The Voice of the Place: What Ulus Business Centre has to Say |
The Voice of the Place: What Ulus Ishani Has To Say
In Ankara’s centre, Ulus, we are faced with a very different threat. The new construction enterprise that has been pioneered by Ankara Municipality for a period of more than three years stems from the region being established as a ‘depressed area’. Proclaiming the site as an Urban Transformation region, preparations are underway to transform the old centre of Ulus using only their own staff and project contractors engaged to 'finish the job’. This threat to the environment, the city and the architecture, which is on the agenda in the form it was first planned and projected, has no consideration of public or individual rights. This transformation idea, which has been on the agenda for the last four to five years and whose details have been shared to a very minor degree with the public, is indicative of ‘bad intentions’. It is reasonable to say that what is being done has more of the flavour of an ‘urban division’ enterprise than an urban transformation.