EVOLUTION OF THE MOVIE THEATER IN THE CITY: IZMIT SAMPLE

Abstract

Cities live just like people. Cities are adapting to the geography where they exist in the structural context, and in the same way they live in harmony. When considered in this context, the theme of the study was determined as the evolution of the movie theaters in the city, based on the assumption that the movie theaters and the urban structure overlap each other. The research was carried out in Izmit, the central district of Kocaeli, on the grounds that movie theaters showed a build up parallel to the evolution of the city. The reason why the city of Izmit is handled in relation to the evolution of movie theaters is that it is close to Istanbul firstly and that the films coming to Istanbul can be watched. Nevertheless, it is one of the cities that has the fastest change due to natural disasters in the historical process. The earthquakes in Izmit have caused the change in the location of the films to be displayed by making new - instead of being destroyed - in the context of urbanization. The society has changed with the developing city structure and the movie theaters have renewed themselves with a parallel change. The so-called movie theaters, which were initially considered to be movie theaters, have taken place under the roof of commercial institutions called shopping centers with the modernizing city.