DOI: 10.5176/2251-3701_2.2.66
Authors: Asli Cekmis
Abstract:
Transport infrastructure design has regarded as a task in the field of engineering; architects have mostly involved in the design of terminals and stations, but not in the routes of mobility –the guideways. The spatial value of guideways has not been examined, since they have been taken as paths for vehicles embedded in the landscape in a notion of separating transportation space from built environment. But, this paper aims to spatially conceptualize guideways as city structures and nodes connecting different modes of transportation while housing various architectural facilities. As a case, three utopic guideway designs are proposed for roads, bridges and viaducts in Istanbul, the biggest city of Turkey. And a current guideway construction in Istanbul is introduced and discussed according to the concepts addressed throughout the study. The Marmaray Project is a tunnel design, which can be appreciated as a real-time utopia connecting two sides of Bosphorus under water.
Keywords: Transport infrastructure, guideways, architectural-urban design, Istanbul, utopias,the Marmaray Project
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