Urbanism Portfolio by akalentzi

PORTFOLIO [ selected works 2020-2023 ]

Arnta Kalentzi

07.01.1998 Admiraliteitskade 3063ED, Rotterdam, Netherlands a.kalenci22@gmail.com Citizenship: Greek & Turkish

Urban Designer | Architect

[ areas of interest ]

[ education ]

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TU Delft | MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

Urban transformation strategies Public space design Urban morphology Spatial narratives Heritage management Urban resilience Design of the urban fabric Social cohesion Urban poverty

Track: Urbanism

Delft, Netherlands Sep 2021 - Jun 2023

TED University | Bachelor of Architecture Global citizenship as secondary field Ankara, Turkey Sep 2015 - Jun 2020 Honours Degree (CGPA 3.25/4)

[ languages ]

[ experience ]

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Junior Architect

Turkish (native) English (advanced) Greek (learning is in progress)

FREA (6 months) Ankara, Turkey Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

Part-time Junior Architect

TEGET Architectural Ofice (4 months) Istanbul, Turkey

[ software skills ] • • • • • • • • • •

Rhinoceros Sketchup AutoCAD QGIS Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Lumion Enscape MS Office

Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

Intern Architect

FREA - Office (3 months) July 2019 - Sep 2019

YDA Group - Construction Site (3 months) Ankara, Turkey Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

Graphic Designer

The Void Magazine (1 year) Ankara, Turkey Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

[ awards & recognitions ] 1st Prize | Bilkent Malatya K-12 Campus invited competition TEGET Architecture 2021

Turkish Association of Architects Exhibition “Steps” Selected work 2018

TEDU Faculty of Architecture Workbook Feature Selected works 2017-2018

[ content ] [ 1 ] Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

pg. 6

[ 2 ] The Protein Factory

pg. 20

[ 3 ] The Urban Heart

pg. 30

[ 4 ] Hofbogen as a Backbone

pg. 36

[ 5 ] Modular Recreation

pg. 40

[ 6 ] Architectures of Assemblage

pg. 46

[1] INTEGRATION OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AREAS A productive urban transformation for socioeconomic development in Golden Horn, Istanbul Project: Academic, TU Delft Master’s Thesis, 2023 Type: Individual Location: Unkapanı, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey The project proposes design recommendations for transforming an industrial heritage area, Unkapanı district, that contextualize impressions for the transformation of other industrial heritage areas in the Golden Horn (Haliç), the centrally located inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. While emphasizing the shifting role of heritage management in urban transformation strategies, the research aim promotes a challenge of establishing a broader urban context among these areas characterized by urban poverty, prioritizing place identity and the urgent needs of locals for socio-economic development. To have a look at the thesis and discover Istanbul’s entangled history with industrial heritage, the role of neoliberal urbanism in Istanbul’s changing urban morphology, and a profound analysis and design proposal on Unkapanı district, follow this link to the TU Delft Repository.

[ transformation of the waterfront ]

Coastal Region Landuse Before 198 Subsequently, it is important to emphasize this transformation of the waterfront region, to indicate the spatial outcomes of such identity shift from industry to culture. The industrialization process promoted lots of job opportunities, which led to rapid population increase and informal urbanization through the emergence of slum neighborhoods along the shoreline. As it was a period outside the management of the planers’ vision and there was the availability of vacant state-owned land in proximity to factories, there were many poor neighborhoods delineated by (and with) industrial areas, as seen in the coastal region land-use map before the 1980s. Currently, few industrial facilities are located along the waterfront, mostly in the northern part of Golden Horn. Deindustrialization is clearly visible, where most of these post-industrial areas transformed into cultural centers, universities, parks, and recreational uses. The effort of transforming Golden Horn into a cultural valley was a failure, because the delineated residential borders that are established with industrialization mostly stayed the same. And these neighborhoods are mostly in a vulnerable situation with poor-quality living environments, where the waterfront area is mostly privatized and gentrified through culture-led urban transformations and re-use of heritage values. Highlighted in yellow are the industrial heritage facilities, mostly owned by private sector initiatives, re-functioned for private universities, museums, exhibitions, and cultural centers, which raised social tension and caused spatial fragmentation along the residential borders. And this key comparison analysis directly emphasizes this shifting landuse as delineated by (and in relation to) built urban form, and uncovers potential morphologies of the post-industrial areas and industrial heritage to identify possible locations to zoom in as an illustrative neighborhood to study for the anticipated productive urban transformation. As a result, Unkapanı/Suleymaniye Area appears as the most illustrative area that features an industrial heritage facility in ruins, slum developments, a world heritage site that exhibits many other cultural heritage assets and characteristic features of urban poverty. 8

Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

80s

Coastal Region Current Landuse

GOLDEN HORN

N 0,5 km

2 km

[ analysis of the unkapanı district and süleymaniye world heritage site ] Cultural Heritage Assets and Values

Functions & Typologies

Limitations and Border Conditions

Public Attractions and Pedestrian Network

The neighborhood analysis that focuses on the Unkapanı district includes its broader urban context with Süleymaniye World Heritage Site. A multi-layered profound analysis on this scale contextualizes the primary complexities and opportunities in the area. Zooming out a bit, the synthesis map combines all these, extending the main street profile towards the

historic commercial district, emphasizing prominent socio-economic, cultural and historical typologies, while defining a clearer perception of the configuration of the main idle area and impression of Unkapanı in relation to the main street network, world heritage site, variety of functions and spatial limitations.

Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

Synthesis of the Analysis 1. Istanbul Textile Traders’ Market 2. Aqueducts of Vallen 3. Saraçhane Park 4. Beyazıt Square 5. Grand Bazaar 6. Great Inn of Sultan’s Mother 7. Spice Bazaar 18

8. Eminönü Square 9. Eminönü Tram Station

10. Eminönü Bus Station 11. Galata Bridge 12. Istanbul University 13. Süleymaniye Mosque Complex

14. Unkapanı Flour Mill 15

15. Süleyman Subaşı Mosque 16. Golden Horn Metro Brigde 17. Atatürk Bridge

18. Kadir Has University

19. Zeyrek Cistern 20. Zeyrek Mosque

11 10

9 1 8 7 13

21 2 3

6 12

5 4

N 50 m

400 m

Gradual Shift in Public Life and Socio-economic Values More than 1 km long main street work between Eminönü Square and Atatürk Boulevard becomes an important feature through its gradual shift in public life, actors, and socio-economic values. The analysis emphasizes the distinctive separation of the Unkapanı district

from its close vicinity by highlighting its socio-spatial features, providing a clearer and broader perspective on Unkapanı’s characterization with urban poverty and its emerging identities, such as street peddlers and small manufacturer spaces. Eminönü Square

Şebsefa Hatun Mosque

Üç Mihraplı Mosque Atatürk Boulevard Ali Paşa Han

Küçükpazar Bathhouse

Prof. Dr. Cemil Birsel Street

Hacı Kadın Bathhouse & Mosque

Balkapanı Han Spice Bazaar

Characterized by urban poverty, where the poor either sell or buy junk and 2nd hand stuff, make cheap shopping and earn a few money or meet their needs through street peddlers.

Open shops and small businesses appear, the number of street peddlers decreases and public life starts to become more vibrant.

Shops occupy the street on both sides and more Hans started to appear. The type of buyer and seller changes, as one started to encounter tourists as well.

The street network ends with the Spice Bazaar in Eminönü Square, built in the 17th century. It is one of the significant landmarks and architecture, as well as the entrance to the historic commercial district, filled with visitors and tourists in everyday life.

Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

[ design principles ] Heritage Values

Manufacturer Spaces

Public Space System

Car Occupation

Further detailed explanation about each design principle can be found in the TU Delft Repository.

Profound principles as design guidelines are introduced to characterize strategic actions, focusing on the Unkapanı district while outlining the socio-spatial qualities of the productive urban transformation. Heritage values focus on heritage assets through the notion of accessibility, integration, preservation, and emphasize intangible heritage dimensions. Manufacturer spaces emphasize particular considerations for designing new manufacturer spaces

and improving the network of connections. The public space system highlights the integration of public space design through several aspects and site-specific features for increasing accessibility and socio-spatial quality. Lastly, car occupation layouts additional guidelines for other principles to be implemented efficiently, mainly focusing on car occupation and traffic management. These principles become essential by further reflecting on their implementation through their applicability. 13

[ a productive urban transformation ] Heritage Assets UNKAPANI FLOUR MILL

Key Location 3

Manufacturer Spaces Key location 3 focuses on the transformation of Unkapanı Flour Mill (the industrial heritage facility in ruins) and its close vicinity.

