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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-15T00:28:33Z

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
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| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
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| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
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| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
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| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
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| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
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| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
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== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

In the first times the people wanted to save this last green area and make their voices. So many people from around the country joined that voices and they become huge group. After a while the problem was not the plans for the park. It has turned something else. In addition to peacefully people, there were some groups that had opportunity from this kaos for attacking the government. There was vandalism and they met the attack of police. They were so many anger, demolition and fights. Police and protesters were attacking to each other everyday. Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park. There were some problems with government. The government was unwilling to listen the people about what they want and the each side couldn't tell clearly their problems. The protests continued a few months but it has not finished. There are still some sounds about it and it seems like the government will not step back.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:Ekran_Alıntısıv.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

We need much time and empathy to change situation. There are no more protests anymore but reactions. The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.citylab.com%2Fmedia%2Fimg%2Fcitylab%2Flegacy%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2Fgezi-library3.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citylab.com%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F06%2Foccupy-istanbul-protesters-build-their-own-mini-city-gezi-park%2F5829%2F&h=750&w=1000&tbnid=7qdTvqAQ6F30VM%3A&docid=b3h7uwPx01PFYM&ei=lx-vV6meM4uuUfvVuLAB&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=957&page=1&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=0ahUKEwjpxcrevr7OAhULVxQKHfsqDhYQMwg6KA4wDg&bih=667&biw=1366
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-15T00:25:27Z

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

In the first times the people wanted to save this last green area and make their voices. So many people from around the country joined that voices and they become huge group. After a while the problem was not the plans for the park. It has turned something else. In addition to peacefully people, there were some groups that had opportunity from this kaos for attacking the government. There was vandalism and they met the attack of police. They were so many anger, demolition and fights. Police and protesters were attacking to each other everyday. Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park. There were some problems with government. The government was unwilling to listen the people what they want.The protests continued a few months but it has not finished. There are still some sounds about it and it seems like the government will not step back.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:Ekran_Alıntısıv.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

We need much time and empathy to change situation. There are no more protests anymore but reactions. The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.citylab.com%2Fmedia%2Fimg%2Fcitylab%2Flegacy%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2Fgezi-library3.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citylab.com%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F06%2Foccupy-istanbul-protesters-build-their-own-mini-city-gezi-park%2F5829%2F&h=750&w=1000&tbnid=7qdTvqAQ6F30VM%3A&docid=b3h7uwPx01PFYM&ei=lx-vV6meM4uuUfvVuLAB&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=957&page=1&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=0ahUKEwjpxcrevr7OAhULVxQKHfsqDhYQMwg6KA4wDg&bih=667&biw=1366
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-08-15T00:02:24Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Led.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:Anıtkabir.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol is from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

"Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. " '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

There is a nice park inside the area and the monument is built at a huge scale. There are so many plants from around the word and every city of Turkey. It has a great view to Ankara. Everyone respect this monument a lot and it's like a symbol of Turkish Democracy. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´. This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara. If you live in Ankara, you see it like a part of your life. You can see some marks from it in your daily life. If you come to Ankara as a tourist, it will always be your first stop. That's why I choosed it. I think it's the best option for my city as a Landscape Symbol.

'''Reference :

*Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C4%B1tkabir
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara
Images :
*http://www.ataturktoday.com/Anitkabir.htm
*http://www.ilefarsiv.com/fotograf/galeri/data/media/179/antkabir.JPG

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-08-15T00:01:47Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Led.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:Anıtkabir.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol is from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

"Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. " '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

There is a nice park inside the area and the monument is built at a huge scale. There are so many plants from around the word and every city of Turkey. It has a great view to Ankara. Everyone respect this monument a lot and it's like a symbol of Turkish Democracy. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´. This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara. If you live in Ankara, you see it like a part of your life. You can see some marks from it in your daily life. If you come to Ankara as a tourist, it will always be your first stop. That's why I choosed it. I think it's the best option for my city as a Landscape Symbol.

'''Reference :

*Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

*http://www.ataturktoday.com/Anitkabir.htm
*http://www.ilefarsiv.com/fotograf/galeri/data/media/179/antkabir.JPG
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C4%B1tkabir
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Led.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:Anıtkabir.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol is from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

There is a nice park inside the area and the monument is built at a huge scale. There are so many plants from around the words. It has a great view to Ankara. Everyone respect this monument a lot and it's like a symbol of Turkish Democracy. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´. This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara. If you live in Ankara, you see it like a part of your life. You can see some marks from it in your daily life. If you come to Ankara as a tourist, it will always be your first stop.

"Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. " '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

'''Reference :

*Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

*http://www.ataturktoday.com/Anitkabir.htm
*http://www.ilefarsiv.com/fotograf/galeri/data/media/179/antkabir.JPG
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C4%B1tkabir
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankara

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Led.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:Anıtkabir.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol is from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

"Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia." '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

'''Reference :

*Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

*http://www.ataturktoday.com/Anitkabir.htm
*http://www.ilefarsiv.com/fotograf/galeri/data/media/179/antkabir.JPG
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C4%B1tkabir

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

File:Anıtkabir.PNG

2016-08-14T21:20:23Z

Melisk:

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-08-14T21:16:12Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Led.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

"Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia." '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

'''Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

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2016-08-14T21:15:33Z

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-13T13:31:08Z

Melisk: /* Representation of your observations */

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:Ekran_Alıntısıv.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

We need much time and empathy to change situation. There are no more protests anymore but reactions. The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.citylab.com%2Fmedia%2Fimg%2Fcitylab%2Flegacy%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2Fgezi-library3.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citylab.com%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F06%2Foccupy-istanbul-protesters-build-their-own-mini-city-gezi-park%2F5829%2F&h=750&w=1000&tbnid=7qdTvqAQ6F30VM%3A&docid=b3h7uwPx01PFYM&ei=lx-vV6meM4uuUfvVuLAB&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=957&page=1&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=0ahUKEwjpxcrevr7OAhULVxQKHfsqDhYQMwg6KA4wDg&bih=667&biw=1366
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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2016-08-13T13:30:49Z

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-13T13:30:09Z

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

We need much time and empathy to change situation. There are no more protests anymore but reactions. The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.citylab.com%2Fmedia%2Fimg%2Fcitylab%2Flegacy%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2Fgezi-library3.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citylab.com%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F06%2Foccupy-istanbul-protesters-build-their-own-mini-city-gezi-park%2F5829%2F&h=750&w=1000&tbnid=7qdTvqAQ6F30VM%3A&docid=b3h7uwPx01PFYM&ei=lx-vV6meM4uuUfvVuLAB&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=957&page=1&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=0ahUKEwjpxcrevr7OAhULVxQKHfsqDhYQMwg6KA4wDg&bih=667&biw=1366
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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2016-08-13T13:29:04Z

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

We need much time and empathy to change situation. There are no more protests anymore but reactions. The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.citylab.com%2Fmedia%2Fimg%2Fcitylab%2Flegacy%2F2013%2F06%2F07%2Fgezi-library3.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citylab.com%2Fpolitics%2F2013%2F06%2Foccupy-istanbul-protesters-build-their-own-mini-city-gezi-park%2F5829%2F&h=750&w=1000&tbnid=7qdTvqAQ6F30VM%3A&docid=b3h7uwPx01PFYM&ei=lx-vV6meM4uuUfvVuLAB&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=957&page=1&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=0ahUKEwjpxcrevr7OAhULVxQKHfsqDhYQMwg6KA4wDg&bih=667&biw=1366
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-13T13:16:46Z

Melisk: /* What are the major challenges for changing the situation? */

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

We need much time and empathy to change situation. There are no more protests anymore but reactions. The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-13T12:58:16Z

Melisk: /* What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? */

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic. The most important things is to reach agreed decision by all citizens. It would be hard to reach agreed decision but at least we need to try it. Everyone
must get away from their feelings about the government and think what would be better for all of us.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-13T12:54:01Z

Melisk: /* What are the major challenges for changing the situation? */

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The most important thing does not what majority or minority says. There must be consencus between people and the government.The essence of situation needs to be analyzing and they need to save the benefits of country. The government must try to listen the people and respond their requests. If the government and the people reach agreed decision, it would keep the peace between them and change the situation.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-08-02T23:31:49Z

Melisk: /* Representation of your observations */

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
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| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:Vv.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
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| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
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| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
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| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
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| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
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| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park
*https://img.rt.com/files/news/1f/d6/e0/00/27.si.jpg

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-08-02T23:08:35Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

"Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia." '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

'''Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-07-24T10:44:33Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia. '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

'''Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-07-24T10:44:11Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia. '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

'''
'''Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''
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== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-07-24T10:43:44Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia. '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

'''
Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf'''

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-07-24T10:43:26Z

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'''--> [[LED_Online_Seminar_2016_-_Working_Group_B|Back to your group page]]'''

== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia. '''(Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)'''

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-07-24T10:42:33Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey.Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia. (Kocatürk; Toker and Ünay, 2010)

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7, http://usir.salford.ac.uk/18073/1/125-138.pdf

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B

2016-07-24T10:27:09Z

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== Landscape Symbol 1- Ankara`s Symbol - Melis Kilic ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:anitkabir.PNG|ANKARA`s symbol
Image:anitkabir2.PNG|
</gallery>

My landscape symbol`s from Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks.

