İstanbul Community Market Ideas Competition

Team: Elif Erdoğdu, Kürşad Özdemir

 

re1 is a  model for the neighborhoods of istanbul that lie along the commuter railroad to recycle the disused tracks into new structures to host communal activities.

the connection of two commuter train lines of istanbul via the new tunnel project, marmaray, resulted in the renewal of the rail lines and in decomissioning of the existing tracks.

the railroad,  is a composition of different elements: steel rails, timber railroad ties, steel cables and metal connection pins. re1 recycles the de-comissioned railroad portions by reorganizing these elements into new structures to provide the people of the nearby neighborhoods new spaces.