Caglar Gokbulut Architecture Portfolio by Caglar Gokbulut

UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

CAGLAR GOKBULUT 19.08.1989

EDUCATION Virginia Tech Blacksburg,VA Bachelor of Architecture, May 2014 GPA: 3.45 (Cum Laude) Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio,Switzerland Exchange Student-Fall 2012/Spring 2013 selected as 1 of 2 students for the Bilateral Exchange Program Studio Eric Lapierre/Studio Valerio OLGIATI WORK Tabanlioglu Architects Summer 2012 Istanbul,Turkey Architecture Intern (6 weeks) + Producing iterations for a project proposal. + Attending design meetings with the design group. Tabanlioglu Architects Summer 2011 Istanbul,Turkey Architecture Intern (6 weeks) + Making study models and site models for developing projects. + Working on presentation documents for a competiton proposal. Soyak Construction Summer 2013 Istanbul,Turkey Construction Site Intern (7 weeks) + Daily tours and documentation of jobs on the site. + Responsible from daily job logs on the site. + Attending daily and weekly meetings with the project manager and project group.

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Tabanlioglu Architects August 2014-now Istanbul,Turkey Architect (9 months) -ISTANBUL MODERN Art Museum +Research Development +Site Studies -VAKIFBANK Headquarters (Istanbul Financial Center) +Design Development-Office System Projects and Interior Design +Detail Design-Construction Documents; System Projects, Interior Facade, Pavement Key Plans,Facade Frit Design

SKILLS Computer Skills +AutoCAD,Rhinoceros, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign,V-Ray,Grasshopper, Google Sketch-up, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Model Making +Plaster and Rockite Casting,Woodshop Experience, Pottery Making +Dedication, Commitment, and Great Work Ethic through 15 years of being a competitive Athlete +Leadership Qualities +Communication Skills +Problem Solver and Analytical Thinker +Multicultural Communication Skills +Time Management Skills (Student-Athlete at Virginia Tech) +Team Player +Desire to work harder ACTIVITIES +Competitive Athlete for 15 years +Member of the Turkish National Swim Team for 6 Years +Medals and Awards in International Competitions +Member of the Virginia Tech Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Swimming and Diving Team for 2008-2009/ 2009-2010 and the Team Record in 1650 HONORS +Athletic Department Honor Roll 2 years +ALL-ACC Academic Team 2008-2009 +Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies Walter Butke Scholarship Recipent for 3 years +Selected as 1 of 2 Students for a Bilateral Exchange Program in Switzerland. +Graduated with a Latin Honor Cum Laude

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caglar.gokbulut@gmail.com (0507)597-4667 Istanbul TURKEY

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I D E A S

Architectural ideas should be rooted and embodied within the region, belonging or tied to a speciﬁc time and place. A physical or cultural context inhabits a variety of prominent connections and values, which needs a honest analysis and sensitivity without an overly protective and sentimental attitude. If architecture grows out from an ‘idea’ or a ‘concept’, it should blossom its ﬂower from the ‘identity’ and ‘memory’ of the place. The realities of the physical or cultural context have to be comprehended by valuing the existential experience more than the shallow information. Architecture should questions the identity and memory of the place, while trying to create an architectural ‘object’, that has strong ties to the region and more balanced environment between man and its surrounding.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS VERTICAL STAGE PLATFORM URBAN GESTURE SPACE OF FICTION *C R I T I C A L R E G I O N A L I S M

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VERTICAL STAGE a theatre in Blacksburg,VIRGINIA the idea of theatre and acting was born in a public realm through spontanous performers. the theatre created a very pure and honest connection with its audience and became the ultimate way of expression throughout the history. it is crucial to bring this intimate connection back to the society and redeďŹ ne it in a public realm. the idea is to create an underground theatre where the stage can move vertically up and down, and create a dialogue between private and public realm. the site is located on Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, adjacent to Performing Arts Department building.

