Making City Arnavutköy, Istanbul
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Urban and Landscape Quality<br />
Apart from functional and quantitative aspects related to the water<br />
catchment function, the proposal addresses the issue of urban and<br />
landscape quality. To concentrate and reinforce the character of the built<br />
and unbuilt parts allows envisioning an environment where both are closely<br />
intertwined. The quality of life offered by the plan resides in this double<br />
strategy:<br />
1. The strategy of concentrating enhances the qualities of both<br />
parts: the city become more urban, with better (public) accessibility<br />
and better proximity to amenities; the landscape more open, attractive,<br />
sustainable and robust.<br />
2. The strategy of juxtaposition (or contrast) is creating a unique<br />
living environment, where two different worlds are just a few steps apart.<br />
For the future inhabitants, to be able to have a combined use of an urban<br />
and a rural environment, will offer a quality of life which is rare and definitely<br />
exceptional in a metropolis.
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