The Architectural Portfolio of Esra Kurt | İstanbul Bilgi University

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CONTENTS CV

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PROJECTS

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Kadıköy Opera, Ballet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

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Transforming Yedikule Gasworks 19 Guest House 26 A New Building in Historic Fabric, Info Box 30 Computational Design Research on Performance, Growing Pot 34 KYM Field School for Tropical Savanna Climate of Africa 37 Urban Fabric

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Centre for Visual and Performing Arts 46 Dwelling in Nature 50 BASIC DESIGN 54 Material Performance, Pavillion 55 Tube of Frames 56 Lamp 57 OTHER WORKS 59

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EXPERIENCE

Esra Kurt

WORK Office | FIELDS, Architecture and Industrial Design July-November 2017 Duration: 3.5 month

12 September 1993 İstanbul, Turkey esrakrt27@gmail.com

INTERNSHIP

http://bilgimimesrakurt.blogspot.com.tr

Office | ITAC International Turkish Architects Corporation July-Agust 2015 Duration: 4 week

+905342231143

Construction Site | Akın Construction, Governorship of İstanbul, Hacı Piri Mosque, Restoration Project Agust-September 2015 Duration: 4 week

EDUCATION İstanbul Bilgi University / Turkey | 2012-2017

WORKSHOP

Bachelor of Architecture Program

Education Program | Knauf June-July 2014 Duration: 1 week

GPA: 3.77/4.00 2nd ranked and High Honors Student of Architecture Program

Education Program | Design Foundation Bodrum Agust-September 2015 Duration: 1 week

Şair Abay Konanbay Anatolian High School / Turkey | 2007-2011

LANGUAGES

COMPETITON Finalist | KYM Field Schools for Tropical Savanna Climate of Africa, Group Members: Meltem Bayrak, Mert Taş, Pınar Aksoy

Turkish | Mother Tongue English | B1 4

CERTIFICATES

TECHNICAL SKILLS

WORKSHOPS

Autodesk AutoCAD

Knauf Participation Certificate| June-July 2014

Rhinoceros | V-ray

Bauhaus Workshop, Design Foundation Bodrum | Agust-September 2015

Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe Photoshop CC

PROGRAMS

Google SketchUp

Autocad 2015

Revit Architecture

SketchUp 2013

Adobe InDesign CC

SketchUp Rendering Using V-ray

Adobe Illustrator CC

SketchUp Pro: Tools and Tecniques

Autodesk Maya

Revit Architecture 2015

Microsoft Office

Adobe Illustrator CC 2015

Grasshopper

Grasshopper, beginner level

INTERESTS

REFERENCES

taking photo painting, sketch watercolor interior design swimming, doing pilates traveling

Prof. Dr. Şebnem Yalınay Çinici (sebnemyalinay@gmail.com) Assoc. Prof. Abdurrahman Tuğrul Yazar (tugrul.yazar@gmail.com) Asst. Prof. Emrah Altınok (emrah.altinok@bilgi.edu.tr) Asst. Prof. Fulya Özsel Akipek (fulyaozsel@gmail.com) Bora Mutlu (boramutlu72@gmail.com) Eren Çıracı (eren.ciraci@gmail.com) 5

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PROJECTS

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Kadıköy Opera, Ballet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

Location

Kadıköy, İstanbul

Program

Opera House

Site Area

130.000 m2

Footprint Area

30.000 m2

Projects Type

Student Project, Graduation Project

Projects Year

2017 Spring

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Kadıköy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

KADIKÖY attraction center convenient transportation network to serve to people from all walks of life protected neighborhood fabric, Moda always dynamic, living, active social and cultural diversity coast access historical peninsula panorama focal points meeting point, Bull Statue

OPERA esoteric to has a specific program huge and enormous usually living at night

OPERA in KADIKÖY where should the opera house be located? how will it the effect on fabric? how will it the effect on silhouette? how can the opera house always living? how will it hide its hude ? what can it offer? which can it satisfy the need else?

Disconnected green areas are connected to each other so, connection of Moda-Kadıköy line is intensified.

Also in Haydarpaşa-Moda coast line is provided continuity of pedestrian flow.

The paths are created on green area to take as a referance extensions of the Kadıköy and Moda axles that are intensely used.

Opera House, which is located on the line where the flow is the most heavy, is fragmanted also in order to attract the green with this flow. It is lightened.

The water, which is a factor that increases publicity, is leaked into the green area by spliting of building in order to strengthen this flow and attractiveness.

The deviations, which are influential on the flow, the view, the focal points on landscape design, is taked an active role in shaping the building also.

