Architectural Portoflio

ARCHITECTURAL PORTOFILO 2019 BASEL BASHA HAJLAWI 1

Content 0. Curriculum Vitae 1. Istanbul City Library.

2. TopkapÄą International Center Of Urban Agriculture 3. Iznik Research Center 4. Setteling the Refugees: A Site of Habitation and Recuperation for the Syrians 5. Panorama Machine 6. ARCHIHUB 7. Landscape Project Of Yenikapi Square 8. Sketchs & Models

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Eductional background 2017-2019 Bahçeşehir University Master’s degree in architecture Honours degree.

Istanbul-Turkey

Birth : 27.01.1994 Aleppo, Syria.

Nationality : Syrian/Turkish

My name is Basel, and I am a Syrian/Turkish citizen living in Istanbul.

I completed my bachelor’s studies in architecture at Kadir Has University (Istanbul), achieving a high honors degree. As an architecture student, I have developed my conceptual thinking and design language in my projects. As an academic researcher, I have conducted my master’s thesis involving the theory of architecture (city and memory) and environmental psychology by studying the collective memory of the city (Aleppo) and its inhabitants. In addition to this, participating in workshops related to the conservation and preservation of heritage further broadened my knowledge in the field.

As a professional experience, I worked as an intern at architecture firms in Istanbul, which widened my perspectives of real architecture by contributing to the design process. After completing my master’s degree, I worked with the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin as a researcher on the Syrian Heritage Archive project, which focused on the preservation of cultural heritage and the documentation of historical buildings through preparing a publication for the damage assessment of destroyed buildings in ancient Aleppo.

I subsequently started working on a self-aid reconstruction proposal that aims to help the inhabitants of one neighborhood of ancient Aleppo to reconstruct demolished parts of their traditional houses by providing them with guidelines based on a study of the housing typology of this neighborhood.

Right now, I am working on international architecture competitions to develop my competitive skills, and design language, and looking forward to gaining more experience by trying new things.

2014-2017 Kadir Has University Bachelor degree in architecture Honours degree - 3rd ranking student of the architecture department Istanbul-Turkey 2013-2014 Near East University First year of study - Bachelor of architecture Nicosia- Northern Cyprus 2011 Frères High School Aleppo - Syria

Work experience 2020 -2021 Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, researcher/architect.

Berlin, Germany - Jun. 2020 - On going Aleppo Heritage Catalogue: First Phase: Housing typology study (reseach phase).

Ancient site of Aleppo (expected to finish on March 2021) Second Phase: self-aim housing re-construction (self-reconstruction housing guide) 2019-2020 Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, researcher/architect.

Berlin, Germany - Dec. 2019- Mar. 2020.

Aleppo Heritage Catalogue: Suwayqat Ali neighborhood Documentation Project.

2018-2019 TURES Architecture, architect.

Istanbul, Turkey - Nov. 2018- Feb. 2019 Project: New campus of Esenyurt University. www.tures.com.tr 2016 CAFER BOZKURT Architecture, Intern & designer.

Istanbul, Turkey - Summer 2016 cba-ist.com Project: Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage and a school project in Yalova.

2016 SE-FA restoration firm, Intern.

Istanbul, Turkey - Aug.2016 / two weeks Şerefiye Cistern (resotration site)

Contact : baselhajlawi@gmail.com +0905360717002 Address : Istanbul-Turkey

2015 BINAA, Intern & designer.

Istanbul, Turkey - Jul. 2015- Aug.2015

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Workshops 2019 German Archaeological Institute at Istanbul.

Istanbul, Turkey - Jun. 2019- Dec. 2019 Stewards of cultural heritage project (SoCH).

Skills

Autocad Rhino 3d Revit Sketchup Vray Lumion Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Microsoft word Powerpoint

2018 Hands on experience.

Mudurnu, Turkey - September 2018 Instructor: Meltem Vatan Kaptan / Bahcesehir University.

Working on urban analysis, including a design proposal (teamwork).

2015 Research of Safranbolu City.

Safranbolu, Turkey - June 2015 Analysis of Safranbolu city.

Instructors: Didem Kiliçkiran - Fusun Alioğlu / Kadir Has University.

Technical skills :

Researches & articles A Study on The Collective Memory of Aleppo (Master thesis) Bahcesehir University- Aug. , 2019.

