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Throughout history, as the concept and form of industry have evolved globally, the spatial configuration of industrial areas has undergone significant changes. Moreover, the approach of the industry toward humans, its modes of production, and the shaping of its spaces have transformed through mutual interactions. Industrial areas, which serve as the driving force behind urban services, the economy, and the built environment, are witnessing shifts in the role, form, and imprint of the human-space-production trilogy within the fabric of daily life.
Recent technological advancements, coupled with the widespread adoption of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence, are significantly influencing production processes and the human-space dynamic in industrial areas. This evolution highlights a research gap: beyond the perspective of production, the position of humans, the ordinariness of everyday life, and the acknowledgment of previously overlooked aspects emerge as critical areas of exploration.
The study aims to examine the spatial practices of everyday life in industrial zones, often overlooked and deemed ordinary, using a human-centered approach. To this end, a field study was conducted in OSTİM, focusing on identifying the needs and expectations of different user groups within the context of everyday life in the industrial zone.
Located in the city center of Ankara, OSTİM stands out as a dynamic element of daily urban life due to its proximity to public transportation hubs, integration of education and industry, small business-based mixed production profile, and high land value. With a half-century history of mixed production, diverse user groups, and its role as a successful example of entrepreneurship-supported education-industry and technopark integration, OSTİM illustrates the evolving traces of everyday life.
The study focuses on two main aspects. The first is identifying the variables that shape everyday life through an in-depth review of the literature on daily life. This is followed by active field testing of these variables, which includes in-depth interviews, surveys, and photographic studies conducted in selected zones within OSTİM. The relationship between the human-space-production trilogy is explored as an inseparable whole, with findings supported by ethnographic and visual-spatial analysis methods. This human-centered approach uncovers the traces of lived space often overlooked in everyday life, especially in idle areas, highlighting the spatial qualities of public life and production practices, both permanent and temporary. In the context of industrial urban space, the dialectic between humans and space, the quality of physical spaces shaped by user preferences and needs, and the added value these spaces contribute will inform the design of future industrial zones.
| Keywords | industrial zone, spatial design, everyday life, lived space, OSTİM |
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| Best Congress Paper Award | Yes |
