The metropolitan cities of the world continue to grow rapidly with their dynamic, mostly chaotic features that perpetually contain randomness, notwithstanding their specific differences. These inevitably constantly changing and transforming cities are shaped together with their permanent inhabitants and produce new urban spaces. In this regard, Istanbul has always been a laboratory for architectural applications, research and education rightfully due the numerous potentials it embodies. In this context, informal trainings and activities carried out outside the programs in architectural schools are increasingly becoming more important, and Istanbul is used as an instrument for these studies. From this point of view, so as to contribute to the discussions on the palimpsest character of Istanbul and to provoke post-graduate students and young architects to question the multi-layered state of the city, ‘Culture and Space’ Network has been organizing paper selections in Turkey for eight years. This current article reviews and analyzes a selected group of awarded papers from the paper selections in order to explore the concept of ‘urban palimpsest’, to read and understand the multi-layered and palimpsest structure of Istanbul from their perspectives, and to highlight their interpretations.

尽管具有特定的差异，但世界大都市仍以其动态的，大多为混乱的特征继续迅速增长，这些特征永久包含随机性。这些不可避免地不断变化和转变的城市与他们的永久居民一起塑造，并产生了新的城市空间。在这方面，伊斯坦布尔一直以来都是建筑应用，研究和教育的实验室，因为它具有众多潜力。在这种情况下，在建筑学校课程之外进行的非正式培训和活动变得越来越重要，伊斯坦布尔被用作这些研究的工具。从这个角度来看，为了促进有关伊斯坦布尔最轻快性的讨论，并激发研究生和年轻的建筑师质疑这座城市的多层状态，“文化与空间”网络已经在土耳其组织了八年的选书活动。本文旨在回顾和分析选自论文选出的一组获奖论文，以探索“城市最薄弱”的概念，从他们的角度阅读和理解伊斯坦布尔的多层和最薄弱的结构，并强调他们的解释。