Aysu Aysoy design portfolio

E X P E RI E N C E S Victorian poet Alfred Lord Tennyson suggests in his literary classic Ulysses that each person is created unique through their own particular set of experiences. I believe that experiences are situated in environments and contexts, for that reason human existence becomes inseparable from its own context. That makes us the designers of experience...

German philosopher Heidegger used the word Dasein to describe this fact that ‘man is a placebeing, not a being in a place.’

AYSU AYSOY aysuaysoy@gmail.com +44 77 89293998 14 Royal College Street Camden Town NW1 0TH london

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aysuaysoy.co.uk

place of birth

ankara / turkey

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date of birth

20.01.1987

languages

turkish : na�ve english : advanced italian : beginner

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computer skills

Rhino grasshopper 3ds Max vray analysis scrypts

(ladybug - honeybee karamba)

gPython adobe suite

(indesign - illustrator photoshop - premiere)

lumion sketchup autocad & revit

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EDUCATION 2018-19

Architectural Associa�on - Emergent Technologies and Design Master of Architecture (MArch degree) 2009

Bilkent University - Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Outstanding Academic Achievement Scholarship & High honors degree graduation

EXPERIENCE january 2018 - september 2018

Global Architectural Development - GAD Architecture (gadarchitecture.com/en/) senior architect / computa�onal designer january 2017 - january 2018

Tabanlıoğlu Architects (tabanlioglu.com)

senior interior architect / concept designer january 2015 - january 2017

Freelance designer (aysuaysoy.com)

interior architect / designer / 3d visualisa�on ar�st january 2011 - january 2015

Global Architectural Development - GAD Architecture (gadarchitecture.com/en/) concept designer / architect / team leader / 3d visualisa�on ar�st january 2010 - january 2011

Dara Kirmizitoprak Architecture Studio (www.darakirmizitoprak.com/mobile) interior architect

june 2009 - january 2010

ZKLD Ligh�ng Design Studio (zkldstudio.com) interior architect / 3d visualisa�on ar�st

AWARDS ArchDaily + IIDEXCanada Virtual Spaces Compe��on (2016)

www.archdaily.com/780302/winners-of-archdaily-plus-iidexcanada-virtual-spaces-competition-announced

Silverline 3rd Kitchen of the Future Design Contest (2008) www.art.bilkent.edu.tr/awards/students/3_kitchen_design.html

about me I was born in Ankara, Turkey. After graduating with a first class honors degree in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University, I worked in several prestigious architecture and design practices in Istanbul. My computer skills and my knowledge of 3D modelling and graphics communication programs, lead me into a career in 3D Architectural visualization and parametric design. Experience I gained helped me to understand what I want to specialized about so that I started my master studies in EmTech in Architectural Association where I gain impeccable technical and computer skills with advanced knowledge of scripting, material and computational experimentation, robotic fabrication, and evaluation.

I can describe myself as a dynamic and ambitious interior architect. I have illustrated design techniques by taking an approach where I have utilized manufacturing technologies and interactive space manipulation. This involves merging human interaction and software to form an autonomous design and construction documentation process.

I like pushing the boundaries within my designs, where my experimental and technical skills intensify the spaces I create, often through manipulating forms and giving them an organic sensitivity.

I believe that nature contains all the forms and formulas that we need as designers. ‘The structure in nature is a strategy in design’ is something I firmly believe in and incorporate into my design process. In my worked examples, my experimentation in both structure and aesthetics produces forms that defy gravity and traditional beam and column theories. For me, load bearing structural system must be beautiful in itself and should never be hidden.

Part of my ongoing research includes virtual space design and new building technologies that reduce the effort involved in producing complex structural systems.

