2024-05-04T16:28:29-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149949730/enclosed-paradise-istanbul-s-microcities-as-megaprojects Orhan Ayyüce 2016-06-06T17:41:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gl/glx26eutc19ppi3x.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Turkish word for Gated Community is site, from the French cit&eacute;, and they generally resemble the French highrises of the same name, rather than American tract housing. Towers and slabs stand shoulder to shoulder, dancing in a circle around the gardens they surround.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>How to Make an Enclosed Paradise:</em></p><ul><li><em>Raze a blighted industrial site or neighborhood close to the city center, preferably along a new highway or metro line.</em></li><li><em>Build an access road around the perimeter. Like a castle moat, this isolates your project from context and gives&nbsp;</em><em>distance</em><em> for height setbacks.</em></li><li><em>Fill the offset parcel with a base. This plinth elevates the garden while providing parking underneath.</em></li><li><em>Arrange towers and blocks along the borders of the site, maximizing the area of the captured central garden.</em></li><li><em>Stand out from your neighbors with shiny materials.</em></li><li><em>Market the project with a name that sounds like a car, i.e. &lsquo;Innovia&rsquo;, or &lsquo;Quasar&rsquo;.</em></li></ul>