Sound Mapping of Erenköy

First of all, it is better to introduce where my neighbourhood's location is with a simple map. It is in the Asian side of İstanbul, in Kadıköy.

When looking from birds-eye view tothis district, I think it is interesting to see the main axes are nearly parallel to each other and to the coast. I want to experience the differences between them by auditory sense. That may say something about the way and density of their usage.

The method that I can follow is to record the sound at different axis and the lines that intersect with them.

The points that I choose to record are:

1 : Minibus way (Şemsettin Günaltay Avenue)

2: My street

3: Railway (Erenköy Station)

4: Various cross streets

5: Bağdat Avenue

6: Seaside way (Cemil Topuzlu Avenue)

7: Seaside



As the next step I may record the chosen points at different hours of the day - like in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night.

Remappng Istanbul through locals/ visitors....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/4672127450/sizes/l/in/set-72157624209158632/

mapping the sense about istiklal street

the main thick line indicates the most crowded and colorful street of istanbul (i think even of turkey) and also the street everybody has a story to design or express about, where is istiklal street in beyoglu.

my sense when i am on the istiklal street generally focuses on the existense of diffent typed churches and the feeling about where they are. i mean i usually like to know that there are lots of them and this cultural diversity i feel when i am on the street makes me happy. so, i tried to make a mapping about the churches of istiklal street which you can reveal by chasing the main line and counting the streets. by counting the nearby street lines it looks now like anybody can reveal them from their 'other located' places if oneself wants to.

and to differ the church locations among each other, i preferred using their own national language on the map by using the word 'church' into their languages like armenian, greek, latin and chaldean.

the beginning and ending circles shown in the red colored indicates the taksim and tunnel squares that start and finish the main thick line as istiklal street.

and lastly i used some free transform distortions to give the mapping some kind of different dimensioned perception. this mapping's story is like this.

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Leland Berman's Neighborhood Mapping 1

In my mapping I was looking at my neighborhood centered on Babil Sok. I live at the bottom of the hill that crests along Cumhuriyet Caddi.
This Avenue is a significant divider for the area. One side of the hill faces the Bospherous and the other faces inland. The difference in development patterns is easily noticeable able and the client/ user that is being designed for is also noticeably different. As you go downhill away from the Bospherous you experience dense and traditional city development that becomes more run down the further from the top of the hill you go. This is signified by the growing number of completely vacant lots. On the other side Cumhuriyet is "modern" city development with larger sized lots, bigger buildings and space between each structure. The buildings are pulled back away from the street and fail to keep the urban edge.
I also looked at Babil Sok and how I experience the street. As I live at the base of the hill that the street runs down the whole experience is one of going up and down towards Cumhuriyet. I think of the street as a series of milestones that I pass along the way. Each spot has different meaning and use for me. The stores we go to for different things, the restaurants I like, objects that aren't buildings or shops that mark points along the street.

CITY LIGHT MAP 01

NIGHT LIGHTS: WHO DECIDES WHERE SHOULD BE LIT IN A CITY?

NIGHT LIGHTS: WHO DECIDES?

I want to know who decides where the night lights in a city are to be. The control of the street lights might mean a partial control of the city after dark. Does the municipality (or any authority) control people's night life as the street lights are placed? Is it always the busy streets very much lit, and the abondoned ones always darkish? Is there a pattern?

As a start, I tried to compare the parts of a certain route I always take at Kadıköy: from the Beşiktaş Ferry Station to the upper area Bahariye. Next step will be to spot the street lamps and spot the stores that also light the streets. Later, I may compare the different hours after dark.

On Translation : Açık Radyo Antoni Muntadas

http://www.archive.org/details/OnTranslationAkRadyo_604