Open AccessA Landscape Matrix Proposal For Haliç (Golden Horn) Coastal Zone
Author(s) -
Arzu KUTKAM
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ecological perspective
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2792-0062
DOI - 10.53463/ecopers.20210063
Subject(s) - urbanization , landscape design , sustainability , geography , french horn , turkish , ecology , landscape ecology , environmental resource management , civil engineering , sociology , environmental science , engineering , habitat , biology , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy
The impacts of urbanization on landscapes andecosystems have been increasing globally. Howurban landscape is shaped, in other wordsdesigned, is a fundamental human activity interms of urban sustainability. Landscape is oftendealed with mostly by aesthetic concerns whichpresents sustainable/ecological/naturalqualities only at formal level, is limited bylegislative framework, hardly responds tohuman needs and behavioral patterns and lacksa holistic approach within the Turkish spatialdesign practice. This study aims to develop alandscape matrix in the example of Istanbul(Golden Horn) region as an open spaceoperation model within the existing urbantexture, which the built environment has beenrepresented with different layers of historicaldevelopments. The matrix presented in thisstudy presents a design process on the basis ofurban ecology as well as the physical and socialrelations of the study area located in the GoldenHorn, one of the cultural identity values ofIstanbul, formed by urban layers belonging todifferent historical periods. It is thought that theconstruction of the coastal and hinterlandrelationship through the open space system bothcontributes to the dissolution of the urbantexture towards the coastal zone andstrengthens the character of the waterfront.