V. Mention

Dicle Valley Landscape Planning Urban Design and Architectural Project Competition

TEAM: Merih Feza Yıldırım, Serdar Uslubaş, Ramazan Avcı, Seden Cinasal Avcı

We have a dream for Diyarbakır... The city and university, where the Tigris Valley is not only preserved but developed, thousands of species live together, species grow without fear of extinction, children play at the foot of the walls, people can live by feeling nature so close to the city, walk around proudly, We are imagining a valley that brings together the citizens of the city and the university.

We have a dream for Diyarbakır... The city and university, where the Tigris Valley is not only preserved but developed, thousands of species live together, species grow without fear of extinction, children play at the foot of the walls, people can live by feeling nature so close to the city, walk around proudly, We are imagining a valley that brings together the citizens of the city and the university.

Eco-Link is a conservation proposal. Eko Vineyard is an ecologically-based connective-combining mega landscape element that makes every part of the valley accessible, and protects the valley from illegal structures and unauthorized uses, while carrying all the equipment such as lighting, bicycle path, jogging path, benches, water, services. The inaccessible valley for the city dweller is recreated with Eko-Bağ. Eco-Bag makes every point of the valley accessible and protects the valley by wrapping it like a membrane with its buffer green areas. Eco-Link does not isolate positive values, but breaks off from the ground in places, allowing plant species and wild animals to maintain uninterrupted relations with the valley.

In order to open the valley for human use, it does not excavate in hundreds of square meters, does not harden the surface of the valley, but does not treat the valley as a simple park arrangement. He wanders in the valley. Protects natural life. It enables people to reach any point of the valley and offers the services they need. It sets the valley free. This is a new model of the human-nature relationship.