Discussion of Spaces as Palimpsest Through an Architectural Design Competition Project: The Case of Student City Complex in New Belgrade

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 510 - 532, 30.07.2024

Senem Müştak Sevindik

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1410497

Abstract

Since their foundation, cities have been in constant change as physical spaces that directly reflect the lives of their inhabitants. The numerous layerings that urban spaces have undergone throughout their history and the continuity of this layering in a space has a palimpsest quality. This study discusses the spatial dimension of the palimpsest concept through the winning project from an international architectural design competition. In this competition, which created an international platform for discussion, the design approaches of the projects in the award group were comparatively evaluated within the framework of the palimpsest concept. As a result of the evaluation, it was concluded that using the palimpsest nature of cities, especially in historical areas, as an input is a design approach that produces holistic solutions in many aspects, such as protection of the space’s spirit, sustainability of collective memory and coexistence with the past.
Keywords: Palimpsest, Belgrade, international architectural design competition, urban memory, adaptive reuse.

Keywords

Palimpsest, Belgrade, international architectural design competition, urban memory, adaptive reuse.

Palimpsest Olarak Mekânların Bir Mimari Tasarım Yarışması Projesi Üzerinden Tartışılması: Yeni Belgrad Öğrenci Şehri Kompleksi Örneği

Abstract

Kentler, kuruldukları tarihten itibaren bireylerin yaşantısının doğrudan yansıdığı fiziksel mekanlar olarak sürekli bir değişim içerisinde olmuşlardır. Kentsel mekanların tarihi boyunca geçirdiği üst üste sayısız katmanlaşma ve bunun mekandaki sürekliliği palimpsest bir nitelik taşımaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında, palimpsest kavramının mekânsal boyutunun, uluslararası bir mimari tasarım yarışmasında birinci seçilen proje üzerinden tartışılması hedeflenmiştir. Uluslararası alanda bir tartışma platformu yaratan bu yarışmada, ödül grubunda yer alan projelerin tasarım yaklaşımları palimpsest kavramı çerçevesinde karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Değerlendirme sonucunda, kentlerin özellikle tarihi alanlarda izler barındıran palimpsest doğasının bir tasarım girdisi olarak kullanılmasının, mekânın ruhunun korunması, kolektif hafızanın sürdürülebilirliği ve geçmişle bir arada yaşama gibi birçok açıdan bütüncül çözüm üreten bir tasarım yaklaşımı olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

Palimpsest, Belgrad, uluslararası mimari tasarım yarışması, kent belleği, uyarlanabilir yeniden kullanım.

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