CONTENT

WIND 10 a villa project in ankara / turkey WINGS 14 an office interior design project in dubai / uae FABRIC 18 a hotel & retail center project in istinye istanbul /turkey BUBBLES 22 spa & thermal hotel master planning and interiors in eskişehir / turkey WHITE 26 renovation of historic walls for a venue project & pergola design kuruçeşme/ istanbul/ turkey SEA 30 master planning & interior design &concept design for luxury villas turkbuku/ bodrum/ turkey SAND 36 office complex in riyadh/ saudi arabia FLY 40 concept development for the watch tower designed by PININFARINA for 3rd airport in istanbul/ turkey

N.OX 44 form finding research ArchDaily + IIDEXCanada 46 Virtual Spaces Competition

NATURE 52 student project for basic design class WAVE 56 fabrication of a complex form

wind

a villa project in ankara / turkey

GAD Architecture - 2014 Role: Concept design and planning / 3D model / presentation and renderings Project advisor: Gökhan Avcıoğlu

The plan of the Turkish house was designed accompany the needs of the general concept of community life. In the early stages, planning accustomed according its usage but later on several modifications were made in different regions of the country.

Although the contemporary life style has changed widely, the traditional Turkish house plan perfectly meets all the needs of today’s family house. This villa was designed for a family of four; a middle aged couple with two young children.

The initial point of massing originated from the hierarchy between building functions. Rather private ones; bedrooms, bathrooms, and study rooms. Common ones; corridors, stairs and living area.

Three separate building blocks were proposed. The area between the separate, private, rigid blocks, vertical and horizontal connection areas and the common living area ‘The Life’ are placed.

This middle area is covered by an organic roof structure representing the organic connections underneath. Its form was inspired from the windy weather of the area.

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The main building material is brick, mostly due to energy efficiency reasons. But the brick is not used by conventional means; instead it is preferred experimenting on how the bricks can be put together in a different way using the current design and construction technologies. Through scripting and CAD modelling techniques, the bricks on the walls are arrayed heterogeneously, with different orientations at different points.

The textured walls, together with the non-Euclidean roof have become the significant design elements of the building, which satisfied the client’s desire for architectural excitement.

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an office interior design project in dubai / uae

TA Architects - 2017 Role: Concept design and planning / 3D model / presentation and renderings Project advisor: Murat Tabanlıoğlu

The client‘s brief was renovation of the double height entrance lobby, where two wings of the building crosses, of the five storey office building into a glamorous and shiny interior.

The lobby was a passage where two several circulation crosses; entrance from both ends, vertical circulation halls and upper floor connection bridge.

The idea for the design is basically to

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cover the bridge visually so that the inner circulation traffic of the building won’t interrupt the welcoming hall.

Special section brass pipes were used to reach the desired effect. Simple but spectacular effect of the design was approved by the client for construction.

Executive office room interiors also followed the concept idea of the lobby with shiny ceilings.

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a hotel & retail center project in istinye istanbul /turkey GAD Architecture - 2014 Role: Facade & light structures design / 3D model / presentation and renderings Project team with: Efe Ä°lgen and Cemal Erol - Project advisor: Alparslan Ataman

The design of the 25,700 sqm hotel and retail center project is based mainly on introverted courtyard planning of traditional Ottoman architecture. It was a challenge to find a feasible solution that will create privacy to the hotel guests from the suburb neighborhood.

Another challenge was to maximize the Bosphorus view of the rooms while keeping the privacy of the ones facing the courtyard and adjacent neighbor residences.

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First stage of the design process was to fragment the site into 9x9m grid and to analyze each pixel with regards to its surroundings and conditions; views, vegetation, elevation and orientation.

In the second stage, the positive and negative spaces are formed, the courtyards, circulation paths and the blocks.

Meanwhile the massing has shaped, façade design was studied. The grid system was also used for the façade modules. The wooden closures placed accordingly with the scale of privacy level, sea view chances of the rooms and retail functions.

The retail section was aiming to transform the bay into a key social area through the integration of upscale restaurants and shops and to create an attractive meeting point in İstanbul for both locals and tourists.

Within the grid system’s stability, two organic lightweight pergola structure designed to architecturally specify the entrances to hotel and retail sections.

The forms are fabricated into the negative space between the solid blocks within the planning.

In the end it looked like a flying fabric piece in between buildings.

