ıstanbul95

urban playspaces

conference

21–22 SEPTEMBER 2018
KADİR HAS UNIVERSITY

This event runs parallel to the
4th Istanbul Design Biennial of the Istanbul
Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Artists, politicians, architects, and academics are getting together for making space for children to play in the city with the Istanbul95 Urban Playspaces Conference. Come and join this game!

Early childhood is the period when people grow up and learn the fastest. Research conducted in recent years shows that 85% of our brain is developed in the first 1000 days. Moreover, it has been observed that the brains of infants who had been neglected during this critical period and had not been enough talked to and played with did not grow. Thus, playing has been seen as a basic need for children of all ages and is guaranteed by Article 31st of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.


On average, 30% of the city's population are children. Istanbul, a 15-million-medium-sized megacity, has a child population of close to 4 million and more than a million of them are children of ages 0-4. Cities must be able to respond to the need of playing. Because for the child, being outdoors is an important way to learn the world she lives in and to improve herself.

21 SEPTEMBER/

FRIDAY

16:00

WELCOME

ARZU ERDEM

16:15

WHY ISTANBUL95?

YİĞİT AKSAKOĞLU

16:15

CAN PLAY BE WITHOUT RISK?

CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS

TIM GILL

ALEXANDER LANGE

RESPONSE

ELGER BLITZ

AVŞAR GÜRPINAR

NESLİHAN ÖZTÜRK

Moderator

SELVA GÜRDOĞAN

18:45

HOW TO MAINSTREAM ISTANBUL95?

PRESENTATIONS

RESPONSE

CECILIA VACA JONES

FİKRET TOKSÖZ

22 SEPTEMBER/

SATURDAY

13:00

HOW DOES THE CITY LOOK FROM 95 CM?

CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS

JENS AERTS

ELVANDA MYSHKETA

SIMON BATTISTI

RESPONSE

ARDAN KOCKELKOREN

ABHIMANYU PRAKASH

GREGERS TANG THOMSEN

Moderator

YİĞİT AKSAKOĞLU

15:00

ASK THE PLAY EXPERTS, WHAT DO CHILDREN SAY?

CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS

SİBEL ÇETİNGÖZ

ERDOĞAN KAHYAOĞLU

DAMON RICH

JAE SHIN

RESPONSE

YASEMİN ÇAKIRER ÖZSERVET

TIM GILL

CECILIA VACA JONES

Moderator

SELVA GÜRDOĞAN

17:00

WHY NOT THE WHOLE CITY AS A PLAY SITE?

CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS

ELGER BLITZ

ARZU ERTURAN

RESPONSE

BAHAR AKSEL ENŞİCİ

AYŞE COŞKUN ORLANDİ

ALEXANDRA LANGE

Moderator

PEDRO RIVERA

18:45

ARE CHILDREN THE STARTING POINT FOR MORE LIVIABLE CITY?

PRESENTATIONS

RESPONSE

GIL PENALOSA

CECILIA VACA JONES