Regenerative Urbanism — Müge Akkar Ercan

Regenerative Urbanism is the outcome of Urban Design Master Program students and studio critics in Middle East Technical University The book focuses on the Cappadocia region which is a unique natural and cultural heritage setting in Turkey First the book defines the design approach of the urban design studio program introduces the spatial geographical cultural and heritage context of Cappadocia Then it introduces urban coding as the fundamental goal of each design project The book includes five urban design projects focusing on three different settlements in Cappadocia i e Uçhisar Göreme and Avanos Each design project focusing and elaborating on a design topic or agent within the local context defines potentials and problems needs and values Based on the context of regenerative urbanism each urban design project aims to show how to generate liveable creative adaptive and transitive places in these settlements and create connective places where people feel connected with themselves others nature locales the sacred the past and the future The projects also seek to envision and show the best possibilities by spatial design configurations mapping 3 D modelling and simulations and design codes img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img