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Virginia Tech Campus-Blacksburg,VA

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The enclosed nature of public buildings in our environment has been quite problematic since the connection to the public realm became more ‘contoled’. This proposal seeks to create ways to generate a dialogue between the ‘private building’ and ‘public realm’. The traditional way of engagement in a theatre is horizontal. Flipping this connection to vertical generates new dialogues between the audience and performer. Building becomes ‘vertical’ instead of ‘horizontal’. This dialogue is possible through a “mechanical stage” that rises from private realm to public level while transforming a private performance to a public performance. To make this connection and transformation more intimate, boundaries that exist on public level disappears and reveals the performance to the audience, almost like a curtain itself. public

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The enclosed nature of public buildings in our environment has been quite problematic since the connection to the public realm private became more ‘contoled’. This proposal seeks to create ways to generate a dialogue between the ‘private building’ and ‘public realm’. The traditional way of engagement in a theatre is horizontal. Flipping this connection to vertical generates new dialogues between the audience and performer. Building becomes ‘vertical’ instead of ‘horizontal’. 100 FT. This dialogue is possible through a “mechanical stage” that rises from private realm to public level while transforming a private performance to a public performance. To make this connection and transformation more intimate, boundaries that exist on public level disappears and reveals the performance to the audience, almost like a curtain itself. 1”=100”

public

private

CONNECTION FROM STREET LEVEL TO UNDERGORUND

Blacksburg,VIRGINIA

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SERVICE ELEVATOR 200SF

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private

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wind analysis of the site LOADING DOCK

sun analysis of the site

TRASH ROOM 200SF

400SF

MECHANICAL STAGE UNDERGROUND PARKING

GALLERY 440SF

EGRESS

PERFORMANCE SPACE 2300SF

PERFORMANCE SPACE 750SF

WC 100SF

SERVICE ELEVATOR 200SF MECHANICAL STAGE

GALLERY 520SF

CONNECTION FROM STREET LEVEL TO UNDERGORUND MECHANICAL STAGE 144SF

SHOP/GALLERY SPACE 1710SF

LOADING DOCK

TRASH ROOM 200SF

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WC 100SF

RCHIVAL/ STORAGE 700SF

MECHANICAL STAGE UNDERGROUND PARKING CIRCULATION/STORAGE/LIBRARY CORRIDOR 1288SF

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OFFICE 250SF

CLASROOMS 250SF

GALLERY 440SF

EGRESS

PERFORMANCE SPACE 2300SF

PERFORMANCE SPACE 750SF

WC 100SF

MECHANICAL STAGE

GALLERY 520SF

MECHANICAL STAGE 144SF

1ST FLOOR:13144 SF.

ELEVATOR 100SF

1 0 SHOP/GALLERY SPACE 1710SF

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TOTAL=14520 sf.

ELEVATOR M.R. 100SF

WC 100SF WC 80SF

WC 100SF

ARCHIVAL/ STORAGE 700SF

CIRCULATION/STORAGE/LIBRARY CORRIDOR 1288SF

EGRESS 270SF

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MECHANICAL 300SF

ROOM

STORAGE 300SF

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OFFICE 250SF

CLASROOMS 250SF

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1-Footing 2-Waterproof Membrane 3-Concrete Floor Slab 4-Vertical Studs 5-Thermal Insulation 6-Sheatrock/Dry Wall 7-Horizontal Rebars 8-Foundation Wall 9-Waterprooﬁng Membrane 10-Drainage Mat 11-Gravel 12-Lightweight Soil 13-Filter Fabric 14-Retention Layer

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15-Roof Drainage Pipe 16-Sheet Barrier 17-Waterprooﬁng Membrane 18-Thermal Insulation 19-Horizontal Bar* 20-1/2” Laminated Glass 21-Aluminum Joints 22-Rail for Horizontal Bar 23-Roof Drainage Pipe 24-Metal Roof Decking 25-Engineering Compressive Filler 26-Vertical Rebars 27-Thermal Insulation 28-Metal Roof** 29-Footing Drainage Pipe 30-Footing Drainage Gravel 31-Concrete Beam(1’x2’)

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*Horizontal Bar is connected to the laminated glass through aluminum joint frame. Horizontal Bar moves up and down mechanically and this enables laminated glass to bi-fold vertically. **Roof is angled by 1/4” for 1’ towards the outside edges.