There is a common area, the foyer, designed to interconnect the two building on the water. A view is provided to one of the most beautiful views of the city from here.

Analyses

Terraces, that provide panorama to Moda, Haydarpaşa, Historical Peninsula, are created. Thus, Opera House is lightened.

Diagrams

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Kadıköy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS Some concepts such as pedestrian flow, open space, focal points have an impact on the formation of the site plan. As it is seen in the analyses, Kadıköy-Moda line is disconnected. In order to strengthen this line, open space design is made. Thus, the continuity of the pedestrian axis is also provided on the extending coastline from Haydarpaşa to Moda.

In order to open Kadıköy square to this area, incerease the usability and mobility of the area, it has been decided that the location of the Opera House within the site area will be in this manner. For this purpose, at the point where the flow is the most density, the building, that meet this density on the other hand embracing, is designed. Both for this purpose and to approach the human scale by getting rid of its bulky state, the building is divided into two parts along with the function. However, these fragmented two buildings ist combined in the top elevation. Thus, it is provided that the building is perceived as a monolith from a different view.

Site Plan

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KadÄąkĂśy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

In other to make attractive the density and to make contact with the water, it is generated an idea that water should leake towards into green. Performance can be done on this water and people can spend time on the sitting areas that was designed around water.

Opera House, such as landscape, which is exposed to some breaks according to flow, density and water, was born from this landscape also and is broken again according to the view and focal points. This design is begun from the site plan has been tried to be felt the opera house interior also.

Terraces (voids) are created at facades facing the Moda, Historical Peninsula and HaydarpaĹ&#x;a of building and interior is considered according to this purpose. Foyer area provides common usage in both buildings and performances can be made after projection. Also, this space can be used as library, exhibition area, restaurant/cafe.

Ground Floor Plan

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Circulation Scheme

private space

public space

Plan level +3.90

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Plan level +8.00

KadÄąkĂśy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

Space Organization Scheme

private space

public space

Plan level +12.00

Plan level +15.00

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Kadıköy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

Render

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Kadıköy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

Model Photos

Section AA

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Kadıköy Opera, Balet, Visual Arts and Culture Center

Section BB

Section CC

Render

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Transforming Yedikule Gasworks

Location

Yedikule, Ä°stanbul

Program

Adaptive Reuse

Site Area

75.000 m2

Footprint Area

4.500 m2

Project Type

Student Project

Project Year

2016 Fall

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MARKET GARDENS OF YEDIKULE

Analyses

Diagrams

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S T R AT E G Y The gasworks was a production center in the past and was transfering it to the surrounding area Taking this situation in the past, as a reference, the purpose of the new function is to provide the sustainability of the bostans by producing here and to transfer this production to environment, community.

Including the users to this process, -Information -Education -Job opportunity -...

C O N S E R VAT I O N S T R AT E G Y

Transforming Yedikule Gasworks

-The new function should be pedestrian oriented and increasing the quality life of the people living in the region -Conservation the existing buildings as they are, designing a new carrier systems which are suitable for contemporary architecture, generate internal wall -Purification of existing buildings from the plant species that may damage the buildings -In case of insufficient square meters, the new buildings which are going to be added to the area should not influence the vista and perspective effects.

-Considering the volumes of existing building, creating new space divisions according to this situation.

PROGRAM

landmark

TRANSFORMATION, LOOP

Sketches

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Transforming Yedikule Gasworks

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS By making attention to the historical maps and the researches made before, it has been tried to provide the sustainability of the market gardens along the wall.

The marketplace is placed so that it has a close relation with bostans.

The shell is despersed into the area in an organic way by making attention to the marketplace, the gasometer and the entry/exit points of the existing constructions. The other parts of the shell are placed in this direction with the aim of connection between the urban fabric of Yedikule and the coastline.

By making attention to the entry/exit doors of the two big existing buildings, the cirtculation is continued from the interior of the existing buildings and considering this stuation, the newly designed buildings is fragmented.

While the building A is designed as a building where the gastronomy education takes place with the presence of a restaurant; the building B is designed with the aim of increasing the public uses by containing exhibition spaces, libraries and educational areas. The closed volume of the current gasometer is designed as an auditorium.

It is aimed to generate a landmark by raising different sorts of plants on the top of this 32m heigh structure.

