Architecture Portfolio
Selected Works 2018-2022
Zeki Eneshan Kavakli
Zeki Eneshan Kavakli
21/12/1994
Turkish
I am interested in architecture and urban relations from a broader scale to a human scale. I believe that good architecture has ideas on the vast contemporary topics and brings them together from master plan level to interior design level with the intention of sustainable and socially responsible design. I am excited to join such a creative, energetic, multicultural, and collaborative firm with all the notions.
Phone: (+39) 351 835 0270
Address: Milan, Italy
Mail: zekieneshan.kavakli@mail.polimi.it
Works: issuu.com/eneshankavakli
Education
Politecnico di Milano
MSc. Architecture and Urban Design
2020 -
Istanbul Technical University
Bachelor of Architecture
2013-2018
Language
English-fluid (ielts band 7.0)
Italian-elementary
Turkish-native
Software
Autocad, Revit, Navisworks
Sketchup, Lumion
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign Microsoft Office
Rhinoceros, V-ray, Archicad
Experience
3-im
BIM Intern
2022- 2023 | 5 months
Mithra Istanbul
Architect
2019 - 2020 | 1 year
AURA-Istanbul Architecture & Urbanism Research Academy
Researcher
2019 | 17 weeks
GVDS - Gorkem Volkan Design Studio Office internship
2018 | 6 weeks
NKY Architects | Ankara Etlik Integrated Health Campus
Construction site internship
2016 | 5 weeks
Architectural Design Studio | Politecnico di Milano
Courtyards
Hybrid school with medical facilities in Val Seriana
Thematic Studio | Politecnico di Milano
Urban Constellation
Connective networks between people, places and nature: Marrakech as a multifaced city
Architectural Design Studio | Istanbul Technical University
Cantilhotel
Revitalizing brownfield as a train station and hotel
Professional Work | Mithra Istanbul
Dental Museum
Dental Museum and headquarters of dental businessmen association
International Student Workshop | MEDS Byblos
Cubetto
Free floating public space
Courtyards
Hybrid school with medical facilities in Val Seriana
Architectural Design Studio | Politecnico di Milano
Project Location: Pradalunga, Italy, 2021
Instructors: Pierre-Alain Croset, Elena Fontanella, Deborah Briccola
Collaborator: Karen Gebara
At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Val Seriana was one of the first places hit by the new disease. Immediate decisions had to be made before any delay regarding the public spaces. Schools were one of the prior places that had been abandoned or refunctioned in order to create space for medical activities. Thus, the concept of resilience became a more actual issue in architecture.
The Hybrid School was designed to answer unexpected necessities and new interrelations of the world within pandemic. The main idea is to bring educational and medical facilities together with an interactive exchange. The building is designed to work in a flexible way to be responsive.
The concept is to connect the two most used streets in Pradalunga to activate weak existing relations and unused lands by giving a new public urban surface to the users. Including a library and gym, the building welcomes the people of the town by becoming a meeting point, while taking the individual needs of these distinct functions into account.
Permeable infill
Gravel layer
Growing medium
Drainage
Waterproofing membrane
Leveling screed
Screed
Thermal insulation XPS
Concrete Slab
Plaster + Paint
Stroked concrete floor finish
Screed
Thermal insulation XPS
Concrete Slab
Waterproofing membrane
Gravel layer
Urban Constellation
Connective networks between people, places, urban and nature: Marrakech as a multifaced city
Thematic Studio | Politecnico di Milano
Project Location: Marrakech, Morocco, 2022
Instructors: Laura Montedoro, Alice Buoli, Alessandro Frigerio
Collaborators: Ceren Pehlivan, Karen Gebara
Urban Constellation focuses on Marrakech’s ancient, rich leather craftmenship heritage in a multidimensional urban case. Looking at culture, heritage, economy, politics and geography, the project focuses on the a dramatic context in North Africa.
The city site is characterized by zoned unplanned undervalued spaces, and a lack of continuity. With a closer look at those areas, the aim is the finding the underlying value and maximizing potential. The project’s primary starting point looks at the leather tanneries, one of Marrakech’s biggest tourist attraction. Using the journey and and stages of leather production, the project proposes a rehabilitation plan of the site, reactivating the river side as well as interventions along the site. To create a direct linkage between medina and what we envision as the new face of the city. The interventions include strategically placed nodes of connection, remediate underused spaces, create open public spaces, build on existing resources and developing green spaces.