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ttypological study of the site Blacksburg is a small college town in southwest Virginia. The site for the proposal is located at the intersection of Main Street and College Avenue. The critical location of the proposal has both high pedestrian and vehicle trafﬁc and it is a quite dense location for the town. Once the investigation has started for different building typologies for this location (ex. high rise, ring circulation, overriding...etc.), it was quite clear that this particular location couldn’t handle more density. The density had to be broken down. It was appropriate for this proposal to be partially or completely underground. By doing this, the visible building density became less appearent but more appropriate for the scale of the town.

public entry/amenities/core circulation 2,400sf display/resource/performance space 5,000sf archival/storage 700sf research/educational component 1,000sf administration/offices 600sf

service component 1,000sf adjacency study of the program

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Blacksburg is a small college town in southwest Virginia. The site for the proposal is located at the intersection of Main Street and College Avenue. The critical location of the proposal has both high pedestrian and vehicle trafﬁc and it is a quite dense location for the town. Once the investigation has started for different building typologies for this location (ex. high rise, ring circulation, overriding...etc.), it was quite clear that this particular location couldn’t handle more density. The density had to be broken down. It was appropriate for this proposal to be partially or completely underground. By doing this, the visible building density became less appearent but more appropriate for the scale of the town.

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Longitudinal Section

exploded axonometric

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1-Footing 2-Waterproof Membrane 3-Concrete Floor Slab 4-Vertical Studs 5-Thermal Insulation 6-Sheatrock/Dry Wall 7-Horizontal Rebars 8-Foundation Wall 9-:DWHUSURRƂQJ 0HPEUDQH 10-Drainage Mat 11-Gravel 12-Lightweight Soil 13-Filter Fabric 14-Retention Layer

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interior rendering (foyer)

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interior exhibitio

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night rendering (outdoor concert)

Drainage Gravel 31-Concrete Beam(1’x2’)30-Footing 31-Concrete Beam(1’x2’)

minated*glass aluminum joint frame. Horizontal Horizontalthrough Bar is connected to the laminated glass through aluminum joint frame. Horizontal moves up and down mechanically enablesvertically. laminated glass to bi-fold vertically. and thisBarenables laminated glassand to this bi-fold

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**Roof is angled by 1/4” for 1’ towards the outside edges.

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Persian Miniature Painting

P L A T F O R M* a garden platform in Istanbul,TURKEY a platform is an entity that that can disconnect you from your existing world both physically and mentally. It puts you in a position where you can be isolated and exposed to your surroundings at the same time. the project starts with a motto of ‘PLATFORM’ and develops with one single ‘IDEA’. the idea is to create an undulating platform that enables you to experience the beauty of the garden and city in different scales and elevations. the site is located in a dense urban condition in Besiktas,Istanbul right by a busy pier and bus stations. the platform consists of smaller and larger gardens where there are different levels of intimicay.

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*Studio Valerio OLGIATI

*Studio VALERIO OLGIATI

The site is located in a dense urban condition in Istanbul,TURKEY. It as the intersection o multiple transportation systems (bus, dolmus, ferry, tram).It has two sections, which are seperated by a road. Because of this road, two parts of the site are disconnected from each other. The idea of a garden and relationship to the nature have been really important in Islamic The site is located in a dense urban condition in Istanbul,TURKEY. It is at the multiple transportation (bus, dolmus,The ferry, tram).It has cultureintersection and ofalso Turkishsystems culture. gardens of the past were mostly in private buildings two sections, which are seperated by a road. Because of this road, two parts site are disconnected from each other. whereofitthe was only for the master or owner of that palace can enjoy. Modern society has l The idea of a garden and relationship to the nature have been really important he meaning a garden in aof thecity. Bymostlycreating this garden in a dense location in a city, it in Islamic cultureof and Turkish culture. The gardens past were in private buildings where it was only for the master or owner of that palace who can enjoy the to beautyhave of a garden. society has lost the meaning be possible aModern buffer zone or anof a ‘oasis’ in the city of a modern society. garden in a city. By creating this garden in a dense location in a city, it will be possible to have a buffer zone or of an ‘oasis’ in an urban context. The project consists multiple gardens with speciﬁc plantsin terms of botanics and The project consists of multiple gardens with specific plantsin terms of different sizes, where levelcan occur of with intimacy can occur with the nature and people botanics and different sizes, wheredifferent different level of intimacy aroundthe nature you.and people around you.