Public Space System

SÜLEYMANİYE MOSQUE COMPLEX

Car Occupation

Key locations are fragments of important design decisions and relations between the different components, where particular synergies emerge regarding the multi-layered design vision. 14

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Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

HIZIR BEY HACI KADIN BATHHOUSE, MOSQUE, WELL

ŞEBSEFA HATUN MOSQUE

Key Location 1

Key location 1 focuses on the area of the connection towards Atatürk Boulevard and its improvement as a site entrance.

Key Location 2

Key location 2 highlights the implementation of a particular area from the municipality’s plan for the world heritage site and its further improvement.

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Ü AT AT

ISTANBUL TEXTILE TRADERS’ MARKET 5th and 6th blocks 15

Key Location 1 Focusing on the main connection area towards Atatürk Boulevard and its emphasis as a site entrance, the transformation of the first key location concentrates on public space design, heritage as a part of the public system, and integration of manufacturer spaces. The initial approach is to disentangle car park occupation by introducing new public spaces and manufacturer

spaces through additional pedestrian connections, revitalizing existing manufacturer areas and introducing mix-use and collective spaces. Characterized principles and spatial qualities that are used for this location’s transformation are exhibited through the site section and perspectives.

Identify and improve essential locations and site entrances

Disentangle car park occupation

Provide visual accessibility for heritage

Maintain

Fountains, bathhouses and mosques as part of H2 the public system

Implementation of adaptive b

Define convenient spaces for street

Network of threshold s

ŞEBSEFA HATUN MOSQUE

20 m

Perspective A

Slowed traffic or limited accessibility for cars S2

Activation

Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

N 25 m

100 m

Transformation of key location 1, a comparison between current situation and the design proposal.

Provide visual accessibility for heritage

Fountains, bathhouses and mosques as part of the H2 public system

n low-rise buildings M1

building typologies M2

Promote pedestrian connectivity towards Istanbul Traders’ Market

t peddlers to utilize H4 temporarily

spaces for manufacturers M3

M1 M3 M2 ISTANBUL TEXTILE TRADERS’ MARKET

HIZIRBEY HACI KADIN BATHHOUSE

Perspective B

Define convenient spaces for street H4 peddlers to utilize temporarily of the ground floor P3

Promoting collective spaces M4 Activation of the ground floor P3

Key Location 1 - Perspectives ŞEBSEFA HATUN MOSQUE

ISTANBUL TEXTILE TRADERS’ MARKET ZEYREK MOSQUE and CISTERN

Identified as an essential location that was once occupied by car parking, transformed into an engaging site entrance with attractive socio-spatial qualities for leisure and social encounters, where cultural heritage is integrated with the public system. This was a critical step for exceeding Unkapanı District’s isolation to make it well connected to its close vicinity.

Promoted as a mix-use space, limited car accessibility along the main street network increases the vitality and the quality of socio-spatial features during the peak hours of the day. Adaptive manufacturing spaces are introduced, where commerce is located on the ground floor facing the main street network with particular spaces that are defined for street peddlers to utilize temporarily. NEW ADAP T MAN UFAC IVE TURE RS

HACIKADIN WATER WELL

PACE S

HACIKADIN MOSQUE and BATHHOUSE

Cultural heritage becomes a part of the public system, integrated with new adaptive manufacturing spaces while emphasizing a transition area connecting one of the Istanbul Textile Traders’ Market’s courtyard entrances and Haci Kadin monuments, forming a collective ground for varied users. 18

Integration of Industrial Heritage Areas

[ micro-stories from Unkapanı ] 1

A busy Sunday afternoon at Unkapanı Flour Mill, an open design exposition/ market in collaboration with the Istanbul Textile Traders’ Market.