The area as a landscape is nothing unique, but it is inside a nice park, the monument is built to a huge scale, it’s very important for the modern area of Turkish Democracy, and has nice view to Ankara. It’s also called `The center of Modern Turkey´.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the commander of Turkish War of Independence and the founder of Republic of Turkey. Anıtkabir is built on Rassattepe (Observation Hill) which was chosen so the mausoleum could be seen from all parts of Ankara.

Rather than a work of architecture, Anıtkabir has been a symbol and a focal center of Atatürk’s principles, republican revolutions and modern turkey. The making of Anıtkabir marks also an important milestone in the architectural history of republic of Turkey. It is a simple, elegant and aesthetic example of a counter-concept developed against foreign architectural trends in 1940-1950s. Turkish architects and sculptors introduced this work of art by creating modern figures that cover the components of all the past cultures in Anatolia.

This symbol is very important for the people who live in Turkey. Over 1.5 million people visit this mausoleum every year and they show their respect to Ataturk who did the revolution for Turkey. And this number is getting and getting more every year. The people see it like ´identity of the city´. You can see the Anitkabir from all parts of Ankara.

Reference :

Toker, Saadet; Kocatürk, Tuba; Ünay, Ali İ. (2010): Structural Assessment and Strengthening of Atatürk's Mausoleum, Anıtkabir. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, 27(1), 125-138. DOI: 10.4305/METU.JFA.2010.1.7

== Landscape Symbol 2- Bologna's Symbols, Serena Indaco ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Bologna's symbols.jpg|Bologna's symbols
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===

In these pictures I have highlight the symbols leaving them colored while the background is black and white.

Arcades: Bologna is made by arcades in fact in the town there are nearly 44 km! This type of construction permit to all the visitors of the city to go everywhere without the problem of the weather. In medieval age they were built to increase the areas of the apartments leaving free the ground level. Today they appear as a characteristic of the streets. Walking under arcades give to the walker a sensation of protection from the car’s road but also give to him the possibility to have a glimpse to what is happening in the near road while his main attention is focused on the shops that are present in a great number in the other side. The arcades are diffused in the entire town, but are particularly present in the center. This network give sensations of continuity, identity and belonging to this particular visual landscape. Therefore, today, they appears useful but have an aesthetic value, too.

Representation of the Madonna: Under the Bologna’s arcades, there are a great number of Virgin Mary’s representations made with different technique and showing various scenes of her life. These underline the devotion of Bologna’s inhabitants that asked to these Madonnas to benedict their everyday life. Today people walk without raise up their heads and so they don’t pay attention to these artistic works, some of them wonderful, that make precious the walls of buildings. They are symbols referred to a Christian background but, also, there are important for their artistic and historical meaning.

Dalla’s sculpture: Lucio Dalla was a very famous Italian musician that died some years ago. He was born in Bologna and he related his life and his musical work with this town. One month ago, the municipality had decided to place , for a short period, a bronze Dalla’s sculpture in a small square near his house. In these days many tourist, inhabitants want to see this art craft especially to take a selfie with it. Therefore, there is always a small crowd of people near the sculpture. Usually people want to take a picture with objects that are representative of a town, but seldom they know the history or simply the name of what it is represented. In this case, people with different background are collected by their love for music and wanted a picture as the fans desire the sign of their idol.

== Landscape Symbol 3-Documenta 6 Kassel, Vera Hausmanns ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6.jpeg|Art Installation "Rahmenbau" part of the documenta 6
Image:Analytical Sketch of the meaning.jpeg|Analytical Sketch of the meaning
</gallery>

This art installation is a work of art of the documenta. The documenta is an art exhibition of modern art, which takes place each seven years at Kassel. It is called "Rahmenbau" or "Landschaft im Dia", what means in English something like framing or landscape in a slide. It is built 1977 by a group of architects and artists on the occasion of the documenta 6. In former times on this place has been a building called "Auetor". The "Auetor" should depict a window to the landscape. When a big theater has been built at this place the "Auetor" is torn off. After World War II the view to the landscape has been free again. So they built this art installation for the documenta to remember on the "Auetor" and made a new window to the landscape possible.

