ARCHITECTURAL SILHOUETTE IN THE CITY
As T-COD Architecture, we would like to talk to you about vertical architecture, which has become widespread with the condensed population, and horizontal architecture that preserves the silhouettes of cities. Let's take a look at the city's architecture and its effects on people, as well as the differences between vertical architecture and horizontal architecture.
Especially big cities in the world have their own silhouettes. What contributes to the preservation of a city's silhouette is horizontal architecture that eliminates the floor difference between buildings. Since we are located in the earthquake zone, the horizontal architecture, which should be applied in our country, creates an orderly appearance by eliminating the floor differences between buildings. Thanks to these structures that develop transversely in the construction of the city, cities gain a more spacious and organized appearance. In this way, wider and greener living spaces are created for people. With the horizontal architecture, besides the silhouette of the city, it is also possible for people to be more social and closer to nature. With horizontal architecture, people are given the opportunity to live by establishing strong relationships with the soil. Horizontal architecture, which expresses transversely developing low-rise housing projects, is now being replaced by vertical architecture, where floor differences emerge and distort the silhouette of the city. The main reason for the implementation of the vertical architecture, which distorts the silhouette of the city day by day, is the land problems experienced. The vertical architecture, which is preferred to save space, has negative consequences due to concentration in a unit area. Buildings with vertical architecture emit a lot of heat and pollution. While these high-rise buildings shade each other and affect sunbathing and air circulation, they also negatively affect people's social lives. It has many negative effects, from the weakening of human relations with the formation of more households in the narrow area, to the decrease in the amount of green space. These buildings, which were built to meet the needs of the dense population in big cities, include housing projects such as Su Kent, Park Joven, Aden Beytepe, Avend Beytepe, Tuna Panorama, Enpark Beytepe, Incek Loft, and YDA Center, Next Level, Togo Towers, implemented in Ankara. We can give examples of business center projects such as Paragon, 1071, Kale Ofis, Nev201, Mira Office. Since these structures carry more risks in case of earthquakes, they should be built in an earthquake-resistant manner, advanced construction techniques should be used, and as a result, high construction costs should be met. Vertical architecture has many disadvantages such as distorting the silhouette of the city, making urban planning difficult and keeping people away from social life. The horizontal architecture, which protects the silhouette of the city by eliminating floor differences, offers more green space to people, while allowing the creation of low-density human-scale urban environments.
Although vertical architecture, which has come to the fore with the destruction of the silhouettes of cities, is becoming more common day by day, as a country located in the earthquake zone, the architectural fiction that we need to implement in our country is horizontal architecture.