The peddler, a woker, local resident, and visitor from the bathhouse sharing a conversation during lunchtime in the collective space.

Peddlers helping to clean around on Monday morning. Our peddler is here to pick up some stuff from the storage area and then going to settle for work.

Then, the manufacturer passes through the threshold space to get to the store quickly, while picking up some tools and stuff on the way.

Micro-stories from Unkapanı exhibits the link between all three key locations and their socio-spatial qualities. It exhibits a brief narrative through social interactions and activities taking place in varied spaces among these three key locations, focusing on different actors and socio-spatial qualities throughout the day. The main emphasis of this sequential diagram is also to illustrate the intangible heritage values that are characteristic features of Unkapanı after the urban transformation, such as the cheap commerce of street peddlers and the social bounds among manufacturers. The first frame indicates a cultural activity taking place in the new Unkapanı Flour Mill at the weekend, where many visitors outside from Unkapanı are gathered for the

He sets his stand for a busy day and settled in front of the manufacturer spaces. All peddlers arrange the space according to their needs.

The local resident heading home after picking up some groceries. Passes through the park where it seems some people are spending time.

exposition market in the multifunctional ground. The second frame starts with the day after, illustrating peddlers that are cleaning up the place after the event. The highlighted peddler settles among his defined places in front of the manufacturer spaces in the third frame, now under the shade with proper equipment provided for vendition. The fourth frame indicates a social encounter inside one of the collective spaces, introducing other actors. The fifth frame switches to a manufacturer that uses one of the threshold spaces, whereas the sixth frame focuses on the local resident going back to her house through the new public space at the world heritage site. 19

[2] THE PROTEIN FACTORY An inclusive spatial strategy for the transition towards a sustainable system of protein-based food within the province of South Holland Project: Academic, Spring 2022 Type: Group Location: Province of South Holland Tasks: Concept for analysis, vision and strategy, Visualizations of axonometric drawings and collages Although the Netherlands has a crucial role in the global animal-based food supply chain by virtue of the Port of Rotterdam, the current production process of meat and dairy products is not sustainable in the long term as it is dependent on global supply and also responsible for a vast amount of emissions and waste. The main goal of the project is to achieve a sustainable protein-based food supply chain that would be resilient to societal changes, adaptable to environmental challenges and would offer more locally produced protein alternatives with a well-developed vision and strategy for the province of South Holland. Group: Miriam Schoemakers, Ruta Vitkute, Shiming Xu

How to implement a sustainable protein-based food transition in the current animalbased food industry in the frame of South Holland through the Port of Rotterdam?

[ animal-based food supply chain in the province of south-holland ] The province of South Holland is a Dutch province situated on the southeast side of the country. With the Port of Rotterdam and extensive agriculture and horticulture activities, this province fosters the most important food production industry in the country, making The Netherlands one of the first food exporters in the world. However, in the agricultural sector, animal husbandry needs a lot of resources such as feed, space, water and infrastructures, while it emits gasses like phosphate, methane and ammonia and produces waste that can harm the environment. Furthermore, according to the Paris Agreement, livestock in the Netherlands must be considerably reduced as well as greenhouse emissions to achieve the climate targets by 2050.

Number of Dutch Agriculture Companies

South Holland is already the leading province in agroindustries due to large numbers of greenhouses, massive agricultural fields, the Port of Rotterdam and an advanced network of well-connected cities. The whole area is an optimized factory of food production, which appears as the center of innovation, infrastructure and social interaction. Thus, this gives a primary role to the region, that would emphasize the transition toward a sustainable protein-based food supply chain. In this direction, the project aims to close loops towards local circular flows and reuse of waste, reduce livestock farming and practice sustainable ways for proteinbased food production.

Number of Livestock Farming Companies

Import & Export Flows

Material flow analysis and the role of the Port of Rotterdam. 22

The Protein Factory

Current Landuse & Zoning of Prominent Typologies N

sea farms & city network

greenhouses

central operator

mix-use & grazing-based production

agriculture

Energy plants & Waste management

Sea Farms

Food Hub

Floating Farms

Greenhouses

Livestock farming & Agriculture

For the map, each square represents 25 kilometers square. Axonometric drawings display prominent typologies related with animal-based 23

[ vision towards 2070 ]

2022

Current Landuse Zoning Based on current function analysis, the South-Holland province can be classified into several clusters: the port, built-up area, greenhouse clusters, animal husbandry cluster and plant production landscape. For the first steps, it is critical to stimulate collaboration between farmers, stakeholders and knowledge institutions, locating potential areas and flows to develop or change, and for the port to become the center of activities and flows.

