A. BUSRA EKICI I PORTFOLIO Selected Architectural Works 11’-17’
CONTENT
ARCHITECTURE 1. Tarpon Bay Conference Center, spring 2017, Graduate School Work, UCLA 2. Design Museum Karakoy, spring 2015, Undergraduate thesis project, ITU 3. Loft 55 Istanbul, spring 2014, Undergraduate work, ITU 4. Core House, spring 2015, International competition, Japan 5. Talik Anchor, winter 2017, Graduate school work, UCLA 6. Eco-Island, summer 2017, Graduate school work, Urbanism, UCLA 7. WHATABOUT 17: +, summer 2015, Workshop, Urbanism, Turkey 8. Caferaga Sport and Culture Hall, summer 2016, Professional competition “honorable mention”
TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT DESIGN AND INSTALLATIONS 9. Stealth, fall 2017, Graduate school work, UCLA 10. BGB 322, winter 2017, Graduate work, UCLA 11. MAT. LAB l HEAT,fall 2017, Graduate work, UCLA 12. The Visit,summer 2016, Professional work, Installation/research Exhibited Istanbul Design Biennial curated by by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley 13. Sky Garden,summer 2016, Professional work, Public Installation
TARPON BAY CONFERENCE CENTER Spring 2017,UCLA Hodgetts Studio - Extreme Environments Instructors : Craig Hodgetts and Marta Nowak Masterplan designed by team of 3 in 4 weeks DINING HALL AND ARRIVAL DOCK, individual,4 weeks
The environment of the Everglades is generated from a very specific combination of climatic factors, minerals and elements that allow for its particular conditions. Due to this high level of specificity, the ecosystem is extremely fragile and susceptible to the most minimal changes. We propose a Conference Center devoted solely to the conversation of environmental issues, providing a space where participants will be directly exposed to the context, allowing them to experience first hand the effects of climate change, as well as actively partake in improvement efforts.
DESIGN STRATEGIES: Elevated Structures:
1
Arrival dock & Dining hall
Minimize footprint & pressure on the ground
2
Amphitheater & Main events Library Offices Laboratory
175’
Porous Surfaces:
3
275’
32’
30’
Allow water drainage Minimize shadows Allow vegetation growth Passive ventilation Scattered Program: Minimize activity, noise & intrusion at any given point Lightweight: Minimize material usage Minimize ground pressure 3
6
1
6 3
5
Guest housing clusters
4
Staff housing
5
Recreation areas Pool Bar Lounges
6
53’ 37’
’
5
2
4
5
Workshops Laboratories
The elevated walkways change form and become the shell of the dining hall and the arrival dock. The sustainable dining hall consists of a communal kitchen that works like a machine by collaboration between staff and visitors. People cook and clean collectively and then share in a lunch-and-learn dynamic. Everyone participates in the reclycling process.
Walkway with soft hammocks
Recreation area and pool
• Dense texture gap
e without
Arrival Dock
• • • •
• Hard fiberglass weave • Soaked in eco-resin Hard fiberglass weave, • Walkable Soaked in eco-resin • Dense and rigid Walkable • walkways Dense texture with a gap in the middle
• Combination of hard and soft weave • Double layer • Transition zone
• Soft carbon fiber weave • Roof - not walkable • Dense texture for shadow • Dining area
• Soft carbon fiber weave • Roof - not walkable • Sparse texture for ventilation • Cooking zone
Sustainable Cold Storage System (root cellar)
com hamm table
Lounge
Entrance Stage
Stage
Lecture & Dining area
Lecture & Dining area
Entrance
Food washing station
Food Service Station
Preparation station
Cold Storage (root cellar)
Recycling Cleaning
(dish washing)
Hot food production station
Clean water Used water
30 ‘
mbined mock and e sytem
Track for collapsible waterproof fabric
Steel prefabricated structural system
30 ‘
150’
DESIGN MUSEUM KARAKOY
Spring 2015, Istanbul Technical University BArch Thesis Project 12 week,individual project Karakรถy, Istanbul, TURKEY
