Kent Uçar, Yazı Kalır

Özet

Bu çalflmada alflverifl eyleminin kentleflmedeki rolü; Almere kenti ve Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping kitabnn çapraz okunmas ile incelenmifltir. Ayn dönemlerde ortaya çkan Almere mas- ter plan ve HDSGSyi hazrlayan ekiplerin ortak noktas Rem Koolhaastr. Bir kent merkezinin ortaya çkfl sürecine paralel olarak, mimarlarn kentsel tasarmdaki tereddütleri, öz elefltirileri de bu çalflmada ele alnmfl; planlama ve kentsel tasarm disiplinin bu boyutunun da makaleye dahil edilmesi amaçlanmfltr. Kuruluflu 70li yllara dayanan Almerenin yeni bir kent merkezi tasarm için 1994 ylnda açt¤ yarflma ile bafllayan süreç ve Koolhaasn Harvard Design Schooldaki ö¤rencileri ile beraber hazrlad¤, 2001 ylnda yaymlanan kitap arasnda olabilece¤i öngörülen ba¤lar incelenerek, güncel kentleflme paradigmalarna dair bir kesit ele alnr. Koolhaas ve ekibinin master plan tasarmndaki kararlarnn, HDSGSdeki arafltrma ve yorumlamalarla ne derece iliflkili olabilece¤i sorgulamas üzerinden yaplan bu çapraz okumann, kentleflme süreçlerinin ardnda yatan çok aktörlü hikayelere dair bir zemin oluflturmas amaçlanr. Almerenin geçirdi¤i de¤iflimler, kent yöneticilerinin bu süreçteki rolü ve alflveriflin bir kent tasarmn nasl flekil- lendirebilece¤i çeflitli örnekler üzerinden incelenirken, mimarn bugün kentteki konumu da sorgulanr.

Abstract

In this article, the role of shopping in urbanism as an activity is investigated through Almere master plan design and Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping. Rem Koolhaas is the common actor between the city plan and the book which was published con- currently. Parallel to a city centre formation process, a story of architects perplexity about urbanization and the self-critism which comes out due to the constructed city image is illus- trated. Almere which was founded in 1970s, has experienced a radical change after the master plan design competition which OMA won the 1st prize, in 1994. After a while, Koolhaas with his students in Harvard Design School prepared Project on the City 2: Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping, and published it in 2001. In this paper, the correlation between the book and the city plan and how they contribute to current urbanization discussions, is illustrated by ana- lyzing the role of shopping in two examples. A story of Almeres change with plural actors reveals due to this analysis which contributes the role of shopping in urban design, and the role of architect in cities today.