Feyza Sayman
M. Sc. in Architecture TU Berlin I Master Architecture Typology
Academic Work Research Work
Competition
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Curriculum Vitae
Klimawerkstatt Berlin Women’s Shelter
Politics of Knowledge fem*MAP Berlin Istanbul’s Memory Map Gymnasium Schulstraße Heinrich-Herz-Gymnasium
Selected Work 2022
Feyza Sayman
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Education
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) - Germany (2019-2022)
Institut für Architektur - M.Sc. Architecture - Typology
Cumulative GPA: 1,7
Özyeğin University (OzU) - Istanbul, Turkey (2014 - 2018)
Faculty of Architecture and Design - B. Sc. Architecture
Honors: Summa cum laude (highest distinction) - 100% Scholarship
Cumulative GPA: 3.90/4.00
University Of Pécs - Hungary (2016/Erasmus+ Program)
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology - Architecture
Izmir American High School (ACI) - Turkey (2009 - 2014) IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma Program GPA: 35/42
Experience
AFF Architekten - Berlin, Germany (09/2021-09/2022)
Position: Praktikantin (full-time, 6 months) & Werkstudentin (part-time, 6 months)
• As a part of the competition team I took part in the design process of various architecture competitions such as; Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium (1. Ranking), Forum Jena (Anerkennung), Office Building at Invalidenstraße 30-33, Gymnasium Schulstraße, Gutenberg Museum
AURA Istanbul - Turkey (09/2018-09/2019)
The Istanbul Architecture and Urbanism Research Academy (non-profit organization)
Position: Researcher & Architecture Assistant
• Conducted a personal research project on ‘Urban Memory’ of Istanbul
• Assisted organizational aspects of the academic content of the research program, seminars, exhibitions and publications
Umart Architecture & Engineering- Izmir, Turkey (07/2017-09/2017)
Position: Constructıon Intern
• Observed building process and controlled on-site production of restoration projects Portugal Synagogue, Paşadurağı Mosque and Directorship of Customs and Monopolies
B-Design, BG Architecture - Istanbul, Turkey (07/2016-09/2016)
Position: Design Intern
• Assisted on-going design project drawings and produced architectural visualization of residential and office projects
Projects & Research Studies
Architecture Studio Work
2018 I Bachelor Thesis - An Urban Threshold: Temporary Housing, Education, Production, Communication Hub for Migrants, Istanbul
2020 I Typology Design Studio - Political Space of TU Berlin
2020 I Design Studio 1 - Music and Arts Center at Alte Münze, Berlin
2021 I Design Studio 2 - Women’s Shelter in Neukölln
2022I Master Thesis - “A Solar House Experiment” Klimawerkstatt Berlin
Research Work
2020 I Fem*Map: A Feminist Spatial System of Berlin “Hosuing Crisis for Women”
2019 I The City that Exists in the Memory: Istanbul’s Urban Memory Map
2019 I Space Atlas of Istanbul’s Periphery: Kağıthane
Workshops & Certifications
Koç University Online Programs (12/2020-02/2021)
‘Safeguarding and Recovering Archeological Assets’ Online Program
• Participated in a series of online lectures on archeological and cultural assests, safeguarding/ recovering, museum and archeological site coordination
Instinctive Architecture Workshop - Istanbul, Turkey (01/2019)
International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) - Culture Space Meetings
Position: Workshop Leader (with artists İhsan Oturmak & Seda Oturmak)
• Led the conceptual and execution processes of workshop objectives
• Supplied written and visual outcomes of the workshop and prepared the exhibition
Language Skills
Turkish Native Language English Full Professional Proficiency (IELTS Score: 7.5) German Limited Working Proficiency (B2-C1)
Software Skills
Autodesk AutoCAD I Revit (in process)
Rhinoceros I ArchiCAD I Enscape
Adobe Photoshop I InDesign I Illustrator I Premier MS Office
Personal Information
Birth Date: 25.07.1995
Nationality: Turkish
I. Klimawerkstatt Berlin - Center for Solar Energie Studies
master thesis studio
Project Year Type
Instructor Location Project size Individual
2022 Research & Learning
Ralph Pasel-Krautheim, Prof. Oberschöneweide, Berlin 5 000 m2
Master Thesis Project
Sketch: Activities, Encounters, Relationships
Klimawerkstatt Berlin offers a program of research and learning. Required functional spaces include an open werkstatt, technical and infrastructural spaces, seminar and learning zones, open offices and a large event/exhibition hall. These spaces has their own thermal needs. A plinth structure is envisioned for the cool, heavy, noisy atmosphere of the werkstatt and its supporting functions (technical and machinery). A lightweight glasshouse sits on the plinth which serves as a center for learning, research, discussion and exchange.
