Istanbul - Informal Settlements and Generative Urbanism

List of contents

Introduction 1. Informal Urbanism and Istanbul’s Informal Settlements 2. Generative Urban Design Theory 3. Analysing Generative Structures, Patterns and Processes in Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet 4. Degrees of Life in Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet 5. Pattern Languages in Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet 6. Generative Development Processes in Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet 7. Conclusions and projections for Istanbul informal settlements and generative design

About the author

Noah Billig is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning in the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at the University of Arkansas, USA. He has taught, researched and worked in the urban design, landscape architecture and planning fields in the United States, Turkey and Austria. His research focuses on adaptive and resilient design and planning, including participatory design and planning engagement, generative design and perceptions of environments.

Summary

Istanbul: Informal Settlements and Generative Urbanism analyses two informal housing settlements in Istanbul, Turkey, Karanfilköy and Fatih Sultan Mehmet, to examine how generatively built structures and neighbourhoods can be successfully utilised in modern regional and urban planning.

Product details

• Authors: Noah Billig, Noah (University of Arkansas Billig
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138244313
• ISBN: 978-1-138-24431-3
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Built Environment City Studies; Built Environment City Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Turkey, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Interdisciplinary studies, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building