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. Instead, we proposed to hang the garden while keeping the ground still accessible. We 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.

Architects: SO" Architecture and Ideas

Location: Istanbul, ?stanbul, Turkey

Architect In Client: Be?ikta? Municipality

Team: Sevince Bayrak, Oral Gökta?, Sevinç Yüksel, Emre Üngör, Ana Latorre Martinez, Hazal Seval, Julia Tarsten, Arda Bak?ryol, Bü?ra Ekici, Laura Villeret, Chiara Vaccaro
Area: 60.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Yerçekim

Plantation: Zeynep Hagur

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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. Instead, we proposed to hang the garden while keeping the ground still accessible. We used the existing slab in the square as a base for the new garden which will also serve...