Model 1:200
Concept Diagram
leisure recreation everyday life/rituals
TERRACE GLASSHOUSE werkstatt prototyping production machinery
learning/teaching knowledge exchange research
LIGHT AIR
PLINTH HEAVY
Solar Concept
Klimawerkstatt Berlin is a place for coming together of the curious minds working in the field of solar building, technical handcrafters, researchers, visitors caring for their environment and ecology, students and children who are eager to make a change. In this place technical visits to the werkstatt takes place to raise interest for electronical handcrafts. Researchers come and use it as a laboratory during their research period.
Section 1 I 1:300
Seminars and lectures are held to exchange knowledge. Smaller or larger groups are hosted, for discussions, symposiums, workshops, group studies. Exhibitions are held to share the knowledge with public. Solar power is collected on the roof and used as the main source of electricity. Thermal needs of the users are met by creating rich and delightful microclimates within the house. Engineers, technicians, handcrafters as well as ecologists, artists and researchers collaborate. They design, prototype and test systems, build an archive of knowledge. This place also allows for leisure and resting. Researchers cook in the open kitchen to celebrate after a long week of work. Visitors can enjoy the sun on the roof terrace sunbathing.
+9,80 m
+7,10 m
+3,60 m
+16,60 m -2,00 m
Ground Floor Plan (EG) 1:300
North Elevation I 1:300
Technicans can take a break from the werkstatt work by caring for plants in the greenhouse space. Lectures and discussions can extend towards the roof terrace in summer evenings.
exchange
exhibition/eventterrace
Peter-Behrens-Straße
Second Floor Plan (2 OG) 1:300
Third Floor Plan (3 OG) 1:300
SE Elevation, Peter-Behrens Straße I 1:300
Section 2 I 1:300
Klimawerkstatt Berlin has an iconic meaning with its pitched roofed glasshouse, a familiar typology of a house, sitting on top of the plinth. It envisions a comfortable environment for learners, a place they can feel at home. Whereas the plinth has a rough and heavy nature where the heat and noise of the machines, the jungle of materials and tools enable for precise work. Such an image of this place creates a special and almost unique microclimate and atmosphere in the city, that stimulates interaction, communcation, production and learning.
Diagram: Thermal Distribution
II. Women’s Shelter
Project Year Type Instructor Location Project size Collegues
2020/21 Shelter I Residential Lars Steffensen, Prof. Berlin/Neukölln 3 400 m2 E. Mozalevskaya, T. Kırtak
The concept of Women’s Shelter circles around safety and intimacy of the shelter, the possibility that it serves as a healing space for the vulnerable women and children. The main aim is creation of a community through accessible green spaces, gardening opportunities; through spaces that would bring neighbors together allowing for larger and smaller events inside the shelter.
Model Studies
Women’s Shelter is located in Neukölln; on the northern edge of a Berlin block with mixed typologies. Our site strategy is a trial of intersecting and merging two typologies. One is continuation of the urban block, which provides a certain level of anonymity by extending in the periphery of the block. The other one is a courtyard typology which works best for the program approach; to create an enclosed and protected space as well as enhancing idea of belonging to a strong community.
Ground Floor Plan (0.00 m)
triage + waiting space + offices + grandroom + daycare + workshop/training + study space
First Floor Plan (+4.30 m) frontal living cluster (barrier-free) I grandroom + library I courtyard living cluster + dining niches
First and second floors host the residents of the shelter, in differentiated types of living spaces. Generally two shared rooms are facilitated with one shared kitchen and bathroom. They open to the niches in the ‘Laubengang’, serving as an entrance spot as well as spaces for women to come together for dinner.
