After successfully participating in the first phase of the competition as part of a limited group of 9 international teams, the team comprised of Francesco Cellini – insula architettura e ingegneria with Huseyin Kaptan – Atelye 70 was awarded ‘7 out of 8 votes’ by the members of the jury of the competition for the redevelopment of the Yenikapi Transfer Point and Archaeo-Park area. They proposed, for the central area, a close functional and above all cultural integration between the spaces dedicated to users of the subway system – estimated at some 1,700,000 people per day – and those destined for the ‘City Archive’. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The competition for the “Yenikapi Transfer Point and Archaeo-Park area” required a solution for the relationship between the main node of interchange in the city between various subway lines, the site of the ancient Port of Theodosius unearthed during the course of works, and the consequent validation of archaeological findings of extraordinary historical and cultural importance, including 35 ships from the Byzantine era.