Karaköy is located at the north of Golden Horn in the Europian side of Bosphorus.It is surrounded by Beyoglu, Tophane, and Eminönü which are important and central points of Istanbul. Karaköy is called as a historical district, commercial spot, and transportation hub. Moreover, today is transforming a new attraction point with nice cafes, restaurants, and shops. Karaköy is one of the oldest centers of trade. It is famous for banks and commercial buildings. For example, first architectural offices located in this district.Also, Karaköy has lots of historical places and it is attractive for tourists. It has cultural wealth with its mosques, churches, synagogues and museums. The museum aims to become a platform for promoting new design ideas as well as introducing international design to the city. The complex is intended to house ‘Artist in Residence’ program by providing them workshop areas, exhibition, and accommodation facilities. According to this program, artists stay in design museum at a certain time through performing their art.The artistic affiliation of the Museum are suggested to embrace the fields of Architecture, 2D design (graphic design), 3D design ( Furniture, Industrial design, Shoe Design, Sculpture ), Photography, Digital and Interactive Arts, Printmaking, Fashion Design, Drawing, Jewellery design and public art with children or adults. Moreover, craft people near to Karaköy can be the part of this workshops and artworks by devising and combining their works in art point of view. The site area is approximately 3600 m2. Population density
Users Time Chart
When people walk through Besiktas or Taksim, which are the central locations of the Istanbul, to KarakĂśy, the design museum will have been another art stop after Istanbul Modern and Tophane art galleries. In parallel with that form of the building is shaped according to diagonal axle leading from Kemankes street. This diagonal axle also used for to creating public space in front of the main entrance of the building. It invites people to get inside of the building and discovered the main axes, the museum, and creation process of artwork. Furthermore, the building is comprised 4 blocks. The height of the blocks are shaped according to the surrounding building heights. Combinations of blocks create terraces at some points. These terraces are used as an open-air exhibition area or a view terrace. A passage, which intersects with French path at the center point, is created between KemankeĹ&#x; and Mumhane street. By this way, the street pattern is taken into the building. Also most of the public spaces of the building located at the ground level to create a relation with street texture. Although at the ground floor and the first floor, the building is consist of 3 blocks; after 2 floors these blocks are combined. It has 2 cores which include vertical circulation (stairs and elevators), wet spaces and fire exits. Also, there are 2 big galleries continuing throughout all floors of the building, which provides a strong vertical connection between floors. Facade: concrete panel facade cladding and spider system glass curtain wall is used together as a single facade system. Metal mesh is used as a sun shading device and as a railing at terraces.
LOFT 55 ISTANBUL
Spring 2014, Istanbul Technical Univesity 6th Architectural Studio in collaboration with Beyza Paksoy Instructor : Prof. Dr. Arzu Erdem Haydarpasa, Istanbul, TURKEY As shown in masterplan, the project is housing settlement which located at Haydarpasha, Kadıköy. It’s closed to Ayrılıkcesme metro station, Kadıköy-Haydarpasha Rıhtım Street, E5 highway, Üsküdar. The site is generally flat but it has sloping terrain at south-west part. Near to project side, density of settlements, height of buildings are high. Therefore, the height of the building blocks and density are high and generated as decreasing centripetally according to whole area. In front of the south block, there is a grove which all residents can use. Also the parking garage is placed under south block. There is an open otopark between the blocks.
The project is a housing settlement. It consists of 3 main blocks. Each block consists of units. First of all, the main plan scheme is designed. It transformed some kind of open spaces at different levels. And these units piece together, thus blocks are formed. For terrain area, units placed step by step according to slope and accessibility to the building. The other 2 blocks are placed at the flat area. Units include core as circulation area and mainly 4 flats at 1 floor. 2 flats of the floor are 2-storey flats which have a gallery as the second level. Other 2 flats are designed as 1-storey. Units have 5 alternative flats, common spaces (lounges, floor garden-urban agriculture, gym, swimming pool and sauna, playground), services ( laundry, storage). Flats are designed with furniture which transformed according to user requirement in confined space. For example, the bookshelf is used as a stair, kitchen cabinet transformed into the dining table. These designs provide ease of life and space gain.
