ATTACHMENT ++ : The Third Space in the Walled City Nicosia

Year 2010, Volume: 16 Issue: 39, 7 - 30, 01.12.2010

Aytanga Dener

Abstract

Attachments in the cityscapes are mobile, temporary, light, small, demountable units conceived to fulfill the urgent needs of the “others” that they confront in the third lived space. They are the prostheses supporting the disabilities of the ones who are not recognized, discriminated against and deterritorialized. This paper‟s main goal is to discuss the attachments designed by the practitioners from different disciplines as the transdisciplinary entities in between, art and architecture, present and future, symbols and everyday objects/structures considering the discourses based on socio-economic and ontological shifts –more encompassing perspectives on space and the spatiality of human life. The second goal is to evaluate the ideas and the projects proposed in the workshop, “Attachment ++” undertaken by the architecture students and their instructors in the historical walled city, Nicosia. The attachments designed in the workshop emphasize the dilapidated architectural environment and the ongoing sociopolitical, economic problems due to the conflicts between Turkish and Greek communities besides the needs of the inhabitants mostly migrated from Turkey and live in an enclave-habitat established to hold onto life. They are the symbols of struggle, resistance and hope. The paper is composed of three main parts: the

Keywords

architectural environment, attachment, Nicosia, symbiotic relation, struggle, third space, transdisciplinary, resistance

ATTACHMENT ++ : The Third Space in the Walled City Nicosia

Abstract

Şehir mekanlarındaki eklentiler, hareketli, geçici, hafif, küçük ve sökülüp takılabilir birimler, ötekilerin üçüncü mekanda karşı karşıya kaldıkları acil gereksinimleri gidermek üzere tasarlanır. Bu protezler, tanınmayan, ayrımcılığa uğramış yersizleştirlmiş kimselere engelleri konusunda destek olurlar. Bu makalenin ana amacı, insan hayatının mekansallığı ve mekan konularında daha kapsayıcı perspektiflere dayanan ve sosyoekonomik, ontolojik kaymalar üzerinde duran söylemleri gözönünde bulundurarak farklı disiplinlerde çalışma yapan kişilerce tasarlanan ve disiplinler ötesi, sanat ve mimarlık, şimdi ve gelecek, sembolik ve gündelik nesne/yapılar arasında birimler olarak eklentileri tartışmaktır. İkinci amaç, “Eklentiler ++” konulu atölye çalışmasında, Lefkoşa‟da, tarihi duvarlar içindeki alanda, mimarlık öğrencileri ve öğretim üyelerince önerilen fikir ve projeleri değerlendirmektir. Atölye çalışmasında tasarlanan eklentiler, köhneleşmiş mimari çevreyi, Türk ve Rum toplumları arasında süregelen çatışmalara bağlı sosyopolitik ve ekonomik sorunları ve Türkiye‟den göçerek bu alana yerleşen ancak yaşama tutunmak üzere içe kapalı bir yerleşim alanı oluşturan kişilerin gereksinimlerini vurgulamaktadır. Eklentiler, mücadele, direniş ve umudun sembolleridir. Makale üç ana bölümden oluşmaktadır: tanıtım, var olan yapılar ile ek birimler arasındaki simbiotik ilişkiyi ortaya çıkaran eklentiler, Lefkoşa‟nın sosyalmekansal durumu; kuramsal sorgulama; atölye çalışmasının sonuçlarının tartışılması

Keywords

direniş, eklenti, Lefkoşa, mimari çevre, mücadele, simbiotik ilişki, üçüncü mekan

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