Dr. Mehmet Emin DAŞ
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Can You Hear the Character of a City?
Over the years, in different cities, sometimes in the middle of a walk, sometimes on the way back home, and sometimes simply because I could…
Public Magnet as a Children’s Playground: Wired Scape
We’ve moved on to another project review piece; this time our focus is not a school building, but a play landscape embedded right in the…
Designing Streets for Kids (the book)
In this article, I want to introduce the book Designing Streets for Kids—a bedside reference I benefited from repeatedly in my PhD thesis—without stopping at…
The Vanishing of Play Between Concrete
We’re wedged between enormous slabs of concrete. Between facades that are tall, glossy, perfectly smooth… Even the sound of children sometimes disappears without an echo—because…
Ecological Literacy Terms: Loving Nature Isn’t Enough, You Need to Read It
Loving nature is often a well-intentioned starting point, but on its own it is not enough. For many years, I delivered 2–5-day Ecological Literacy Trainings…
Designing for the Majority: Rebuilding a City’s Character
In the world of urban planning and design—especially in the minds of mayors—there is often a recurring illusion:…
Reading the City from 95 cm
We often see the city “from above.” From maps, plans, screens… And then from within life itself: from behind the steering wheel, from the middle…
Can Children’s Playgrounds Be Used Year-Round? A Climate-Responsive Design Guide
Have you ever noticed how playgrounds in cities are usually lively only in spring or on mild summer days, yet turn into abandoned spaces in…
The Rhythm of Life in the Shadow of the Black Pine
The shadow of the black pine carrying the night sits on my tent by the shore of Karagöl like a roof tile; as if to…
Looking from the Ferris Wheel
The ticket is punched, the door closes, the cabin gives a slight shudder. The gears begin to clatter like an old music box, slowly turning…