Transition an

As the population global trade grows, it will expand while production area will slig more efficient methods. The port will beco of processing, and education and innovat Hubs. The animal husbandry cluster will protein production area. The process wil smooth transition for al

050

nd Expansion

can be estimated that the port and city ghtly shrink but increase production with ome the center of import&export, all kinds tion through the implementation of Food l gradually transform into a plant-based ll take part in a gradual way to ensure a ll relevant stakeholders.

The Protein Factory

2070

Full Transition in the South-Holland Province South Holland plays a primary role in the transition and works as a ‘protein factory’ as a pioneer for adaptation on national scale implementations. By the year 2070, livestock farming will be replaced with plant-based protein production, greenhouse clusters will be transformed into an agri-city and alternative protein production like sea farms will be established, where the Port of Rotterdam plays a central role as the operator.

[ the factory 2070 ]

Co n

Social Awareness Bearing structure

cti

Innovation, Technology and Education Power plant

RY TO C FA

Alternative Protein-based Food Production

Port as the Activity Center

Production plant

Machinery

Global to Local Shipping department

The strategy is made out of six main components that are explained within the concept of ‘The Factory’. Each of the six components has its timeline highlighting the main actions that need to take place 50 years from now, regarding different stakeholders. Most of the actions are location-specific, therefore, the five main locations for the key projects are identified through varied aspects regarding the components of the factory. These key projects have crucial importance for the implementation and expansion of the strategy. The Food Hub and Food District are placed in the Port of Rotterdam, followed by the Agri-city in Westland, New farming in the eastern farmlands and the Farmlab 26

in the south of the province. The strategy follows the proposed location for the Food Hub that is already being implemented by the Port of Rotterdam authorities and develops additional spatial qualities that allow activities related to the protein-based food industry and waste management. The Food District is more related to the cluster of facilities, such as infrastructure of innovation and education, and is mostly linked to food processing of material flows coming from productive landscapes. Other key locations have different functions related to their qualities and infrastructural identities.

The Protein Factory

Strategic Key Projects

FOOD HUB

FOOD DISTRICT

Port of Rotterdam

FARM-LAB

Southern areas of the province

Port of Rotterdam

AGRI-CITY Westland

Urban greenhouses

Urban-rural transition

Plant-based production

Vertical agriculture in dense neighborhoods

Back to the nature

Buffer zone

Production landscape

NEW FARMING

Eastern areas of the province

Geothermal energy usage

Transitional landscape

The five strategic key projects are highlighted with collages that display comparisons between current situations and future transformations. Axonometric drawings indicate the prominent typologies that will be used among these locations, outside of the port of Rotterdam. 27

Farm-lab

2022

2070

Farm-lab project is a showcase, aimed to experiment with protein-based food production types as well as focusing on education, research, and innovation in the Southern part of the Province of South Holland.

The Protein Factory

Agri-city

2022

2070

The Agri-city project is based on the idea that it is already time to change for the Westland area, located along the shore of the North Sea, between the Port of Rotterdam and the Hague. The transition promotes change in the quality of the living environment as well.

[3] THE URBAN HEART Adding life to the Ring Project: Academic, Spring 2022 Type: Partial group Location: Lobroekdok, Antwerp, Belgium Tasks: Concept for design, analysis and strategy, Public space design, Urban transformation Along the Antwerp Ring Road, important nodes occupied with dense traffic appear as mismanaged intersections that formed socio-spatial segregations. The project focuses on the transformation of one of them, the area of Lobroekdok, where multiple neighborhoods characterized by urban poverty juxtapose, with high-density of inhabitants. The individual design part emphasizes a new connection between Kronenburg and Slachthuis districts, which is a part of the Urban Heart, and utilizes Sportpaleis and its surrounding environment as a catalyst for a new public space. It stimulates social cohesion through both outdoor and indoor physical activities, sports, music and cultural entertainment. The initial approaches behind this are to pedestrianize the area, integrate existing sports activities and introduce additional ones, and increase the quality of living while enriching the area’s cultural and historical identity, regarding Sportpaleis’ importance. Group: Laura Kemp, Mayke Giesen