Appropriation and Adaptation of Spaces by Syrians: (under evaluation) The Case Study of Akşemsettin Quarter, Istanbul (Teamwork) Springer - Journal of International Migration and Integration - 2020 Struggle of Local Architectural Identity The case of Syria (Individual work) Bahcesehir University - Fall semester, 2018.

Architecture of The Future (Teamwork) Kadir Has University-Fall semester, 2015. architectureforthefuture.wordpress.com

Competitions & awards Bridge on the Nile competition, Egypt - September, October 2020 Tamayouz Excellence Award Kaira Looro, Spain - May 2020 (Participant) Architecture competition: Emergency Opeartions Center.

“Invest Your Talent in Italy” scholership, 2019.

Full scholarship at Politecnico di Milano

MimED 2017 - Architecture competition: Istanbul Technical University - Ranking: 33/99.

Software proficiency :

Hand drafting, Urban sketching, physical modeling, 3d printing.

Arabic calligraphy

Languages Arabic: native language.

English: fluent in speaking and writing.

Turkish: Upper-intermediate

Courses Project and Construction Management Bahcesehir University (2018)

Learning project selection criteria and project starting activities. Learning construction project planning and programming. Using risk management techniques for design and construction within defined cost, scope, quality and time goals.

References Prof. Dr. Sibel BOZDOĞAN Harvard Design School Email: sibelb@rcn.com Istanbul-Turkey Prof. Dr. Zuhal ULUSOY. Istanbul Bilgi University Email: zuhal.ulusoy@bilgi.edu.tr Istanbul-Turkey

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1.ISTANBUL CITY LIBRARY ARCH402 Graduation Project SPRING2017 INSTRUCTOR : AHMET ÖZGÜNER ISTANBUL-TURKEY

Levent is situated in a business hub at the European continent of Istanbul. İt’s taking place on the büyükdere road which is considered as a spine connecting different strategic areas linked by. The project of the public library located at Levent on the main axis of büyükdere which is encountering the library project. The program will have a library building, Auditorium and museum, and an office tower. The concept is to bring all of these functions together to integrate them with the public, therefore the site will be separated into two parts different in level. The first one is involving directly with the public space facing the main road with landscape gives breath to this area which doesn’t have many public spaces. The other public space is provided between the buildings of at the lower level, there will be streets and one major public space involved directly with commercial and cultural spaces such as cafes, restaurants, shops. The library building is located at the south part of the parcel away from the commercial functions and auditorium building which they have a direct relationship with each other.

Plus the southern facade will be allocated for staking while the northern facade will be receiving the sunlight from the north side.

On the other hand, each of the auditorium space and the base of the tower will be connected with the public through the two major public spaces.

Autrouim building will be sharing the same space with the Museum at the upper levels so it will be controlled in a way that each of them will be separated in term of security. The tower will be dedicated to being used as offices, while the base is more involved with the public.

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BUYUKDERE ROAD MAIN ROADS AND BOULVARDS

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Typology of levent district Accessibility

MAIN PLAZA

BUYUKDERE ROAD

THE NEW TYPOLOGY OF OPEN SPACES THROUGH THE SEMI-PUBLIC SPACES

Proposed public space

SHOPPING MALLS

OFFICES

RESIDENTIAL TOWER RESTAURANTS

SHOPPING MALLS

High-rise

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Shopping malls or headquarters Single towers

OFFICE TOWERS

Typical public space

PUBLIC SPACES

MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE COMMERCIAL SPACES

CONNECTION TO THE LEVENT SUBWAY

PUBLIC SPACE

MUSEUM LIBRARY

AUDITORUM PUBLIC SPACE

CAFE

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Figure ground map

Underpass Metro

Transportation map

Pedestrian flow map Ground Floor Plan

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2.Topkapi Agricultural Center ARCH401 FALL2017 INSTRUCTOR : Aslıhan Demirtaş ISTANBUL-TURKEY The land walls of Constantinople were built by the Emperor Theodosius II between 408-413.

The Old Golden Gate did still exist as part of the Old Constantinian walls until the late Byzantine time. The walls are defined as three strips corresponding to the ancient peninsula. The lower front wall was added in 447, in addition to a trench divided into segments distributed along the walls. Plus the High wall behind the lower wall constituting a space in-between. The Gates provided connectivity between inside and outside the city.

These walls were under the control of Byzantine Empire until the Ottoman’s conquested the city. The walls start in the south from Sea of Marmara extending to the Golden Horn in Ayrvansaray.

