The Fundamental Questions
The goal of this competition is to engage in a thorough discussion and critical examination of all the concepts, tools, codes, and interfaces used to understand, define, and envision an earthquake-resistant city. It emphasizes that the current strategies employed to design and structure our cities have failed to fulfill their primary objectives of ensuring resilience, safety, and efficiency in the face of seismic or tsunami events.
In this way, each participating team, as part of the foundations and arguments of their proposals, must explicitly answer to a handful of essential questions.
Firstly, by identifying the qualities, essential characteristics, urban and social values that existed before the destruction of the city.
Secondly, taking advantage of this devastating situation to project a vision of a city that seeks to incorporate all the positive and valuable elements of (post)modernity.
Finally, thinking about a new city of the future, imagining an ecological city, climate-conscious, innovative and ready to be a world leader.
Main Fundamental Questions
Why do you think cities collapse under the impact of natural disasters?
How can “resilience for natural disasters” be defined and understood in the urban context?
Which aspects/elements/components of urban morphology do you perceive as being in conflict with the natural dynamics of cities?
General Fundamental Questions
1.
How can design strategies and models be developed to create disaster-resilient settlements/forms?
2.
What is the critical role of urban form and pattern in enhancing resilience to earthquakes and tsunamis?
3.
What is the critical role of urban form and pattern in enhancing resilience to earthquakes and tsunamis?
4.
How can the concept of morphological resilience be defined and applied in urban design?
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What are the key principles and strategies for optimizing urban form to ensure disaster safety?
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What are the dynamics between the city’s layout and its coastal area, and how do these urban components/elements influence one another?
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How do form-based design principles contribute to disaster resilience in cities?
Fundamental Questions about Iskenderun City
1.
How can the current city of İskenderun be conceptually defined from the perspectives of architecture and urban design?
2.
How can the spatial organization and design of a disaster-resilient future be developed for İskenderun, considering the city's morphology, character areas, coastal and urban interactions/interfaces, topographic features, and typologies?
3.
What comprehensive system design can be developed to enhance disaster safety in İskenderun?
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How can a robust system design be created to address and improve disaster resilience in İskenderun?
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How does İskenderun’s urban fabric interact with its coast?
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What are the dynamics between the city’s layout and its coastal area, and how do these urban components/elements influence one another?
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What are the dynamics between the city’s layout and its coastal area, and how do these urban components/elements influence one another?
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What are the dynamics between the city’s layout and its coastal area, and how do these urban components/elements influence one another?
NOTE:
To assist you in answering these Fundamental questions, a detailed explanation of each question will be provided to students internally once their competition registration is confirmed.