Water, heritage, and Arcadian everyday life
Quan Li and Chengqian Chen
El Hadi Jazairy
A wildly speculative urban project has been on the agenda of wild politicians since 2011: the Istanbul Canal project. The construction of the canal’s supporting infrastructure and commercial development is becoming a nightmare for the local ecology: the Sazlidere Reservoir Dam, one of Istanbul’s most reliable water sources, will be rendered inoperable as a result of the development of the canal. In support of opponents of the Istanbul Canal project and as a response to global climate change issues, the design is based on an eco-friendly hiking trail across the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, “the Sultan Trail,” which…
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