Site Plan

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Transforming Yedikule Gasworks

Ground Floor Plan

1th Floor Plan

Building B

Building A Ground Floor Plan

Plans and Sections

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Transforming Yedikule Gasworks

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B

A B

Section AA

Section BB

Render

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Transforming Yedikule Gasworks

Model Photos

Render

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Guest House

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Location

Kırklareli

Program

House

Site Area

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Footprint Area

200 m2

Project Type

Office Project, Concept

Project Year

2017 Summer

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Guest House

Alternative Site Plan 1

Alternative Alternative Site Plan Site Plan 2 2

Render

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Render

one of the building types

Ground Floor Plan

In this project area located in the forest, four buildings that each have a floor area of about 50 m2 are designed. Three of these will be used as a guesthouse and the other as a workshop. After the workshop events, it is planned that people stay in these buildings. It is a simple, functional, easy to as-built consept project. Each of the buildings is located according to slope and also private areas look at the different directions. Buildings are connected to each other by continuous paths. The facades facing the landscape are designed as transparent as possible. Wood is used on the facade and metal coating is used on the roof.

1th Floor Plan

Section AA

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Section BB

Guest House

According to the other consept project, this alternative project is a more entertaining, complex one of the building types and difficult to as-built project. Buildings are formed by the coming together of different components. This situation is enabled to use upper parts (terrace) of the buildings also. One of the buildings is designed as a workshop and the others as guesthouse.The buildings located according to the slope and the scenery are connected to each other by continuous paths. In addition, an open air theater is created by using the slope.

Section AA

Section BB

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Ground Floor Plan

1th Floor Plan

New Building in Historic Fabric, Info Box

Location

Yedikule, Ä°stanbul

Program

Community Center

Site Area

250 m2

Footprint Area

90 m2

Project Type

Student Group Project

Project Year

2016 Fall

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New Building in Historic Fabric, Info Box

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS -to protect Yedikule’s fabric -to introduce this fabric -to incorporate the Yedikule community in this process -to organize this process with associations -to create a void on the ground floor by preserving the contiguous building style -to provide the flow of void towards this place by regulating inner courtyard of parcel and to deprivatize -because of the parcel is right across İmrahor Church, the facade is also designed according to this situation.

-to take reference from the side buildings while determining height of building -by creating facade that is transparent and inviting, to create conflict with the surrounding buildings facades -there are exhibition, ticket office, cafe, offices, seminar hall in the info box.

Site Plan

Analys

East Elevation

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West Elevation

New Building in Historic Fabric, Info Box

1th Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

Diagrams

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2th Floor Plan

New Building in Historic Fabric, Info Box

Render

Section AA

System Detail

Section BB

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Section CC

3D Printed Growing Pot: Potato+Worms+Rocket

Project Type

Student Group Project

Project Year

2016 Fall

a group of 4 person

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Growing Pot

Growth Stage of Potato

The purpose of the potato growing sack is to add the compost as the potato grows.

The main idea of the project comes from this method. As the potato grows, the pieces are added one to the other.

Growing Conditions

The Worm Farm

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Potato Growing Sack

Growing Pots

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS The flowerpot is formed by overlaying various pieces. These parts are joined to each other by 3 different connection sections.

Three different equilateral pentagons are preferred for the sections. The scale of the section varies according to the function of the part to be added.

The section which is designed for the companion plant to grow with potatos.

The bottom and top section of the piece are selected from the 3 diferent connecion sections we have determined. According to the purpose of the piece, in order to determine the middle knuckle, a pentagon is drawn and rotated in a size between the lower and upper parts of the cross section.

When the pot pieces are added to each other, they fill with soil

Worms help to the plant for growing with their fertilizers.

Specified 3 sections are raised at specific heights. The sections above and below these sections are merge sections suitable for joining with the preceding and succeeding sections.

The pieces which are added to each other, supply the need of place of potatos.

The pot begins with a fixed and closed bottom piece.

The edges of the sections are joined together to create triangular fractures. Units emerge this way.

Diagrams

Since the cross-sections of the parts are common, the pot can provide a variety of combination alternatives. In this way users can create their own pots.

There are a number of joints in the upper and lower parts of the units. When the units come together, they pass through the junctions. The pot grows like this.

Model Photos

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KYM Field School for Tropical Savanna Climate of Africa

Location

Africa

Program

School

Site Area

320 m2

Footprint Area

110 m2

Project Type

International Project Competition

Project Year

2015 Fall

a group of 4 person

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School for Tropical Savanna Climate of Africa

Render

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School for Tropical Savanna Climate of Africa

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS “Not build on a place; but build from a place�

Taking this motto as a base climate of Africa, physical conditions, culture and its resources become the most important inputs of this project. Tropical savanna climate can be thought as a transition region. This area affects by hot-arid desert climate in North, tropical humid climate in South and oceans in West-East axe. This variety in climate conditions reflect on resources. In our project, we aim to encourage African people for using these various resources which they have excessively in their constructions. In the result of our researches we found out the cities in our project have wide bamboo forest areas. (Ethiopia, Kenia, Togo, Uganda etc.)

