Suspended-Tensile Structure Based Installations in Open Public Spaces

Asma-Germe Strüktür Temelli Enstalasyonlar

Abstract

Thanks to the tools it has, the city enables to encounter the different and the random, to get to know it and even to interact with it. The most powerful of these tools is open public spaces. Over time, with changing cultural approaches, economic concerns, social disappointments, the organization of urban space and the meanings attributed to open spaces have begun to change, and the interest in art in public spaces and the need for the aesthetic value of artworks have increased. Today, in open public spaces that bring together individuals in the city with different alternatives; in order to increase the spatial quality, artistic arrangements that are in contact with the users of the space and that use the technological opportunities to the full are frequently included. The contemporary artist seeks a change in traditional exhibition methods and aims to strengthen the relationship between the audiences with the designs he produces. With this idea, designers are working on public art applications with functional, historical features that utilize different structures and materials in combination with contemporary techniques. One of them, with the spatial installations, which are also referred to as ‘installation art’, one of the design approaches created in open public spaces, urbanites have the opportunity to have different experiences in terms of space use. The aim of the study; Examining the open public space installations, which are created with flexible materials and application details, which are especially advantageous in passing large openings and which can be easily adapted into the city, on the axis of material-interaction-color-permeability-flexibility-sustainability, how the artists’ expression styles and the perception of city users will be examined to reach conclusions about its impact. The research started with a literature review on the subject, shared current examples, and a framework was established to create a holistic approach through a classification. In this study, the purpose of the selection of installations created with suspented-tensile structures has been defined by the following research questions and the boundaries have been determined.
. What is the function of installations in the open public space?
. What is the effect of installations created with suspended-tensile structures on the urban landscape in open public space?
. What is the effect of suspended-tensile structures on spatial installation designs? How effective is the technology factor?
Created with suspended-tensile installations that allow the use of wider space than other types of structures, ‘spaces within space’ can offer applications in which the audience can enter and experience the space from different perspectives. When the installations created with a suspended-tensile structure in open public spaces are examined, it is seen that they are short or long-term depending on the purpose of installation, they can have symbolic, aesthetic and even functional features in some cases. It has been seen that the installations created with suspended-tensile structures allow to create memorable user experiences, increase the interaction in aesthetic and functional dimensions, contain messages from the current period and have positive features to be a source of morale. It has been understood that the installations have the potential to support the continuity of user-space interaction by creating a focal point for the city. The examples examined within the scope of the study emphasize the methodological diversity in the relationship between installation and Suspended-Tensile structure. It can be used to dangle, zone, center, knit, etc. It has been seen that these open public space installations, which are created with suspension-tensile systems that can be easily adapted to the city with flexible approaches in terms of materials and applications, which are especially advantageous in passing large openings, also allow the realization of various urban space activities. It is possible for the masses to socialize and come together for a purpose. Many idle public spaces, which have the opportunity to be included in the city with installations established with a suspendedtensile structure, reach their hidden or unnoticed potential. In this sense, the meaningful and planned coexistence of the urban fabric and its environment also strengthens the integrity effect in designs. It is foreseen that the installations created with suspended-tensile structures, where accessibility is possible with designs of unexpected sizes and forms, will be used more frequently in open public spaces, increasing their area of influence day by day with audience participation in the foreground.