Türkiye’de meydanlar Osmanlı döneminden itibaren tarihi
geçmişlerinde şehirlerin önemli unsurlarından olmuşlardır. Osmanlı
döneminde gördüğümüz dinin ve geleneklerin etkisiyle konut bağlamında içe
kapanık avlu bahçeleri, kent bağlamında insanların sosyalleşmesi ve birçok
ortak etkinliğin gerçekleştiği kentsel meydanlarıdır. Bu meydanların
elemanları kırsalda çınar ağaçları, köy kahvesi ve camiden oluşan küçük
toplanma merkezleri iken, kentlerde genelde alışveriş, yönetim ve yine cami
ile bütünleşen büyük açıklıklı meydanlardır. Günümüz Türkiye’sinde ise new
urbanism (yeni kentleşme) akımları, kentsel dönüşüm ihtiyaçları ve toplumun
açık mekanlardan olan beklentileri meydanlarda da etkisini göstermiş,
kamusal mekanın yenilenmesi ve dönüşümünde meydanlar ilk akla gelen
kent parçaları olmuştur. Bu makalede, projelendirme çalışması tamamlanan
Trabzon ölçeğindeki bir meydan üzerinde, planlamadan tasarıma doğru olan
süreç tanımlanmıştır. Yapılan bu proje, Trabzon’un gelecek vizyonu
koşutunda, katılımcı bir anlayışla tarihsel, kültürel ve mekansal değerlerin
nitelikli bir biçimde geliştirilmesi, çok sayıdaki seçenek arasından korumakullanma
dengesini gözeten işlevsel, sürdürülebilir, yenilikçi, özgün kimlikli
mekanlar oluşturmayı amaçlamış, meydanın Trabzon-Ortahisar kent
merkezine yakışır biçimde kent yaşamına kazandırılması hedeflenmiştir.
Date from the history of the Ottoman period, squares have become important
elements of cities in Turkey. Ottoman period, we see the effect of religion and traditions in
the context of urban housing in the context of people's socialization introverted courtyard
gardens and many of the same event, takes place in urban squares. Elements of this
squares plane trees in rural areas, village centers, coffee houses and the mosque was a
small gathering, as is usually the city's shopping and again we see examples of the mosque
in Istanbul, which integrates with the squares span. New Urbanism in Contemporary Turkey,
open spaces in urban regeneration needs and expectations of society has shown its impact
in the squares, the renewal of public space and the transformation of urban spaces, squares
were the first that comes to mind. In this paper, first in Turkey, changing and developing city
squares in the whole of historic structures has been revealed by history. Then, the scale of
the challenge of Trabzon on the completed design work, from planning to design the process
correctly identified. In this project, the vision of the future of Trabzon, a participatory
understanding of historical, cultural and spatial development of the values in a qualified
manner, the balance of protection and utilization of soft light of the numerous functional,
sustainable, innovative, unique identity by creating a location befitting the town square,
Trabzon life is for purposes of gain. Put forward with the project, initially only "parking
challenged" to enlarge the borders of the city area is used as a tourist, historical and
recreation services to meet the needs of a larger area is formatted in a way. Parking time in
the past because the functions of "mediocrity" with the use of "stray" seating areas, or a
classic "tea garden" in the mood problems of modern urban life reveals about winning.
Square Park in the past have now lost the historical sense of identity and modernity, the
period of time, throughout the city these days that appeal to broad participation in the user
structure of the remote user has the correct change. In the past, the challenge in case of a
park playground, park surrounding the architectural texture of the city today, according to
new needs and solutions in the area surrounding the future need for new spatial identity
shown. Ultimately, this project will support the use of spatial characteristics of urban public
spaces, giving the user to increase the value of the city's cultural and urban heritage in the
process of development in the social and economic role of the parallel problem of
identification, protection, and to revive the proposed integrated approach is adopted. Project
work set out in the case of cities in Turkey, plus the realization of new approaches to urban
planning and landscape values are determined and recommendations have been revealed.
