Urban Age Istanbul'09: #25 Hashim Sarkis Urban Culture in the Cities of the Mediterranean
Channel: UrbanAge
Date: 2011-09-08

Looks at cities of the Mediterranean and what is it has architects that attracts us to Istanbul?  Mediterranean as an urban ideal and Istanbul has an example of this ideal. Four conceptions of the Mediterranean are discussed; firstly Mediterranean as a unifying geography over time, Mediterranean as a cluster of complementary micro-regions, Mediterranean as opposite but interactive shores and finally the Mediterranean as an endangered ecology.