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Two-Way Participation in the Design of Public Spaces

Turkish Two-Way Participation in the Design of Public Spaces

Hatice Savaş Demir1*, Nazlı Ferah Akıncı2
1Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye
* Corresponding author: haticesavas1995@hotmail.com

Presented at the 6th International Symposium on Innovation in Architecture, Planning and Design (SIAP2024), Ankara, Türkiye, Nov 09, 2024

SETSCI Conference Proceedings, 2024, 20, Page (s): 194-200 , https://doi.org/10.36287/setsci.20.24.194

Published Date: 12 December 2024

With the transformations in individual-society-state relations, citizens' individual and collective participation in decision-making processes has increased in many areas. The active participation of civil society in decision-making processes in urban planning is an important agenda item in the Twelfth Development Plan of the Republic of Turkey and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Top-down decision-making mechanisms, a traditional management scheme, are being replaced by bidirectional decision-making methods, both top-down and bottom-up. In this way, in addition to local governments, policy makers and designers, the private sector, NGOs and citizens also have a say in urban planning. Two-way participation in the design of public spaces that are shared by the society increases the quality of life in cities by enabling citizens to have a say in the city they live in individually and collectively. In this study, a detailed literature review will be conducted on two-way participation in the design of public spaces and examples of practices from both Turkey and the world will be examined. As a result of the research, individual and collective actors of two-way participation in the design of public spaces will be identified, participation schemes will be created and typological analysis will be made. The results of the study will contribute to the literature on two-way participation and social dialog in urban planning and architectural design.

Keywords - architectural design, participation, citizen centered design, social dialog

Birey-toplum-devlet ilişkilerinde meydana gelen dönüşümlerle birlikte, vatandaşların bireysel ve kolektif olarak karar alma süreçlerine katılımı pek çok alanda artmıştır. Kentsel planlamada karar alma süreçlerine sivil toplumun aktif katılımı, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti On İkinci Kalkınma Planı ve Birleşmiş Milletler Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Hedefleri’nde önemli gündem maddeleri olarak yer almaktadır. Geleneksel bir yönetim planı olan yukarıdan aşağı karar alma mekanizmaları, yerini hem yukarıdan aşağı hem de aşağıdan yukarı olarak çift yönlü karar alma yöntemlerine bırakmaktadır. Bu sayede yerel yönetimler, politika uygulayıcılar ve tasarımcıların yanında, özel sektör, STK’lar ve vatandaşlar da kent planlamasında söz hakkına sahip olmaktadır. Toplumun ortak kullandığı kamusal alanların tasarımında çift yönlü katılım, vatandaşların bireysel ve kolektif olarak yaşadıkları kentte söz sahibi olmalarını sağlayarak kentlerdeki yaşam kalitesini artırmaktadır. Bu çalışmada; kamusal alanların tasarımında çift yönlü katılım konusunda detaylı literatür taraması yapılacak ve hem Türkiye’den hem de dünyadan uygulama örnekleri incelenecektir. Yapılan araştırmalar sonucunda kamusal alanların tasarımında çift yönlü katılımın bireysel ve kolektif aktörleri tespit edilecek, katılım şemaları oluşturulacak ve tipolojik analiz yapılacaktır. Çalışmanın sonucu, kentsel planlama ve mimari tasarımda çift yönlü katılım ve sosyal diyalog hususunda literature katkı sağlayacaktır. 

KeywordsTurkish - mimari tasarım, katılım, vatandaş odaklı tasarım, sosyal diyalog

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