RTA Office’s design for Telecommunication Tower for Istanbul is left to the citizens and to their free interpretation –
the form
suggests it could be a minaret sculpted by the wind or a twenty-first
century lighthouse or none of the above. However, architects at RTA
office strongly believe that the success of the idea depends on the way
the designers understand the site. Therefore their proposal comes as a
response to this very specific and strategically important point which
bridges the gap between Europe and Asia, merging cultures and
continents.
Through the history,
Istanbul
was characterized by the respect for its geography – for this reason
the aim was to offer a proposal which would not jeopardize this
relationship, but on contrary that would provide an end to the conquest
of the buildings and artifacts at this specific site. That was the
reason why the design proposal is not an actual building but more an
object that undoubtedly reveals the natural and environmental attributes
of the place and doesn’t belong to the city but to the landscape.
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