1.Apple Tree Garden 2.Pomegranate Tree Garden 3.Plum Tree Garden 4.Judas Trees

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1.Apple Tree Garden 2.Pomegranate Tree Garden 3.Plum Tree Garden 4.Judas Trees 5.Magnolia Trees 6.Cypress Trees 7.Rose Garden 8.Waterlily Pools

Platform dissappears between gardens.between gardens. Platform dissappears

Platform dissappears between gardens.

The idea is to create platform where the platformwhere and garden are intertwined both andboth experientially. As you walk on theAspaltform, the citygowillupbeand below Theaidea is to create a platform the platform and garden arephysically intertwined physically and experientially. you walkyou on will the gradually paltform, go youupwilland gradually the you. city will be below you. You will be physically fromdisconnected the city belowfrom youthe andcitywillbelow have you the uninterrupted viewuninterrupted of the sea in view frontofofthe you.sea Youin can decide to goeither downdecide one oftothe or ofkeep Youdisconnected will be physically and will have the fronteither of you. You can go gardens down one the walking gardensand or keep walking and gradually go downgradually to the citygolevel andcityconnect with and one connect of the thewith public downagain to the level again onetransportations. of the the public transportations.

The idea is to create a platform where the platform and garden are intertwined both physically and experientially. As you walk on the paltform, you will gradually go up and the city will be below you. You will be physically disconnected from the city below you and will have the uninterrupted view of the sea in front of you. You can either decide to go down one of the gardens or keep walking and gradually go down to the city level again and connect with one of the the public transportations.

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URBAN GESTURE an apartment complex in Roanoke ,VIRGINIA the site is located on an exisitng bus station, which is required to remain or transformed within the the proposal. it is important to keep the density in a scale of an urban context, where apartment complex, bus station, and pubic park can coexist. In an urban context, it is crucial to generate common spaces while responding the urban conditions (such as;density, circulation, public space, privacy etc). the idea is to divide up density into two pieces, which both can beneďŹ t from environmental conditions, allow bus acces and generate a public spaces.

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Entrance Lobby Entrance Lobby

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Entrance Lobby Entrance Lobby

Restaurant

Roanoke ,VIRGINIA

The site is located in downtown Roanoke, VIRGINIA. It is located on an existing bus station, which is an important hub in the area. It was required to keep the program of a bus stop in that speciﬁc location in the city, because it was rooted in urban and social memory. The facade was also required to be preserved as it is due to its historic and symbolic meaning for the street. Roanoke ,VIRGINIA Roanoke is surrounded by beautiful mountains and the site has that view in a higher elevation. owntown Roanoke, It is located on an existing busincreases the value of these Since theVIRGINIA. apartment complex is in urban location, the view ortant hub inapartments the area.and allows its habitants to live in an healthier enviornment, where they are to cleaner and speciﬁc southern sun exposure. the programexposed of a bus stop inairthat location in the city,

n urban and social memory. quired to be preserved as it is due to its historic and symbolic COURTYARD VOLUME

1st Floor Plan

bedroom

bathroom bedroom

bedroom

living room bathroom living room bedroom

Restaurant

bathroom

Restaurant

1st Floor/Ground Floor (Townhouse)

Restaurant bathroom

bedroom

0’ bedroom

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living room living room bathroom

living room bathroom

bedroom

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1st Floor Plan N bedroom

bedroom

bathroom bedroom

bedroom

living room bathroom living room bedroom

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bathroom bathroom

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living room living room bathroom

living room bathroom

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by beautiful mountains and the site has that view in a higher PROGRAM 1

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mplex is in urban location, the view increases the value of these ts habitants to live in an healthier enviornment, where they are and southern sun exposure.

5th Floor Plan

living room bedroom

bathroom bedroom

bedroom living room living room living room

bathroom

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bedroom

living room

PUBLIC ACCESS bedroom

living room

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The existing volume (default) is divided into two three pieces; townhouses, apartments 2 PROGRAM and a courtyard. The volume in the middle is removed to create a common courtyard. The volume is on the northern section of the site is raised 4 story high to be exposed to mountain view and souther sun exposure. It also allows public acces to the courtyard (public park) from street level and acts as an urban canopy. The lower volume is punctured through at speciﬁc locations, where the busses can go through the facade.

