Kadikoy housing layers

Mutiple cultural layered Istanbul

Layered Istanbul-Housing and social status

divided "communities" or intersecting grids?

Historic Layers of Beyoglu

 

Beyoglu witness different historical periods of Istanbul.

Tectonic map of istanbul

Waterfront of Beyoglu

Beyoglu Religion

 

Locations of Jewish synagogue, mosques and churches in Beyoglu

Overlapping of Age of Residences and Religious loctions

Jewish have moved out of this neighbourhood. Churches are mainly located in Karakoy(Galata, the most historical area of Beyoglu), while mosque spread over the neighbourhood, taking up both the historical and modern areas of Beyoglu.

Overlapping information about the wider area of Istanbul

topography soil condition

soil condition in Istanbul

Infrastructure Network

Crime rate_gated communities

Areas in Istanbul vulnerable to earthquakes

Tectonic Plates of Turkey

changes in neighbourhoods through out these years

Fener

 

Beyoglu

 

Kurtulus

 

Kuzguncuk

typology by district

Neibourhoods in Kadikoy

figure ground of Hagia Sophia

The first one shows the relation between neighbourhoods and mosque in Constantinapole, whie the second demostrates current Istanbul.

minority ethnic communities

 

Main minority ethnics includes Greeks, Jews, Ameniams and Lavantines. The diagram shows there locations and their neighbourhoods. Actually, some areas are mixed with several ehnics.

ISTANBUL FOOTPRINT & LAND USE

ISTANBUL WATER LAYERS

ISTANBUL TOPOGRAPHY

land uses

defining differnt urban grids and identities and their interconnections

model_experiments

patchwork city_patterns+grids

gated communities in istanbul

various locations of gated communities in Istanbul (which have the form of a tower)

During the last 20 years in the city of Istanbul, stressing the contradictions emerged in the city due to it uncontrolled, non planed and speculative growth.Just having a look towards the big new districts of Istanbul, the results of such unrestrained urban growth are more than evident: overcrowding of the urban environment, increase of the social class differences, disappearance of the characteristics of the original inhabitants, and social rootlessness of the new residents coming from Anatolia. Here are some examples of gated developments that act as communities-towers.

The photos are taken from the personal blog of Pablo Martínez Muñiz, Spanish artist / photographer based in Istanbul and Valencia.

Asian side, European side, Istanbul

Asian side, European side, Istanbul

Housing types along the defined axis

Happen to find this essay "The Transformation of House Types in Istanbul in Relation to the Socio-cultural Changes", may help us study topology of Istanbul.

Istanbul evolution by Weldon Pries Architect

Istanbul evolution by Weldon Pries Architect

Section of historical area & footprint