[ pressure & social-spatial analysis ] Industry Residential areas Natural areas Ring park network Main car roads

Facilities

Tram lines

Industry

Residential areas

Natural areas

Ring park network

Main car roads

Landuse & Form of the City

After years of many urban renewal attempts within the Antwerp Ring, the city center’s maximum density and capacity have gradually increased, and car occupation, mismanaged accessibility, and lack of greenery appear as critical problems to deal with.

Urban Poverty Certain intersections are emphasized as mismanaged nodes, as a starting point for realizing this pressure from the city center. To select one for the anticipated urban transformation, the analysis focuses on locating migrant residents, low-income zones, and high-density neighborhoods. The juxtaposition of this emphasizes a node that is immensely characterized by these features, thus with urban poverty.

kronenburg

Lobroekdok Site The Lobroekdok site is the area where three different neighborhoods with similar features and varied socio-spatial characteristics come together. The group study emphasizes the connection and integration between these sites, rather than assigning one to each individual.

slachthuis

deurne

The Urban Heart

[ transformation of sportpaleis site ] N

Individual design part of the project.

The first step is to adapt and enhance the municipality’s intention of relocating the cars to a new underground tunnel, pedestrianizing and promoting greenery through certain parts of the Antwerp Ring. For the transformation of the neighborhood and the individual design part, the central role of Sportpaleis is emphasized through its historical and cultural identity. The main entrance of it is not well defined and the dense traffic and industry around form high pressure. The initial design approach tries to activate the corner and northern facade of the building by introducing a sports hall with mixed-use functions, and a new pedestrian connection through multiple levels.

Then it formulates the connection from Kronenburg to Slachthuis while integrating all types of sports activities that contribute to the idea of an urban heart. This allows locals to experience a varied range of sports activities and social encounters in this new public connection. Cycling and certain other sports activities are identified as the main communal context of the neighborhood. An outdoor velodrome cycling track is designed to emphasize this identity, referring to Sportpaleis’ usage as an indoor velodrome in the past. Highlighted in yellow, new pedestrian connections and activity grounds are indicated, whereas orange indicates the new connections for bicycles. 33

Cycling as historical identity, ‘‘Zesdaagse’’ in Sportpaleis

tennis & squash

public pool & water sports

cycling track

lotto arena

extended bike bridge

combat sports

bouldering

Symboisation of cycling among daily life slaces and the highlight of the color yellow recreation

bouldering playground

Connectivity towards Kronenburg neighborhood, pedestrianized and filled with varied types of outdoor and indoor sports activities.

Utilization and ex square as a mu

The Urban Heart

New outdoor cycling track & public open pool crossfits

fitness

activity ground football

sportpaleis

activity ground

multi-functional ground recreation

sports wholesale

sports hall conservatory

Additional structures

xpansion of Sportpaleis’s staircase structure to create a semi-open public ulti-functional ground with pedestrian connections on different levels.

multi-functional ground

[4] HOFBOGEN AS A BACKBONE Urban Climate + Densification Project: Academic, Fall 2021 Type: Partial group Location: Hofplein, Rotterdam Tasks: Concept for analysis and design, Public space design, perspective drawings, collages The main focus of the project is designing sustainable urban environments through the street and neighborhood scale. As a group, our densification strategy centralized over the idea of utilizing the Hofbogen as the backbone, allowing new connections not only from the ground floor but also from the upper level. The structure extends through the areas that are appropriate for densification. The individual design part focuses on a new public space design regarding the group’s densification and transformation strategy to promote a more sustainable neighborhood with mixuse opportunities. Group: Anna van den Berg, Denis Groen, Emy Steenbergen

