undergraduate portfolio | ata gün aksu by atagunaksu

ata gĂźn aksu | undergraduate portfolio

ata gün aksu 05.07.1997 agaksu@gmail.com +90 533 580 84 05

education ankara, tr 2015 - 2020

middle east technical university bachelor of architecture (cGPA, 3.50)

paris, fr 2017 - 2018

école nationale supériore d’architecture paris-belleville erasmus mobility student

ankara, tr 2013 - 2015

ted ankara college foundation private high school international baccalaureate diploma programme

ankara, tr 2005 - 2015

ted ankara college foundation private school primary and secondary education

experiences ankara, tr 07 - 09, 2016 10, 2019 -

azaksu architects participated to several competition projects and involved in 3D representation of projects

istanbul, tr 07 - 09, 2019

erginoğlu&çalışlar architects worked in construction and conceptual drawings

ankara, tr 06 - 08, 2017

ronesans holding - MIT [national intelligence organization] building experienced several construction methods and participation in construction actively

ankara, tr 06 - 07, 2016

metu summer practice hands on training about building materials such as brick, tile, aerated concrete, etc.

study abroad experiences paris, fr 2017 - 2018 eger, hu 2013

erasmus mobility program - ensa paris-belleville ten months rotary youth exchange - short term home stay exchange program two months

workshops - exhibitons ankara, tr 12, 2018

tedu maus - workshops series 02 scripts of/on the boulevard ataturk boulevard: visual communication in public space

venice, it 08, 2018

vardiya - the shift participant of 6th shift, turkish pavilion 16th venice architecture biennale

paris, fr 06, 2018

babelville - grand paris, 2070 project founding member of a student association - exhibition at salon du batiment

naples, it 01, 2018 paris, fr 04, 2018

workshop UHPFRC - material optimisation and geometric exploration universitĂ federico iI di napoli & ensa paris-belleville [1 week in each] dicovering the potentials of ultra-high performances fibre reinforced concrete

certifications - awards ankara, tr 09, 2019

autodesk BIM specialization training received certificate after 40 hours of training at a autodesk certified center, prota computer

ankara, tr 06, 2016

metu graduation project deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award selection nominated for the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award

efeler, tr 2016

efeler municipality service building architectural competition 3rd prize, azaksu architects skills

advanced intermediate advanced advanced intermediate advanced advanced advanced intermediate intermediate

rhinoceros grasshopper revit architecture autocad sketchup adobe photoshop adobe illustrator adobe indesign adobe lightroom adobe premiere language

native fluent intermediate

turkish english french interests

2006-2015

professional swimmer - ted ankara college sports club classic guitar analog photography travelling

| derelict: inverted city | school project [metu]

| linear agora/antalya 2016 expo-site | school project [metu]

| from the intimate to the collective | school project [ensa-pb]

| image, information and time | school project [ensa-pb]

| vardiya - the shift | workshop [venice architecture bienale]

| workshop UHPFRC | workshop [paris, naples]

derelict: inverted city from terrain vague to cityh hub: yedukule gas factory complex

black sea

architectural design VI spring 2019 [metu] location: yedikule, istanbul,tr

istanbul

yedikule gas factory marmara sea

supervisors abdi gĂźzer lale Ăśzgenel zeynep mennan

the studio discussed issues related with abandoned spots in the city, where buildings, along with the institutions and memories they previously hosted have been left unused. the case studied during the term is that of the derelict/abandoned/unused yedikule gas factory complex in istanbul. standing next to the yedikule dungeons, also derelict and unused, this neighbourhood of fatih municipality, of immense historical significance, yedikule gas factory is one of the best examples of industrial buildings which are abandoned when they lost their function. such vague areas trigger a sense of uncanny in the community, and in the evaluation of these areas, a search for a different value should be sought instead of the existing evaluation systems, renewal or destruction, in order to provide commercial rent. the vagueness of the field must be preserved without denying or taming the feeling of uncanny in the individual, considering the past and the present of the area. to protect the traces of the past, the negative of the demolished gasometers and sea walls are taken. ground and the existing buildings are left as they are with the present ambiguity, the prgposed new program has been put under the ground. the idea of being â&#x20AC;&#x2039;â&#x20AC;&#x2039; underground arose curiosity in individuals interacting with the spaces and makes the uncanny feeling continuos. it also offers people the opportunity to experience the ambiguity above the ground.