The height of the walls has changed due to the superimposition of the different historical layers. During Byzantine Empire, the city was enclosed by its walls but in Ottoman time after building Water networks and Aqueducts as an infrastructure located outside the city in order to feed it, While in Byzantine time they designed a system of collecting water in these walls.

The water was collected in the ditch then it goes underground to be stored.

The Land Walls had two productive functions throughout history, one is to secure the city, the other one is to feed the city by water and food, the collected water was used to irrigate the agricultural lands along the historic walls.The land walls were frequently restored and partly damaged after Ottman took control of the city.

The first phase of this design studio was to abstract and conceptualize how the Land Walls are taking place in the urban and historic fabric of the city, the differentiation between inside and outside the city’s walls. The overlapping of the historic layers of Urban farming lands (Bostan), Accessibility of open and closed spaces along the walls in term of privacy, The texture of the city between inside and outside the Land Walls, the continuity of pedestrian and vehicular flow along the walls. All of those concepts meant to be integrated into one physical model shows The Land Walls with a fragment of the city. This work was done as a group work by 7 students including me. On the other hand, each member of the group was expected to prepare some analyses about a certain topic, so the research was done in the physical model and representational analysis.

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Golden Horn

Legand Privately accessible private.

(Housing)

Publicly accessible public.

(Religious buidlings, sprt centers, commercial places)

Publicly accessible public.

Panorama Park

(Public parks)

Publicly accessible public.

TopkapÄą Transport junction

(Bostan)

Publicly unaccessible private.

(Bostan)

Publicly accessible semi-private.

(Govermental buildings)

Undefined spaces.

Cemeteries Bostan

They are agriclyural lands besides the Land Walls of Istanbul, feeding the city since Byzantine time.

The Golden Gate Sea of Marmara

Accessibility of open and closed spaces in term of privacy was my analysis in the teamwork. Based on that I have defined most of the spaces near the Land Walls in order to observe thoughts to help throughout the design’s process. The map on the right shows the differentiation in the level of privacy, considering the function and characteristics of each space. The same analysis is integrated into the physical model by using colored ropes.

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Transit Hub

Bostan

Bostan

Topkapı junction is a transit hub located at the edge of the Land Walls next to Topkapı Gate. Millet Avenue is pass through the junction coming from the Historic Peninsula of Istanbul, it also creates a rupture in the Walls. The junction combines many transport lines passing through, like the Tram T1, Tram T2, Minibuses, Buses on the road level and Metro bus in E5 road, the junction is situated over the main road which has a tram line.

On top of this main road, there is Panorama Park which part of it involved with this transport hub. The park is split into two parts by the main road and they are connected by a heavy concrete bridge giving a continuous flow of movement. The moment of people has a high density between those transportation spots while the rest of the park is quite un-dense comparing with the junction.

After the first phase of the research by analyzing the Land Walls, we had to find one specific site to design an agricultural center and use what we had observed from our research in the design. My design approach was about interpreting infrastructure in relationships with agricultural land which’s considered so precious land beside the historic walls. Topkapı junction was my starting point because of its problematic location in Istanbul, plus it is built over a historic farming land refers to the Byzantine time.

Bostans are interwined with Land Walls to form this agricultural land since Beyzantine time.

The initial design approach was strongly related to the historic fabric of this urban spot, based on that, my design approach was to re-activate those historic agricultural lands around Topkapi gate. On the other hand, the site with its landscape will be involved with the infrastructure and agriculture which makes the site widely connected with the rest of the city.

The museum will be on top of all the transportation lines intersecting together at this spot, and the rest of the program will gradually extend inside the Bostan area, coming from the top of the infrastructure where the museum positioned then going inside the soil where there will be small courtyard connected with the Bostan by many ramps. And then the research center ends smoothly with the Bostan.

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The intention of making the concept model showed above was to clarify the main points behind the concept, which has opened my way to think about this problematic site with its infrastructure. The model shows different layers of transportation, the upper layer is the park level, The high density of pedestrian is concentrated at the junction. The yellow rope shows the continuous flow of people, as an observation, people were using this site to change between those transport stops, while this huge park is abused.

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Site Analysis in relationship with The Land Walls.

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The small courtyard will be connected with the Ground level by ramps, the walls of the courtyard are Rampped Earth material to show the different layers of the soil.

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Urban agricultural land

Since there was no direct relationship between the two parts of the park, and the connecting bridge is built over the road, My interpretation was to redesign this spot in a way to make a better relationship with the context of this site. Regarding that, the two banks of the park will be transformed into agricultural land giving continuous flow connected by the junction. Based on those thoughts the Museum will be built over the junction, and the rest of the research center will begin gradually from the junction going towards the Land Walls and the Bostans.