In despite of this African people have lack of awareness for using bamboo as a construction material. Bamboo has advantages of being lightweight, high elasticity and great resistance. Its height changes between 12-20 meters and the parameter changes between 8-15 cm. In our projects bamboos are used as main structure. While we were arranging this structure, we are inspired by traditional water vase form of Africa and we designed a water storage into the center of the project. By continuening this structure we created a cover for the buildings and outdoor area. This cover provides protection from sun, air circulation and collecting rain water.

water collecting

water vase Passive Climate Red lines, we allow the wind to enter from South facade with vertical and narrow openings. Heated air rises and exits from openings on the roof. We take the sunlight from north facade with small openings because buildings take sun from this direction and this facade is under the effect desert climate.

Blue lines, the water canals between the foundations of buildings work as an air cooling elements.

Cover and photavoltaic system energy system Bamboo structure of cover with slopes Roof, vernacular roof coating (thatched roof) Roof structure that constructed by using bamboo Vernacular mud walls Vertical bamboo is for strenghthening structure Indoor, bambo furniture and seperator mud wall Mud tiled floor with empty joints Masonry foundations and sloping water canals between foundations towards to storage

Construction Diagram

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School for Tropical Savanna Climate of Africa

Site Plan

Render

Section AA

Plan

Section BB

North Elevation

Cover slopes are designed for directing rain water to the storage area. Also it works as a sunshade. We located photovoltaic panels toward to north direction and the highest point of cover.

Diagrams South Elevation

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Materials

Urban Fabric

Location

Kozyatağı, İstanbul

Program

Social Housing

Site Area

70.000 m2

Footprint Area

18.000 m2

Project Type

Student Project

Project Year

2016 Spring

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Urban Fabric

project area

commercial and social facilities commercial axes are combined axis/points and incorporated into the area.

So, a new trade/social facilities axis has been established.

kozzy shopping centre

commercial social facilities

housing fabric

raised building blocks on pilotis

commercial social facilities

building blocks that overlook the intensive housing fabric are unraised on pilotis.

some areas have been collapsed in order to sharpen the distinction between the public and the private space.

housing fabric

social facilities

flow and permeability

commercial and social facilities units that are located under the raised building blocks

In addition to existing social facilities, a cultural and art center is designed right across this area.

The open space that exists in the silent/calm housing fabric is expanded. This area is made a more public with the sport courts and a skateboard park.

Model Photos

Diagrams

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Urban Fabric

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS To be able to produce the housing project without borders, open to everyone’s use. In addition, on the ground floor, it must be provided the continuity of both the pedestrian flow and the green area. For this purpose, the buildings on the commercial and social axis are raised on pilotis.

Under these buildings are located commercial and social units to strengthen the axis. Thus, under the raised buildings are also offered the different and various uses.

Some areas are collapsed to create more private spaces. In these private areas, the underground hobby rooms, that allow the common use of residential owners, are designed. There is also a culture and art center, sport courts and a skateboard park, all of which offer common use.

Model Photo

Site Plan

Section AA

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Section BB

Urban Fabric

type 1 | Section DD

Ground Floor Plan

type 2 | Section EE

Section CC

type 3 | Elevation AA

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Urban Fabric

60m2 1+1

type 3 | Plan

90m2 2+1

90m2 2+1

90m2 2+1

120m2 3+1

type 3 | Diagram

135m2 3+1

150m2 4+1

type 1 | Plan

type 2 | Plan

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170m2 4+1

Centre for Visual and Performing Arts

Location

Beşiktaş, İstanbul

Program

Culture and Arts Center

Site Area

785 m2

Footprint Area

480 m2

Project Type

Student Project

Project Year

2015 Fall

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Centre of Visual and Performing Arts

Diagrams

Analyses

Program

Model Photos

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AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS The project area is located between Besiktaş’ adjacent buildings fabric. The area is a threshold due to its location. Because as from this point, the mobility and density which is dominant on the coast side, give way to calm towards the Abbasağa.

The main purpose of the project is to connect the streets that open to the area and to provide pedestrian flow on the ground floor. For this aim, the buildings is fragmented on the ground floor and joined to the upper level. Circulation is the component that connects these two buildings together.

In addition, the ground is rearranged and three meters height difference is overcomed with the triangular ramps and the stairs.

It is the other aim of the project, to create a new square, a meeting point by attracting the density of the coastal side to this point.

For this purpose, on the ground floor public spaces are created.

