Architecture Portfolio | Alperen Basak by alperenbasak

a l p e r e n b a s a k | architecture portfolio

CONTENTS

Preface

Curriculum Vitae

I. Creating Memory Through the Void

A Space for Past and Future

II. Reading the City

Istanbul Library

III. School of Architecture

Mikado

IV. Conncecting Minds-Creating the Future

Dubai Expo 2020 Pavillion

V. An Anachronist Stucture

Politeama Di Como

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Alperen Basak ••••••••

I am currently a master student in Architecture and Urban Design field at Politecnico Di Milano , Italy. Due to the international framework of my studies and Problem Based Learning approach that my university imposes, I look forward to work in an international team and transform problems into challenging projects through critical thinking, creativity and innovativeness. This internship is right for me at this stage of my development process as it fits my educational background, my continuing willingness to learn new things and represents a perfect chance to improve my skills. Furthermore, I am a quick learner, hard-working, ambitious person, motivated by goal achievements and have a multi-perspective approach towards a situation. Nothing provides me with more satisfaction than contributing to the success of a project.My technical knowledge, conceptual and architectural skills, combined with my enthusiasm and creativity makes me a “must have” intern. Moreover, my international experience working with different people around the world and global mindfulness would be a positive contribution to your organization.As a result, I am a confident user of the Adobe suite, AutoCad, SketchUp, Rhino, Lumion.

Curriculum Vitae

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N F O R M AT I O N

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name : Yunus Alperen Basak nationality : turkish date | place of birth : november 16 1995

Istanbul,Turkey

adress : Via Alberto Einstein, 6, 20137

Milano MI,Italy

email : alperenbasak@gmail.com basak.yunus@mail.polimi.it tel

: +(39) 846 83 31 +(90) 537 661 07 54

website : alperenbasak.myportfolio.com •

E D U C AT I O N

2017- present

Politecnico Di Milano

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M.Sc. Architecture and Urban Design

Milano, Italy

2013-2017

Yeditepe University B.Sc. Faculty of Architecture •E

X P E R I E N C E

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Istanbul,Turkey

(Honour Degree)

2016- 2017

ZTalayer Architecture Part-time Architect

Istanbul, Turkey

Sera Group, Design Office

June,July

Intern Architect Tav Construction, Construction Site

June-July

Intern Architect •A

C T I V I T E S

2014

Istanbul, Turkey

The 6th Tensinet Symposium

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2015

Istanbul, Turkey

June

2019

Milano,Italy Terraviva "The Urban Sponge", Workshop

May

Prof. Richard Ingersoll •C

O M P E T E N C E S • Autodesk Autocad

2019

Prato, Italy Lumion

Autodesk Revit

Vray

Sketchup

Blender

Rhinoceros

Microsoft Office

Grasshopper Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Premier Architectural visualization, 3D modelling, model making, photography, team work, quick learning and applying,organization, problem-solving, adaptability Interests : music production , percussion , scuba diving •L

A N G U A G E S

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Turkish : Native

English : Professional working proficiency Italian : Basic

creating memory through the void

A S P A C E F O R P A S T A N D F U T U R E Aleppo , Syria 2019

site plan | Connection between the project site , Souk of Aleppo and citadel of Aleppo

A SPACE FOR PAST AND FUTURE

The reality with which we were confronted when we tried to understand and impose a logic on the site was the absence of scale and the absence of spatial continuity. In the first phases we tried to impose an axial logic on the site but we quickly came to understand that this specific site cannot be explained understood or rationalized in a conventional way. The spatial rupture surrounding the site manifests itself in the following ways. The wall is an actual barrier allowing no visual or physical contact between the old city and the spaces that exist beyond it, the only point that can be considered as a source or as a point of reference even a genesis is the gate. The second manifestation of the spatial rupture is the big open space that exists on the western part of our site. The transition between the complexity of the old city and this out of scale compared to the size of the city open space is very violent. Another example of how the scales interlock on this specific area is comparing the area of a typical building in the old city to the axis z of the height of the wall. Lastly another factor that did not allow us to work in a conventional way is the sheer amount of scales of built elements that co-exist around the site. Our structure is meant to provide a transition between scales. To symbolize the end of the old city and the prepare for the transition to the big scale. Supervisor: Del Bo Adalberto With : Abdelrahman Gamil (Egypt), Aspassia Mitropapa (Greece), Lejla Ademi (Albania), Ozan Ă&#x2021;elik (Turkey)

A SPACE FOR PAST AND FUTURE

rupture of scale

symbolic sequence of space

core and boundary

spatial rupture

elements of reference

absence of axial reference

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creating memory through the void

Besides the analysis of the urban context we felt the need to create an element that would have a symbolical value. A gate of the gate, a city in the city, a place where people can remember the war, but also a place where they can find peace and be isolated from the violent chaos of the destroyed urban environment. An element that would simultaneously combine all the scales that exist in Aleppoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complex urban fabric, but would be at the same time isolated from its surroundings, but also anchored to it by its connection to the gate. The circular shape for the monumental scale was chosen because it represents the structure of time. It has no beginning and no end, it replicates itself and it ends where it started. The interior of this circular space would become the embodiment t its timeless roots by its own symbols. The system that we used could be solving urbanism with architecture. The two elements that we used to design from the core to the edge and from the edge to the core would be the wall (which was used as a generator of perspective). The wall is an element which in the old city is capable of taking you from the initial to the final ending point of the urban fabric, intertwining, interacting and twisting through public space, courtyards, houses and streets. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in itself a unit and a whole. Following it, manipulating and twisting it we worked from edge to core and from core to edge. More than trying to decide boxes with pre-determined functions what we tried to design is a spatial experience, a serial progression of perspectives that each time produce very different volumetric. Our structure is not about fragmentation, its about space, events and movements. Its not about breaking down the void its about the void becoming the source of creation.

