Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape

[EN] Being major transportation infrastructure of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the impacts of railways on cities have highly directed urban discourses; deforming material edge of cities, encouraging urban extension, formation of new territories, and speeding up urban development. However, in r...

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Autores: Bas Butuner, Funda, Alanyalı Aral, Ela, Çavdar, Selin
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
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Palabra clave:Urban railway
Urban landscape
Ankara
Commuter line
Landscape
Infraestructure
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spelling Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost LandscapeBas Butuner, FundaAlanyalı Aral, ElaÇavdar, SelinUrban railwayUrban landscapeAnkaraCommuter lineLandscapeInfraestructure[EN] Being major transportation infrastructure of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the impacts of railways on cities have highly directed urban discourses; deforming material edge of cities, encouraging urban extension, formation of new territories, and speeding up urban development. However, in recent decades, with newly emerging discussions on landscape infrastructure, a new idea for a more integrated infrastructure and urban system has started to be formulated. Railway strips, occurring as terrains where solid-void morphology of cities becomes illegible, emerge as generators in the formation of new urban green network. Within this framework, Ankara commuter line that mark outs a route approximately 37 kilometers in length in the city, is a remarkable case for a motivating discussion on railway and landscape confrontation. Penetrating the city in east-west direction, the commuter line integrated with a rural landscape –covering vegetable gardens and creeks- that was serving as a recreational field for citizens until 1950s. However, the transformative nature of the railway, encouraged the development of new urban lands, industrial areas and neighborhoods along its route, and erased the characteristic landscape along the railway. The continuous landscape integrated with green, water and railway infrastructure became fragmented covering only some splits of green and water. In this respect, this study dwells on the lost landscape of the commuter line by mapping the fragmented continuity of the railway, green and water infrastructure from 1950’s until today to show the limited, but potential interaction of these three systems in the current urban fabric.This article is based on a scientific research project entitled "Demiryolunun Peyzaj ve Kentsel Tasarim Unsuru Olarak Potansiyelinin Tespiti ve Tasarim Ilkelerinin Gelistirilmesi: Sincan-Kayas Banliyo Hatti" and was financed by Middle East Technical University (2015-2016). Project Coordinatos: Funda Bas Bütüner Team Members: Ela Alanyali Ara, Selin Çavdar.Editorial Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaMiddle East Technical University, TurquíaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20182018-04-20book parthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/113881reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada (by-nc-nd) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/1138812026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
title Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
spellingShingle Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
Bas Butuner, Funda
Urban railway
Urban landscape
Ankara
Commuter line
Landscape
Infraestructure
title_short Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
title_full Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
title_fullStr Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
title_full_unstemmed Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
title_sort Transformative Urban Railway: Ankara Commuter Line and Lost Landscape
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bas Butuner, Funda
Alanyalı Aral, Ela
Çavdar, Selin
author Bas Butuner, Funda
author_facet Bas Butuner, Funda
Alanyalı Aral, Ela
Çavdar, Selin
author_role author
author2 Alanyalı Aral, Ela
Çavdar, Selin
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Middle East Technical University, Turquía
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Urban railway
Urban landscape
Ankara
Commuter line
Landscape
Infraestructure
topic Urban railway
Urban landscape
Ankara
Commuter line
Landscape
Infraestructure
description [EN] Being major transportation infrastructure of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the impacts of railways on cities have highly directed urban discourses; deforming material edge of cities, encouraging urban extension, formation of new territories, and speeding up urban development. However, in recent decades, with newly emerging discussions on landscape infrastructure, a new idea for a more integrated infrastructure and urban system has started to be formulated. Railway strips, occurring as terrains where solid-void morphology of cities becomes illegible, emerge as generators in the formation of new urban green network. Within this framework, Ankara commuter line that mark outs a route approximately 37 kilometers in length in the city, is a remarkable case for a motivating discussion on railway and landscape confrontation. Penetrating the city in east-west direction, the commuter line integrated with a rural landscape –covering vegetable gardens and creeks- that was serving as a recreational field for citizens until 1950s. However, the transformative nature of the railway, encouraged the development of new urban lands, industrial areas and neighborhoods along its route, and erased the characteristic landscape along the railway. The continuous landscape integrated with green, water and railway infrastructure became fragmented covering only some splits of green and water. In this respect, this study dwells on the lost landscape of the commuter line by mapping the fragmented continuity of the railway, green and water infrastructure from 1950’s until today to show the limited, but potential interaction of these three systems in the current urban fabric.
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