“BLIND PICKAXE”: HOW MEANINGFULL IS IT TO READ CITY HISTORIES REVERSE?
“Zoning is possible by demolishing. If there is no demolition in a country, there is no zoning. If we don’t undermine this city, we can’t do anything.” (Şevki Savaşçı, 1939)For this question that interrogates how possible and meaningful it is to read city histories in terms of “blind pickaxe,” in ot...
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Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Livenarch+ Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3943447 |
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| Summary: | “Zoning is possible by demolishing. If there is no demolition in a country, there is no zoning. If we don’t undermine this city, we can’t do anything.” (Şevki Savaşçı, 1939)For this question that interrogates how possible and meaningful it is to read city histories in terms of “blind pickaxe,” in other words, in the context of “destructions,” the words of councillor Şevki Savaşçı at the Trabzon Municipal Council session in 1939 indicate a remarkable mental background. It is because, in the histories of urbanism in Türkiye, there are many actions that strengthen the perception that almost the only condition for “building” is “demolishing,” and another striking example of this is about to happen in Trabzon. |
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| ISSN: | 3023-6452 |