Sky Garden in Istanbul
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Sky Garden in Istanbul
Turkish Public Realm Development: Suspended Garden in Turkey ? design by SO" Architecture and Ideas
8 Jan 2017
Sky Garden, Istanbul
Design: SO" Architecture and Ideas
Location: Ortaköy Square, Istanbul, Turkey
Sky Garden
Sky Garden is an interactive suspended garden.
Sky Garden is a suspended garden in Ortaköy Square which is one of the most touristic and busiest squares in Istanbul. Putting a garden on the ground in such a congested area would reduce the walkable surface and make the square even more dense.
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Instead, the designers proposed to hang the garden while keeping the ground still accessible. This interactive garden with assorted plants, provides seating and shadow.
The designers used the existing slab in the square as a base for the new garden which will also serve as a canopy made of pots during sunny days. This garden with assorted plants, provides seating and shadow as well, during the flower festival.
Being suspended, the garden acts as a roof which people can stay under and watch Bosphorus. Just like a tree with different branches, the garden flies between the sky and the Bosphorus with each pot, while the pulley system lets the pots go down for a closer look of visitors.
The designers consider public installations as a tool to question the architect?s power over design. When the visitor is being able to change the in...
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