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Articles

Istanbul: The Characteristics of Vertical Dense Structuring and Image Making in High-Rise Housing Architecture

Tuba Sarı
Istanbul Technical University
Yurdanur Dülgeroğlu Yüksel
Istanbul Technical University

Published 2018-02-23

Keywords

  • high-rise,
  • housing,
  • image,
  • multi-centered,
  • urban.

How to Cite

Sarı, T., & Dülgeroğlu Yüksel, Y. (2018). Istanbul: The Characteristics of Vertical Dense Structuring and Image Making in High-Rise Housing Architecture. A|Z ITU JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, 14(3), 113–126. https://doi.org/10.5505/itujfa.2018.44827

Abstract

Urbanization acceleration, land shortage, the prominence of the service sector due to globalization, the development of high technology and information systems, the expansion of multinational companies as well as changing types of users have been the factors that trigger the design of high-rise buildings. The scope of research deals with five different urban centers in Istanbul where high rise housing is increasing dramatically after 2000's. Therefore, the research regards multi centered urban residential model being created by high rise housing structures in the urban area. In the framework of research hypothesis, it is aimed to prove that the character of vertical dense structuring in Istanbul is based on differentiation, form and image making in the expressive quality, considering the production of existing high rise buildings in residential areas in recent years. As the methodology of research, it is benefited from convenience sampling method while determining high-rises according to some criteria supported by thesis scope. The site analysis is realized by the help of the Sign model of Charles Sanders Peirce. The high rise buildings have been analysed in the context of icon-index-symbol sign parameters, questioning the search for differentiation, form and image.