bus/junk

sirkeci coast road

gas factory

train route

land walls

sea walls

land

current situation

past existed

present demolished

proposed inverted

site plan

offices multi purpose hall technical rooms workshop areas archive storage backstage

-11.00 m

carpark nightclub

common space mechanical space informal auditorium entrance lobby auditorium 200 p. auditorium 400 p. rentable spaces offices

cafe retail shops

-6.00 m

ruin area entrance ruin area car entrance gasometer

sunken courtyard

entrance

+0.00 m

night club

informal auditorium

ruin area

400 people auditorium

east-west section

200 people auditorium

cafe/retail shops

common space

rentable spaces

north-south section

from the gasometer

ruin area

multi purpose hall

foyer

common space

informal auditorium

sea/deck

entrance

cafe/retail shops

rentable spaces

linear agora mega event legacy urban strategies for post-event reuse antalya 2016 expo site expo 2016 site

architectural design V spring 2019 [metu] location: aksu, antalya, tr

antalya

mediterrean sea

supervisors abdi gĂźzer lale Ăśzgenel zeynep mennan

expo 2016 site is located in antalya, which is surrounded by agricultural lands and villages and connected to urban by railway. therefore, the site is located at the border between urban and rural. day by day with the expansion of urban through rural, physical boundaries between them are getting narrower. however, the reflections of technological developments cannot be seen on agricultural production and rural context, thus number of people moving from rural to urban is increasing due to the lack of work and education opportunities, resulting with the break away of everyday life from the landscape. the aim of the project is to create a hub, which is offering education and work opportunities for the people such as farmers, scientists and the public itself. while production, research and education are forming the first layer, a second layer, connecting the nodes, is proposed which hosts a market. these-days, affordable and accessible urban food markets are becoming more important with the need of fresh and healthy products. this market layer can also be called as agora.

19%

tomato

21%

eggplant

38%

locust

28%

cucumber

24%

pomegranate

78%

avocado

27%

orange

27%

banana

17%

sesame

16%

pepper

54%

mushroom

cotton

10%

apple

32%

japan plum

corn

percentage of production of antalya to turkey

relation with surrounding villages

transportation

agora

noun, plural ag·o·rae [ag-uh-ree] /ˈæg əˌri/. (in ancient Greece) 1. a popular political assembly. 2. the place where such an assembly met, originally a marketplace or public square. 3. the Agora, the chief marketplace of Athens, center of the city’s civic life. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/agora

farmers market, for farmers to come and sell their products, which will work as a social hub that brings producer and conasumer together. this market will also include cafe/restaurants, kitchens for visitors to cook their own food and kiosks for tasting different foods. also, these spaces can transform into a fairground where the development of agricultural technology can be exhibited

main entrance, which is mainly used by people coming by tram. bicycles are provided. visitors can take them from the bicycle lot and use it during their visit.

farms, where e x p e r i m e n t a l agriculture is going on with drones and robotic arms autonomously. they provide products for the market as well as a place for the visitors to learn and experience the production by being a part of it

am is ex an pla the

an assembly, stock market where farmers can come and discuss their problems with politicians, researchers, etc. it also hosts educational events and has an office for the agricultural stock exchange

mphitheatre, which formed by the isting topography nd where the atform merges with e last level of it

platform, that moves around the site having different relationships with the existing buildings and provides alternative circulation and recreation for the users

water, is connected to the both nearby rivers and circulates in the site. providing irrigation for the farms and cooling for the buildings

site plan 50 m.

3 types of relationships with the existing buildings

10 m.

1. passing through, to involve the visitors to the discussions happening in the stock market that is the hearth of the hub

2. neighbouring, creates a relationship with the topography and the green area around the site 10 m.

10 m.

