Many problems caused by unplanned urbanization with the changing world make cities unhealthy places in terms of living conditions. Urban areas, which cannot respond to the physical, social and psychological needs of people, also create sharp boundaries between the public spaces that form the ground for interaction. The quality of the urban space, which is also defined as a meeting place where people come together and a micro-cosmos that brings people closer, is evaluated in terms of the happiness and social integrity of the inhabitants. At this stage, intermediate spaces and interfaces are discussed in current urban studies as dynamics that make public life strong, providing spatial and temporal continuity between the borders not designed within the urban fabric.
The hierarchical arrangement of these interfaces, which remain between the public and the private sphere, creates flexible, permeable spaces in the city. Therefore, the interface and in between space space potentials of the city should be revealed, not only for residual areas outside of planned production, but also for well-designed sustainable public space types. In this study, Asmalımescit Neighborhood of Beyoğlu District of Istanbul Province was selected as the study area. In the research, the concepts of interface and in between space were explained on an urban scale. In the sample of Asmalımescit Neighborhood, the interaction between the public space and the individual of the city was analyzed and the interfaces and in between spaces of the neighborhood, which is located in the center of a large urban area, were determined. In order to measure the quality of public space, new quality criteria for urban interfaces / in between spaces have been defined using the Project for Public Space (PPS) Method developed by Willliam Whyte and the GEHL Method developed by Jan Gehl. Aiming for the process of creating a qualified place in the public, open spaces of the Project for Public Space (PPS), which aims to increase the quality of life by creating a social relationship between people, to produce a better structure and environment, and to live in a cultural, social and physical environment. Sociability, Usage & Activity, Access & Connection, Comfort & Image features; Satisfaction, Protection and Comfort features of the GEHL Method, which support spatial features, activity at the eye level, urban areas that allow human interaction, are overlapped.
By combining these features on common grounds, 4 key features were studied under the titles of Publicity, Density, Relationship and Perception.
İn public feature, public open spaces, urban public spaces, walkable streets and streets and interfaces with public use grounds are examined. Variations arising from usage, accessibility and user profile in density feature were examined. In the relationship feature, the sensory bonds formed between the ground and the human are examined. In the perception feature, the factors affecting the perception of spatial features on the urban were analyzed.
These quality criteria were examined in the example of Istanbul Asmalımescit Neighborhood. The spatial quality graphs obtained as a result of the analysis were transferred to the map. Suggestions have been made to areas that spatially contain hidden dynamism.
Kentte yer alan ara mekânlar, kendiliğinden aktivite ve karşılaşmaların zemini olarak mekânsal ve sosyal olarak birtakım tecrübeler sunar. Ara mekânlar ve arayüzler kent dokusu içerisinde tasarlanmayan sınırların arasında kalan iletişim ve bağlantı noktalarıdır. Şehircilik ve mimarlık arasında işlevsel bağlantı kuran bu noktalar mekân ve zamansal süreklilikleri sağlayarak kamusal yaşamı güçlü kılar. Kamu ve özel alan arasında kalmış arayüzler hiyerarşik olarak düzenlenmesi durumunda kentte esnek, geçirgen mekânlar oluşmasını sağlar. Bundan dolayı, sadece planlı üretimin dışında kalan artık alanlar değil, iyi tasarlanmış sürdürülebilir kamusal mekân tipleri için, kentin arayüz ve ara mekân potansiyelleri açığa çıkarılmalıdır.
Bu araştırmada, arayüz ve ara mekân kavramları kentsel ölçekte açıklanmıştır. Kamusal mekân kalitesini ölçmek amacıyla, Willliam Whyte tarafından geliştirilen Project for Public Space (PPS) Yöntemi ve Jan Gehl tarafından geliştirilen GEHL Yöntemi’ nden faydalanılarak çalışma özelinde kentsel arayüz/ ara mekânlar için yeni kalite ölçütleri tanımlanmıştır. Bu kalite ölçütleri İstanbul Asmalımescit Mahallesi örneğinde irdelenmiştir. Mevcut arayüz ve ara mekânlara ait mekânsal kalite verileri incelenerek haritalandırılmıştır.
Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bilgilerle Asmalımescit Mahallesi’nde potansiyel arayüz/ara mekânlar tespit edilerek önerilerde bulunulmuş ve mekânsal olarak tanımlanmıştır.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Architecture |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | July 31, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 Volume: 3 Issue: 1 |