Greek Agora Types - Compact
Greek Agora Types - Circular
Greek Agora Types - Linear
The project extends as a political center from the main building of TU Berlin. The parliament adds another layer to the existing historical layers of the building. It searches the archetypes of the Greek Agora -the birth place of political representation- and transforms them into TU Berlin’s contemporary political atmosphere: representation of the student body, administration, employees and the public.
Transformation of Types
The single elements of politics constitute overlapping clusters together with the fluid space that surrounds them. In-between space within the assemblage of transformed archetypes creates a zone to allow flow, encounters and collision of ideas.
TU Berlin as an institution embraces a representative democracy approach in decision making processes; including students, faculty members, employees and administration. However these actors are spatially dispersed all around the campus. In such a context, the aim of the project is to bring a new front to TU Berlin allowing involvement of both political and non-political actors to gather and encounter. Specific gathering spaces are assigned for special actor groups but all comes together in the fluid connecting space.
Project Year
Location Instructor Type Topic Collegues
2020 Berlin Julia Köpper, Martha Wegewitz (CUD-TU Berlin) Research + Mapping Berlin from a feminist perspective N. Schweizer, K. Kropacheva
The Berlin Housing Crisis for Women*
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic. It has infiltrated every possible place; in every possible form. It is most visible in the public realm, but this investigation seeks to uncover the affects of violence against women in the home; domestic violence. A woman* could be assaulted in her home by a partner, roommate, or even a visitor. The incidents include assaults, harassment, intimidation. Berlin is currently in a housing crisis. In the past ten years, rents have more than doubled.1 Finding a home in Berlin is still extremely difficult. And it seems to be even harder for women*. In renting, one should consider the price, location, size. As a woman* an added factor to consider is that of safety. The majority of ‘short-term’ rentals in Berlin consist of flat-shares of ‘WGs’. These are apartments that are usually let by one main tenant, who then rents out the various bedrooms to other sub-tenants. Financially, women* are still earning much less than men, meaning that they may have to compromise on aspects of the apartment when renting. The gender pay gap in Germany currently sits at a difference of 21%.2 The rental crisis is pushing women to live in places that they feel unsafe, too worried to leave because of how hard it is to find accommodation.
What are the housing options for women* in Berlin? And if you are unsafe at home, what can you do?
Frauenhäuser are women’s* shelters that offer protection for those needing it. In 2019 a total of 729 places were available in six women’s refuges, as well as refuge apartments and second-level apartments. But these cannot meet the demand. There seem to be an increasing number of self-made all-female* WGs.
How safe and affordable is renting in Berlin as a single woman*?
What factors make the current housing crisis more challenging for women*?
Why can‘t they change their house when they feel uncomfortable?
€
450 €
1. Ratgeber.immowelt.de. 2020. Immobilien-Ratgeber - Nützliche Infos & Tipps Zu Immobilien. [online] 2. The Economist. 2020. Why The Pay Gap In Germany Is So Large. [online] mixed wg up to 400 € 400 - 450 € 450 - 500 € over 500 € frauenhäuser
POPULATION STATS LACK OF AFFORDABILITY
BERLIN HOUSING CRISIS
The information graphics show the process of the research as overall narrative. Taking domestic violence as a starting point, statistics of domestic violance are presented. The research takes a position to bring the inexplicit situations of domestic violance into light. It takes Berlin‘s current housing crisis in center and evaluates this in a feminist perspective. How safe and affordable is renting in Berlin as a single/young women?
Infographics: Housing Search in Berlin
Prologue: Urban Memory of Istanbul and how to research this phenomenon?