3. passing by, no direct relationship with the buildings but to give service the platform is branching towards them

energy panels, for the market, farms, drones, robot arms, etc.

roof, following the pattern of the farms

beams, supporting the roof and the rails

rails, carry the robot arms

service, wc, stairs and structure

kiosks,

platform, walkway

water and farms, fields of agriculture

10 m.

farms

gathering

products are carried to the market to sell or to cook by robot arms

+5.00

robot arms are used for irrigation, seed dressing and disinfection

farms

+5.00 +5.00

water body is used to support the irrigation and climatization

+0.00

farms

+5.00

office

-1.00

+5.00

+0.00

-4.00

forum

in the stock market prices of the products are fixed by the farmers

farms

platform rails for robot arms

+5.00

ground floor plan 10 m.

from the fields, walkways around the farms and gathering places for people between them

inside the stock market, the platform is passing through, offices are provided and prices of the products are determined here with the participants from different fields

from the platform, circulates throughout the whole site between the rails of robot arms and fields, gives access to the existing buildings

market place, drones and robot arms operates the collection of products and bring them to the market to sell or use at the kiosks

images for the collage are taken from Rotterdam Market Hall.

from the intimate to the collective architectural design IV spring 2018 [ensa-pb] location: paris,fr

paris

site

supervisor aghis pangalos

the site, located in the 13th district of paris, is a railroad and currently it is transforming to a housing complex. part of that complex, which is not constructed yet, is given as a project site. it started as a group project and the site decisions and division is done as a group of four. as a group decision each person used their ground floor for public facilities such as supermarket, library, shops, cafe and restaurants to create a public ground. during the design process, projects developed according to three axes of reflection: “urbanity / living in the city”, “the collective / the shared “and” housing / interiority “ and different aspects were discussed, such as the materiality of the envelope, sunlight, cost of the construction, life quality of the apartments. dimension of spaces with respect to the french regulations considering disabled people, minimum spaces for each place to decrease the cost. not to block the sun coming to surrounding buildings and to get more natural light sloped form is done. and each floor is surrounded with balconies so that each apartment have their own open space.

sloped form to get more daylight

site plan

ninth floor

eighth floor

seventh floor apar tments [private]

sixth floor

fifth floor

for th floor

third floor

spor ts center / terrace [semi-public]

second floor

first floor

entrance / supermarket [public]

ground floor

terrace

balcony

apar tment / spor ts center entrance

garbage room

spor ts center entrance apar tment entrance supermarket entrance

supermarket spor ts center

ground floor

apartment/sports center entrance

apartment/supermarket entrance

gym

cafe

pool

second floor gym

changing rooms

gym

studio technical room

lobby

first floor

running path/sports center

ninth floor

eigth floor

seventh floor

sixth floor

fifth floor

forth floor

studio

1+1

2+1

3+1

4+1 total

third floor

9 47 apartments

image, information and time architectural design III fall 2017 [ensa-pb] location: paris, fr site

paris

supervisor paul gresham

project is located in an empty spot in the 20th district of paris. the aim was to deepen the notion of architecture as a temporal device, the confluece point between time, place, action, and memory. it proposes an exploration of this dimension of time in architecture, both theorizing and practicing. it started by thinking what todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s libraries are and a manifest written according to it, which shapes the program of this institution. a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; state is proposed in the project where a printed library, surrounded by a continuous ramp, and a digital library, divided into five clusters; create, share, document, consume, store. the existing street, between two streets, is widened and shifted to seperate these two libraries, while welcoming people, passing through, to the institution. also facade differs according to need of light. while the digital library is surrounded with sun breakers where artificial light is preferred, to prevent shadow, natural light is used in the printed library.

throughout history, printed media has been the main format of information. we store, use and share the information via printed media: books, maps, photos, etc. however, with improvements in technology, digital media has started to gain much more prevalence, steadily gaining considerable amount of acclaim in place of printed media. thus, the library being a time-honoured institution that has stored and circulated various sorts of printed media for decades, is finding itself on a precipice at the dawn of a digital era. what next? we cannot ignore the value of printed media therefore we can bring a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; state into play. this can be further enhanced by rethinking and redefining the library as a program that supports all potent forms of printed and digital media. the digital program can be split into five clusters; create, share, document, consume, store. create people should experience and create new things in these institutions. workshops [fablabs] with 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, wood ateliers etc. should exist so that people can experience different materials. this paves way for an interactive hands-on experience and a chance for new inventions. share networking. includes the transfer, communication and streaming of information. the library should have the capacity to gather people of different cultural backgrounds from all walks of life and facilitate the sharing of information among one another. this necessitates spaces such as conference rooms and exhibition halls which will spark interactions and promote sharing. document one of the core benefits of print media is its enduring message due to its ever-lasting form. for reference purposes and the future generations, created and shared information should be digitally documented and published. necessary workspaces [offices] where people document information should be availed. consume the act of utilising the different sources of information. the institution should provide varying spaces that support this cause. these spaces can vary from niches and interstices that enhance personal work to large volumes that can handle a substantial number of people at once. store with the improvements in technology, how we store the information has changed. from bookshelves to digital environment such as clouds and drives that provide a vast reserve for information. in these institutions people should have access to different softwares where they can reach the information stored and the rather vestigial bookshelves. in conclusion, the digital program not only serves as a hub for the digital age but also accommodates and enhances the print media program. this creates a sense of duality where both programs have distinct identities but are consolidated into one: a library.

