Why TReC?
The Responsive City [TReC] is an emerging research&design network working on cities. TReC sees cities as open and self-organizing systems*:
Although the political, economical, social conditions change, cities are always subject to processes where simple realities end up in complex urban situations. Shrinking cities of Eastern Germany, growing informal settlements of Buenos Aires or mushrooming gated communities at the peripheries of Istanbul are all subjects of complexity theories.
In the last five years, TReC has developed a special eye for analyzing such open and complex urban systems. TReC not only analyzes but also proposes strategies and tactics to deal with such urban processes.
*Ekim Tan of TReC writes her doctorate thesis on self-organization/complexity theories and the city at the Technical University of Delft and INTI [International New Towns Institute].
Who works with TReC?
*TReC focuses on cities from the Middle East, Balkans as well as European cities influenced by migration from the East.
*TReC works for city governments to develop city visions and strategies.
*TReC works with NGO’s neighborhood organizations to help develop their visions about their neighborhoods [Citymine[d]/BRUSSELS, Gulensu Neighborhood Organization/ISTANBUL].
*TReC works with universities, urban institutes and academies bringing in new education methods of approaching and designing cities, such as ‘city design games’ [TU Delft/NL, INTI/NL, Rotterdam Academy/NL, Bilgi University/ISTANBUL, Mimar Sinan University/ISTANBUL].