Cebeci is a region that has an urban texture that formed synchronously with the capital Ankara. Because of its location between the old town & the new town and political & social background, Cebeci turns into a region that stands out with its importance and character.
In time, Cebeci has become a place of universities, hospitals and military institutions. Therefore, interest to the region has increased day by day and the concept of a neighborhood has improved. Cebeci started to get a character with young & dynamic students, middle class, literate people. Together with the rapidly increasing population because of the growing capital, the neighborhood has expanded and turns into a district that students, artisans and employees live together in peace by creating a social neighborhood life by public spaces, facilities and by sharing the campus of the Ankara University to all ages. When this campus life is compared with today’s Ankara University, the essence of space and its usage disappeared today.
However, because of the intense urbanization at all around the city, Ankara had grown too fast with the migrations from rural towns. Due to that uncontrollable growth, city plans became unworkable and slums that called third Ankara after old and new city have occurred at the 1960s. An inevitable consequence of that these slums were settled also at Cebeci. Besides these newcomers, political issues have shown up at the 1970s and 1980s, Ankara University, which has welcomed all people of the neighborhood, closed its doors to the public use and Cebeci’s characteristic feature as being a neighborhood that manages itself has started to change. The components that create social interactions between the students, artisans and employees have disappeared in time. The balance between the residents and the ones that come from outside because of institutions got tensioned.
In conclusion, the problem is that Cebeci lost its urban memory, social neighborhood character and people profile that formed with togetherness of the residents and the students. We think that we should provide social interactions like the neighborhood’s old days.
This semester’s project aims to provide a good education environment which also regenerates the neighborhood life.
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