Neighbourhood Patterns in Istanbul: From Historical Form to Manhattanization


Oruç G. D., Ertekin Ö., Dökmeci V.

ICONARP INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.172-190, 2017 (ESCI) identifier

Özet

During the last century, the transformation of Istanbul's urban structure from monocentric to multi-centric and its rapid population growth resulted in neighbourhood patterns which are spread across a large spectrum according to their location and their cultural, socio-economic and historical backgrounds. In urban settings, the potential environment is reinterpreted by its users, and is realized through the application of the space and time-specific societal norms within the context of technological advances. The present study investigates the selected neighbourhood patterns from historical to westernized, modern, postmodern (gated) and Manhattanized forms.