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spa & thermal hotel master planning and interiors in eskişehir / turkey GAD Architecture - 2012 Role: Interior design concept / 3D model / presentation and renderings Project team with: Müge Tan and Nesime Önel - Project advisor: Gökhan Avcıoğlu

The project’s aim was to meet the high demand for thermal hotel tourism in Eskişehir.

The city is known for its mineral resources and Porsuk River where many civilizations such as Hittites, Phrygians, Anatolian Seljuks, Romans, Byzantines and Ottoman Empire have settled around throughout history.

Therefore, within the design we worked on a modern interpretation based on the local architecture and historical texture.

The massing was shaped in respect to the

natural incline, trees and the contours of the site.

The spa wellness center is buried under the ground to benefit from the geothermal features in the middle and accommodation units that are surrounding it.

I worked mainly in the interior design concept of the project and visualization of the general presentation. The concept for the interior design derived from warmth and cozy feeling of a wooden mountain house.

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renovation of historic walls for a venue project & pergola design kuruçeşme/ istanbul/ turkey GAD Architecture - 2012 Role: Interior design concept / 3D model / presentation and renderings Project team with: Efe İlgen - Project advisor: Gökhan Avcıoğlu

Kuruçeşme area is a location where luxury hotels and venues are located on the coast of Bosphorus. This project differs from the nearby venue areas with its historic context. For the venue area, we were asked to design a lightweight pergola structure in the courtyard of the historic walls.

The pergola structure was designed in four pieces of reverse pitched roof. The negative space in the roofs used for the green roof construction as a continuation of the green environment. Skylight areas between the pieces are created to provide natural light to the interior and lighten the heavy structure.

Interior design concept idea was to use all natural material while minimizing the intervention to the space.

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master planning & interior design &concept design for luxury villas turkbuku/ bodrum/ turkey GAD Architecture - 2012 Role: Concept design and planning / 3D model / presentationy and renderings / site experience Project team with: Semih Acar, Derya Arpaç, Nilüfer Karanfil, Teoman Başaran, Kerem Demirca, Müge Tan and Gizem Kıroğlu Project advisor: Gökhan Avcıoğlu

This is a mixed use project including residences, a hotel, beach clubs, recreation areas and a protected natural zone on an area of approximately 600 acres. The aim of the project is to generate a continuous annual use for Bodrum, a destination people mostly inhabit during summers.

I worked approximately 2 years in this project, from beginning to end. It started as an invited competition project. We designed and submitted a plan for the whole area, at first.

The client decided to m and choose our compan development, villa i documents and site con every stage of the proc months of site experience

mix the projects ny for the design interiors, sales ntrol. I worked in cess, including 6 e.

It was a good experience for me to start from the scratch and see the whole process of a large scale prestigious project until it opens its doors in an early stage of my career.

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PRESIDENTIAL LOUNGE 390 m²

PRESIDENTIAL LOBBY 250 m²

OFFICE 30 m²

PRESIDENTIAL HALL

PRESIDENT'S LOUNGE 160 m²

FIREPLACE

W.C 20 m²

FIREPLACE

30 m² ELEVATOR 60 m² FOYER

60 m² W.C

15 m² W.C

25 m² W.C

LOUNGE 95 m²

BUFFET

330 m² DINING HALL

150 m² DINING HALL 2

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GUARD HOUSE 20 m2

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office complex in riyadh/ saudi arabia GAD Architecture - 2015 Role: Concept design and planning / 3D model / presentation and renderings Project team with: Cemal Erol - Project advisor: Gökhan Avcıoğlu

The headquarters building of a Saudi family company of three brothers is located in a new developed area of Riyadh.

The hierarchy between the people in the building was mainly formed the planning.

The functions within the building program are placed hierarchically around the main circulation axis.

Contrast between the sand and water was the initial idea for the design. The hot climate of Riyadh lead us to use water as

a significant element within the design. In fact, reflection pools placed around the building like it is floating in the middle of the desert area.

