthy,
dynamic and livable neighborhoods are often confronted by the concepts
discussed in the international literature as human-centered design, sustainability
and authenticity of a place. The purpose of this study is to determine design
parameters for livable and identifiable neighborhood units in the context of
sustainability and to examine these parameters by comparing two different
neighborhood examples (Bahariye-Kadıköy and West Ataşehir) from Istanbul. Overall the field investigations applied upon the spatial
determinations, particularly at West Ataşehir developed since 2000s has exposed
an automobile dependent and self-oriented neighborhood life style, where the public
spaces were excluded, human scale, sense of belonging and safety principles were
eliminated. Therefore, it has been revealed a life that is far from being a
“social and physical sub-region” has been imposed.