In Istanbul, a city with few existing green spaces, studio DROR is proposing something radical ? a park filled with innovative interventions as a way to encourage collective experience and gathering. Envisioned as ?a love story between people and nature,? the Parkorman forest park will give people a chance to swing through the forest, play in giant ball pits, relax by reflecting pools, and even bounce several stories above the ground on canopy-level trampolines.

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In Istanbul, a city with few existing green spaces, studio DROR is proposing something radical ? a park filled with innovative interventions as a way to encourage collective experience and gathering. Envisioned as ?a love story between people and nature,? the Parkorman forest park will give people a chance to swing through the forest, play in giant ball pits, relax by reflecting pools, and even bounce several stories above the ground on canopy-level trampolines. Located six miles north of the city center, DROR was faced with the challenge of providing an active incentive to draw residents out to the park. The solution was to preserve the existing forest life, and supplement it with delightful and surprising structures that allow people to play.
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?We set out to create a park that dissolves the anxiety and fear that often accompanies an unfamiliar environment through a network of conditions that fosters unconditional love,? explain the architects. ?We...