roof

street/stairs

east facade

create

store

street/cafe

consume

share/document

roof

north-south section

east-west section

working place [consume]

view from printed library towards north facade

conference hall [share]

view from printed library towards street/stairs

(N)everland vardiya - the shift turkish pavilion 16th venice architecture biennale 08.2018

venice

biennale

tutors selen ercan david jenny orkun kasap nizam onur sรถnmez

this project was a group work, in which 10 person worked equally in 3 groups works presented are done as a group of 3 people, which I involved in

(N)everland is based on the concept of ever-changing landscapes and their relation to human experience. during our shift, a sand-shaping material process is investigated through the means of digitally controlled machines that allow participants and visitors to reflect on the ephemeral nature of landscapes and spatial formations. over the duration of the workshop, a prototypical installation in a state of constant adaptation is presented. the centerpiece of the workshop was a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sandboxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that can be digitally manipulated. the design process is iterative â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we interacted with this self-contained space filled with sand, by making use of hardware and/or software tools, to reshape it continuously. by changing multiple parameters in a computational setup, we were able to explore the formation of non-permanent sandscapes. through the overlay of simple rules and the material interaction over time, complex temporary spatial formations will emerge. when the shift ended, documentation of these processes is used as the medium to disseminate the ideas and approaches of the participants to the online reviewers, and to the larger audience of the 16th international architecture exhibition, la biennale di venezia.

1.50 cm

6.00 cm

3.25 CM

AIR FLOW

A noozle section A Nozzle section B air cavity B Air cavity C shovel C Shovel D sweeper locklock D Sweeper

the blowing shovel one of the characteristics of the sand used, was its low friction factor. in this sense, after been modified from its initial position, the sand tended to go inertly to its initial position.

MOVEMENT DIRECTION

D AIR FLOW

MOVEMENT DIRECTION

in this device, sand is being blown from a curved surface introduced into the sand. while moving, sand is been shaped by sweeping, while is intermetitantly blowing pressurized air, interrupting ocationally the forming pattern.

elevations

robot paths

Aras Kalkan, Ata Aksu, Eduardo Mouhtar

prototypes Prototypes Sandforming by blowing into a container and sweeping

robot arm and noozle

patterns formed

workshop UHPFRC material optimisation and geometric exploration universitĂ federico iI di napoli - 01.2018 ensa paris-belleville - 04.2018 [1 week in each]

naples faculty of architecture

tutors raphael fabbri bĂŠatrice gheno mattia federico leone jenine principe

published in journal of civil engineering and architecture 9, david publishing as UHPFRC folded pavillion

the ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete [UHPRFC] is a new material whose characteristics allow new geometries: smooth shapes due to the absence of passive reinforcements, precise finishing due to the ultra-thin aggregates, flat cross-sections due to the hight strength. the aim of the workshop is to discover the possibilities offered by new materials, starting from their characteristics. we split in five groups, one for each kind of ‘shape generation’. using the phylogenetic tree, the groups designed several pavilion proposals, one for each final branch of the tree. the bifurcations of the phylogenetic tree are organized as follows: at first the ‘composition’, then the ‘schematic scheme’, and finally the ‘skin’. after that, each group decides to develop specifically one of the final branches. five pavilions are presented at the end of the first step. the geometry of the final pavilion is based on a folded surface, called ‘whirlpool’, made with triangle rows. the profile of the pavilion is bent in order to give it a double curvature and so, more stability. the modules are multiplied axisymmetrically to minimize the number of the moulds. the vertices of the triangles are cut to avoid sharp angels. the center of the element is open, for both light and weight reasons. the triangles are assembled together with bolts while a cork sheet is placed in between the connecting surfaces to guarantee a good contact.

PHYLOGENETIC DIAGRAM Continuous skin Arch / Vault Portal frame