The relationship with the ground will be changing vertically. So it starts with the same level of the bridge then it goes down to a small courtyard then up again to the research center, then it ends smoothly with the Bostan.

Urban agricultural land

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3.Iznik Research Center ARCH301 FALL2015 INSTRUCTOR : YONCA ERKAN , FUSUN ALIOÄžLU. IZNIK-TURKEY

The city of Iznik is situated at the northwestern part of Turkey on the eastern shores of Iznik lake, bounded by hills from the north and south. also defined by the ancient Roman walls which they represent the protection system that incorporates a very significant function throughout history to save the city from sieges, the walls are about 5km length surrounding the city with 10m high for the inner wall and about 6m for the outer walls included over 100 towers, also there is a double ditch on the land. The city had ruled by the Roman and Byzantine empires followed

by Selcuk and Ottoman. So since there have been different empires controlled the city, each one of them left many impacts embodied in the architecture of the city.

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The acient Roman planaing of Nicaea

The city plan in 1914

16th,17th centurey

1331 AD

Selcuk hasentered the city when it was under thecontrol of Byzantines in 1075, and the name of the city has changed to Iznik, which was taken again by Byzantines again in 1096.

The city plan after 1914

Conquest of Constantinople

by Ottoman Sultan Mehmted II

14th centurey

the church of Hagia sofia was built

by Justinian I in the middle of the city after the larger Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

Ottoman Beylik captured Iznik, made it as their capital

1454 AC

In the Beyzantine time the city was important reiligous center

11th centurey

The demolition of the hagia sofia after an earthquake.

6th centurey

258 AD the city founded

by Antigonos.

313 AD

316 BC

Chronology

Part of the city wall was built in the Helenistic period by the Romens, becuase of the Goths attaks which began in that time. While the most of it were build in the early byzantine times.

Iznik became famous in the production of tiles which have used in the ornament of mosques and other buildings.

Iznik witnessed siginificant buildings of the early Ottoman architecture such as Ozbek mosque, Green mosque.

Plus Between 14th16th century, Iznik became a cultural center

The city plan today

The city of Iznik is expanding on horizontal plane where there aren’t any topographies, having four main gates which they define the only accesses to the city , all of them meet at one point which is Hagia Sofia church, the old plan of Nicaea probably refers to the grid planing of old Roman cities, the old parcels in the center have perpendicular planning, While the recent urban development of the city got organic form changing the urban character of the city. Most of the regular acers in Iznik has 73m length as in the ancient Roman cities, and due to many urban alternations, the parcel’s form and size gradually changing as they come towards the city walls.

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The Romans made Iznik their capital, when they were 250k people living in the city, they worked hard to protect the city from constant attacks, thus the city walls have extended & reinforced during the Bithynia kingdom, part of the walls have destroyed and damaged by earthquakes. They show the massnory skills of each civilization took control of the city throughout history. In the 10th century, the walls went under extensive restoration after the city was captured by Byzantine empire from Seljuks, So during this time, the smaller wall was erected in front of the big wall to make the defense system more strengthened.

Iznik was conquered by Sultan Orhan at the time of the establishment of the Ottman Empire after it was under the control of the Byzantine empire. During Murat II, the city was rebuilt architecturally by constructing many mosques, Hans & Turkish Madrassas. Aya Sofia church was turned into a mosque

by Orhan Gazi after the conquest of Iznik by Ottman empire.

During this time Iznik was known by its tiles which have used in the motifs of mosques, madrases & palaces.

Defense system is defined as three boundaries surrounding the city, which makes the four gates having the only accesses to inside the city, which they create this differentiation between inside & outside, the gates meets in one point which Aya Sofia church at the center of the city, regarding to that there is a visual connection to those gates from Aya Sofia church, which also something referred to the orthogonal planning of the city, some towers in the main walls have access point to the city in addition to the main gates, the sketch below shows how the two walls and the ditch come together to shape each gate.

The walls are built using different skills because each part of it shows how each civilization used its way to construct or build over what’s left from the previous one, most of the material used in the construction are brought from the western mountains, the walls are leveled by many materials while the towers had rubble as infill material inside and then the protective shell is built out of stone,plus the openings in the towers were filled by tie beams to ease the construction process and as a way to make the infill material dry while construction.

