ABSTRACT
Herkes iin Mimarlik (HiM) translates as architecture for all, the group is a mix of young architects, urban planners, civil engineers and sociologists, a social platform that now numbers around 70 people. It promotes participatory design processes, and seeks social change through these, in both urban and rural contexts. HiM created an online petition to save the Gezi Park, calling for an open and democratic process for the decision making. HiM remains tireless in its development of projects dealing with social problems throughout Turkey, designing participatory processes with a wide range of actors. HiM's Caka Design Workshop held in a village on the shore near the Black Sea port of Ordu brought together locals, students and new graduates of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, civil engineering and sociology to find solutions in refurbishing school buildings abandoned. HiM's workshops in Istanbul, conducted mostly at the SALT Galata cultural centre, cater for a wide range of ages and different social groups.