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5th Floor Plan N living room bedroom

bathroom bedroom

bedroom living room living room living room bathroom

bathroom

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le is removed to create a common courtyard. orthern section of the site is raised 4 story high to be exposed to her sun exposure. It also allows public acces to the courtyard t level and acts as an urban canopy. nctured through at speciﬁc locations, where the busses can go

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OFFRET, by Andrei Tarkovsky

S P A C E O F F I C T I O N* a house in Helsinki,FINLAND the project transforms the unique and fictional world of film into real architectural space while using the conventions of both cinema and architecture. the climate, movie OFFRET and Finnish culture of domesticity were the references where the project evolved around. the scene which was selected from the movie OFFRET to capture a very specific phenomenal quality of the architectural space in the film. the image portrays the house as a thin ‘permeable membrane’ (even if it is not in reality) where its habitants can penetrate through.

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*Studio Eric Lapierre

SPACE OF FICITON

SPACE OF FICTION HELSINKI,2012 It is evident that phenomenological perception has such a power on human memory.The way spaces feel, sound and smell recalls all the old memories and yet create new ones. A room in a house condenses the time with a realization of subconscious mind through our memories in the embodied space. The thoughtful selection of materials,furniture and color evoke our perception and create a very specific atmosphere and experience. We can also consider a room as a membrane for living that can inhabit many activities. It has a potential to be penetrated by its inhabitant due to the nature of human activity. Permeability of the space is the architectural concept for this particular project. The room manifests itself as permeable mass for the human activity. It has two doors at two opposite sides of the room that open up to the garden and allows you to be inside and outside simultaneously. Two horizontal windows at the two ends of the room create an axis of permeability for the space at the street level.The play between inner space and outer space are in delicate balance and harmony in the embodied space. Traditional Finnish Meet Storage Room in Turku Open-air Museum

The site is located in suburban Helsinki and adjacent to Alvar Aaltoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous studio. The neighbourhood is dominated by residential buildings with big yards. The house is a simple wooden house that is surrounded by trees and a very low stone wall. Its long and narrow plan allows more daylight to come in throughout the year in Helsinki, where the daylight is mostly diffused and limited.

Alvar Aalto Studio

There is no interior walls in the house, except the bathroom and sauna. All the rooms in the house share the same long and narrow space to create a one unified sense of brightness and interiority.

Traditional Finnish Boat House in Turku Open-air Museum

Rooms are organized based on the need for privacy. You enter the house through the kitchen, which is between the main living room and family room. Two bedrooms are seperated from each other by the bathroom and sauna. There is also a curtain between the family room and kids bedroom to seperete those both visually and physically.

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The site is located in suburban Helsinki and adjacent to Alvar Aaltoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous studio. The neighbourhood is dominated by residential

Helsinki,FINLAND

family room.Two bedrooms are seperated from each other by the bathroom and sauna. There is also a curtain between the family room and kids bedroom to seperete those both visually and physically.

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1.Living Room 2.Kitchen 3.Family Room 4.Bedroom 5.Bathroom 6.Sauna 7.Bedroom

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cy. You enter the main living room and ach other by the een the family room and physically.

The project reveals itself in the sectional change of ﬂoors. It delicately steps down on the site and creates a beautiful and simple relationship with the ground, and the roof, which also slopes down as a one continuous canopy above the house. The rooms are seperated by the sectional change of ﬂoors rather than walls. Each room is accesible by couple steps from below or above of the adjacent space. The heights of each room is based on the privacy of the rest of the spaces in the house. A person that is in the living room would have no visual access to the more private parts of the house. The project reveals itself in the sectional

change of ﬂoors. It delicately steps down on the site and creates a beautiful and simple relationship with the ground, and the roof, which also slopes down as a one continuous canopy above the house. The rooms are seperated by the sectional change of ﬂoors rather than walls. Each room is accesible by couple steps from below or above of the adjacent space. The heights of each room is based on the privacy of the rest of the spaces in the house. A person that is in the living room would have no visual access to the more private parts of the house.