Each layer of the walls refers to different civilization because when each civilization comes they build over whatever was existing before which makes the walls eligible to read and understand.

Stone & Mortar leveled by Brick to make the wall stable, this method was used by Ottoman when they were restoring the walls.

Big stones used as base for the wall.

Sketch 2 illustrates how the walls in Iznik are built using different massnory skills.

Conectivity between inside and outside the city walls

Ditch

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Main wall

Istanbul Gate

Ditch Secondary wall

Main wall

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IZNIK LAKE

Istanbul Gate

Historical buildings

Commercial places IZNIK RESEARCH CENTER

Master Plan

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The design of the Iznik research center was based on my research of the multi-layered history of the parcels. My conceptional strategy in the design process has focused on the importance of the main axes of the city. Therefore, I have emphasized on Istanbul-YeniĹ&#x;ehir gate’s axis, with the orthogonal parcels plan at the center, the continuity of the streets on the two main axes weren’t interrupted close to the center, while it had a crooked shape as they come towards the ancient walls and gates.

The architectural masses of the research center refers to Istanbul-Yenisehir Gate axis, which regarding that I highlighted on one axis which considered as an intermediate space in-between connecting all the units. The reason for shifting the masses is to create public spaces in-between.

The layout of the architectural program is designed to be divided into three buildings. The program starts with an exhibition space designated to be a multi-purpose space. As it comes to the second building the intermediate space has temporary exhibition space, Plus classrooms and workshops at the right part of this building.

The other part of the building is functioning as a research unit including a library. While the building at the very end of the site is a guest house.

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Istanbul Gate

YeniĹ&#x;ehir Gate

Administration unit

Cafe Workshops & Classrooms

Recreational Area

Guest house

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Vista terrace

The main concept was about finding an appropriate location where a wider view of the city would be seen, in addition to the way we should treat the walls because of their historic and cultural value. My observation was to protect the towers from anything could change their identity, based on that my idea was about using the towers as vista points by creating a structure which takes the same form of the tower, plus using woods for the damaged towers to make a good foundation for the vista terrace’s structure.

Detailed sketch of part of the stair.

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4. SETTLING THE REFUGEES: A Site of Habitation and Recuperation for Syrian ARCH302 SPRING2016 Instructor : DIDEM KILIÇKIRAN EDIRNE-TURKEY The site is organized in relation to a main spine which connects most of the public and semi-public facilities with some interaction spots along it. All the social facilities, shops, and markets are distributed on the west side of the spine where the site faces the hospital, whereas the east side is allocated to workshops where refugees can produce and sell things for the subsistence of the community. A green belt between the social facilities and the surrounding neighborhood aims to give the community a sense of privacy and spatial unity.

Housing spaces: Temporary dwelling units are designed to achieve flexibility and mobility so that refugees can be able to adopt to their new environment easily. The basic unit is a prefabricated frame structure and panels folding onto it to form habitable space. Refugees who enter the site from the East will be able to build these units quickly on the very first day, and they can add more rooms to the units when they need more space. Units come together to form loosely defined clusters to accommodate future residents.

Morroco

Algeria

The permanent housing units are located in a U-shaped block on the northern part of the site to define the community and protect the main green area from the northern wind. Dwelling units are designed in consideration of different sizes of the households, with variations in plan. While all units have visual connections with each other due to the U-shaped organization, they are accessed from a deck that runs through the north façade. The deck is also imagined as a space for interaction and socialization.

Adaptability in interiors is sought through cabinets that store the beds during the daytime. Space could also be divided with movable panels and, in some cases, by means of curtains. Terraces can be converted into rooms if dwellers need more space.

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Temporary Housing units

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Permanent Housing Plan

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5.Panorama Machine

ARCH5401 (Team work) Instructor : DÜRNEV A. YAĞAN ISTANBUL-TURKEY The social segregation and spatial fragmentation are the results of the urban sprawl in the metropolitan city. The aspects of this fragmentation and disintegration are observed in the city spatially, ecologically, politically, administratively, socially and culturally. Regarding that, the city has been challenging many urban alternations which traced a negative psychological influence on every day’s life of people. Those could be designated as stress, depression, and the inability of being controlling the surrounding environment in the city feeling the disorientation and confusion.

Design Elements.

The design will bring color as a major element filter out the reality incorporated in a panorama device functioning as a tool alternating the reality. In another expression, as if it’s a live camera giving direct experience.

