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Simulacrum of the City: Evaluation of the Besiktas Tobacco Warehouse Renovation in Istanbul with the use of Sensewalking Cover

Simulacrum of the City: Evaluation of the Besiktas Tobacco Warehouse Renovation in Istanbul with the use of Sensewalking

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 18 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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Open Access
|Sep 2025

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Figure 1.

Cushman’s 1965 photo of the historical Besiktas tobacco warehouse building (a) [42]. Below, we see the hotel building during the day (b) and night (c). [Source: Author]
Cushman’s 1965 photo of the historical Besiktas tobacco warehouse building (a) [42]. Below, we see the hotel building during the day (b) and night (c). [Source: Author]

Figure 2.

The illustration shows the nodes of group sensewalking. The images of (a) belong to Besiktas Square, (b) belong to Shangri-La Bosphorus Hotel, (c) belong to Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Pier, (d) belong to Barbaros Square, (e) belong to Hayreddin Barbarossa Tomb. [Source: Author]
The illustration shows the nodes of group sensewalking. The images of (a) belong to Besiktas Square, (b) belong to Shangri-La Bosphorus Hotel, (c) belong to Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Pier, (d) belong to Barbaros Square, (e) belong to Hayreddin Barbarossa Tomb. [Source: Author]

Figure 3.

The illustration depicts what the walkers think about renovating the Besiktas tobacco warehouse building. [Source: Author]
The illustration depicts what the walkers think about renovating the Besiktas tobacco warehouse building. [Source: Author]

Figure 4.

The graphic shows the route of solo, group, and couple sensewalking sessions and ranks the multisensory experiences in the area. [Source: Author]
The graphic shows the route of solo, group, and couple sensewalking sessions and ranks the multisensory experiences in the area. [Source: Author]

The table depicts the group sensewalking findings of the area_ [Source: Author]

Besiktas Square (node1)Shangri-La Bosporus Hotel (Tobacco Warehouse’s renovated building) (node2)Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Pier (node3)Barbaros Square (node4)Hayreddin Barbarossa Tomb (node5)
olfactory urban experiences: smells of the surroundingsimit smell (1) body odour (sweat smell) (2) Turkish tea and coffee smells (3) sea smell (5) flower smells (4)sea smell (5) coffee smells (3) perfumes smells (3) moss smell (4)sea smell (5) moss smell (4) humidity smell (4) roasted chestnut smell (3)sea smell (4) moss smell (3)flower smells (4) tree smells (4) smell of grass (4)
auditory urban experiences: sounds of the surroundingferry whistles (4) traffic sounds (4) ezan (call for praying) (4) human based sounds(talking, giggling, shouting) (5) footsteps sounds (3)ferry whistles (5) seagull screams (5) wind sounds (5) human based sounds(talking, giggling, shouting) (3)ferry whistles(4) human based sounds(talking, giggling, shouting) (4) footsteps sounds(3) seagull screams(3) wave sounds(3)ferry whistles(3) traffic sounds(3) ezan (call for praying) (3) human based sounds(talking, giggling, shouting) (4) footsteps sounds(4) car horns(3) pavement construction works sounds (3)bird songs(4) ezan (call for praying) (4)
haptic urban experiences: qualities of textures, facades, wall paintings, graf-fities of the surroundingphysical intimacy (4) intensity of walking people (4) plain and smooth floor (5) imageable facades (4) recognizable entries (3) height ceiling (4) long arcades (3)long white stone walls (5) barriers (4) solid facades (5) small trees (4) intensity of walking people (1) imageable facades (3) symmetric windows (3) recognizable entries (3) height ceiling (3) isolated atmosphere (4)rapid movement of pedestrians(5) wall painting(3) historical facades(5) ornated windows(4) recognizable doors(4) height ceiling(4) wooden and rustic entries(5)intensity of walking people(4) graffities(4) stone facades(3) stone sculptures(4) concrete street furniture(5) non-transparent windows of the naval museum(4) metal finishing of the museum glass facades(4)concrete pavement(3) smooth floor(3) historical facade textures of the tomb(4)

The table depicts the solo sensewalking findings of the area_ [Source: Author]

Thresholds of olfactory sensory experiences
Food-drink based smellsBackground smellsNature-based smells
Turkish tea and coffee smells roasted chestnut smells roasted sweetcorn smells fish, antipasti and meze smells fresh bakery and simit smells doner-kebab smellscigar smokes urine smells perfume smells dust smellssea smell moss smell smell of grass humidity smell flower smell
Thresholds of auditory sensory experiences
Human-based soundMusic-based soundsBackground soundNature-based sounds
celebrators songs chatting, laughing, giggling of peoplemusic from cars in traffic music from street artists music from shops and storesezan (call to prayer) sounds from construction works transportation-related sounds (car, bus, ferry)bird songs seagull screams wave sound cat mewing
Thresholds of haptic sensory experiences
wall, board, panel materials & featuresfloor, street, road materials & featuresbuilding materials & features
graffiti wall paintings big billboards and signboardssmooth floor straight route barriers connected branch roads colourful street lightsstone concrete wood brick glass metal permeable massive transparentwindows materials & features colourful simple solid glossy opaque rectangular circular reflective
door materials & features ornated plastic wood plain painted polished metallic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2025-0033 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 97 - 113
Submitted on: Jan 7, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 30, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
Renovations in historical urban forms,
Cultural heritage,
Urban sounds,
urban smells,
sensory urban investiga tion methods
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2025 Asiye Nisa KARTAL, Hasan Basri KARTAL, published by Silesian University of Technology
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