The year started by looking at Nakagin Tower by Kisho Kurokawa in Tokyo.
This project represents our prejudgements for only understanding only one way of living in dense cities is building high-rises.
Highrises separate our personal space from the ground level, creating spaces that lack any shared spaces with the city. The capsules are the extremely compact living spaces not much different than the condoniums that became the standard for living in today's cities.
This project represents our prejudgements for only understanding only one way of living in dense cities is building high-rises.
Highrises separate our personal space from the ground level, creating spaces that lack any shared spaces with the city. The capsules are the extremely compact living spaces not much different than the condoniums that became the standard for living in today's cities.
We are trapped by the idea of stacking one floor above another in order to live denser. We are building towers that only has one ground level even in cities with hills. In cities like Istanbul, treating a sloped landscape as if it was Manhattan, results in tragic failure. Streets become unwalkable, buildings that claim to be one of the highest buildings in Europe becomes invisible at many locations of the city.
What is the point of trying so hard applying formulas that are beautifully working in flat cities; to cities like Istanbul?
There must be other ways of living denser not necesarily depending on verticality.
When the vertical iconic fails, the iconic landscape can win.
My project is an investigation on building a streetless city, where the building becomes city, providing density that does not depend on verticality.
There must be other ways of living denser not necesarily depending on verticality.
When the vertical iconic fails, the iconic landscape can win.
My project is an investigation on building a streetless city, where the building becomes city, providing density that does not depend on verticality.
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