Landscape Architecture Portfolio by Elif Erdal

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

ELÄ°F ERDAL 2015-2020

PERSONAL INFO

Name Place of birth Date of birth Contact info Phone

Ruveyda Elif Erdal Nottingham, UK 6.3.1997 ruveydaeliferdal@gmail.com +90 5347706501

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education 2020-2015 Istanbul

Istanbul Technical University, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

2018 Wageningen NL

Wageningen University, Erasmus Program, Landscape Architecture

Awards 2017

Digital Landscape Architecture Student Poster Competition Award

Competitions 2019

American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) Student Awards, Participant

2019

Radicepura Garden Festival, Participant

2020

‘’Olivelo – İzmir Kent Çeperinde Ekolojik Ortak Yaşam Alanı’’ Idea Competition, Participant

2020

‘’Erenköy Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Bizimköy’’ Architectural Project Competition, Participant

Publications 2019

Aytaç, G., Şahin, E.Ç., Özgür, D., (2019). “İklim Değişikliğinin İzmir Kenti Üzerine Etkilerine Yönelik Peyzaj Senaryoları.” Aksoy, Y.(Ed.), In İklim Değişikliği ve Kentler: Yapısal Çevre

2019

Aytaç, G., Erdal, R.E., (2019). İnsanlığın Başladığı Yer, Yarımburgaz Mağarası. Paper presented at the 7th Congress of Landscape Architecture & Landscape as a Collective Memory, Antalya, Turkey

Experiences 2016

Ortaköy Botanic and Nursery, Internship

2018

Izmir's Blue Green Infrastructure Workshop, (Ege Üni., İYTE, İTÜ)

2019

Haydarpaşa High School ‘’Bahçemizi Tasarlıyoruz’’ Workshop

2019

Aytaç Architects, Internship

Professional Experiences 2020

Mediterra Botanic (Mediterra Mimarlık Peyzaj Limited Şirketi), Co-Founder online plant shop + interior planting design, www.mediterrabotanic.com

Digital Skills Autocad, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Sketchup, Vray, Lumion, MS Office, Rhino Interests 3D Visualization, Post-Production Collage, Digital Art, Computer Aided Landscape Design, Mapping, Social Media Marketing, Botanical Illustrations, Handmade Ceramics, Yoga

CONTENTS

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SHIFTED RITUALS, A new pattern of agriculture and model of sustainable tourism in Savur, Mardin

10-13 Page

RE-SHORE UTOPIA, ‘’Let the water in’’ post production of post-industrial landscape under flood threat, Izmir

14-20 Page

LET IT FLOW, KEEP IT ALIVE, Izmir

21-25 Page

SPACE FOR WATER, Adaptation to climate change, Amsterdam

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VIRCON GROUP TAKSİM 360 OFFICE PROJECT by FoliStudio, Interior planting design, İstanbul

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2019

2019

2018

2018

2020

Graduation Project 2020

SHIFTED RITUALS

A new pattern of agriculture and model of sustainable tourism in Savur, Mardin

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" said famous philosopher George Santayana. This paradigm ring is prevailing for any issues especially for anthropogenic impacts. Many problematic situation in world, mostly occur by man-made reasons such as urbanization, mass consumption of sources, mass production of pollutants etc. Because climate and nature are dynamic and changing continuously and we definitely know that we have an impact on this change. In ancient time, many hazards like drought, happened in many times in different periods, and some theories are supporting the idea that collapse of the Mesopotamian empires caused from drought. Impacts are listed as, lack of drainage, mass consumption of water and some of theories are just finding it as a coincidence. What if it is an ecological ritual of the nature?

However, currently, there is a growing drought problem in old Mesopotamian lands from south to north and it seems like we could not remember the past correctly. In this project, main landscape problem is became the focus of the interventions: drought.

The sites are located on Mesopotamian lands which are fertile through valleys under steppe hills and agriculture is the main economic source.

Three different places in Mardin are studied in conceptual process : Savur, Başkavak and Dereiçi, a new model of irrigation in agricultural lands is proposed to minimize the effect of drought and a scenario about sustainable tourism is fictionalised to define the sociological rituals of the lands.

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Başkavak (Ahmedi): In this village, people mostly

DEFINITION OF THE PROJECT SITES

speak Arabic-Turkish. Since the Savur stream flows stronger, poplar industry is prevalent and that is why village’s name is Başkavak. Also it is one of the most emigrated village and its population is 2004 now.

Batman 90km

Dereiçi (Qıllıt/Azalan): The village comes into prominence with its traditional stone houses and civilization, all of which are Assyrian. Water sources are rich enough to have vineyards & make vinification. Recently, population of the village is 122 and except for 3 or 4 families, all the other people are living in Europe and visiting the village just in summer.

