Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
1 60th ISOCARP World Planning Congress “Reinventing The (In)visible Cities”, Siena, İtalya, 8 - 12 Ekim 2024, ss.0-15, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Urban transformation in İstanbul reflects a complex interplay between preserving cultural heritage, promoting inclusive development, and accommodating economic narrative of land rent sharing amidst rapid urbanization pressures. In recent years urban transformation projects in İstanbul increased in number with the aim of achieving a more resilient city, to combat the crises today’s cities face. The rationale for the urban transformation projects varies from climate and disaster risks to regeneration of inert or unused areas. While increasing number of transformation projects present distinct approaches, they give rise to controversies on the social, economic trade-offs. This research focuses on two pivotal industrial area transformation projects: the Gasworks Museum (Müze Gazhane) and Galataport İstanbul, each representing distinct transformation models and operating paradigms in urban regeneration. These projects illustrate contrasting approaches to balancing historical preservation with modern development needs; thereby influencing urban resilience across economic, social and ecological dimensions at different levels. While the Gasworks Museum (Müze Gazhane) project exemplifies a preservation-oriented mode, rooted in adaptive reuse of industrial heritage to promote cultural continuity and community identity, Galataport İstanbul as a large-scale cruise-port transformation project epitomizes a commercial-driven approach underpinned by neoliberal policies. This study contributes to the understanding of the underlying dynamics driving transformation processes and their impacts on urban resilience, illustrated through two distinct transformation projects in İstanbul.