social group_network and occupation of urban space

My project started from the curiosity of the characters of urban life in Istanbul. As learn from last term's research, istanbul is a city full of live wonders created by its citizens.The city is transformed in all kinds of aspects by its large population of migrants and those who came to this old metropolis to seek their dreams. This extremely mixture of old and new, local and adventive, permanent and temporary, traditional and modern brings the city countless possibilities. During the field trip in Istanbul,i was aim at exploring occupation and recreation by different social group's life in the city. For example, the farmers, street vendors, and amateur fishers. Different social groups have their own way to perform life in the city, and have its particular activities to occupy the urban space,which create interactions between people,place and the city. The whole life scenery of city is full of heterogeneous segments of life, here all kinds of man-made inventions coexist with natural features, the urban spaces are fully occupied and transformed by those wonders and have been redefined gradually.

For example, in Oda projesi's garden project, the traditional local courtyard with plants was occupied by picnic carpets and dinning groups,people put chairs inside and then with the process going on, the garden lost its original face and meaning. Until now, there are not so much policy to administrate the informal activities in such unprogrammed urban spaces, that means, those public spaces are waiting for transformation and recreation.