The Little Raven of Ilya designed for Slant Open International Landscape Design Competition 2013, “Evoking Memories”. Shortlisted and exhibited on http://www.slant.eu/index.html Project Description The Little Raven of Ilya Team: Esen Gökçe Özdamar (architect) , Supervisor: Gökçen Firdevs Yücel Caymaz (landscape architect) ------------------------ The Little Raven of Ilya Traces of a culture of tolerance and multiculturalism in urban space Sustaining memories of a neighbourhood with nature This is the story of a naturally formed public farm being used about 700 years, along the coastline of Bosphorus, Kuzguncuk in Istanbul. The project area is a small neighbourhood, where traditional practice and social tie of the community are strong with a great emphasis on neighborliness dynamics. The neighbourhood of Kuzguncuk acts as a meeting place of many religions and ethnic groups for the last 200 years. The p...
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