t h e f i r s t p h a s e

The first phase of the project is the way that ı have submitted to the vcdmfa programme for the application..
I 'd like to emphasize some important points and keywords.

'The city is a scene'

'City gives inspiration for visual arts'

The project is feeding from 'these situations of the city'.

At that point; city becomes ' a material for visual comminucation'.

T h e i d e n t i t y / c h a r a c t e r ;
seperates a person or a place from the others..

"The identity does not mean equality, it means 'individualism' and ,'being unique' "
Kevin Lynch

İmage Concept: reflects that uniqueness, the authenticity..

People, managements, brands have their own images;

T h e q u e s t i o n : "Do cities have their own images? "

The purpose is to create the vitrines of the city which reflects its own authentic identity, image...

T h e m e n t a l m a p : The mental map(s) is the route of the project . The disricts, edges, landmarks, nodes that reflects this uniqueness and the image will be determined on that map..It is a visual map; it will be changed according to the forms of perceiving the space , during this process...

V i t r i n e : v i s u a l m e a n i n g

İ s t a n b u l : v a r i o u s m o s a i c
c o s m o p o l i t s o c i e t y ; that's why İstanbul is an appropriate example...

I'd rather use schemes for expressing...

The problem: The borders of the area / space that reflect the image of the city is not certain, not clear....