Midyat 45km Mardin 50 km

Savur (Savro/Boyun,Merdin-i Suğra):

Savur is a Mardin district with its geo-strategic structure and its location dominating the commercial and military roads at the intersection of two valleys. It is located at the ridge of the Masius mountain and Savur stream is passing by at the north. It is like the miniature of Mardin with its narrow streets called ‘’ıskak’’, traditional stone mansions, and rising minarets. Also Savur has a temporary circulation of residents and many of them are emigrating to west, currently its population is 27.304.

Timeline of agricultural dynamics in Ancient time

First

rainwater

agriculture

was North Mesopotamia

fed in

Agricultural productions extremely increased and hyrological networks grown, due to lack of draniage systems and random irrigations,

Rain was not enough on growing periods and floods were occuring on harvest periods, people started to find solutions to control

8000 BC

the water

Fertile Crescent: Flat and fertile floodplains near Tigris and Euphrates rivers

from

opened

with ditches

riversides,

canals

to keep water on drought periods and remove it on rainy periods

which

means

underground water system built to supply drinking

is an

water and irrigate agricultural land in dry areas.

2500-2000 BC

Beginning people

(Qanat),

open to everyone in Uighur,

salinisation is occured due to evaporation

5000 BC After 300 years of drought, people migrated to South Mesopotamia, first farmers settled on ‘’Fertile Crescent’’ because of this ecological factor

Kehriz

6-7 AD

While wheat production was decreasing, salt-resistant barley increased, however people started to migrate to North Mesopotamia and 80% of ‘’Fertile Crescent ‘’ stayed

non-agricultural

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ECONOMY

climate change DROUGHT unconscious irrigation

depth of wells

conversion of land use irrigated area

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+ + +

DROUGHT

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requested irrigation

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number of wells

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-

long term

migration obligation tradition

short term

PROBLEM

SOLUTION Alternative?

-Rural Tourism -New agro-branding with local fruit products Alternative?

-End of poplar industry -New irrigation method ‘’Qanat System’’

CONTEXT SHIFTED RITUALS kept rituals revive protect share changed rituals bring back old adapt

+ -

+

water extraction

product selection

groundwater level

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groundwater recharge

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PROPOSAL IDEA TIMELINE

new options for irrigation

new options of products

‘’Qanat’’ system to prevent the loss of water in mountains and to increase the use of runoff water fig

geo-textile pipes & geomembrane material

damson plum cherry pomegranate

geo-radar techniques GIS systems remote sensing instruments

walnut other products with less water consumption present

2030

2-3 years

increased migration to west & temporary existence of residents of Savur 40000 Savur population

village as a stop for culture & art & history

35000

30000

as rural tourism

2018

2007

as agro-branding

2040

different options for different villages as a guest: voluntary

paid accomodation&services, agricultural experience

as a volunteer: free accomodation&services, voluntary agricultural experience historical & cultural experience of abandoned Assyrian village & religious tourism production of cloth bags, plastic vases with organic foods by female residents

handmade products

remanaging the old wine factory of Dereiçi with wine-making and packing of natural caper plant (kapari)

agricultural products

branding network of the unique agricultural products of Savur such as: damson plum (mürdüm eriği) and grape & their variations

25000

present

4-7 years

new options of employment & sustainable tourism

agrotourism coop. with T a T u T a

Canal-top solar power in irrigation canal system to prevent evaporation of water and to sustain energy for pumping water to lands

Savur

continued poplar production

new options for energy

Dereiçi

last harvest

Bsşkavak & Savur&Dereiçi

poplar industry and mass consumption of groundwater

2025

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MASTERPLAN

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ditches on an old stream trace Savur stream canal top solar power system

south-facing canal top solar panels 1:50

Length of the Qanat

Depth of the Qanat

Precipitation Mountain Plain Van Ä°ran Mardin

main source 1 m round

X

X

XX

XX

5-15 km

6-20 m

10-70 km

5-45 m

varies

30 m

well drained: min. 500 m Distance between Qanats

mother well

dry: min. 1500 m

access shaft

construction and maintenance

qanat channel water-carrying

outlet

distribution

network of ditches

irrigated land

alluvium water table

groundwater as a renewable source

water tank 20 m round

stores water in case of heavy rain

mountanious, valleys: min. 500 m simple well

groundwater ow is one-way, mechanic power is needed to extract , it decreases water table

water table qanat wells

when groundwater level get down, system will stop, the aim is to balance it with runoff with preventing runoff loss

water table

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MASTERPLAN FOR DEREİÇİ VILLAGE

