High-rise buildings in cultural code of Istanbul: Büyükdere avenue example

The definition of the industrial city, which emerged with the industrial revolution, caused the urban perception to change and transform as the production units started to move to the city periphery in the 20th century. Population growth, rapid urbanization and changing social needs have made high-rise buildings inevitable for big cities. In this study, it was aimed to examine the change and transformation of the Istanbul Büyükdere region, which hosted the industrial structures of Istanbul for a period, as well as the spatial and urban context of mixed-function high-rise buildings, which are one of the most prominent examples that determine the current building stock of the region and to examine their effects on urban development. In this direction, analysis of the transformation of the city, space, and the users have been made through the examples of buildings on the Levent-Maslak axle. Büyükdere Avenue is a region where high-rise building stock is located on the central axle, and where the high-value buildings are located in the city. As a result, it has been concluded that in the Levent-Maslak axle, there has been a rise in sheltered office-housing-activity areas for the high-income group due to the earning concerns of large companies and this increased the interest to the region.