ISTANBUL STUDY TOUR PROGRAMME 21-25 MARCH 2010 In partnership with: Đstanbul Bilgi University, Đstanbul Technical University (ITU), Sabancı University, and Đstanbul Metropolitan Planning and Urban Design Centre (IMP) Sunday, 21 March 2010 09.15 MEETING POINT: TAKSIM METROPARK HOTEL Address: Taksim Metropark Hotel, Osmanli Sk., No:4, Taksim / Istanbul Phone: +90 212 292 62 00, Fax: +90 212 292 51 11 09.30 to 16.00 INTRODUCTORY CITY-TOUR OF ISTANBUL Tour Guide and Transport: Orhan Esen Itinerary: Taksim - Yenikapı via Sirkeci Kagithane Levent Kozyatagi via TEM Highway Acıbadem Kadıköy and Haydarpaşa 16.00 to OPEN FREE TIME AROUND HAYDARPASA AND KADIKÖY 20.00 GET TOGETHER DINNER (tbc) tbc Monday, 22 March 2010 09.00 MEETING POINT: TAKSIM SQUARE METRO STATION ENTRANCE 09:05: Funicular (F1 line) to Kabataş 09:15 09:30: Tram (T1 line) to Karaköy 09.50 10:05: Ferry to Haydarpasa 10.05 to 13.00 DRIVE AND WALK AROUND THE HAYDARPASA SITE 10:05 11:00: Walk inside the Train Station and the Turkish State Railways (TCDD) Headquarters; followed by a presentation on Marmaray Development by Ufuk Kinik, Deputy Director, Marmaray Project, Co-ordination Commission
11:00 12:30: Drive around the Haydarpasa Port, Ayrilikcesme Marmaray Station, and Harem Bus Terminal and back to Haydarpasa. Walk to Kadiköy and the return ferry to Karaköy. Transport for the Tour: Süleyman Bey (Driver):+90 532 472 22 22, Şaban Güngördü:+90 532 323 73 18 Tour Guide: Ufuk Kinik, Deputy Director, Marmaray Project, Co-ordination Commission 13.00 to 14.30 COMMUTE TO KARAKOY AND LUNCH Karaköy Lokantasi or any of the smaller buffet/restaurants in the area 15.00 to 18.00 CITY-WIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING SEMINAR Location: Istanbul Metropolitan Planning and Urban Design Centre (IMP), Mesrutiyet Cad., Tepebasi Meydani, 34430, Beyoglu, +90 212 245 99 00 Welcome and Introduction 20 min Ibrahim Baz, Chief Advisor to Mayor of Istanbul; Coordinator, IMP Introduction to Cities Programme & 2009 Course Work Assessment 20 min Planning and Governance in Istanbul: The IMP Experience 30 min Ulaş Akın, Planner, IMP; PhD Candidate, Istanbul Technical University Haydarpaşa Project Development and the Role of IMP 30 min Özdemir Sönmez, Planner, IMP; Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Yıldız Technical University, Đstanbul DISCUSSION 50 min IMP Projects Exhibition 30 min 18.00 END OF DAY PROGRAMME Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09.30 MEETING POINT: TAKSIM METROPARK HOTEL We will do the short walk from the Hotel to the ITU Taskisla Campus. 10.00 to 12.30 TRANSPORT AND URBAN DESIGN SEMINAR Location: Istanbul Technical University, Taskisla Campus, Faculty of Architecture, Room No. 127 tbc 20 min Cengiz Giritlioğlu, Professor of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University Urban mobility, land-use and sustainability issues in Istanbul: Challenges and projects 30 min Darçın Akın, Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Gebze Institute of Technology DISCUSSION and COFFEE BREAK 40 min Experiences from Haydarpasa 2001 Urban Design Competition 30 min Nurbin Paker, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University DISCUSSION 30 min 13.00 to 14.30 LUNCH 2
