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Ezgi Samanci
Ms. Architect
Tampere | FINLAND
+358 41 747 44 65
ezgi.samanci@outlook.com
Experience
Architect Intern: Arkkitehtitoimisto Heamaa & Heiskanen (Tampere | October 2024)
3D Environment Intern: Joinplay Games (Tampere | April 2024-August 2024)
Junior Architect: Iki Nokta Mimarlik (Ankara | January-June 2021)
Erasmus+ Intern: Jasper Architects (Berlin - October-December 2019)
Volunteer Architect: Critical Concrete Summer School (Porto - August 2019)
Intern: Gökhan Aksoy Architects (Ankara- July-August-September 2018)
Intern: Construction Site Internship at TUMAS (Ankara - July-August 2017) State Hydraulic Works Directorate New HQ Building Construction Site Internship
Awards:
Teekkari-Hackathon: 1st Place Design Challenge: Neighborhood 2.0 by Sweco
Group Members: Ezgi Samanci, Sebastian Mäkinen, Elena Sitrakova, Sila Kartal
Design Sprint Ratina Competition: 2nd place
Group Members: Ezgi Samanci, Sebastian Mäkinen, Elena Sitrakova, Sila Kartal
Poltinaho Vision Competition: Purchase Award
Group Members: Sila Kartal, Elena Sitrakova
Education:
- Finnish Integration Training - Kotoutumiskoulutus |March-November 2024
- Tampere University Sustainable Architecture Masters Degree | 2021- 2023
-TED University Architecture Bachelors Degree | 2014 - 2019 -Second Field: Communication and Media Studies
Skills:
- Revit 4 years
- 3Ds Max 1 year
- Corona|3DsMax 1 year
- Archicad 1 year
- Photoshop +5 years
- Indesign 4 years
- AutoCAD +5 years
- Sketchup +5 years
- Lumion 3 years
- Enscpace 3 years
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Thesis Project
Mannerheimintie 14, Helsinki Office | 19 250 sqm
The thesis focuses on causes on obsolescence and it’s prevention strategies. While the causes of obsolescence is deeply analyzed in the research part of the thesis, an example of a prevention strategy for a building slated for demolition in late 2023 was demonstrated as a design project. Selected case study, Aktia Building in Mannerheimintie 14 was decided to be demolished to be replaced by a building of same function. While the climate crisis and sustainability goals suggest us to refer to reuse as much as possible, the current practice still focuses on demolition rather than reuse.
The design proposal for Aktia Building is only a demonstration showing how the building could have been renovated and reused, while minimizing the construction waste caused by demolition.
The central location in the heart of Helsinki and the Aktia Building’s historical significance make its preservation especially important. However, the building’s low ceiling heights (approximately 2.95 meters) pose a challenge due to evolving standards and the need for higher ceilings to accommodate modern technical equipment. To address this limitation, the building was reimagined in two separate masses. This approach extends facade areas, thereby enhancing opportunities for natural ventilation and daylight, which reduces the reliance on higher ceiling heights.
The west block accommodates more traditional, individual office spaces, while the east block is
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K House
Group Members: Ezgi Samanci | Sıla Kartal
Katumajärvi, Hämeenlinna Residential
Sustainable housing increases its residents’ wellbeing and heals the sense of loneliness. Social infrastructure is a crucial element because relationships and bonds between residents allow them to stay happily in their current place. (Kömi, 2021, p.15)
The project in Hämeenlinna was in poor condition due to mold and general wear and tear. During the refurbishment, we prioritized reusing the building’s materials and fully integrating the concept of sustainability into the design.
In addition to environmental sustainability, we also focused on social sustainability. For this reason, the central part of the building was designated for communal spaces, while the sides were allocated for apartments. Balconies were designed as flexible extensions, allowing the apartment sizes to adapt to the changing needs of the residents, such as the birth of a child, marriage, or divorce.
