Project Type
City Planning and Master Plan
Location
İstanbul, Türkiye
Year
2023
Project Service
Master Plan
Project Status
Concept Project
Total Area (m²)
11254457.00
Total Construction Area (m²)
2121379.00
Employer
IGA Construction
Located in the expanding northern corridor of Istanbul, adjacent to one of Europe’s busiest airports, the IGA Master Plan proposes a visionary urban development grounded in infrastructural efficiency, ecological rehabilitation, and diversified living. Spanning 12.7 km² and divided into eight functional stages, the project redefines the spatial identity of an area historically shaped by mining, topographic transformation, and logistical expansion.
The project’s conceptual foundation is informed by the site’s evolving geography—marked by artificial lakes, residual landforms, and hydrological basins—into which residential, commercial, cultural, and logistic programs are sensitively inserted. Each phase is anchored around key programmatic cores: residential neighborhoods composed of villas and residences; commercial and office hubs; educational and healthcare facilities; and cultural and recreational amenities including a congress center, shopping mall, and two 18-hole golf courses.
Circulation infrastructure is organized through a dual-axis strategy that connects inner parcels with regional networks such as the Northern Marmara Highway and M11 metro line. Transitional landscape elements—green buffers, ponds, walking paths, and linear parks—form a connective tissue that supports both ecological continuity and urban experience.
Materiality, massing, and open space planning across all stages reflect a modular and responsive design logic, allowing for staged implementation. Beyond architectural programming, the IGA Master Plan offers a resilient vision for a new urban fabric at the threshold between aviation infrastructure and natural landscape—a city that breathes with mobility, green structure, and purposeful density.
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