I think, this work of art has a historical background. I am sure, that most of the people that visited it didn't know about this. They only see the art installation of the documenta 6. So I would like to say it has changed his meaning from a modern "reconstruction" of the "Auetor" to a work of art of the documenta 6. I would classify it as a change of meaning in a cultural way. And I think this meaning concern only Kassel.

Inside the frame you can see all the important parts that represent Kassel. In the front of the view, you can see the "Orangerie" which show you the history of the town. In the background you can see a smoke stack which represents the industry and in the front of the frame you see the "Friedrichsplatz" with all the people. For me these things are the parts that represent Kassel. I am not sure if this is only a very personal interpretation or if other people are thinking the same. In his properties as a work of art representing the documenta 6 as the exhibition of modern art it might have other meanings to other cultures and other people.

== Landscape Symbol 4- St. Petersburg, Russia Julia Sevrugova ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia.jpg|Symbols in the landscape of Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:SPb 2.jpg|slide 2
File:SPb 3.jpg|slide 3
</gallery>

Color itself could be a significant symbol of Saint Petersburg. Since the foundation of the city, special attention has been paid to the color range used when designing facades of the buildings. The standards have been changing throughout the centuries, but some patterns still stay the same. Despite the fashion trends, warm colors have always dominated. This tendency can be explained quite easily. Saint Petersburg is a Nordic city, and it has rather cool and damp climate. Gloomy skies, cold weather and lack of the sunlight during the wintertime affect people both on physiological and psychological levels. Yellow, orange and light red colors of the buildings and street lighting imitate the sunshine and help to mitigate the negative effects of Nordic climate. Indirectly, this also influences different spheres of social life.

== Landscape Symbol 5- Bangladesh, Md Abdulla Al-Mamun ==

=== Representations and analytical drawings ===
''in addition to your initial visual please add two further analytical drawings of your symbol''
<gallery caption=" " widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="3">
Image:LS 02.jpg|Landscape symbol in Rajshahi, Bangladdesh
Image:Landscape symbols_02.jpg|slide 2
</gallery>

=== Reflections ===
Climate, location and soil formation of the country allows agriculture as one of the important sector in the economy of Bangladesh. Similarly a large number of population are directly involved in this sector. According to the World Bank, the total arable land in Bangladesh is 61.2 percent of the total land area. Since, the specific landscape or the community where I grownup has a special contribution in agricultural sector, I have choose to explore it as a landscape symbol for this seminar.

‘Rajshahi’ is the north of Bangladesh and the climate is classified as tropical, also known as warmer city of the country. Therefore, the particular climate and soil formation permits to grow a mango trees. Almost every house has a single tree of it and outside of the town a huge horizon is covered by the mango gardens. At the same time is a pleasant green all over the year and large agro industry for a specific season. The amount of the production is much high that is exported to abroad after satisfying the need of the country.

The whole process, from the field to the market and till to the consumer, a large number of people involved. The farmers are the mail persons who confirm the supply. It’s an open market for all kind of people who are interested to buy. The two centered picture shows the circumstances of this process. Therefore, it has a large impact on the local economy. Likewise, the mango-based trade and business has changed the rural economic scenario of the region as a whole.

To praise the situation and as local pride in very often the representation can be seen as a form of sculpture or in printing media.

== Group reflection ==

Landscape symbols group’s B reflections:

We have tried to analyze our landscape symbols that come from very various landscape around the world. St. Petersburg with its clear colors of walls and buildings, Kassel with its landscape art installation that frame the surroundings in a single image that tell a lot about its history and its future, Bologna with its network of small art crafts representing the Christianity in public spaces, Rajshahi’s mango that tell the culture, the way of life, the economic and local knowledge of a region, are the symbols that we choose to share. All these represents in different ways some main topics like the local climate that influence a lot the way we perceive the surrounding, the history that flows in the space, the economy and productivity declinated in a specific local background, the power of the institutions or local authorities that hold or held the control of the buildings form of the space, the aesthetic value of the landscape that we perceived every day, but also, our very personal knowledge and our experiences of landscape.

