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    Unfolding rooftops in dense urban areas for a better living
    (Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2015-01) Kaçar, Şebnem Cana; Topçu, E. Ümran
    Starting with industrial revolution, the effects of rapid urbanization are seen in cities all over the world. Today more than half of the world population is living in cities, and this ratio is increasing. Hence there is a scarcity of land in the city centres, and the cost of land has risen dramatically. This situation indicates that every part of a city has to be utilized in the best possible way. In the past, urban planners and architects have realized the importance of utilizing spaces in cities, and designed multi layered cities as early as 1950s. However these initiatives remained as design intentions on the paper and have never been put into practice. Although the benefits of layering the city are obvious in terms of circulation and space utilization. The idea of layering has been hard to apply to the whole city because of economic and logistic concerns, but the design idea is applicable in particular areas of the city. Currently the most unutilized entities in cities are the rooftops. The disappearance of green areas and public spaces has been harmful rather than advantageous to the human being, psychologically and physically in the long term. But it is possible to regain those areas and more, in favor of the city by utilizing the rooftops. This thesis is an attempt to emphasize the importance of utilizing, designing, reusing and “unfolding” rooftops for a better living in cities.