Since the natural light is one of the most important problems for this buildings, the light need is also supplied from the roof.

The area corresponding to the roof opening is designed as Wcirculation along the all floors and its some parts are considered as transparent. Thus, light is filtered through the all floors towards the ground floor.

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Site Plan

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Section BB

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Centre of Visual and Performing Arts

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Render

C

A

B

ection AA

ection CC

Ground Floor Plan

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Plan Level +10.00

Plan Level +18.00

Dwelling in Nature

Location

Rumelifeneri, Ä°stanbul

Program

House

Site Area

-

Footprint Area

20 m2

Project Type

Student Project

Project Year

2014 Fall

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Dwelling in Nature

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G Site Plan The aim of the project is to design a dwelling and its path in Rumelifeneri. The purpose of this path is to provide the user to arrive home by offering different experiences. The route is from point A to point H. A | the highest and the most unsettling point of the cliff D | resting / spending point F | starting point of the clift G | entrance of the dwelling H | viewing platform

Project Area Photos

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Dwelling in Nature

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS Dwelling is designed on the surface of a cliff where located on the one of the points that we can make contact with sea. Clift, where is in the project area, provides us to move towards into the sea like a landing stage. It is decided that dwelling is located on the delicacy/ stagnant water that clift broken away the sea. In order to keep this delicacy, dwelling is designed to has the minimum scale a person is able to live.

Plan

Dwelling is created not by a single block, but by combinating of more than platforms that stuck to the cliff into. The platforms are fixed to the cliff by anchorages and concrete is sprayed to the remaining voids. Especially, in order to make contact with the water, floating platforms are considered.

The facades are covered with coatings that function as a mirror and the reflection of the the opposite side of the cliff is provided. In this way, dwelling became more invisible in this fabric and the delicacy of the water is tried to preserve.

The entrance of dwelling starts with the stone blocks that serve as a bridge and that are trapped between the cliff and clift. The platforms are mostly used for circulation because of the interior spaces are carved into the cliff.

Section CC

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Dwelling in Nature

Sketch | Material Platform Detail

Sketch | Material

Section AA

Project Area

Section BB

Elevation

Model Photos

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BASIC DESIGN

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Pavilion

Model Photo

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS

Material Performance, Pavilion

Project Type

Student Group Project

Project Year

2014 Spring

a group of 12 person

To design a pavilion, which people can spend time under it, has a volume of 2mx2mx2m by testing its material performance.

Flexible plywood is selected as a material. Because of the flexible plywood structure, it is difficult to cope with its and is able to release itself quickly. The strength of the material differs according to the fiber directions. The material is more resistant when used in a parallel manner to the fibers. However in this project, it is used in parallel manner to the fibers of the material. Because, how to be increased the strength of the material is studied and tested. Firstly, for this purpose, plywood is cut in a shreds manner and is varnished to prevent from weather conditions. Afterwards, they are opened the joints at regular intervals on the plywood and are fixed to each other from these joints. This system is also established dynamism of pavilion and is added a sculptural look to it.

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Tube of Frames

Render

Model Photo

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS

Tube of Frames

What does a table tennis ball want?

Project Type

Student Project

Project Year

2013 Fall

To design a tube from sticks for a table tennis ball being able to travel inside of it and within this period, to provide different experiences to it.

Sticks are located at regular intervals on this system by creating main skeleton system.

The tube, which starts as an whole system, is bifurcated. Only one of them is the exit point of ball.

Initially, three different entry points are designed for the ball to enter. However, only one of them has an exit point, like a labyrinthine. This is achieved by narrowing and expanding the paths inside the tube. Thus, the movement of the ball in the tube is directed.

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New Year Lantern

Model Photo

AIM AND DESIGN DECISIONS

New Year Lantern

Happy New Year!

Project Type

Student Group Project

Project Year

2013 Fall

a group of 2 person

To design a lantern for the new year that come with new hopes and wishes. The designed lanterns are hanged at different points of the school. For this purpose, it is aimed that lantern is functional as well as visually good.

The new year lantern is designed by making origami from a whole rectangular pvc coating. Pvc coating is a material that is resistant to weather conditions and it is a waterproof. Lantern is not designed by using the components because, this situation will decrease the material performance. No adhesives and joints are used in lantern design. Only, the two ends of the pvc coating are joined to each other with connection elements to form the lamp.

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OTHER WORKS

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Maiden’s Tower

A Rainy Day

Karaburun, İstanbul

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Other Works

Galata Tower

Kadıköy Pier

click or scan

Concrete Pot

a group of 5 person A Documentary About The Different Urban Conditions, Karaköy

Rumelifeneri

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