Sustainable and Resilient Planning, Developed Housing Models for Istanbul

Abstract

This study presents an updated research on the housing planning of Istanbul in the context of sustainability and resiliency as well as the searching innovative models. Due to increasing awareness since the late twentieth century consequently, Climate-change responsive design and planning, sustainability and resiliency became the new design phenomena in housing planning in the world. However, this awareness process needed a much longer period for Istanbul, Turkey, and this was possible with Covid-19. As a driver, first the climate-change and later Covid-19 now radically altered the design and planning ideologies and doctrines that would mitigate the effects of global warming. In this discursive transition period, the environment and climate-friendly design have initiated searching for new housing models considering sustainability, resiliency and green architecture as new planning criteria, especially after the Covid-19 that led to changing lifestyles as well as the working conditions. This paradigm shift has emerged the need for a consensus of interdisciplinary approach that emphasized sustainable and resilience science in architectural design and urban planning. In this context, the overall design discourses have also been updated since Climate-change has become a central focus characteristic of cities. Due to environmental and climate concerns, especially after the Covid-19 housing models have started to evolve into the new, and innovative models from the traditional models. Also, this design discourse aimed that the potential reuse of old housing models with the recent come-back presented new, innovative and sustainable housing models that will be developed in future. This study focused on envisioning the new and innovative housing models and typologies in the context of sustainability and resiliency in the world as well as the models were transferred from the other countries to Istanbul city. Due to changing demand for housing models especially after the pandemic a new plan was initiated by private contractors who intend to produce sustainable friendly projects soon with more green areas to meet people’s new requirements. It was revealed that sustainable and resilient designs in the world are closely followed in Istanbul, and although the Climate-change issues have not created expected awareness in Istanbul so far, however, future developments for the city were more promising, especially in the post-Covid-19 period, the radical changes were seen regulations and housing models with more low storeys and more green areas.