Study Area

The core idea is to respond to these issues regarding Istanbul’s Taksim region including the Taksim Square, Gezi Park and Istiklal Street as a region that has been disintegrated and segregated with specific physical and cultural territorial borders. The participants will be invited to freely and flexibly develop their own understanding of public space and jointly produce their own place-making strategies on possible alternatives for the process of planning, designing and implementing change in public spaces in accordance to their scope, use and meaning. For readings on the history of Taksim Square and Gezi Park, please see Reading List and look at Dropbox and Websites.