Filling an urban void as a ‘public interior’ in Balıkesir; contemporary intervention into historic context through interior space
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Date
2017
Authors
Çetin, Murat
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İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Abstract
The paper argues the role of interior spaces in linking with the urban open
space configuration. The interior space is discussed as extensions of urban spaces
and urban spaces as extensions of interiors with specific reference to a case study
selected in Balıkesir urban fabric. Under the light shed by these discussions, the
paper questions the certainty of boundries between exterior and interior, thus
between interior design and architecture. While the first axis of discussion focuses on the duality between interior and exterior, the second axis of discussion
concentrates on the insertion of new and contemporary architectural and spatial
features into an existing and historic context. The Museum and Library of Photography project in Balıkesir, which is selected as case study, is based on a VOID
connecting what exists with what disappeared long ago in a totally new combination. Consequently, paper shows that architectural identity of the existing (and
sometimes disappeared) heritage is reproduced via injection of this new hybrid
(interior-exterior) into the very heart of the existing urban fabric. The hybrid design of the VOID intends to resolve the tensions between the contrasting features
of restoration and intervention merely by understanding the conditions and fundementals of the process of historical layering in the town.
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Interior design, Urban interior, Interior space, Traditional architecture, Architectural intervention
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5
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Volume
14
Issue
1
Start Page
127
End Page
135