3RD PRIZE - ODEMIS NEW CITY CENTER URBAN DESIGN & ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION
by onat öktem - okan can - özge gökmen - zeynep öktem
The Main Idea
The main objective of the project is to integrate urban functions
to ensure the
continuity of the pedestrian and green axis while creating a
new structure. In this context,
defined and
undefined urban spaces
have been reorganized to increase the physical, social and
cultural wealth of the citizens.
The most characteristic feature of the city is its physical
structure. Green
axis, squares and
spaces in the city have been evaluated as an
advantage for the social, cultural and physical development.
For this reason, the
vertical and horizontal axes of
the city's open
spaces and the spatial potentials
are planned as a
whole.
General Design
Principles
The design of the new city structure
is based on four different functional axes and a combining icon. These
functional axes meet at the center of the city and create two physical axes -
two traces following the city’s physical structure. These traces generate the
main backbone of the city macro
form.
Urban Design Principles:
Activity Axis
Activity axis is defined as an area in-between the
city center and Tayyare park. All the urban elements which were separated from
each with borders created by walls and small gardens are combined on the new
axis. All the lost spaces between the old buildings are removed so the new
public square is designed to serve different functions and different needs for
different groups. The removal of physical and visual barriers also provides the
fluid circulation through the area. The existing park is redesigned to define
the new public space.
Cultural Axis
The new cultural axis is composed of the old
railway station, the new municipality building and its square, historical
buildings and the new cultural center. The new cultural center, designed as
raising platforms represents the end of the cultural axis. The road passing
through the old rail station is taken to the underground so the continuity of
the pedestrian circulation is achieved between the old rail station, the new
municipality building and the new cultural center.
Recreational
Axis
The city's largest open space is divided with
the railway line and such a field couldn’t be used efficiently for this reason.
The new design is based on three main decisions to insure the continuity of the
green zone. First decision is to construct a new railway line shifted towards
the edge of the street. Second one is to insure the continuity of the green
landscape area through the south of the city over the railway. The third and
the last decision is to connect the city center with the green texture coming
through the south. This part of the city will meet the city’s recreational
needs and will serve as a natural park. Rural landscape elements will form this
natural park.
Historical Urban Texture
The area in-between the historical site and the
activity axis will be left to the pedestrians. The connection between the
Gürcüzade Mosque and the activity axis will be restored.
Landmark
It is located at the meeting point of the urban
axes. The twisted form of the landmark represents the crash of the axes. The
new landmark will give the city a new identity.
Team
Onat
ÖKTEM – architect
Okan
CAN – city planner
Özge
GÖKMEN – landscape designer
Architectural consultant
Zeynep
ÖKTEM – architect
Supporters:
Esat
Can Meker
Gökçeçiçek
Savaşır
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