Project area is hilly terrain that turns its one front towards sea, other one towards city, protecting its natural structure. Considering the potentials city possess (new industrial area, direction of housing stock to other side of city, the new port planned to be constructed and the university campus very close to the terrain), urban image creates an action and attraction point. Therefore, it will constitute and action field that will affect city life with the functions it incorporates, strengthening image of the city. Domination of hill on city panorama makes the land special, unique and valuable. In this regard, this area that could protect its own natural richness between current urban fabric and developing city turns into a CITY CONJUNCTION.

Reisinger and Schreiber (1995) indicates public spaces as daily life stages that also embody cultural and historical events, an attraction center  for users and the meeting points of city. Within this context, old structure traces found within project area is associated with city memory, setting up a connection between yesterday and today is targeted. Besides, with the diversity of the functions present within space and the theme park, it will act as a conjunction for a user who  introduce city, gives vistas to the users coming from outside for only city- dwellers.

Existing morphological situation of the land defines usable zones. These regions show varied features in the context of their inclination and relations they establish with the city. With regard to recommended design, firstly by considering these regions, intersection is provided between different function zones and a backbone. Current historical structures and traces of landscape elements are the traces that give us information regarding life experience of space. An architectural attitude protecting city memory by preserving these traces, respect to natural formation, taking environmental data into account has been important design inputs in terms of sustainability and adaptation to nature.

East-west perimeter of the land identifies the interface by which park is connected with current city/developing city. Commercial units integrated to urban interface, theme park as well as hotels and culture square are attached to the city with observation terraces. It nearly calls city inside it. Park entrance is defined and open to everyone. It is almost a breath taking and action space for closed surroundings. Although pedestrian axes are formed in accordance with natural structure in low elevations that the land permits, a teleferic is adopted in east front that is associated with city coastal strip. Thus, pedestrians may access city interface uninterruptedly. While theme park relationship is determined in the area which is left for greening in good agreement with current topography in inclined zones of the land, cafes, restaurants, activity and socialization spaces which are located around keeps the park alive and active in different seasons and time periods by creating shady spots. By creating observation terraces in area, multiple Vista points are given user.

The ridge that take part in north- east direction of the terrain are the dominant regions to city and sea. With respect to the design evaluating this significant environmental data, the commercial units which are integrated with current structure traces are used as a backbone of activation and action. While ridge backbone maintains urban connections, it has a transitive structure with city interface on the other hand. In addition to architecturally felt respect to existing structures, the trace that current buildings make up eventuates in observation terraces.

Principally, project areas have been used as theme park where all functions are intertwined. By means of periodic or permanent exhibition units, it is aimed to provide user with different experiences within space. In addition to this, it is targeted that function transitions are described and the main lane of theme park is positioned in a defined space belonging to it.

Suggested focal cultural structure has a dominant character which may also be seen from city center. In contact with urban interface within pedestrian and user flow in the park, it connects the space to city through teleferic transportation and distributes user to the area. When you walk in the park, you can find yourself in the points which are dominant to scenery, the perimeters of the structure at the instant. Structure stock here dominates park, its immediate vicinity and placement of theme park with its standing and form. Nevertheless, it is modest, takes its power from the connection it establishes with the park and topography. It is triangulation point, gate opening to the city. The impact area in urban scale is both semantic and imaginative.

Suggested focal structure gets possession of a dominant character. It arranges, attaches and scatters flow of pedestrian and usage in the park. It wraps interface of the city, always reminding in human scale that it is main element of necessary functions.

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