2nd floor plan
3rd floor plan
2nd floor plan - east
3rd floor plan - east
Apartments and user types
While the main structure is preserved, the building's interior walls and facade will be replaced. The cores, including the staircases and elevators, have been relocated to provide residents with easier access. The common area on the first floor features a double-height space, designed to maximize natural light and create a welcoming communal area. This space is intended not only for the apartment residents but also to serve as a gathering place for the surrounding community.
Site Plan Kept structure from the existing building shown in color
1st floor
2nd floor
3rd floor
6th floor
Tulli |Tampere
Mixed Use
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Tulli, in its current state, is quite closed to the surrounding, offering no attraction. Project “streetscape” aims to connect (or start a connection between) people in and out of the built environment.
The sustainability vision of the project is based on people. To create a connection between users and non-users of the building and to increase connection with the surrounding, slabs are gradually retrieved. This creates room for visual connection both between users of the building on any of the floors with each other and people on the street, who are not the users of the building at the time.
The first floor is planned to be open to the public; including a café and a large open area for usages such as summer market, job fair, or such activities. The second floor acts as a mezzanine floor, being the most demolished floor of the building. The third floor acts as a library, having both silent and loud (workshop) areas. The fourth and fifth floors are for student housing.
Kaukajärvi, Tampere
School
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During the analysis, Tampere City’s vision for 2040 inspired us for the concept of the building. According to the vision, the school yard will be in an ecological link, which we wanted to benefit from.
The design idea started with an enclosing form for the yard, for the kids to have a largest courtyard possible. The form is further developed, in a way that classrooms are positioned in the south façade for sunlight, where accompanied by a corridor on the north of the classrooms.
The angle is used to twist the building to have more façade in the south and have a separate courtyard that leads to the park.
The library is central, between primary schools, which becomes an everyday element for the kids, rather then a separate function only used for studying.
Site Plan
Form Diagram
The new building does not interfere with the existing school structure. Unlike the existing concrete building, the new construction utilizes wood as the primary material. Its orientation is carefully designed to maximize natural sunlight in the classrooms, enhancing the learning environment.
Group Members:
5 EcoLinna5
The project is aimed to serve all types of users, such as families, children, the elderly, students, local workforce. The commercial functions are distributed around the site to define an open square for residents and visitors from nearby areas and they create a neighborhood environment. The square can accommodate various activities and help to build resilient communities through public places.
In the project site, existing allotments are kept without interventions to keep the soil as abundant as possible. Taking the reference from allotments, we designed a “green connection” dominating the southern part of the site. Also, the landscape has stormwater collection system. Commercial and residential functions are not separated by a clear distinction to turn the whole site into an open square for the area. With this intervention, we wanted to increase the sociability aspects of the area,provided with street life and a sense of neighborhood/community. Lastly, parking buildings are planned in a way that they could be used for other functions in the distant future when needed, such as commercial or residential.
Ezgi Samanci | Elena Sitrakova | Sıla Kartal Competition Project | Purchase Award Poltinaho, Hämeenlinna
Mediterranean Institute of Oceonagraphy (MIO), was planned within the site of Talya Hotel in Antalya. Talya Hotel has welcomed visitors for nearly 40 years, and now remeains idle. MIO’s aim was to build the Oceonagraphy, while demolishing only a limited area of Talya Hotel and injecting the program within new-coming buildings.
The strategy of the building was based on the difference in the typology of the streets of old city and the new city. Disorganized streets in the old city increases the level of attraction and small scaled buildings maintain the relation between users and the sorrounding in a maximum level compared to the new city district. In the site, a balance between these situations were tried to be achieved, with the consideration of each program as an element of stripes.
Mediterranean Institute of Technology
The scene was created by following a Blender tutorial on Udemy.
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Organizer: Critical Concrete Porto, Portugal
Critical Concrete is an institution which aims to have an educational approach while rehabilitating social housing projects.
Summer school in 2019 was a 3 weeks program, for the refurbisment of a house in Matosinhos, Porto.
During the project, we initially planned the partial demolisment of the apartment in the first week, and started demolition within the first week.
We planned the new electrical layout, plumbing system and insulation of the buiding. Later, We worked on the insulation on construction site.
For the finishing, wall repairements, plastering and painting were completed by our team as well.