the gecekondu: innovative urbanism for the west and global urban poor

That's the title of my dissertation I wrote this year as part of my Interactive Design BA at LCC. It's just won the Design History Society Essay prize.

Here's the pdf if you fancy a read. Let me know what you think! (update: proper version uploaded, mail me if you're intrigued by the appendix as it's detached)

Here are some pictures I took in Sariyer, Istanbul around this time last year.