Area — Urban Planning

Visual identity and
building culture

From signage to rooftops, from ground floors to façades — notes on Antalya's aesthetic guidelines and the institutional model that protects its historic fabric.

Aesthetic Rules

  • No ugly signage
  • Black colour prohibited; certain colours to be encouraged
  • Turkish-style buildings encouraged — Kaleiçi architecture as the model
  • Dubrovnik and Lisbon signage regulations as references
  • Rooftop rules — prohibition on illegal extra floors
  • Ground-floor activation — preventing vacant shopfronts

Urban Sprawl

+340%

Over the last 30 years

Green Space per Person

4,2 m²

WHO recommendation: 9 m²

Pedestrian Area Share

8%

Target: 22%

Institutional Model

  • An institution modelled on Historic England
  • Research London and Spain planning laws
  • Green roof / façade incentives — climate and aesthetics
  • Historic impact assessment in the building permit process
  • Mandatory coordination mechanism with the municipality
Reference cities: Barcelona — Superblock · signage law / Dubrovnik — Colour regulations / Lisbon — Façade culture / London — Historic England model / Bologna — Portico · shade culture

Reference Cities

Barcelona

Superblock system · signage law

Dubrovnik

Colour regulations

Lisbon

Façade culture

London

Historic England model

Bologna

Portico · shade culture

Zoning Proposals

New development boundary proposals centred on the protection of historic environments, natural sites and agricultural land.

Priorities

Building regulations modelled on Kaleiçi architecture · Ground-floor activation requirement · Signage standards · Green-roof incentives.