When living in Istanbul and belonging to this city are the matters of subject, instantly memories rush to people’s mind. Istanbul is a city that has a place in literature, music and art of individuals as well as society. With the expression of A. H. Tanpınar, “It is a natural thing to know the city that you’re born in or you live; it is however is a gusto, a way of artistic living when it comes to Istanbul. Every Istanbulite is more or less a poet; because they live in a spell like game of imagination by creating new shapes through their will and intelligence.”2
However, considering the last one and a half century of the city, the Istanbulites forgot, at some point, that they were poets. Now Istanbul is not a city of poems or songs. At this point, the approach and the issues of this research commences by asking some questions about the city, the citizen and the memory.
Does the urban experience live in the memory? Forgotten? Missed?
Is it important that the memories of the city are sustained?
How does temporal discontinuity affect urban experience?
Has a destroyed “place of memory” actually never existed?
What kind of a memory does the moment, the connection point of the past and the future, produce? Who are the actors of the production, transformation and re-production of memory?
The method of looking for answers to these questions is based on identifying Istanbul’s history in the last one-and-a-half century and determining its “memory places” through social, political and spatial transformations with the help of three main books3. The identified memory spaces are the structures, districts, infrastructure and places that tell the stories of the city, where it is possible to read the development and transformation of the city. These spaces are explored in the context of certain contextual themes; and a ‘schematic mapping, a collage and a spatial memory book’ are produced which specifically explain the memory of these spaces and places.
About the Memory Memory, in the simplest sense, is a collection of remembrances of the near and far past. It is the notebook of the human self, the proof of existence, the ability to live.4 The life of the individual is positioned among the actions of remembering and forgetting. Throughout history, memory is the research and discussion matter of science and many disciplines. The process that operates memory is a complex, progressive mechanism that activates millions of neurons of the brain. It is a nonlinear, temporal, overlapping network structure. It is multi-layered. It contains individual, social, physical and political memory. Defining memory as a legacy of heritage, belonging, identity makes it possible to construct a method of thinking through memory. It is different from nostalgia; it is a method of understanding what we are today; it is a living thing that can be processed, and something that can still be used.
The relationship of memory with time, space and society is a process of mental reconstruction. The process of remembering is not a re-appearance of experience as the original, but gathering of a new memory. People do not understand a situation in full, in all respects. They do not store all the aspects they comprehend and do not remember every aspect they store.
The delicacy of Vlora Han facade detail versus an ordinary, scaleless facade of a TOKİ housing
Remembering: re-formation of a totaly new memory from superpotion of what is stored in mind
A breaking point of the urbanization history, a famuous building (Hilton Hotel) and the political actors
The whitewashed frescos of San Paolo Church (Arab Mosque) and the bell tower, a heritage from 1325
Collective and Urban Memory
In the context of urban space, memory transforms into a collective structure where individual memory is re-produced in the framework of society. An answer to the question of whether collective memory is a sum of individual memories or a one kind of social phenomenon, can be Aldo Rossi’s urban and collective memory theory: “The city is a material artifact, a man-made object built over time and retaining the traces of time, even if in a discontinuous way; a synthesis of a series of values. Everything that exists in the city is both collective and individual” (Rossi, 1966). Place and group –just like the city and citizens- have each received the imprint of the other (Halbwalchs, 1992).
Auguste Comte remarked that mental equilibrium was first and foremost, due to the fact that the physical objects of daily contact change little or not at all, providing an image of stability and permanence. In this situation, sereneness and physical continuity of the city becomes a mutual need. Habits, routines, traditions and publicness develop around this continuity. The artifacts, monuments which Rossi refers in his urban theory are the stable and continuous objects of the city however the dynamics of urban evolution still develops with these monuments. Monuments are placed between continuity and transformation, past and future as conservative yet progressive artifacts. From this viewpoint, the ‘moment‘ is the point of merging of multiple histories and possible futures rather than being simply a transition point between the past and the future (Rossi, 1966). In this complex construction, the city is the place where collective memory strikes root and memory is the guide to the city structure.
