Free-Zone : Architecture as Provocation

The future of the cities are determined through course of actions. These actions are written and announced by local governments, central authorities,etc. What and who determines the future of the city? How the cities are developing? Are there any certain actors, determine the future of the city? Who is responsible from the city? Are cities meta or goods?

Consumption & Hierarchy Cities have became a meta.. In urban context this consumption relations creates a people crowd that are getting closer each other and have to live together because of economical reasons. City & Become Homogeneuos The processes shaped by power and consumption relations forms continous homogenous urban scapes in which urban experience acting within a routine lack of ‘event’, in which urban dweller is obliged to be a consumer. This homogeneous relations encorage societies that only care about rationality of people not their individuality. Globalization & Speed Cities are spatial manifestations of socio- economic systems governing the citizens. It make dialectic relationships between form and function of city and bring it about a continuous dynamism. Become a Part of System This power and consumption relations creates crowd of people that has no individual identitity and feels like a part of this system that has to be... They lose the sence of being free. Can we decide the future of our cities especially OURSELVES ? FREEZONE vs CONTROL MECHANISMS FREEZONE could remake society. Society that consist in a hierarchy could not be independent to make decitions. So this freezone contain a heterarchical regulation. People all could contirbute the FREEZONE as an ACTIVE INPUT. Differentiation brings society freedom. It is a space that creates DISORDER in ORDER. All people, groups, non-govermental organizations could give a speech in Freezone. There are Speaker’s Corners for people who has a word to say in totally freely way. Everybody could make a discussion on centre of frezone in Free Speech Forum. FREEZONE is visible from all over the city and invites people. Not only speeches but also, the ideas and knowledge produce in Freezone. Parasite Zones Parasite zones are micro free-zones in some respects that feed the free-zone movement. These zones are high tension areas in city like squares, parks, diferent urban texture thresholds etc.. And The yellow line around the city invite people and help to realise power of people’s inside. Freezone is a center for awaking, questioning and revolting.