


The Gates of Beyazit Meydan
Moving through the threshold of a gate, the body registers change; it is a placemaking instrument whose impact can be permanent or fleeting. These are the entry through with which it is proposed to intervene on the larger meydan area, giving symbolic continuity with its historical surroundings, while updating it for contemporary site needs and uses.
Existing
Symbolic
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Outmoded Monument
Gate to Istanbul University

Gate to the Grand Bazaar

Gate to Constantinople

Mediating
Promise:
Access to the Academy
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Access to the Economy
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Access to the City/State
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Proposed Interventions
Symbolic
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Contemporary Utility
Gate to the Student

New Library and Semi-Public Courtyard Plaza
Gate to the Hawker

Apparatus for Selling and Storage of Wares for Hundreds of Local Street Vendors
Gate to the Citizen

New Bus Stop, Connecting Follies and Street Bridge over Divan Yolu


Gate to the Student
The principal intervention, a proposed public plaza accessible by Divan Yolu, the main thoroughfare, and rear semi-public courtyard is proposed at the site of the current Instanbul University library with a new university libary proposed to be built above this new public space.

Reading Room

Longitundinal Site Section

Section through Proposed Library