Color, view, and freedom in the space will form in comprehensive method to be part of the panorama device with a unique function performed individually and integrated with functions of the other elements.

The contribution of the natural light would help to structure the body of the design by using colors as the main design element to provide a relaxing atmosphere relying on a healthy basis. The natural light composed with the design elements in the site will involve in changing people’s stress and depression. Based on that, The outcome colors filtered out will attempt to change the psychological feelings of people.

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Color.

The contribution of the natural light would help to structure the body of the design by using colors as a main design element to provide a relaxing atmosphere relying on healthy basis.

The natural light composed with the design elements in the site will involve in changing people’s stress and depression. Based on that, The outcome colors filtered out will attempt to change the psychological feelings of people.

View.

The interpretation of view in the panorama device will provide different perspective of how people will perceive their city. Refereeing to that changing the way of seeing the city might let people rethink about their feelings and emotions of the congestion and overcrowdedness causing stress for them.

Flexibility/Freedom.

As a relationship with the ground the temporary design will provide the mechanisms in sustaining this public space socially through breaking the boundaries between individuals, enhancing the relationship between people and their city by giving them the chance and right to change the reality by flexible design. The design by itself cannot break the boundaries, but on the reverse of that it is a tool to letting people change the design form.

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6.ARCHIHUB & PIER(Escape) ARCH202 FALL2014 INSTRUCTOR : DIDEM KILIÇKIRAN ISTANBUL-TURKEY PierEscape & ArchiHub is a place where architects, students of Kadir Has University and people from Cibali neighborhood come together. The design aimed to break the boundary between the school and neighborhood because of the traffic caused by the main road which isolates the neighborhood from the park on the shore. The PierEscape will be a floating deck constituted of different platforms oriented in different directions to provide a wider view to the Golden Horn, Also fishers will be using part of the deck to fish from the Golden Horn and also to park their boats.

There will be two axes connecting the Pier & ArchiHub with Kadir Has University, one axis will be referencing to Galata tower as a direction in order to build visual connection, bringing together the architecture department of Kadir Has and Razen Has museum with Pier and ArchiHub building, the other axis is connecting D block of Kadir Has university entrance. The two-axis lead to ArchiHub building, the ground floor is functioning as an exhibition and multi-purpose space which is accessible by the public.

The first floor will be used by students as a work and resting space.

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Open cinema folding on top of the water as an open cinema or for recreational space

Exhibtion space a space used as temporary exhibition

ARCHIHUB

Recreational space for architecture students used during the resting time.

Architecture Studios Archihub

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7.Urban Design & Landscape ARCH400 Spring2016 Instructor : Ezgi Tuncer ISTANBUL-TURKEY Yenikapi is a Subway station located in the historic peninsula of Istanbul. Historically Yenikapi was functioning as Harbour during the Byzantine time, the Harbour lost its functionality in Ottoman time and was used as agricultural land at the end of the Ottoman time. The shoreline had a significant urban reform in the early republican time, a new coastal road was designed on top of linear infill land along the shore of the peninsula.

The subway station was built over archeological remains from the Byzantine Harbour, where a lot of old boats were discovered during the construction of the metro station. The site was used as Arsenal in the Byzantine time, the site also had a church which its foundations are visible to the public today. The Metro station has taken most of the Harbour area, except for part of the archeological site which is not accessible for the public. The Subway station considered as an important transit hub in the city where most of the transportation lines transact at this spot.

Yenikapi square

Yenikapi infill land

The site for a period of time was used as agricultural land and then it has become an abandoned place after that time, Also the site is positioned in a problematic urban area. Regarding that, I tried to integrate something from the historical background of this Harbour land. Therefore, my approach was to solve the existing urban situation of the site other than tearing down the subway station which looks like a giant concrete box sits over the archeological site.

My approach was to work on the surface of the subway station and change its landscape to serve the public. Based on that my thoughts were focusing on bringing a greenery space to this square which can help to enliven the public life in this square. This green layer which will come over the metro station will differ in use as productive and recreational because it will be mostly used as an urban agricultural land referring to its history as Bostan.

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Design Proposal

Archiological site

This part of the site will be accessible by public as an open museum to show the importance of this multi-layered site.

Neighbourhood

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Sketches & Models

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Venus Apartment BINNA office Task: Physical modeling + 3D printing NİŞANTAŞI-ISTANBUL

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Digital Design Studio Instructor: Orkun Beydagi Location: Kadir Has University- Istanbul Spring semseter 2014-2015 Team work

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