The consortium MVRDV and ABOUTBLANK are shortlisted for “Yenikapi Transfer Point And Archaeo-Park Area Project”

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV (www.mvrdv.nl) and Istanbul based architectural firm ABOUTBLANK (www.aboutblank.cc) are shortlisted as a consortium for “Yenikapi Transfer Point And Archaeo-Park Area International Preliminary Architecture Project”

The “Yenikapi Transfer Point and Archaeopark Area” Project is today the project which is one of the most important Urban Vision Projects of (executed by) the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul. 

The Project Area subject to service procurement is connected within its immediate proximity by the Aksaray-Airport Metro, Taksim-Yenikapi Metro (which is one of the most important ailroad systems for the Istanbul Metropolis and located in Istanbul Historical Peninsula), the Marmaray Rail Tube Tunnel which connects European and Anatolian sides and Istanbul Sea Bus terminal (İDO). The purpose of the Marmaray transport system is to provide continuous transportation via the rail system from one end of Istanbul to the other by connecting Gebze on the Anatolian side to Halkali on the European side.Excavations undertaken during the application of the transportation projects, both the remains of a 1600-year-old “Theodosius Port” together with the “35 antique ship remains” of the World’s largest fleet collection and more than 10.000 archeological foundings were unearthed. At the same excavation area, 8500-years-old settlements of first Neolithic age were also found.