Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

New OA book: Proposals for the Transformation of Istanbul's Unkapanı Flour Mill



Authors: Gerritsen, Fokke, Özçakır, Özgün, Arslan, Aysel, Kayasü, Sena, Yurdagül, Sedef.
Published: Istanbul: Netherlands Institute in Turkey, 2023
ISBN : 9786057259004

"What are the ways that industrial heritage places are transformed, both considering their tangible and intangible values as well as their potential to achieve urban inclusivity, sustainability, circularity as well as public engagement?

The present book is one of the outcomes of the inaugural program of NIT Urban Heritage Lab. Following an introduction on the course, its scope and aims, it showcases the four proposals that the participants of the Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Cities Course developed for the transformation of the Unkapanı Flour Mill. The proposals are original, thought-provoking and inspirational, while at the same time based on solid multi-disciplinary, collaborative work. So, they are perfect demonstrations of what NIT Urban Heritage Lab tries to achieve.

Cite as:

Gerritsen, Fokke, Özçakır, Özgün, Arslan, Aysel, Kayasü, Sena, Yurdagül, Sedef. (2023). Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Cities: Proposals for the Transformation of Istanbul's Unkapanı Flour Mill. Istanbul: Netherlands Institute in Turkey.



Table of Contents

Introducing NIT Urban Heritage Lab and the Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Cities Program
Fokke Gerritsen

Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Cities: Course Aims and Overview
Özgün Özçakır, Fokke Gerritsen, Aysel Arslan

Once the Belly of Istanbul: Unkapanı as a Food Provisioning Center
Namık Günay Erkal

A Plan for the Transformation of Unkapanı Mill into an Educational Complex
Mehmet Alper


Project Proposals

Unkapanı Community Garden: By the Community, for the Community
Yelyzaveta Nesterova, Batoul Mesdaghi, Tijana Veljkovic, Gülhayat Kılcı, Yonca Atabay

Adaptive Transformation of the Mill through Urban Promenade: Monologue, Dialogue, Travelogue
Miraç Ayça Türkfiliz, Mustafa Can Terzi, Seda Naniç, Tuğçe Halıcı, Yihan Li

Unkapanı Beyond the Walls: Regeneration of Urban Space Through the Recovery of Post-Industrial Places
Cem Balcan, Elif Leblebici, Nurşah Atamtürk, Tuğçe Türk, Yanming Wu

Unkapanı Flour Mill: An Urban Catalyzer
Aybüke Safi, Yasemin Çakır, Meriç Altıntaş Kaptan, Merve Torlak, Nazlı Arslan, Sena Kayasü, Taiwo Samuel Orisade

Reflections on Project Proposals

A Multidisciplinary Studio on the Sustainability of Urban Industrial Heritage
Nilüfer Baturayoğlu Yöney

Recovering Unkapanı for a Different Future: Industrial Heritage for Sustainable Cities
Harry Reddick"

Monday, May 8, 2023

New Open Access Journal: Souffles Monde: A Pan-African Platform & Journal


Souffles Monde: A Pan-African Platform & Journal

Souffles Monde: Issue #1
CULTURE AND DIFFERENCE IN MOROCCO
April 2023

"Our aim is to resurrect the magazine Souffles, which fifty years ago, was a flagship journal of the pan-African and Third World Left. Our hope is to use this publication as a platform for academic exchange across Africa."