+ 17,50 m
+ 14,20 m
+ 10,90 m
+ 7,60 m
Steel mesh and glass are used for providing sunlight for floor garden which includes urban agriculture inside.Reinforced concrete structural system is used thus modular plan scheme is constituted. In addition to that, precast hollow core slab is used.
CORE HOUSE
Spring 2015, LIXIL International University Architectural Competition entry collaboration with Assist Prof. Dr. Ozan Ozener, Beyza Paksoy,Cagdas Delen,Emre Demir Taiki-Cho, Hokkaido Island, JAPAN
Taiki-Cho region located on the Japanese island Hokkaido has its own wild climatic characteristics. Summer temperatures can be high as 20 C and winter periods can be low as -20 C. The prevailing wind direction is northeast with a maximum speed of 45km/h. The region is high in humidity and precipitation. The Project proposal references the tent structure as one of the earliest shelter form of humanity. Likewise the thermal core resembles the fire in the middle of the tent. This core is further enhanced with a barn –emphasizing the animal husbandry culture in Taiki-Cho -in 1 m below and 1.5 m inside the main structure. This provides additional thermal energy from the livestock and completes the thermal living section of the building. The new interpretation of the tent form is based on a wooden skeleton structure with an ETFE skin for the climatic adaptability. The form is further modified for utilizing the northeast wind direction and increasing the strength of the building skin. An opening is also devised for providing natural ventilation.The unique naturescape of the Taiki-cho is diffused into the building with controlled cold weather and semi-transparent skin. This is further extended with the existence of the barn, providing the essence of the sustainability through deliberate primitiveness. As an addition, “tatami rooms� of the vernacular Japanese houses are located inside the building.
Program / Idea
ETFE – Main Features
ETFE is the acronym for ethyl tetra fluoro ethylene, a strain of fluoro polymer. Here are a few of its material characteristics: • It weighs 1% of glass (for the same size) • High level of transparency to visible UV light • High resistance to degradation by sunlight • Lifespan of up to 50 years • Can support 400 times its own weight • Better insulation properties than glass • Classified as a recyclable material The structural mass comprising the barn is reinforced concrete and provides a strong basis. The 80x80 cm chimney facilitates heating, and also acts as the central structural element for the wooden scaffolding. The structural integrity is achieved with the integration of internal wooden structure and the external wooden scaffolding which supports the ETFE skin.
TALIK ANCHOR
Winter 2017, UCLA Hodgetts Studio - Extreme Environments Instructors: Craig Hodgetts and Marta Nowak Designed and built by team of 6 in 10 weeks
The Talik Anchor is a one-person micro-living unit designed for extreme cold conditions in the Antartic Tundra. The submarine research pod sinks down and screws into the bottom of the lake, the talik, which is warmer environment than the freezing tundra above. In the scenerio the occupant is a marine biologist, who will stay in the micro-living space for a month or couple months. For first 5 weeks, our team of 6 solved every aspect of conceptual design in the extreme cold environment. This included strategizing and planning the construction of a real-scale mock-up which we fabricated for following 5 weeks. The construction process were mostly CNC milling and assembling plywood, finalizing with detailing the interior, including furniture and LED lighting.
22.5 。 31.7
190 .2
4 63 5 。 .4
31.7
31.7
31 .7
63.4
63.4
BUILDING PROCESS
ECO ISLAND
Summer 2016, UCLA Supra Studio Summer Session Studio Instructor: Thom Mayne, Eui-Sung Yi, Julia Koerner, Marta Nowak, Steve Lee, Benjamin Ennomoser, Mertcan Buyuksansalyaci Designed by team of 4 in 3 weeks
Eco Island Hainan Island, China Creating an Eco Island in the North of the Hainan Island is an important strategical move in sustainable tourism plan. After studying the tourism trends and tendencies, as well as analysing and understanding the focus points of global discourse in relation with the directions of urban planning, the decision was made that the artificial island should comply with all requirements that would convert it into an Eco-island. Eco-Island have been broken down into Information, Water, Energy, Matter Cycle, Mobility, Nature & Public Space and Resilience, listing and detailing the minimum requirements asked from the proposals in order to achieve the status of an ecological island. More than the environmental sustainability, the design proposal must also reflect a sustainable urban development plan, in terms of land use, infrastructure, public space and information technology. Thus, the following design challenges have been listed as crucial points: Iconic character, State of the art technology, Mixeduse functions, Experience, Cruise.