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T17:09:08Z

Melisk:

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'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Gezi.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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File:Gezi.jpg

2016-06-06T17:08:50Z

Melisk:

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T17:06:03Z

Melisk: /* What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? */

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'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===

Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T17:05:49Z

Melisk: /* What are the major challenges for changing the situation? */

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'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===
Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

----
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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T17:05:34Z

Melisk: /* What are the major challenges for changing the situation? */

'''--> [[LED_Online_Seminar_2016_-_Working_Group_B|back to your group page]]'''

'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===

The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===
Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

----
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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T17:05:13Z

Melisk: /* What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? */

'''--> [[LED_Online_Seminar_2016_-_Working_Group_B|back to your group page]]'''

'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===
The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===
Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

----
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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T17:04:51Z

Melisk: /* What are the major challenges for changing the situation? */

'''--> [[LED_Online_Seminar_2016_-_Working_Group_B|back to your group page]]'''

'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===
The distinction between traditional politics and the politics of governance is the involvement of civil society in political decision-making processes. This may be one of the major challenges which civil society in Turkey needs to overcome as was well illustrated during the Gezi Park events.

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===
-Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

----
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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T16:59:41Z

Melisk: /* What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? */

'''--> [[LED_Online_Seminar_2016_-_Working_Group_B|back to your group page]]'''

'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===
*''Please add approx. 150 words in essay style''

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===
-Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

----
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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-06-06T16:59:15Z

Melisk: /* What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? */

'''--> [[LED_Online_Seminar_2016_-_Working_Group_B|back to your group page]]'''

'''''Please add the title of your case study here and replace the dummy image with a characteristic image of your site'''''

{| align="right" width="250pt" style="background:Gainsboro; color:black"
|-
| '''Place name''' ||style="background:Lavender"| ''Istanbul''
|-
| '''Location''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Taksim Gezi Park''
|-
| '''Country''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Turkey''
|-
| '''Author''' || style="background:Lavender"|''Melis Kilic''
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"| [[File:Replacethisfilewithyourvisual.jpg|250px]]
|-
| ||style="background:Lavender"|
|-
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:silver"|
|}

== Rationale: Why have you chosen this case for the landscape and democracy seminar? ==

Taksim Gezi Park is an urban park next to Taksim Square, in Istanbul's Beyoğlu district. It is one of the last green spaces in Beyoğlu and one of the smallest parks of Istanbul. The plans include the building of a replica 19th century Ottoman barracks, Topçu Kışlası, and said by the Prime Minister to include the construction of a shopping centre and mosque.

From 28 May 2013 protests began to occur against plans. The protests developed into riots when a group began occupying Taksim square and the police tried to suppress the demonstrations.

Anger was caused not just by the destruction of the park but also the opaque way in which the decision for the redevelopment project was taken, which critics described as characteristic not just of urban regeneration projects but, more generally, of a government unwilling to respect or listen to opposing opinion.

== Representation of your observations ==
* ''you are basically free to use one or a mix of different presentation techniques''
* ''possibilities are: analytical drawings, graphical representations, collages, video clips, comic/graphic novel, written essay/visual essay''
* ''please add any visual material to the gallery, videos can be placed below, you may add text as you like''

<gallery caption=" " widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
Image:1.PNG|case representation
Image:2.PNG|case representation
Image:yourfilename3.jpg|case representation
Image:yourfilename4.jpg|case representation
</gallery>

== Reflection ==
=== What are the major challenges for changing the situation? ===
*''Please add approx. 150 words in essay style''

=== What could be a starting point for democractically-based change? ===
Maybe If the government could better inform the people and get feedback from them that could be more democratic.

== References ==
*https://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/eur440222013en.pdf
*http://technosociology.org/?p=1349
*http://gawker.com/what-is-going-on-in-turkey-and-do-i-really-need-to-care-511018243
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park

* ''Please make sure that you give proper references of all external resources used.''
* ''Do '''not''' use any images of which you do '''not''' hold the copyright.''
* ''Please add internet links to other resources if necessary.''

----
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LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-17T15:32:29Z

Melisk:

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-17T15:31:11Z

Melisk:

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-17T15:29:16Z

Melisk: /* Representation of your observations */

File:2.PNG

2016-05-17T15:28:48Z

Melisk:

File:1.PNG

2016-05-17T15:28:33Z

Melisk:

LED Online Seminar 2016 - Working Group B

2016-05-16T15:05:16Z

Melisk: /* Your Landscape Democracy Challenges */

'''--> Back to [[LED_Online_Seminar_Working_Groups_2016|working group overview]]'''

''Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!''

