Antakya Köprübaşı Urban Design
Water splits the city in two. The old city and the new come face to face. The past inevitably overlaps with the present. The remembered time and the time of remembering overlap. We are constructing a memory table fed by the natural flow of the Asi from the water side and by the ordinary flow of daily life from the city side, the infrastructure is formed and the rest is left to this rich texture showing an ecotone character.
Water splits the city in two. The old city and the new come face to face. The past inevitably overlaps with the present. The remembered time and the time of remembering overlap. We are constructing a memory table fed by the natural flow of the Asi from the water side and by the ordinary flow of daily life from the city side, the infrastructure is formed and the rest is left to this rich texture showing an ecotone character.
Type
Urban Design
Location
Turkey, Antakya
Year
2024
Area
20500 m²
Status
Competition - 1st Honorable Mention
Client
Antakya Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Type
Urban Design
Location
Turkey, Antakya
Year
2024
Area
20500 m²
Status
Competition - 1st Honorable Mention
Client
Antakya Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Type
Urban Design
Location
Turkey, Antakya
Year
2024
Area
20500 m²
Status
Competition - 1st Honorable Mention
Client
Antakya Büyükşehir Belediyesi
The Asi River reinforces the threshold effect. The old city, the old bazaar, the old texture exist with their own dynamics, and so does the new city. Instead of trying to describe this interaction, we prefer to establish the infrastructure that they can exist and leave the rest to this texture that shows a threshold character. In its natural state, the Asi becomes a flowing and clean water. All the water, which is made on a city scale and stored through biological filtration, is now used for irrigation of as many public spaces as possible in the city.
The Asi River reinforces the threshold effect. The old city, the old bazaar, the old texture exist with their own dynamics, and so does the new city. Instead of trying to describe this interaction, we prefer to establish the infrastructure that they can exist and leave the rest to this texture that shows a threshold character. In its natural state, the Asi becomes a flowing and clean water. All the water, which is made on a city scale and stored through biological filtration, is now used for irrigation of as many public spaces as possible in the city.
Asi is intended to be touchable, to be an indispensable part of urban life, to be an element of curiosity and to bring the water back to the city level.
Asi is intended to be touchable, to be an indispensable part of urban life, to be an element of curiosity and to bring the water back to the city level.
A Respite Stop Between the Gaps of Memory
A Respite Stop Between the Gaps of Memory
A Respite Stop Between the Gaps of Memory
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