DESIGN STRATEGY
COASTAL WETLAND
ELEVATE TOPOGRAPY
WATER GATE
FRESH WATER 1-1 STORAGE
FRESH WATER 1-2
SEA WATER 2 DISTRIBUTE
TRANSPORTATION PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION
AIRWAY TRANSPORTATION
WATER CANAL TRANSPORTATION
WATER TRANSPORTATION
RESIDENTIAL
ACCOMODATION
BUILDINGS
ISLAND
GREEN SPACE
COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES
AQUACULTURE
WATER CYCLING
RAIN COLLECTOR
AIR TRANSPORTATION
CANALS
WHATABOUT 17: + Summer 2015, Whatabout 17 I+ : ร amiรงi Plateau Strategic Planning and Architectural Design Proposal - collective workshop with Whatabout 17 I + group (group of 7) for the workshop process; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOLMFsRM75I Niksar, Tokat, TURKEY
The plateau was analysed to understand area better : both upper scale and human scale analyzes were done which are lifestyle, characteristic and local behaviour of the people. Various user profile brings diffrent needs. Mostly, the plateau is used in summer period commonly. Rest of the year is nearly empthy, though. Therefore all service ends at the end of the season and during the season due to the increasing periodical population infrastructure is insufficient. Although the unique and beautiful nature provides a big potential of nature tourism, it is not used effectively right now. While creating the proposals ; main concern was preserving the vital strength of the area which is nature. It is planned to touch the nature in minimum level and increasing this potential with extra functions in addition to protection. For this aim, two centers are proposed as; One local at the main square and another touristical center where festival area and camping placed. When local center solves the problems of the local people close to the residential area. On the other hand, touristical center invites outsiders and contributes the local economy without harming the nature and disturbing local people due to the seperated locations.
1. A leisure center is proposed instead of existing camping area and bungalows are re-designed with using local materials ( wood).
2. Er Meydani is reorganized with additional toilets, fountain and storage for festival area. Besides a small lake is proposed as a natural element to landscape.
3. Two trekking routes crossing with the view terrace; are forming a basis for sports festival. One of them is short route the other is full route.
4. Coffee house, tea garden, internet cafe and woman leisu center are proposed for the n local center/square in the ce of the residental area. Also a parking area created to invite passangers of the highway to contribute to the local econo local people and tourists bind together
ure new enter
ed o omy, d
5. Picnic area and park is proposed to built with natural elemvvents. Moreover a walkway near the river and lakes for fishing are cleaned and designed.
6. Health center is close to the new local square proposed to provide service again.
7. An alternative conncetion road is suggested for Unye -Fatsa road to take the highway traffic outside of the residental area to increase the life quality and security
8. Asphalt is suggested for main road of plateau connection roads cobbestone pavement is proposed, all roads are connected to each other .
CAMPING AREA AND LEISURE CENTER A leisure center is proposed instead of existing camping area and bungalows are re-designed with using local materials ( wood).
FESTIVAL AREA ( ER MEYDANI ) Er Meydani is reorganized with additional toilets, fountain and storage for festival area. Besides a small lake is proposed as a natural element to landscape. Moreover, a storage building is designed for to use in festival and special events. All other activities planned to be done outside in nature. TREKKING ROUTES AND VIEW TERRACES Two trekking routes crossing with the view terrace; are forming a basis for sports festival. One of them is short route the other is full route.
PUBLIC SQUARE Coffee house, tea garden, internet cafe and woman leisure center are proposed for the new local center/square in the center of the residental area.Also a parking area created to invited passangers of the highway to contribute to the local economy, local people and tourists bind together. RECREATION AREAS AND WALKPATH Picnic area and park is proposed to built with natural elements. Moreover a walkway near the river and lakes for fishing are cleaned and designed.