2 1.Living Room 2.Kitchen 3.Family Room 4.Bedroom 5.Bathroom 6.Sauna 7.Bedroom

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1.Living Room 2.Kitchen 3.Family Room 4.Bedroom 5.Bathroom 6.Sauna 7.Bedroom

Furnitures that are speciﬁcely designed and selected for the project:

A810 Floor Lamp by Alvar Aalto

BLACK chair by Caglar Gokbulut

611 Stackin Chair by Alvar Aalto

Furnitures that are speciﬁcely designed and selected for the project:

Coffe table ROOD by coffe table Nicholai by Wiig Caglar HansenGokbulut

Coffe table by Nicholai Wiig Hansen

Desk BLACK chair by by Jan Retrojan Caglar Gokbulut

Desk by Jan Retrojan

A810 Floor Lamp by Alvar Aalto

Superstructure 611chair Stackin Chair by by Alvar Aalto Bjorn Dahlstrom

Superstructure chair by Bjorn Dahlstrom

Paintings by Felix Valloton

Lamp by Alvar Aalto

Turkish Carpet

Lamp by Alvar Aalto

SUFA sofa by Caglar Gokbulut

Dining table SUFA by sofa by Caglar Gokbulut Caglar Gokbulut

Dining table by Caglar Gokbulut

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ROOD coffe table by Caglar Gokbulut

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CC RR II TT II CC AA LL RR EE GG II OO NN AA LL II SS MM Thesis Project (In Progress) Thesis Project (In Progress) a museum in Istanbul,TURKEY a museum in Istanbul,TURKEY

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S t u d i e s:

C o u r t y a r d

F r a g m e n t e d V o l u m e s

S t r e e t

S t u d i e s:

O n e W a l l

D e n s e F r a g m e n t e d V o l u m e s + O v e r h a n g s

S p a c i a l S t u d i e s : C o m p a c t

a n d

E n c l o s e d F r a g m e n t e d V o l u m e s + O v e r h a n g s

A u t o n o m o u s V o l u m e s + U n d u l a t i n g G r o u n d

C o m p l e x B o x

O n e W a l l + O n e S p a c e

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S i t e

S e r i e s o f C o u r t y a r d s

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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Site Photos

Edge Detail

section A

A B

Ground Floor Plan AA A A

Ground Floor Plan

Ground Floor

Ground Floor Plan

A A A

2nd Floor Plan

2nd Floor

A A A

2nd Floor Plan 2nd Floor Plan

s s situation plan

s A

3rd Floor

Site Plan

3rd Floor Plan

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3rd Floor Plan

section B

In a time of hyper-consumption of information and social values, architectural discourse has started to become obsessed with the change of speed and information over experience So called “International Style” in contemporary Architecture has become the most valued and over-defined subject in the field of design. The architectural connection with the place, region and society is reduced to historical references with modernist fragments and some formalist behaviors. Architecture has to manifest itself as a resistance to the reductive change of creativity and undifferentiated architectural objects as a part of globalization. The importance of place, region and memory of the society should be comprehended by architects. The obsession of creating one, unified, undifferentiated society disconnects and dislocates the memory and identity of the society from its roots. Regionalism in architecture should go beyond any sort of stylistic conventions or fake images; it should confront us to the realities of the time, place and society.

In a time of hyper-consumption of information and social values architectural discourse has started to obsessed with the change speed and information over experience So called “International Style” in contemporary Architecture has become the most valued and over-defined subject in the field of design. The architectural connection with the place, region and society is reduced to historical references with modernist fragments and some formalist behaviors. Architecture has to manifest itself as a resistance to the reductive change in creativity and undifferentiated architectural objects as a part of globalization. The importance of place, region and memory of the society should be comprehended by architects. The obsession of creating one, unified, undifferentiated society disconnects and dislocates the memory and identity of the society from its roots. Regionalism in architecture should go beyond any sort of stylistic conventions or fake images; it should confront us to the realities of the time, place and society.

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

CAGLAR GOKBULUT

CRITICAL REGIONALISM -THESIS PROJECT

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

CAGLAR GOKBULUT

model photo

CRITICAL REGIONALISM -THESIS PROJECT

model photo

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

CAGLAR GOKBULUT

model photo

CRITICAL REGIONALISM -THESIS PROJECT

model photo

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