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Green lines – light shoring is site-specific alteration
project realized in an abandoned building next to the Bosphorus in Tophane,
district of Beyoglu. There, in the middle of the street, lies the carcass of a
former family house. A long time ago what was a private space, is now exposed
to everybody.
A series of neon light lines has been placed inside the
building volume. The neon lines connect together the adjacent buildings. The
lines set in various directions and angles are designed to function like a
shoring system that supports in an energetic and lightweight mode, the fragile
building structures.
The empty space is now a hub where the energy is passing
through. It rehabilitates the life integrity of the street line.
The former inner privacy that became visible is now being transformed
into a genuine public space.
The project has reclaimed this anonymous yet depressing
fragment of the urban landscape and it has turned it into an active element.
The sadness and the abandon of the past have switched to a
bright moment of present time.
In collaboration with Cultures france and the French Institute in Istanbul.
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