{"id":7835,"date":"2025-01-21T05:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T05:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2025-01-21T05:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T05:45:10","slug":"city-rooms-sustainable-strategies-of-openness-in-sirkeci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arch.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=7835","title":{"rendered":"City Rooms: Sustainable Strategies of Openness in Sirkeci"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Openness is a multifaceted concept applied across disciplines like art, philosophy, political sciences, architecture, and urbanism. Despite its diverse interpretations, it consistently conveys ideas of inclusiveness and adaptability. Historically, openness evolved from the flexible systems of Baroque art to modern approaches like incomplete, adaptable structures and participatory design. It can be understood through structural, performative, procedural, and conceptual dimensions. Structurally, it embraces indeterminate forms enabled by construction technologies. Performatively, it addresses architecture\u2019s ability to adapt to changing human needs. Procedurally, it emphasizes collaboration, involving users in the design process. Conceptually, it challenges traditional notions of authorship and reasoning in architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Istanbul\u2019s urban fabric, especially in areas like Sirkeci, exemplifies complexity and heterogeneity. Sirkeci Station, the final stop of the Orient Express, represents the city’s modernization and its dual Eastern-Western identity. The addition of the underground Marmaray station has transformed the flow of people, making Sirkeci a vital urban node, though its connection to the city surface remains unresolved. The area’s ongoing transformation offers opportunities for urban design interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Fall 2024, the studio explored Sirkeci\u2019s layered urban fabric through openness, uncovering narratives embedded in its structure. The goal was to propose adaptive, inclusive, and sustainable interventions that respect Sirkeci\u2019s rich history while addressing its evolving urban complexity.
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Studio Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Elifnaz Kancan (Course Assistant)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Ezgi \u0130\u015fbilen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Melis S\u00f6zen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Meral \u00d6zdengiz Ba\u015fak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Yi\u011fit Acar (Studio Coordinator)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Zeynep Ege Odaba\u015f\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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