Expression of Arts-Driven Social Co-presences in the Beyoğlu’s Spatial Culture

The clusters of arts that are organically developed by the compatible location choices of art organizations are considered as such urban areas that social co-presences are generated. They are, thus significant catalysts for the enhancement of urban vitality. This paper examines this argument through exploring the location choices of art organizations in placing their art events in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. Along with the location pattern of art events, the focus of paper is the configurational attributes of Beyoğlu’s urban network through which the art events impact on and are impacted by pedestrian use of urban space. The method addresses the locations of art events as places of art-driven social co-presence, and the pedestrian movement as the force that holds the events in a networked structure. Analyzing Beyoğlu’s street network configurationally, the paper quantitatively presents the urban network’s potential effect on pedestrian movement, and highlights the modes of urban space uses that can be possibly emerged through the natural pedestrian movement in Beyoğlu. The approach reveals the aspects of spatial processes that would generate social effects in the urban experience of art events in Beyoğlu.

Sanat Aracılığı ile Bir Arada Olma Durumları ve Beyoğlu’nun Mekânsal Kültüründeki Yansımaları

Kentlerde farklı sanat organizasyonlarının kesişen yer seçimleri dolayısıyla ortaya çıkan sanat mekânlarının oluşturduğu kümelenmeler, kentlerin sosyal canlılığı için önemli yerler olarak kabul edilmektedirler. Bu makale bu argümanı İstanbul Beyoğlu’nda sanat organizasyonlarının sanatsal etkinlikleri düzenlerken seçtikleri mekanlar üzerinden analiz eder. Bir taraftan sanat etkinliklerin yerlerini haritalarken, makalenin odağında hem etkinliklerin etkisinde, hem de bölgedeki yaya kullanımı etkisi altında ele alınması gereken Beyoğlu sokak ağı konfigürasyonu vardır. Metodolojik olarak, tespit edilen tüm sanat etkinlik mekânları bir sosyal bir-arada olma durumunun aktif yaratıcıları olarak ele alınırken, mekandaki yaya hareketi bu etkinlik meskenlerini ilişkilendirerek ağsal bir yapıya dönüştüren mekanizma olarak ele alınır. Makale Beyoğlu sokak ağının konfigürasyonunu analiz ederek, sokak ağının bölgedeki yaya akışına potansiyel etkisini ortaya çıkarmakta, bölgede yaya akışına dayalı ortaya çıkan mekânsal kullanımlara vurgu yapmaktadır. Bu yaklaşımla, makalede sanatsal etkinliklerin kentsel deneyiminde mekânsal süreçlerin sosyal olanı biçimlendirmedeki rolüne dair çıkarımlar yapılır.

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