The interior sunlight usage and sun protection was the issue within the interior design process. Sunlight amount for a comfortable office space is calculated via Grasshopper and rhino, to design the sun shading elements which came out as a result of my form researches in WolframAlpha.

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concept development for the watch tower designed by PININFARINA for 3rd airport in istanbul/ turkey Turgut Alton Architecture - 2016 Role: Concept development / 3D model /construction drawings Freelance work - Project advisor: Tansel DalgalÄą

Istanbul New Airport’s air traffic control tower is an iconic building designed by AECOM and Pininfarina collaboration. Its aerodynamic form includes an elliptical tower which is inspired by a tulip.

I was hired by the subcontractor firm who was preparing the construction drawings for the concept development of the tower, the lower entrance and management buildings.

BIM knowledge is required for the construction detailing of the building with a dynamic shape. I worked as the team leader for a group of three for the project.

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PININFARINA original rendering.

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PININFARINA original rendering.

Interior design studies by me.

Interior design studies by me.

Concept development visuals of the 43 building.

ARMAGGAN art & design gallery İstanbul

n.ox

form finding research GAD Architecture - 2013 Technique: 3d printing - MakerBot Replicator - PLA material Project advisor: Gökhan Avcıoğlu

N.ox was initially an experimental form research model that I was working on by free form tools in 3dsMax. 3d prints of it took place in “INFINITE CREATIVITY from Architect to Musician” exhibition in ARMAGGAN art & design gallery in İstanbul.

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Imitating natural forms via digital fabrication is quite interesting for me. Even though I’m not quite sure if imitating their forms is the right way to design a system as perfect as nature does.

For me, function leads the form in nature.

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ArchDaily + IIDEXCanada virtual spaces competition 1st prize

2015 Technique: Wolfram Alpha - 3dsMAx The jury is comprised of: Alvin Huang, principal, Synthesis Design + Architecture; Assistant Professor, USC School of Architecture; Elena Manferdini, principal, Atelier Manferdini; Francis Bitonti, Francis Bitonti Studio; Hani Rashid, co-founder and principal, Asymptote Architecture; and Wendy W Fok, creative director + founder of WE-DESIGNS

ArchDaily + IIDEXCanada Virtual Spaces Competition was an invitation for designers to submit unbuilt and fantasy projects.

Entrants were supposed to submit images of renderings of unbuilt projects to be evaluated by an international jury of design and architecture professionals.

Although designs that defy the laws of physics were not be accepted, the designs were encouraged to be outside of the box.

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My virtual environment design is based on the idea that humans are inextricably connected to their environments so spaces built on the concepts of context and experience. The visuals I submitted indicates a virtual space of an imagination for another dimension which has lower gravity than the earth has.

My virtual environment design is featured at IIDEXCanada and ArchDaily.com on January 2015.

Browse Inside Magnetic Storm by Roger Dean

The exotic, fantasy landscapes of Roger Dean paintings inspired me for the design of the virtual environment.

Magnetic by Roger Dean

47 Yes guitarist Steve Howe’s first solo album, ‘Beginnings’ (1975), featured artwork from Roger Dean.

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The structure is formed by a parametric surface demonstration called “nodal surface of a degenerate state in a 3D infinite square potential well”.

Unlimited form possibilities and expansions are created by adding mirror copies of the modular parametric unit.

“Thus a continuous labyrinth is not a line dissolving into independent points, as flowing sand might dissolve into grains, but resembles a sheet of paper divided into infinite folds or separated into bending movements, each one determined by the consistent or conspiring surrounding.” Deleuze, Gilles. “The Fold-Leibniz and the Baroque: The Pleats of Matter.” Architectural Design Profile No.102 Folding in Architecture (1993): 18 “A fold is always folded within a fold, like a cavern in a cavern. The unit of matter, the smallest element of the labyrinth, is the fold, not the point which is never a part, but a simple extremity of the line.” Deleuze, Gilles.