[ public space design ] The public space design focuses on the transformation of the Boekhorststraat within the new densified neighborhood. The initial step is to remove car accessibility to fully pedestrianize the street. One other main idea is to promote new connections and openings between Vijverhofstraat and Boekhorststraat through Hofbogen, as a way of expanding the main public space via visual and physical connections on the ground level. A green strip is established regarding the existing trees, creating space for leisure as well as providing shade, reducing urban heat island, and utilizing rainwater collection. This street becomes the main public

stone pavement

brick

bike path

interaction, parallel to Hofbogen, with both facades on the side containing varied amenities and commercial functions, while the upper level from Hofbogen consists of a more fast pace public that connects to the new residential towers. Additional functions regarding the new residential parts are introduced, such as exhibition spaces, a public library, and an auditorium. The area became a space for many cultural activities, with different types of public spaces and levels of publicness. Increased pedestrian connections and less car-oriented, with new green connections and terraced gardens.

permeable pavement

wooden floor

soil

Boekhorststraat street’s public space transformation and new elevated pedestrian connections extanding from Hofbogen. 38

Hofbogen as a Backbone

Nano Scale Projection & Street Profile

green-blue roofs with solar panels

urban infiltration strips

permeable pavement

connection through the Hofbogen

[5] MODULAR RECREATION Hacıbektaş Hotel Project: Professional, Spring 2021 Type: Group Location: Nevsehir, Turkey Tasks: Research, architectural design, 3D modelling, axonometric drawings Settled on an inclined topography, the Hacıbektaş Hotel accommodates more than 150 visitors. The main design idea accumulates common functions in the main structure, located along the southern part of the site. Four types of modular accommodation units, which emphasize different functions and spatial combinations come into prominence, whereas a new adaptive facade is proposed for the existing dormitory buildings. The combination of modular room typologies forms a spatial morphology with different levels of publicness on varied levels, such as courtyards, alleys and deadend streets.

FREA: Fresh expressions for Architecture

Module B 1st floor plan

Modular Recreation

[ room module typologies ]

Module A - Comprehensive Rooms

Module B - Combinable Rooms

Module C - Terrace Rooms

Module D - Single Rooms

C D D

B B

Modular Recreation

D C

Axo view of the overall project, including the main hotel structure and existing dormitory structures with new green facades.

[6] ARCHITECTURES OF ASSEMBLAGE Environmental and urban urgencies in Izmit Project: Academic, Spring 2020 Type: Individual Location: İzmit, Turkey By responding to environmental-and-urban urgencies, the project enriches the given architectural program of research facilities, mass activity areas (indooroutdoor), commercial facilities, and accommodation, while developing specific strategies for assembling multiple heterogeneous components, such as scapes, users, and programs, through a detailed architectural product of a given program of approximately 20.000 square meters. Emphasizing the current urban and ecological borders among the site, the main design idea unfolds a single accommodation unit, a fragment that provides a constructive process that lays out a specific kind of arrangement and challenges the contrastive relation between accommodation and collective design requirements and nature.

[ fragmentary whole ] The polluted waterfront and lack of public accessibility to the coastal region are one of the main issues in the area. The constructive aspect that accommodation brings, regarding the public-private level, initiates the idea of a porous spatial border condition, that can expand, promote, or limit the integration of other components, such as nature, the waterfront, common usage areas, exhibition spaces, etc. This condition is spatially emphasized with an ‘Intermediate Layer’ that relates every element of the design with varied spatial relations, becoming the main circulation access,

threshold, private space, public space, transition space, or a precise border condition between scapes. It becomes a space where people can find plays and ways to use according to the condition. Certain points of the design where the intermediate layer encounters many elements are studied in detail, as some of the semi-open areas become a small part of the whole but yet, very important. Furthermore, dividing the main intense program elements and the coastline provides a continuity of public usage in which non-human users, such as the native bird species, can also be involved.

Architectures of Assemblage

Accomodation unit

People can find place and ways to use the fragments according to the condition

Exhibition entrance Garage entrance

Atrium Public staircases Research offices Main exhibition area

Section perspective exhibition space. Highlighted red in the exploded axonometric drawing is the emphasized ‘Intermediate Layer’. 49

PORTFOLIO

[ selected works 2020-2023 ]

Arnta Kalentzi