1. Edition - January 2010
29.90 Euro
2010. 144 Pages, Softcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-74319-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-74319-5 - John Wiley & Sons








Detailed description
All eyes are currently on Turkey with Istanbul's status as European Capital of Culture 2010. It makes it a pertinent moment to take stock and to look at Turkey's past, present and future, bringing the nation's cultural renaissance and evolution to the fore internationally. Since the early 2000s, Turkey has undergone a remarkable economic recovery, which has been accompanied by urban development and a cultural flowering. Positioned between an expanding European Union and an unstable Middle East, the country provides a fascinating interface between the Occident and the Orient. Taking into account the current political concerns with consolidating Eastern and Western cultures, Turkey is poised at a vital global crossroads:

* Tackles aspects of globalisation and the potential threat that a rapid rolling out of an overly homogenised built environment poses to rich local building traditions that are founded on specific, climatic, knowledge and cultural diversity.

* Provides an analytical approach that highlights specific aspects of Turkey's rich heritage and current design culture.

* Features work by established and emerging design practices in Turkey.

* Contributors include Tevfik BalcIoglu, Gülsüm Baydar, Edhem Eldem, Tolga islam, Zeynep Kezer, Ugur Tanyeli, ilhan Tekeli and Banu Tomruk.

From the contents
Editorial

Helen Castle


Introduction

Turkey: At the Threshold

Hülya Ertas, Michael Hensel and Defne Sunguroglu Hensel


Extended Thresholds I: Nomadism, Settlements and the Defiance of Figure-Ground

Michael Hensel and Defne SungurogØ lu Hensel


Extended Thresholds II: The Articulated Envelope

Michael Hensel and Defne Sunguroglu Hensel


Ottoman and Turkish Orientalism

Edhem Eldem


The Story of Istanbul's Modernisation

ilhan Tekeli


The Making of Early Republican Ankara

Zeynep Kezer


Medium-Scale Anatolian Cities: Conceptual and Physical Routes of Urban Transformation

Banu Tomruk


The Potential of Istanbul's Unprogrammed Public Spaces

Hülya Ertas


Current Urban Discourse, Urban Transformation and Gentrification in Istanbul

Tolga islam


Developing Cities with Design

Tevfik BalcIoglu and Gülsüm Baydar


Creating Interfaces for a Sustainable Cultural Programme for Istanbul:

An Interview with Korhan Gümüs¸

Hülya Ertas


Extended Thresholds III: Auxiliary Architectures

Michael Hensel and Defne Sunguroglu Hensel


Transforming Turkey: Eight Emerging Practices

Hülya Ertas


To Integrate or Not to Integrate?

Ugur Tanyeli


Practice Profile

Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A)

Mark Garcia


Interior Eye

Jil Sander Boutique and Derek Lam Boutique, New York City

Jayne Merkel


Building Profile

Raven Row, Spitalfields

David Littlefield


Unit Factor

The EmTech Wave Canopy 2009

Michael Weinstock


Spiller's Bits

Telling Stories ...

Neil Spiller


Yeang's Eco-Files

Designing for Low-Carbon Lifestyles

Mukti Mitchell and Ken Yeang


McLean's Nuggets

Will McLean


Userscape

Dynamic Light: The Media Facades of realities:united

Valentina Croci


The Museum is the Exhibit

Jayne Merkel


Site Lines

Library of Birmingham

Howard Watson