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GezI Park District

Competition Entry by Building Office / Aras Burak in 2020

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Gezi <strong>Park</strong> <strong>District</strong><br />

Design Evolution<br />

+0m<br />

+3m<br />

SINGLE SURFACE<br />

ISTIKLAL<br />

ISTIKLAL<br />

A DIVIDED PATCHWORK, TAKSİM SQUARE<br />

AT THE MOMENT TAKSIM SQUARE IS IN TWO LEVELS, THE CONCRETE BASE AND<br />

THE GEZI PARK +3M ABOVE THE CONCRETE PLATE. WE SEE THIS DIVISION AS A<br />

PROBLEM; THIS DIVISION BREAKS ONE GREAT SPACE INTO TWO.<br />

MAKE TAKSIM SQUARE A SINGLE SURFACE<br />

BY INTRODUCING RAMPS STARTING FROM ALMOST CUMHURIYET ANITI, WE WANT TO<br />

CONNECT TWO LEVELS INTO ONE SINGLE SURFACE MAKING PUBLIC ABLE TO WALK<br />

EFFORTLESSLY INTO GEZI PARK. IN-FACT, EVEN MAKE TAKSIM EXTENSION OF GEZI<br />

PARK.<br />

BUILDING OFFICE | PAGE 6<br />

ISTIKLAL<br />

ISTIKLAL<br />

DEFINE A FOCUS AREA OF DEVELOPMENT<br />

REUSE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WE KNOW THE SENSITIVITY OF BUILDING<br />

ANYTHING PERMANENT IN TAKSIM SQUARE. THEREFORE WE WOULD LIKE TO<br />

MERGE TALIMHANE INTO THE COMPETITION AREA, TO REBUILD SOME OF THE<br />

BUILDINGS OR REUSE EXISTING STRUCTURES.<br />

MAKE THE GEZİ PARK MUCH BIGGER<br />

TALIMHANE SEEMS TO BE A CUT-OFF URBAN FABRIC WANTING TO EXTEND INTO<br />

TAKSIM SQUARE; WE WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE TALIMHANE AS NEW GREEN ZONES<br />

WHERE PEOPLE CAN REST AND ENJOY GREENERY.<br />

ÇEŞME<br />

ANIT<br />

ISTIKLAL<br />

ISTIKLAL<br />

PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS<br />

THE ALIGNMENT OF TALIMHANE SEEMS TO BE COMPLETING THE EXISTING<br />

CONNECTIONS MUCH HEALTHIER THAN ANY OTHER ALIGNMENT FOR THE GRID.<br />

DEFINING THE GRID OF TAKSİM SQUARE<br />

WE INTRODUCE A PIN / GRID SYSTEM 50x50, WHICH ALSO MATCHES THE CURRENT<br />

EXISTING BUILDING EDGES, MONUMENTS, FOUNTAIN to DEFINE THE FORMULA OF<br />

NEW DEVELOPMENT. THESE TOWERS WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

OF THE CITY SQUARE.

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