This week’s reading was “The City Image and Its Elements”.My assignment is about finding examples of city edge, landmarks etc.This work made me happy, because I thougt the city which I lived in.
The contents of city images are referable to physical forms, can be classified into five types of elements; paths, edges, districts,nodes and landmarks.And thanks to these elements, cities can be defines best.
●Landmark of Ankara; Anıtkabir
Landmarks are another type of point reference, but in this case the observer does not
enter within them, they are external.One of the most important landmarks in
Ankara is Anıtkabir.
●Node of Ankara ; Güvenpark
They may be called cores.The concept of node is related to the concept of path, since
junctions are typically the convergence of paths, events on journey.In Ankara,
example of the node is Güvenpark.
●Path of Ankara ; in Kızılay
Paths are the channels along which the observer customarily, occasionally, or
potentially moves.They may be streets, walkways, transit lines, canals,
railroads.In Ankara, one of the most important paths is in Kızılay.
●District of Ankara ; Bakanlıklar
Districts are the medium-to-large sections of the city, conceived of as having
two-dimensional extent, which the observer mentally enters “inside of”, and
which are recognizable as having some common, identifying character.Bakanlıklar is example of district in Ankara.
●Edge of Ankara ; Atatürk Bulvarı
Edges are the linear elements not used or considered as paths by the observer.Such
as; shores, railroad cuts, edges of development, walls.In Ankara, example of
the edge is Atatürk Bulvarı.
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