Urban Façade: Designing Istanbul's Waterfront

The International Urban Design Workshop 2019 “URBAN FAÇADE: ISTANBUL WATERFRONT”, was held from March 23th to March 30st 2019 at the Faculty of Architecture and Design, Özyeğin University, Istanbul Turkey. Organised by the writer together with University of Parma, it welcomed the cooperation of “Sapienza” University of Rome, University of Naples “Federico II”, the support of the DIDALABS System, Department of Architecture, University of Florence, Università degli Studi “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria, the patronage of the International study centre for the History of Cities “Storia della Città”, the kind collaboration of Mimarlar Odasi Istanbul Büyükkent Subesi, and the precious contribution of nai010 uitgevers/publishers, Rotterdam. Students from these universities coordinated by international tutors attended lectures on selected topics related with the workshop design assignments, taking part in the digital survey campaign and designing different solutions for the Galata (Beyoğlu) waterfront in Istanbul. Participation was free for selected architecture students.