Urban-Architecture as a Battleground of Socio-Cultural Struggle

dc.authorscopusid57194087107
dc.contributor.authorÇetin, M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:05:41Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:05:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.department-tempÇetin, M., Kadir Has University, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractArchitecture is closely yet paradoxically connected to the two basic and complementary human instincts; to construct and to destruct, in other words to live and to die. Therefore, architecture and urbanism can be considered as the spatial dimensions of an ideological war of different interest groups in cities. Such a war mainly manifests itself as the polarisation between corporate sector and public sector, global and local, modern and traditional. Planning acts as a means of capitalist control over the urban (public) space under a macro-orthodoxy approach despite the public reaction via manipulation of public space through; microurbanism in urban-leftovers and queer-spaces, reclamation of landfills, and ephemeral architecture. A large body of community seem to resist through guerrilla war tactics of architecture against the comprehensive strategic war plans, technoscientific artillery, and devoted and well-trained troops of neo-liberal corporate bodies. Who will survive in such a relentless spatial war depends largely on the development of counter-strategies and accurate calculations based on game theory. The chapter will address the issue of reconstruction and resilience of cities with particular reference to the case of Istanbul, her transformation zones and conservation areas. Hence, the study will focus on urban paradigm shift and complexity of Istanbul as a multi-cultural, multi-layered metropolitan city in a post-modern era. The article intends to develop alternative strategies towards reshaping urban environment via architecture primarily by analysing the morphology of new urban spaces and emergent forms of life. Consequently, architecture of cities is argued as a para-military instrument for the tactical deployment of conflicting ideologies into an ongoing state of socio-cultural battle between opposing parties of the city. © Inter-Disciplinary Press 2016.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1163/9781848884533_013en_US
dc.identifier.endpage140en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781848884533
dc.identifier.isbn9789004374836
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85142107659en_US
dc.identifier.startpage129en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1163/9781848884533_013
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/4999
dc.institutionauthorÇetin, Muhammet Mustafa
dc.khas20231019-Scopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe Urban Gaze: Exploring Urbanity through Art, Architecture, Fashion and Mediaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararasıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectmorphologyen_US
dc.subjectmulti-culturalen_US
dc.subjectqueer spaceen_US
dc.subjectspatialen_US
dc.subjectthird spaceen_US
dc.subjectUrbanen_US
dc.titleUrban-Architecture as a Battleground of Socio-Cultural Struggleen_US
dc.typeBook Parten_US
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