“The Fold-Leibniz and the Baroque: The Pleats of Matter.” Architectural Design Profile No.102: Folding in Architecture (1993): 18

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Gilles Deleuze states “The outside is not a fixed limit but a moving matter animated by peristaltic movements, folds and foldings that together make up an inside: they are not something other than the outside, but precisely the inside of the outside.” Foucault p.96-97 Architecture is defined by the context, experiences and human in which it is situated. Paul A. Harris indicates in the chapter Folding Architecture “Deleuze Connections: Deleuze and Space”. Utilizing different techniques made it possible to think in a different reality.

So, the visuals attached are indicating a virtual space in an another dimension, which has lower gravity than the earth has. Thus, it is possible for people to walk on declined surfaces for travelling inside this space. The forms are created by a demonstration program called mathematica.

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student project for basic design class

FA101 – Basic Design Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Fall 2005 Studio instructor: Associate Professor Deniz Hasırcı (deniz.hasisrci@ieu.edu.tr)

The project assigned was to create a pattern out of an organic object which we were asked to pick in the field trip to the botanical garden. We were supposed to abstract the natural form into geometric shapes. I interpreted a water lily into triangles.

two dimension while it is still the same pattern. This challenge lead me to the idea of distortion. I distorted the edges of the triangles while the pattern remained the same on the top view. I finalized the model by placing the modules repeatedly side by side and on top of each other.

The following assignment was to create three dimensional version of the abstract pattern; it was to repeat itself and fill in a box with certain dimensions.

It was the first project in design class. I acknowledged its meaning couple of years after my graduation. When I was wandering in the botanic garden the relation between the nature and architecture was a mystery.

That was the first time I paid attention to biomimicry.

For me the challenge was to create not just an extrusion of triangles but a model that shows something different than

“Researching forms of

nature is the best way to

understand it. If we have

a look on the reasoning behind their formations, we can see that it is all about function.”*

*Quote from the essay I wrote after the field trip.

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wave

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fabrication of a complex form EmTech Architectural Association 2018 Director: Dr. Michael Weinstock Studio master: Elif Erdine Project team with: Medha Bansal Technique: Rhino - Grasshopper & Laser cutting top view

The aim of this research was to fabricate a double curvature surface in plywood by subdividing it into a diagrid. The project was carried in several stages. Initial stage involved generation and selection of a global surface based on some pre-defined parameters.

Before generating a digital model of diagrid, basic understanding of diagrid system and its properties were developed to determine the fabrication technique. It was realised that the weft and wrap of a textile could be seen as u and v directions in a diagrid system. Hence Plain weaving technique was chosen to digitalise diagrid, conduct experiments and fabricate the selected geometry. Choosing weaving had another advantage- it is an interlocking system and does not require external supports.

Later stages involved experiments with grid distribution and widths of the strips to be weaved. Physical outcome from changing parameters cannot be depicted accurate digitally so multiple tests with paper and plywood were carried out. The outcome from each failed experiment helped to define the final parameters for the final experiment.

Considering the physical properties of plywood certain rules to assemble the form were formulated.

Overall the process breaks down to form generation, diagrid generation, strip formation (as per surface analysis) and testing material properties on the target geometry.

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The study proceeds with a hypothesis that by increasing the volume of the surface the overall geometry becomes more rigid.

Physical tests are carried to support this argument where new weaving techniques are tried. The core idea is to increase the curve length between two overlapping points of woven strips. For this plywood strips (of the Boot Camp model scale) were bent and folded in several ways.

The experiments show an increase in the rigidity of individual strips.

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design developmen approach

Before fabricating the scaled up model structural analysis are digitally made in Grasshopper’s plug-in Karamba. Several iterations with varying strip width, material thickness and ring beam thickness are tested to get the most stable combination.

The fabricated model differs a lot more than the results from digital tests. The core reason for failure is inappropriately estimating the length to width ratio of new waved strips for the doubled scale, giving incomplete inputs for digital structural analysis and fabrication errors.

screws for juncions

hallow section beams for compression metal wire for assembly

straight stripes parallel to grain direction wavy stripes opposite grain direction for easy bending