CAFERAGA SPORT & CULTURE HALL
Summer 2016, Professional Competition, Honoroble Mention Collaboration with team SO? Architecture: (Sevince Bayrak, Oral Göktaş, Emine Derya Ertan, Atıl Aggündüz, Laura Villeret, Chiara Vaccaro) Kadikoy, Istanbul, TURKEY
A Public Structure in Kadıköy From the transformation of Istanbul in recent years, the relationship established by the streets with the buildings is getting its share. This transformation, which is the foundation of construction activities and security policies, is becoming more frequent on the ground floors of buildings, in connections with streets or on the roads. Public buildings are among the most affected by this situation; These structures, which must be accessible to everyone by definition, are faced with the risk of being inward-looking, unrelated masses. Kadıköy is one of the places in the middle of these discussions. One of the main reasons for seeing the neighborhood, “neighborhood” texture, in recent years, has quickly become more intense commercial use, but despite all the tradition of live street life continues. We wanted to design the Caferağa Sports and Cultural Center as a public building that would serve as a platform for a continuous pedestrian movement both on the ground level and in the upper elevations despite the intensive program of the competition, In order to create an open space in such an intense program, the roofs are thought to be the surfaces on which the pedestrian movement will continue. In our recommendation, the streets that surround the four sides of the contest area shape the ground floors by finding a counterpart on each side of the structure. The main entrance of the gym in Sakız Sokak is the entrance to the upper elevations and a ramp reaching the open spaces in the corner where Sakız Street and Nailbey Street intersect and on the other side of Sakız Street there is the entrance of the cultural center. The area between the Muhsin Adil Binal High School and the proposed building turns into an outdoor grandstand and skateboard area where the gym can be watched from the outside. We also offer an entrance on this front as it is on the other three sides of the building. At this entrance, there is a lift and stair system that connects all the functions vertically.
STEALTH Fall 2017, UCLA SUPRA Studio Tech Seminar I Second Sun Instructer : Peter Vikar Designed and built by team of 8 in 10 weeks
The project consisted of designing and building a kinetic skylight, through the investigation of motion, natural light and optical devices. The skylight investigated as a ‘design site’ where light effects, daylight control, thermal performance and user driven experiences can take place. We considered these active light devices as autonomous machines that are permanent part of architectural assemblies and are capable of overwriting the paradigm of sun-angles, distort parallel light-rays, alter solar-gain; become a ‘Second Sun’. For first 5 weeks team of four members developed 1:2 prototypes to be fabricated in real scale. The design explored a play of transforming geometry that goes from closed, flat rectangles to open, three dimensional triangles. The fabrication was carried out by group of 8 people for the following 5 week, producing a fully functinal, digitally operated skylight consisting of wi-fi transmitted controls and Raspberry PI card, complete with its code and remote interface.
INTERFACE
BUILDING PROCESS
BGB 322 Winter 2017, UCLA The Prosthetic Seminar 2.0 Instructor: Marta Nowak and Iman Ansari Designed and fabricated by team of 4 in 10 weeks
Architecture and the human body has been investigated hand in hand throughout the architectural discourse, perhaps first best illustrated by Vitruvius through his ideal man figure and its inherent symmetry. This dialogue continues in modernism as le Corbusier proposes the Modulor as an anthropometric scale of proportions represented by the height of a man with his arm raised. This is later used as a system in many of his building designs as well as furniture, such as the Chaise Lounge. The modern movement continued to be driven forward by that same human scale and its proportions. Contemporary times allows the ideal body to push out towards higher limits of performance that were perhaps not available during modernity, this asks for a revision and questioning of the ideal body/form. This propelled us to investigate the transformation of the human body and its extension towards new adaptable dimensions. This new ideal human has the ability to transform in shape adapting to its environment whenever necessary, instead of continuously trying to adapt the built environment to comply with the body. This new relationship between the body and the built environment may open new possibilities within the built that were not possible before.