== Assignment 1 - Reading and Synthesizing Core Terminology ==
*You can read more details about this assignment [[Assignment_1:_Reading_and_Synthesizing_Core_Terminology|here]]
*Readings are accessible via the [[Resources_and_Literature_Landscape_and_Democracy|resources page]]

=== Step 1 - Define your readings ===
*Please add your readings selection for the terminology exercise before '''25th of April''' on the [[LED Online Seminar 2016 Groups Readings Selection Page|readings selection page]].

=== Step 2 - Concept mapping of core terms ===
*Please add here the link to your concept map on the Cmaps cloud. You will receive an invitation to the cloud per e-mail.

=== Step 3 - Reporting ===
*Please write, as a group, a 250 words reflection on your concept mapping process
*[[Group B Reflections on Readings, LED Seminar 2016|Group reflection on the readings - add them here]]

== Assignment 2 - Your Landscape Symbols ==
*You can read more details about this assignment [[Assignment_2:_Your_Landscape_Symbols|here]]
*There is an own page for this assignment, please click to find further details
*'''go to --> [[LED Seminar 2016 - Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B |Landscape Symbols Reflection Group B]]'''

=== Presentation slides 'Your Landscape Symbols' ===
''After the presentation on '''April 21''' please save your PPT slides to jpgs, upload them and add them to this gallery:''

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="5">
Image:LED_LS_B_01.JPG|slide 1
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 1.JPG|slide 2
File:Serenaindaco assigment2 2.JPG|slide 3
Image:LED_LS_B_04.JPG|slide 4
Image:LED_LS_B_05.JPG|slide 5
Image:LED_LS_B_06.JPG|slide 6
Image:LED_LS_B_07.JPG|slide 7
Image:LED_LS_B_08.JPG|slide 8
Image:LED_LS_B_09.JPG|slide 9
File:Final Pagenew.jpg
</gallery>

== Assignment 3 - Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers" ==
*You can read more details about this assignment [[Assignment_3:_Role_Play_on_Landscape_Democracy_"movers_and_shakers"|here]]

== Assignment 4 - Your Landscape Democracy Challenge ==
*You can read more details about this assignment [[Assignment_4:_Your_Landscape_Democracy_Challenge|here]]
*Each group member will specify a landscape democracy challenge in his/her environment

=== Your Landscape Democracy Challenges ===
* '''[[LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 1|1th May parking project in Udine]]'''
* '''[[LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 2|Tempelhofer Feld Berlin]]'''
* '''[[LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3|Taksim Gezi Park]]'''
* '''[[LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 4|Landscape Democracy Challenge 4]]'''
* '''[[LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 5|No Fence on public space]]'''

=== Presentation slides 'Your Landscape Democracy Challenges' ===
''After the presentation on '''May 19''' please save your PPT slides to jpgs, upload them and add them to this gallery:''

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="5">
Image:group_slide1.JPG|slide 1
Image:group_slide2.JPG|slide 2
Image:group_slide3.JPG|slide 3
Image:group_slide4.JPG|slide 4
Image:group_slide5.JPG|slide 5
</gallery>

== Assignment 5 - Your Democratic Change Process ==
*You can read more details about this assignment [[Your Democratic Change Process|here]]
*After documenting and reflecting on your challenges you will continue jointly with one of these challenges and design a democratic change process

=== Your Democratic Change Model ===
* '''[[LED 2016 Group B Democratic Change Process|Your democractic change process]]'''

=== Presentation slides 'Your Democractic Change Process' ===
''After the presentation on '''June 16''' please save your PPT slides to jpgs, upload them and add them to this gallery:''

<gallery caption=" " widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="5">
Image:group_slide1.JPG|slide 1
Image:group_slide2.JPG|slide 2
Image:group_slide3.JPG|slide 3
Image:group_slide4.JPG|slide 4
Image:group_slide5.JPG|slide 5
</gallery>

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-16T14:59:58Z

Melisk: /* References */

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-16T14:53:17Z

Melisk: /* Representation of your observations */

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2016-05-16T14:52:31Z

Melisk:

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-16T14:44:58Z

Melisk: /* Representation of your observations */

File:44.PNG

2016-05-16T14:44:16Z

Melisk:

LED 2016 Group B Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

2016-05-16T14:33:03Z

Melisk: /* Representation of your observations */

File:Slide2.PNG

2016-05-16T14:32:27Z

Melisk: Melisk uploaded a new version of File:Slide2.PNG

File:Slide2.PNG

2016-05-16T14:30:50Z

Melisk: