“If the Earth was a single state, Constantinople would be its capital”, as once said by Napoleon, there are many reasons behind this statement. Istanbul is usually described as the bridge between Europe and Asia, as well as the city three empires fought upon, claiming her as capital. As such history results with a thriving multicultural diversity, Istanbul became the world’s 5th most visited city in 2015, attracting 12.5 million tourists. Facing overpopulation with both internal and external migration, the city suffers from has been on the edge of issues for many years: traffic with approximately 30.000 new vehicles joining per month, car-oriented and corrupt urban planning, increased homelessness with the refugee crisis, and unemployment. Although the city has a historical architecture and structure, the new modern urban planning is found to be disrupting the historical atmosphere surrounding the city.