Proposals to Develop Sustainable City Center Axes Upon Case Studies: Istanbul, Erzincan, Balıkesir, Bursa, Adıyaman

Abstract

UN Habitat recently released a report about sustainable urbanization naming 2020-2030 as “Decade of Action” to proceed and imply actions for sustainable developments. It is indicated that impacts of pandemics, climate change and inequality raised necessity of sustainable cities. Not only focusing on renewable energy issues, but also accessibility, cultural continuity and localization are needed to be emphasized. This study contains student projects in “Sustainability and Architecture” course in Architecture, focusing on examination of city centre axes and investigation of problems related to environmental, social and economic sustainability issues for Erzincan, Balikesir, Bursa, Adiyaman and Istanbul. In this context, problem investigation methods: site observations, examinations of local dynamics, statistical data analysis of government and literature reviews. After evaluating the problems, to improve life quality and resiliency of cities, the proposals involve matrix-based tables and 2D&3D drawings. Consequently, this study aims to be a start of “Decade of Action” which can be adapted to different cities in future researches.