Sustainability as an Input for the Design of Olympic Villages

Since the 1960s, hosting the Olympic Games has been seen as an opportunity to create urban development. The post-Games use of sport venues, the fulfillment of a city’s housing needs by using Olympic Village buildings and the renewal of transport and other infrastructure that accompanies hosting of the Games may be considered indicators for the success of the International Olympic Games. But the city and its citizen do not benefit from these investments in the design of new structures if that design is not carried out in the light of wellplanned urban development projecting. Local and international studies on sustainability, particularly since the 1980s, have shown that sustainable urbanization is only achievable with sustainable development planning. Therefore economic, social and environmental development needs to be provided. If the last Olympic cities are examined in relation to this aspect, it will be seen that an understanding of such factors is reflected in their development. Throughout the history of the modern Games host cities have considered them as an opportunity for development, but cities are now heading towards the implementation of more sensitive actions for the future generation, social and environmental values with the improvement in the approach of sustainable development

A Study on The Problems of The Implementation of Project Type Primary Structures

Considered one of the most important tools of development, education increases the efficiency of society by providing opportunities for people according to their skills. (Özbulut, 1999). Through the implementation of Law No. 4306, which was passed on August 18, 1997 in the Official Gazette, an important reform was carried out by increasing the duration of the compulsory education in Turkey from 5 to 8 years. The transition to the new system emphasized the lack of school buildings, which has become problematic due to rapid population growth and the increasing urbanization rate.An intense effort was put into meeting the needs of this system, and, due to the difficulty of producing different projects for each school, time constraints, staff shortage and funding problems, the production of typical project applications which had been discussed for years came more intensely to the fore. The implementation of school building projects through the initiatives of the Ministry of Education and the help of the architecture faculties of various universities, as well as some consulting firms, and their application on different environmental conditions created many problems during construction. Turkish Procurement Law and the attitudes of local governments in this regard are causing significant losses in terms of time and money on applications. In this research study, the typical elementary school projects that have been revised or designed according to the new education system within the Istanbul City boundaries will be studied and an evaluation regarding the emerging issues related to the implementation phase will be explored