15.00 to 16.00 EXHIBITION (tbc) Location: Istanbul Milli Reasurans Sanat Galerisi, Maçka Cad. No: 35 Teşvikiye - Şişli 34367 Đstanbul Exhibition: New Trends of Architecture in Europe and AsiaPacific 2008 2010 16.00 END OF DAY PROGRAMME Wednesday, 24 March 2010 09.15 MEETING POINT: TAKSIM SQUARE METRO STATION ENTRANCE 09:20: Funicular (F1 line) to Kabataş 09:25 09:45: Tram (T1 line) to Karaköy 10.00 to 13.00 GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING SEMINAR Location: Sabanci University, Karaköy Centre, Bankalar Cad. Minerva Han No:2, Karaköy 34420 Local and Regional Governance in Turkey 45 min Korel Göymen, Professor of Governance, Sabanci Universitesi Planning for Haydarpasa and its Locals 30 min Erhan Demirdizen, Head, Turkey Chamber of City Planners, Istanbul Branch DISCUSSION and COFFEE BREAK 45 min Sustainability and Protection of Haydarpasa 30 min Yonca Erkan, Assistant Professor, Department of Interior and Environmental Design, Kadir Has University, Istanbul DISCUSSION 30 min 13.00 to 14.00 LUNCH 15.00 to 16.00 LECTURE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING Location: tbc, SantralIstanbul, Đstanbul Bilgi University 14:30: Free shuttle bus to Bilgi University 15:00: Lecture Putting Environment and Sustainable Development on the Planning Agenda in Istanbul 30 min Emre Gönen, Program Director, MA in European Studies, Đstanbul Bilgi University The rest of the afternoon will commence as follows: 16.00 to 20.00 SOCIO-SPATIAL PLANNING SEMINAR Location: E-3 Room 202, SantralIstanbul, Đstanbul Bilgi University 16:00 17:00: Free-time on campus: Students can visit the Energy Museum, the Modern Art Museum, or the Architectural Design Master s Programme Semester Show for an hour. 17:00 20:00: The seminar begins at 17:00 and runs until 20:00 Moderator: Asu Aksoy, Assistant Professor, Cultural Management Department, Đstanbul Bilgi University Haydarpasa Redevelopment Challenges 45 min Zeynep Enlil, Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul 3
Bilgi University Architectural Design Programme, 2009 Haydarpasa Urban Design Studio Introduction 30 min Can Çinici, Studio Lecturer, Architectural Design Master s Programme, Đstanbul Bilgi University Bilgi University Architectural Design Programme, 2009 Haydarpasa Urban Design Studio Projects 45 min Studio Students Introduction to Cities Programme & 2009 Course Work Assessment 20 min DISCUSSION 40 min 20.00 END OF OFFICIAL PROGRAMME 4
CONTRIBUTORS Orhan Esen, Tour Guide: orhanes@superonline.com Ufuk Kinik, TCDD: ufukinik@gmail.com Ulas Akin, IMP: akin.ulas@gmail.com Handan Turkoglu, ITU: turkoglu@itu.edu.tr, handan.turkoglu@gmail.com Darçın Akın, ITU: darcinakin@gmail.com Nurbin Paker, ITU: pakernu@itu.edu.tr Korel Goymen, Sabanci: goymen@sabanciuniv.edu Erhan Demirdizen: erhandemirdizen@gmail.com Yonca Erkan: yonca.erkan@khas.edu.tr Emre Gonen: egonen@bilgi.edu.tr Asu Aksoy: asu.aksoy@gmail.com, asua@bilgi.edu.tr LSE STAFF Fran Tonkiss, Director, Cities Programme LSE Omer Cavusoglu, Researcher, LSE Cities, LSE o.cavusoglu@lse.ac.uk LSE CITIES PROGRAMME STUDENTS 1. Daniel Budish 2. Shivarao Channapattan 3. Tomas Cortese 4. Peter Dunn 5. Lola Fernandez-Redondo 6. Jack Finnegan 7. Daniel Glaessl 8. Esra Alkım Karaagac 9. Cecilia Magnusson 10. Manasvi Menon 11. Peter Moon 12. Matthew Pruter 13. Kelcie Ralph 14. Janine Roberts 15. Nicole Rosner 16. Jonathan Roux 17. Lindsey Scannapieco 18. Chen-Hao Shih 19. Andrew Simmons 20. Mathew Triebner 21. Adam White 22. Yashovardhan 5