Competition to rethink Mamak
Competition to rethink Mamak
Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) Ankara Branch has decided the theme of the sixth "Urban Dreams Project Idea" competition: "Social@Social house-dwelling”.
The competition, writes Bianet news site, is open to the participation of all students beginning with those from department of architecture.
It aims to produce alternative housing projects in Mamak, where urban transformation works continue by thinking and questioning the understanding of housing in Turkey and the "social" concept of the existing residential circles.
The Chamber of Architects has organized architectural idea competitions for six years under the name of “Urban Dreams” to produce projects that suggest alternative usages in areas located in the city center of Ankara and targeted by the initiatives for urban transformation.
The competitions organized so far have been made in the locations of the Ulucanlar Central Closed Prison, Hasanoðlan High Village Institute, Zonguldak Coal Washing Facilities, Kýzýlay Square and Circle and the Ego Hangars.
"Discussing the concept of social housing"
This year’s “Social@Social house-dwelling” competition targets to guide students from departments of architecture in questioning the housing and house settlement in the cities they live and to create platforms where the students can share their ideas and dreams and put their ideas into practice.
In addition, the competition also aims to contribute to the discussions on social architecture, to discuss the concept of social housing, to produce spatial idea projects providing physical and social transformation at the same time, to generate economic and nature compatible ideas within the framework of the concept of social housing, to design places enriching the social life, to envisage the concept of social management and to develop alternative housing models to the social housing practices in Turkey.
The competition with the deadline January 27, 2012 will be held as national and single stage in two categories of undergraduate and graduate students.
The competition, writes Bianet news site, is open to the participation of all students beginning with those from department of architecture.
It aims to produce alternative housing projects in Mamak, where urban transformation works continue by thinking and questioning the understanding of housing in Turkey and the "social" concept of the existing residential circles.
The Chamber of Architects has organized architectural idea competitions for six years under the name of “Urban Dreams” to produce projects that suggest alternative usages in areas located in the city center of Ankara and targeted by the initiatives for urban transformation.
The competitions organized so far have been made in the locations of the Ulucanlar Central Closed Prison, Hasanoðlan High Village Institute, Zonguldak Coal Washing Facilities, Kýzýlay Square and Circle and the Ego Hangars.
"Discussing the concept of social housing"
This year’s “Social@Social house-dwelling” competition targets to guide students from departments of architecture in questioning the housing and house settlement in the cities they live and to create platforms where the students can share their ideas and dreams and put their ideas into practice.
In addition, the competition also aims to contribute to the discussions on social architecture, to discuss the concept of social housing, to produce spatial idea projects providing physical and social transformation at the same time, to generate economic and nature compatible ideas within the framework of the concept of social housing, to design places enriching the social life, to envisage the concept of social management and to develop alternative housing models to the social housing practices in Turkey.
The competition with the deadline January 27, 2012 will be held as national and single stage in two categories of undergraduate and graduate students.