Single Sided Inflation
Dual Sided Inflation
Customize each cell size to your body
Seam
Seam Seam
Pu
m
p
m
Pu
Seam Pum
p
Seam
p
Pum
Seam
p
customÄąze sÄąze and shapes
MAT. LAB l HEAT Fall 2017, UCLA Mat.Lab: Materials and Techniques Laboratory Instructor: Marta Nowak Group of 3,10 weeks The aim of the this materials lab was to turn trash into gold. MAT.Lab was a technology seminar, conceived in form of an architectural laboratory to research, design, experiment, fabricate, and test building materials and construction techniques in extreme or isolated environments. The seminar was focused on ecamining the application of raw, recyled, or reused materials in extreme environmental conditions. My team had heat as a research topic and first 5 weeks, we investigated heat with different materials and techniques such as paper, foam, plastic, casting, and laminating. As a result of these experiments each week we made 2 tiles(2’x2’). Second phase consisted of developing the experiment with most potential: Panels of laminated plastic bags fused together by ironing. The studies to find the best fabrication method including robotic ironing, hot stone press and -successfully- pressed thermoforming. The laminated sheets were vacuum-formed into different shapes to create panels for applications such as facades or ceilings, thanks to their resistance and waterproof properties.
STYROFOAM + WAX ( Melted together)
RECYLED PLASTIC BAGS (M
STYROFOAM + HOT OIL ( H
Many layers fused together)
RESIN + WAX ( Casting / Lost wax process)
Hot oil poured onto foam)
LAMINATED PLASTIC BAGS with gaps in between for water storage
PROCESS 1. Preperation for Lamination : assembling / cutting / preparing 20 layers of recycling plastic bags
2. Lamination (Fusion with different techniques) : iron forming, robotic ironing, thermoforming
3. Vacuum forming
THE VISIT / ZIYARET Summer 2016, Professional work (SO? Architecture and Ideas), Research Project/ Installation Designed for Istanbul Design Biennial curated by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley in collaboration with team SO? Architecture / completed Istanbul, TURKEY http://soistanbul.com/ziyaret-the-visit
“Is there not an echo of those who have been silenced in the voices to which we lend our ears today?” Walter Benjamin, On the Concept of History A tombstone is a screen that connects a dead person to a living one. It is a frozen screen, yet it still can animate memories. Like a muted two-way radio, it receives and transmits. It is a communication device that has not been designed to communicate but to commemorate. Tombstones, the final objects we become, are subject to design just like shoes, eyeglasses, or furniture. Yet, they are not as visible as those objects. They are mostly out of sight, behind the walls, totally irrelevant to our daily lives which are coated by design. They are the final layer of design, an artificial landscape over the world. Design has changed how we live and how we die, just like it has changed the way we look, see and communicate. Yet the image of a tomb is mostly and basically a stone. It was a stone 2000 years ago and it still is. How has design that has changed the human and the planet, affected tombstones? Any subject that resides a design discussion can be applied to tombstones. There are “nondesigned” ones, which are based on repetitive templates as well as patterns which can be traced throughout history. There are “good designs” and there are “piece of arts” as well as ordinary images which carry information about society and religion. Like every design object, they not only give us clues about individuals but also societies and the networks. A tombstone is a “very simple natural object” which has the power of affecting us just like Edgar Allan Poe’s definition for a house – the house of Usher- “... there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still, the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth.” We know that it is hard to analyze this power deeply, yet it is worth a try to hear what the design of hamuşan* can tell us. *hamuşan: a Mevlevi term used for tombs which literally means “those who have been silenced.”
SKY GARDEN
Summer 2016, Professional work (SO? Architecture and Ideas), Public Installation a suspended garden in Ortakรถy Square for Istanbul Garden Festival Designed with team SO? Architecture / built Besiktas, Istanbul, TURKEY http://soistanbul.com/havai-bahce-sky-garden
Sky Garden is a suspended garden in Ortakรถy Square. Based on the existing ground in the square, this garden with various plants, provides seating and shadow during the festival. Being suspended, the garden acts as a roof which people can stay under and watch Bosphorus. Just like a tree with different branches, the garden flies between the sky and the Bosphorus with each pot, while the pulley system lets the pots go down for a closer look of visitors.