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Gezi Park District

Levazim Center

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Landscraper

ITU Isletme Fakultesi

Media Cloud

Macka Museum

Inonu Stadium & Perpa

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The 3rd Tower

Media Tower

Kurucesme Island

Mahalle Horizontal

Mahalle Vertical

Kadigil Theatre

Pharma HQ

Ortakoy Museum

“Uncommissioned” investigates how topography shapes urban planning in Istanbul's Şişli district and examines a series of architectural and urban “crimes”—decisions, omissions, and speculative projects that reveal the city’s contradictions.
Through 19 uncommissioned works, including topographical research and architectural proposals, the book explores both real and imagined scenarios that challenge the boundaries of conventional planning.

Some of these projects respond to missed opportunities. Others reframe controversial developments as potential.
Together, they form a layered map of Istanbul’s recent past, volatile present, and speculative future.

By confronting widely held beliefs—about silhouette, density, migration, and progress—Uncommissioned invites both professionals and the public to reconsider how cities are shaped, and who gets to shape them.



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  • Crime Files
    • Rebuilding AKM
    • Rebuilding Topcu Barracks
    • Galataport Development
    • New Symbol for Istanbul, Zorlu Center
    • Tarlabasi Regeneration
    • Galatasaray Stadium Relocation
    • Besiktas Stadium Relocation
    • Building the 3rd Istanbul Bridge
    • The fate of Galatasaray Island
    • The new Finance Center
    • Kanal Istanbul
  • Articles
    • Uncommissioned
    • “Use, Consume, Abandon” Haydar Karabey
    • “Downsizing plan for Istanbul” Celal Abdi Guzer
    • “AKM, the grandmother” Emre Arolat
  • Proposals
    • The Sectional Planning
      • Topography as building
      • AKM
      • Gezi Park District
    • The Silhouette
      • Levazim Center
      • Galataport
    • Neighbourhood
      • Mahalle Horizontal
      • Mahalle Vertical
    • Density and Migration
      • ITU Isletme Fakultesi
      • Media Cloud
      • Media Tower
      • Macka Museum
      • Inonu Stadium & Perpa
      • Nimbus Masterplan
      • The 3rd Tower
      • Kurucesme Island
      • Landscraper
    • The Second Strait
      • Kadigil Theatre
      • Ortakoy Museum
      • Pharma HQ
  • Exhibition
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    • Book
    • Posters
    • T-Shirts
  • About
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