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DETAIL PLAN

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VISUALS

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American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) Student Awards, Participant with Melis Muslubaş 2019

RE-SHORE UTOPIA

‘’Let the water in’’ post production of post-industrial landscape under flood threat, Izmir

Human beings change their natural balance in order to adapt to today's fast global conditions. Izmir, the city which is once referred to ‘the Little Paris of the East’, is in the border/threshold of the changes. At the same time, heritages of Izmir are waiting for a hopeless future. They are under the threat from losing spatial and mnemonic value, especially, where climate change, industriali-zation, and urbanization are happening concentrated. To minimize these threats and to build a better future, is it possible to get back to the old times and to adapt to the ideal? For Izmir, this is perhaps a challenging situation, but an opportunity for a new strategy. This strategy, should include a new approach to combine the existing systems of the urban context with the former environment of the cultural and natural landscapes. The aim of the strategy would be to prevent the effects of sea level rise resulting from the climate change. In this study, a new shoreline for Izmir is being proposed, which provides a new habitat and enhances the riverine system which once de-molished and has acted as an idle channel, and the sea coastal system which has been disturbed by the Harbor. The new system to be discussed in the study, includes both structural and physiologi-cal changes harmonious with the heritages of the İzmir and the future scenarios of the climatic conditions.

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RE-SHORE UTOPIA

HEAT ISLAND EFFECT SEA LEVEL RISE FLOOD RISK

VIADUCT INTERCEPTION NODE URBANIZATION

WATER POLLUTION ODOUR POLLUTION RUINED ECOLOGY

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2100 FLOOD SCENARIOS

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Landscape Architecture Studio III Project 2018

LET IT FLOW, KEEP IT ALIVE, Izmir

GLOBAL WARMING Due to dense urbanization and destruction of n a t u r a l sources, there is a heat island effect, temperature is geting higher every year , in 2100 there will be 3.3°C of eventual warming all over the world

FLOOD Incorrect water infrastructure and canalization of the Melez river make the city weak for flood events.

Global warming has a negative effect on the flood frequence.

Nowadays, flood is not only affecting the city from the land, but also affecting from the sea by storms

SEA LEVEL RISE in 2100, global sea level rise will be 7.1 meter (globally) which means almost the whole coast and city centre will be submerged

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ANALYSIS OF SHORELINE FORMATION

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ANALYSIS OF SHORELINE FORMATION

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PROPOSAL IDEA

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MASTERPLAN

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MASTERPLAN

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VISUALS

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Regional Design Studio Project Wageningen University 2018

SPACE FOR WATER

Adaptation to climate change, Amsterdam Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam (MRA) is growing and it will continue to grow. City is surrounded with dierent landscapes, most of them are grasslands on the peat soil. This scenic open-spaces contrast to stone metropolis, are mostly inaccessible which are only using by some farmlands and available to do interventions to adapt climate change

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ANALYSIS AND CONCEPT Major concept is, create wetland from grassland on the peat soil to keep more water and let it to develop vegetational zones (shallow marsh to forest)

GREEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT

MORE INFILTRATION MORE SPACE SLOW THE FLOW

GREEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT

wetlands

Amsterdam city center

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HOW TO CREATE WETLAND ON A GRASSLAND? slow down run-off increase low ows

WHY WETLAND?

existing situation

acts as a sponge absorb water recharge groundwater soaking up water (wet period) release water (dry period) natural rainwater buffer prevent subsidence provide retention of soil

If there is a ditch near farmhouse crossing the wetland, water system can be seperated with new locks

If there is no, then a new ditch can be created and farmland can act as a sub-polder

widen ditches

inundate by precipitaiton get higher groundwater level Average rainfall is 700 mm/year but climate is changing and annual precipitation will also change from -5% to 6% MORE RAIN, MORE WATER WILL COME Design goals are to keep and infiltrate more water. When a storm comes, design area can easily manage because the amount of water can fill up more. Also in the future; more frequent storm can be managed because in time, there will be a vegetation development to reduce the effect.

fen vegetation development

in 20-30 years forest development on drier parts

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FOCAL PLAN

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STRUCTURE PLAN

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VIRCON GROUP TAKSİM 360 OFFICE PROJECT Interior planting design , İstanbul

Project is applied as Mediterra Botanic (collaborated with FoliStudio).

Mediterra Botanic is an online plant shop and interior planting design firm, I am one of the co-founder along with an architect. Project includes glazing, painting and supply of the plant pots and interior plant decisions and supplies. Also planting of the plants, plant care directives with illustrations are provided by MediterraBotanic.

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