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01. residential unit 02. projection room 03. gathering area 04. pharmacy 05. classroom 06. reading room 07. workshop 08. library 09. amphitheater 10. children zone 11. conformance room 12. foyer 13. meeting room 14. back stage 15. exhibition space 16. spiritual space 17. public kitchen 18. computer rooms 19. music room 20. cafe 21. shop 22. courtyard 23. storage 24. archive

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plan | ground floor 13

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the narrative A SPACE FOR PAST AND FUTURE

section | confrence room

section | spritual place

section | classrooms

section | workshops

section | public kitchen - classroms

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space-event-movement

What was important for us was also that architecture become the machine that engineers the unpredictable. Social and symbolic connotations characterize a programmatic sequence that is not based on predetermined functions, but rather become a series of halting points where events take place. More like a family of spatial points linked by continuous movement, movement that is framed each time by the wall. Spontaneity was also an important element for us. Since the structure acts somehow like a city in the city we did not try to imitate but rather recreate the spontaneity of events and rituals which are the substance of any city. What must be underlined is that buildings are unstable systems in dynamic environments, the war in Aleppo is the ultimate example of how instability can affect the substance of a city or of a building. This procedure is not about adding program to predefined volumes but more like adding events to an autonomous spatial sequence. And that in itself would be a form of motivation to incite people to use the structure. Our goal would be to imagine the current phase of the programmatic ensemble of the structure and this current phase would contain activities, events and rituals related with the reconstruction and the needs and programs that are a result of the post war situation. At the same time the buildings should be fluid enough to adapt themselves according to the way the city, culture and needs will develop. This fluidity is not about creating something modular that can be adapted by others, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ultimately about polyvalence and flexibility. A flexible plan is not adapted, it adapts itself.

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render | spiritual space

A SPACE FOR PAST AND FUTURE

render | spiritual space

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render | courtyard

A SPACE FOR PAST AND FUTURE

render | courtyard

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entrence through the new city

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entrence from the gate

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reading the city

I S T A N B U L L I B R A R Y Istanbul, Turkey 2017

site plan | haydarpasa train station - istanbul library - the urban fabric of kadıköy, istanbul

ISTANBUL LIBRARY Besides its century-old history built to connect Istanbul to Baghdad Haydarpasa train station was a place marked by separation and reunification. Acting as a generator of connections while simultaneously symbolising separation, containing goodbyes and tearful embraces. It could be considered a landmark which has an important role for the city and its inhabitants. Back in the day, it was the point that you set foot first when you arrived in the city of Istanbul. It was a sneak peek of the chaotic narrative of Istanbul. A man who comes to the city to start a new life, a woman crying while seeing her boyfriend off, a young boy running to catch his train back home.. Every day thousands of people passing by, thousands of stories were taking place in Haydarpasa. Until 2012 the station was a major intercity, regional and commuter rail hub as well as the busiest railway station in Turkey. But today, it has just become a garage for unused trains. The Istanbul library project is located between Haydarpasa train station and the dense urban fabric of Kadıköy. It was a challange to design next to Haydarpasa and to not be overshadowed by such a landmark. The aim of the project is to revitalize the area and create a narrative and a journey for Haydarpasa train station in the Istanbul Library. 26

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site plan

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the axial connection between the Haydarpasa train station and the project

current state | Istanbul, KadÄąkĂśy

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the roof

concrete structure

rare collections room

the library main hall

axonometric view | functions diagram

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1- entrence 2- lobby 3- confrence hall 4- backstage 5- administration - offices 6- shops 7-restaurant - cafe

8- exhibition hall 9- auditorium 10- meeting room 11- service area

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plan | ground floor

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plan | library main hall

plan | rare collections

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library corridor A library and a train station have the same sense, because they both represent a journey. One can take a train to go from point a to point b and while looking out of the window, processing images and visual stimuli while getting lost in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thoughts. In the library one read a book and start a journey through oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagination and while getting lost among the bookshelves, visual stimuli become knowledge.

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section | library

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axonometric view

view | haydarpasa train station - istanbul library

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library | reading hall The main hall of the Istanbul Library sits on 16 large columns creating this big volume that contains the main library, conference halls and exhibition areas,the room of rare collections and frames the view to see the flashy train station, the rush of ferries travelling from the Asian side to the European side of Istanbul to make in time while the seagulls tailing them through the Bosphorus.The big span between these columns gives the possibility to watch the sceneries of Istanbul through its uninterrupted facade.

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school of architecture

M I K A D O Istanbul, Turkey 2016

MIKADO â&#x20AC;&#x153;The timeless task of architecture is to create embodied and lived existential metaphors that concretise and structure our being in the world.Architecture reflects, materialises and eternalises ides and images of ideal life.â&#x20AC;? -Pallasmaa Mikado is based on an architectural language which is the composition of simple geometrical volumes.These volumes were characterized by two kinds of partitions: the height difference and the densely arranged columns. The logical principles behind the paratactic juxtaposition of the simple volumes is the use of light and shadow and the distributive clarity of the movement. The main element that defines space is light. So in this case the main goal was to construct with the shadows and create light volumes. The project is assembled by three parts. The main element that keeps the structure of the layout of the plan together is the central courtyard around which the volumes of the studios develop. For the northern part of the project, the exhibition area runs through the entity of the block bringing together the rooms for the staff. The school is also doted by the presence of a conference hall which is in the underground level.