MEDITERRANEAN CITIES INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ISTANBUL 2010

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INTRODUCTION

During the second half of the 20th century, most Mediterranean cities underwent major exchange phenomena such as immigration and tourism, and also emergency scenarios such as wars or natural catastrophes, those have led and will continue to lead to the destruction of the city’s urban form and hastened in new opportunity constructions. During this period, most cities grew away from the centre in the form of large-scale scattered extensions of housing areas, which misunderstood the modern-movement typologies and urbanism. New ghettos emerged due to a bad relationship with the historical city, lack of public space, low construction quality and non-flexibility in housing typologies.
Common aspects may be found in the specific geographical area, which is complex and diverse, of the Mediterranean sea-shore cities, from North to South and from West to East. These cities are located in a context very different from those in the vast central European or the American continents, for they find themselves on the verge of an intellectual and physical context that is struggling and thinking its urbanism and its way to settle on the territory. We may also point out a specific and common Mediterranean clime that undoubtedly affects most of the form and environment situations that led to the modern-movement principles and basic aspects: a common cultural and historical development. These cities settle in their territory by providing concrete answers to different conditions. These answers merit a specific analysis and deserve to be related to their specific future solutions.

EDUARD BRU

STUDENTS / STAFF

Eduard Bru, Master (ETSAB-Barcelona)
Emre Arolat, Comaster (Istanbul)

Suha Özkan, Advisor (METU-Ankara)

Xavier Llobet, Coordinator (ETSAB-Barcelona)

Team Professors:
Berke Debensason (ITU-Istanbul)
Cenk Dereli (ITU-Istanbul)
Robert Saliba (AUB-Beirut)
Nicola Canessa (UNIGE-Genova)
Evren Aysev (ITU-Istanbul)
Banu Tomruk (ITU-Istanbul)

Tutors:
Ebru Omay (YTU-Istanbul)
Enric Llorach (ETSAB-Barcelona)
Pol Martin (Mies van der Rohe Foundation-Barcelona)
Ipek Akpinar (ITU-Istanbul)

Students:
Özkan Karababa (METU-Ankara)
Gizem Deniz Güneri (METU-Ankara)
Dina Saadallah (Alexandria Uni.)
Cansu Inal (YTU-Istanbul)
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Antoine Khalil (AUB-Beirut)
Samer El Sayary (Alexandria Uni.)
Dila Gökalp (ITU-Istanbul)
Karima Lamdolt (ENSAM-Marseille)
Greta Solari (UNIGE-Genoa)
Joan Maroto (ETSAB-Barcelona)
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Mathilde Marengo (UNIGE-Genoa)
Angel Illescas (ETSAB-Barcelona)
Isik Özge Özbek (BILGI-Istanbul)
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Malek Hobeiche (LAU-Beirut)
Sara Favargiotti (UNIGE-Genoa)
Maria Gagliardi (ETSAB-Barcelona)
Rania Raslan (Alexandria Uni.)
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Roni Hobeika (LAU-Beirut)
Nicola Spagnoletti (ETSAB-Barcelona)
Hilay Erkin (YTU-Istanbul)
Guliz Ördeniz (ITU-Istanbul)
Carla Saad (AUB-Beirut)