Memory Layers of Istanbul
In this study, the memory layers of Istanbul are mainly explored through historical realities, popular culture, personal memories, superstitions, literature and poetic narratives, discourses and political actors. In order to decipher the overlapping, multi-layered Istanbul; the artifacts, structures, infrastructure and urban spaces -which are closely related with the critical points in urbanization history of the city- are discussed through certain classifications. In this context, the memory layers of Istanbul in the last century are examined as follows; Tanzimat and pre-modernization processes, minorities and identities, publicness and public space, private property, trade and commercial spaces, industry and workers, changes in housing typologies, urban morphology and its mutation, neighborhoods and districts, expansion of transportation network and classification of urban objects.
The produced mapping and collage work marks the memory spaces and structures of Istanbul on specific contextual themes and classifies them. These themes and classifications are the intersection points of the stories of the buildings and the story of the city. It is a narrative of the relationship of each and every member of the map and collage with each other and the memory of the city. Personal memories, social and political transformations and ruptures in the historiy of the city can be pointed out as a base for the meeting of various structures in the same plane through a subjective selection method. These themes -that constitute the memory of Istanbul- can be listed in the context of cause & effect relationship: Natural disasters, migration (increasing population), modernization movement are the causes and as a result of these; expansion of urban borders and transportation networks, the need for renewal and increase in the housing stock, the change in the urban-coastal relationship, the change in the urban culture and daily activities.
1912, the two sides of the city are perceived as Eminönü and Karaköy connected with Galata Bridge, the center of publicness
In 1973, the two sides of the city and Boğaziçi Bridge
Taksim Barracks: stadium, fairground, celebration area
Atatürk Culture Center: both an audience and a transformatative of Taksim Square
Epilogue: Transforming Istanbul - Impacts of on Collective Memory
“In a memoryless city, transformation seems always new and unique.”
Jean François PerouseThis study, which enables the reading of memory produced in Istanbul in the last century a with a holistic view through selected structures and spaces on certain themes, shows that the transformation of urban space is shaped mostly by political influences. Interventions that transform urban space through top-down processes and that cause the loss of collective memory are the dominant transforming power at least a century of Istanbul’s history. In this case, the memory that society collectively produced / produces can be destroyed with sudden and political decisions. As a result, a society that has lost its references and is free of temporal and spatial continuity with no common urban and spatial ground is being produced. A new layer added to the city is added to erase the traces of the previous one, aside from carrying the traces. The ruptures created by the transforming city can accept a lost element of memory as if it never existed, or accept a present element as it had always been existed.The perspective that brings forth the fictions of the future as a stance against the memory issue and considering the relationship established with the past as a nostalgic point of view, causes the structural and spatial productions that are detached from the context to be revealed. In this sense, considering memory as a method of thinking, a living and still available thing, is a valuable and valid method to understand the change and transformation of the city and to produce urban future projections.
Notes:
1. Cemal Reşit Rey, ‘Hatıradan İbaret Kalan Şehirde Gezintiler’ derlemesi (‘The city that exists in the memory’ composition)
2. A.H. Tanpınar, Beş Şehir: İstanbul (Book: Five Cities)
3. (a) Osmanlı Başkentinden Küreselleşen İstanbul’a: Mimarlık ve Kent (Book: From Ottoman capital to globalised Istanbul: Architecture and City)
(b) T. Cansever, Kubbeyi Yere Koymamak (Book: No Dome on the Ground) (c) A.H. Tanpınar, Beş Şehir (Book: Five Cities)
4. Memento, Christopher Nolan, 2000 //
Cansever, T., Armağan, M. (2016) Kubbeyi Yere Koymamak. Timaş Yayınları Halbwachs, M., Lewis A. (1992) On Collective Memory. University of Chicago Press Rossi, A., Gürbilek, N. (2006 ) Şehrin Mimarisi = The Architecture of the City. Kanat Kitap Tanpınar, A. H., (2017) “İstanbul.” Beş Şehir, Dergah Yayınları, pp. 116–207 Yada Akpınar, İ. editor. (2010 ) Osmanlı Başkentinden Küreselleşen İstanbul’a: Mimarlık Ve Kent, 1910-1920. Osmanlı Bankası Arşiv Ve Araştırma Merkezi
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Lärmschutz & Begrünung Funktionszusamenhänge
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Längsschnitt Gymnasium
Ansicht Nord/Süd Gymnasium
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