Özet:

The spatial quality of urban public spaces is determined by the interaction of those areas with their surroundings. Although public open spaces are an important element of the urban environment, their physical characteristics that relate to the city change over time. Examining the physical and environmental characteristics of the changing urban public spaces and the dimension of their use is a starting point for the continuation of the public values of that place. The concept of quality in the urban environment provides measurement and evaluation in subjects such as activities related to urban space, usage characteristics, spatial diversity, social and physical facilities. In this study, as one of the active and central public circles of Istanbul, the physical and historical transformations in the Beşiktaş coastal environment and the square are examined in the context of public open spaces and urban activities in the physical environment and the spatial quality of the open public space is evaluated.