SKIN MARKET / Unplanned space
Highly unsanitary conditions
TANNERY GATE/ Ramparts as a strong barrier
Urban voids along outer gate
TANNERIES / Pollution
Toxic Wastewater and solid waste
Education area/ Local
Unplanned
Lack of public space
URBAN VOID / Irrigation system embedded
URBAN VOID / Drying leather
Disregarded sheep fur Land pollution Wastedump
TANNERIES/ Most recent tanneries
FORMAL SETTLEMENT/ Urban Voids
Lack of public space
Incomplete Tabula rasa planning
URBAN VOID/
LANDMARK/ Jemaa El-Fnaa
Mapping of existing situation, issues
Urban Constellation
By creating multiple nodes along the green buffer corridor, users are guided through the journey. The museum functions as another landmark node, pushing users through to the public gardens by allowing for a pathway that connects with its urban surroundings. In addition, users are guided towards the entertainment zone, housing, sport fields, and public pools lacking in Marrakech.
Cantilhotel
Revitalizing brownfield as a train station and hotel
Architectural Design Studio | Istanbul Technical University
Project Location: Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
Instructor: Fatma Erkok
Individual work
Cantilhotel, located under the suburban bridge of Sogutlucesme in Kadikoy, has temporary accommodation and train station functions to serve the city center, especially the stadium and the marriage office in its immediate vicinity. In order not to interfere with the protection of the old trees and the interruption of the public park, the construction area was determined so that it would not be much out of the projection of the suburban bridge.
The parts of the bridge except the railways were removed and the bridge lightened for utilizing sunlight. In order to provide movement on the facade and to obtain varying volumes in the interior, cantilevers were created. Accommodation units are positioned around the inner courtyard, aiming to have private areas in crowded city center.
1 New metrobus route
2 Multistorey car park
3 Vehicle road
4 Bus stops
5 Pedestrian road
6 Kadikoy town hall
7 Marriage office
horizontal configuration under the viaduct
Non-accessible
Vast transportation opportunities Preserved nature
Stream Placed close to public buildings Interaction with city center commercials
Site plan Diagrams of surroundings
orientation according to curved vidauct
remodelling around bearings
atrium for utilize sunlight and open spaces
cantilevers gives a dynamic shape with piers and detailed arrangements
Dental Museum
Dental Museum and headquarters of dental businessmen association
Refurbishment Project | Mithra Istanbul
Project Location: Istanbul, Turkey, 2019-2020
Professional Work
Located in the historical peninsula in Istanbul, Dental Museum is the first museum devoted to dental exhibition in Turkey. Along with the museum, the whole refurbishment project includes the new headquarters of dental businessmen association. Three storey building is consist of three parts. Ground floor is intended to be a public welcoming place with the museum, temporary exhibitions, and public events for businessmen, dentists, students and anyone who is interested in dental history and technology. The basement floor includes a large seminar room and a foyer for gatherings. The first floor is the office includes office and meeting room, becoming more private and silent.
The museum is intended to serve as an infusive place that helps getting to know about dental anatomy, dental history, the developing and changing medical technologies, and overcoming the dentophobia for especially children. To achieve these, simple and warm materials were selected in the design of interiors. The dominant colors are concrete gray, wood brown, white and retro pink. The message is conveyed with the appealing graphics, neat historic collection, and simple structure that allows them to be at the forefront.
During the project realization process, I worked with one more colleague as well as the museologists, curators, graphic designer, contractor, manufacturers and client directly. I had the opportunity of fully involving the schematic design process, digital modelling, visualization, technical drawing, and partially the check of the construction site works. All the visualizations and drawings in the portfolio are produced by me.
Cubetto
Free floating public space
International student workshop | MEDS Byblos
Project Location: Byblos, Lebanon, 2018
Instructors: Eugenio Chironna, Alex Marguerie
Collaborators: Andrew Byrne, Eduardo Crespo, Zineddine Djouama, Karen Gebara, Theresa Jaspers, Elif Cansu Kayikci, Uli Kneisl, Paula Lopez, Stevo Marovic, Begum Saral, Robby Stubbs
Lebanon is currently facing the issue of the over privatisation of land, which has resulted in a lack of public space. This intervention seeks to address this need by situating itself in the neutral territory of the Mediterranean. The pavilion is meant to be a recreational amenity that is accessible to everyone. Cubetto’s frame is constructed from renewable and recycled materials to inspire local architecture that is both socially and environmentally sustainable.
Within this frame is a parabolic form that is constructed from hung strips of fabric. The transparent quality of the fabric creates a complex layering of space, while its lightness allows Cubetto to become animated by surrounding winds and attract interest of passers-by.
The article is taken from the website which includes further information, http://medsworkshop.com/byblos/
Photos taken by Jan von der Heyde, Vladimir Georgiev, Zineddine Djouama, Eugenio Chironna, Alexandre Marguerie, Elif Cansu Kayikci, Pamela Fares, Sinem Görücu, Jaidev Venkata, Rami Bassil, Deniz Can
https://www.behance.net/gallery/112827435/CUBETTO
Thank you!
Zeki Eneshan Kavakli zekieneshan.kavakli@mail.polimi.it