FIKRI YALVAÇ A R C H I T E C T U R E
P O R T F O L I O S E L E C T E D
W O R K S
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name Fikri Yalvaç date of birth 9 November 1990 residence Rotterdam, The Netherlands e-mail f.yalvac@outlook.com telephone +31 6 21 61 22 36 As an individual, I would describe myself as a committed, passionate, and rational person with a creative and purposeful nature. As an architect, I consider these qualities as my main source of motivation that fuels my constant desire for personal improvement, self-development, and growth. To me, architecture is both science and art. Especially a delicate yet complex symbiosis of both to shape our living environment. Charged and inspired by social, political, and economic forces, architecture is a practice that constantly seeks to offer solutions to ever-changing environments. Reinvention, reinterpretation, and experimentation are the keywords that I have been following throughout my academic years. Constantly looking for confrontations between social, political and local issues, to translate these into physical interventions that inspire and transform communities. Nevertheless, I believe that architecture is a ‘multi-minded’ and interdisciplinary practice. We learn most from others as we contribute to each other’s growth.
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FIKRI YALVAÇ MSc Architect.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
f.yalvac@outlook.com
NL +31 6 21 61 22 36
linkedin.com/in/fikriyalvac
EDUCATION 2017 – 2019
Master of Science – Delft University of Technology | Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences
2017 – 2017
Pre-master – Delft University of Technology | Architecture, Urbanism & Building Sciences
2015 – 2016
Pre-master / Minor – ArtEZ Academy of Architecture
2013 – 2016
Bachelor of Science – HAN University of Applied Sciences | Architecture & Building Sciences
2009 – 2013
Building engineering – Graafschap College
2007 – 2009
Carpentry – Graafschap College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2016 01 Feb - 30 July
2015 01 Feb - 30 July
Onix NL (Groningen, The Netherlands) – Intern Graduation Student Architecture Together with my graduation partner, we proposed an affordable social-housing solution by using the Cubestee, developed by Onix NL, as the starting point. The Cubestee was redesigned into three standardised units based on modular and ‘DIY’ principles. The aim was to develop an object that offered optimum flexibility for stacking, shifting and expanding, depending on the need. CK Architecture Interiors L.L.C. (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) – Intern Junior Architect & Designer Project types: residential, offices, commercial interiors, restaurants, furniture, exhibitions Responsibilities:
2013 01 Jan - 30 Aug
Jorissen Simonetti Architecten (Doetinchem, The Netherlands) – Architectural Assistant & Draftsman Project types: residential, offices, schools, hospitals, care homes Responsibilities:
2013 01 May - 30 July
01 May - 30 July
01 Nov - 30 April
01 May - 30 July
Quality inspections on construction site, assist the site manager, and occasional help at the construction site of a high-rise apartment complex.
Reon B.V. Contractor (Spankeren, The Netherlands) – Intern Construction Planner Project types: residential, small hotel, industrial building Responsibilities:
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Involved in the design development phases of several projects. Site surveying of ongoing and new projects. Produced construction documents such as technical drawings and details. Produced sketch drawings for the information board at the construction site.
Reinbouwgroep B.V. (Dieren, The Netherlands) – Intern Assistant Site manager Project types: high-rise apartment tower Responsibilities:
2010
Material calculations, quotation requests from manufacturers, meeting with clients, site surveying, and occasional help at the construction site.
Architectenburo VOM (Duiven, The Netherlands) – Intern Architectural Draftsman Project types: residential, elementary schools, commercial interiors Responsibilities:
2011 - 12
Involved from conception to design development phase in several projects. Produced construction documents such as technical drawings, details, and material & daylight calculations. Involved in site surveying of ongoing projects, and measuring existing buildings on site for new projects.
Reon B.V. Contractor (Spankeren, The Netherlands) – Intern Construction Planner Project types: residential, industrial building, street furniture Responsibilities:
2012
Design proposals, design development, and construction documents. Gained valuable managing skills through personal meetings with clients and contractors, speaking with manufacturers, and site surveying. Produced technical drawings, perspective renderings, and helped producing physical presentation models.
Material calculations, quotation requests from manufacturers, site surveying, and working at the construction site of a small hotel project. Gained valuable construction knowledge and skills.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 2019 20 Sep
2019 30 April
2018 13 Sep - 15 Sep
2016 01 Sep
TU Delft – Public speaker & Lecturer As a recent architecture graduate, I was invited by my former professors to speak to current graduate students about my work and experiences as a former student of the Cross Domain graduation studio City of the Future. TU Delft - Public speaker & Lecturer As the winner of the new Book-display competition, I was invited by the BK Library Committee to present my design, the process and production in collaboration with Vincent de Rijk. Venice Biennale in collaboration with PACT & BNA City of the Future – Workshop Coordinator As graduation students of the City of the Future studio, we were invited to IUAV University of Venice to organize an interactive workshop with the architecture students. Five largest cities of the Netherlands were analysed in order to identify problems and propose future proof and innovative ideas for transformation. HAN University of Applied Sciences – Public speaker & Lecturer As a recent graduate, I was invited by my former professors to speak to the current students about my work and experience during the minor Dutch Architecture which was in collaboration with ArtEZ Academy of Architecture.
PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS 2019 06 April
2018 28 June - 05 July
2018 26 May - 25 Nov
METAMORFOSI: Quaderni di Architettura, ‘Free Space. Encouraging Space.’ Results of the workshop in Venice of the study case of Rotterdam Alexanderknoop. TU Delft, Year-end Exhibition of Best Student Works of studio Public Building Project: A Fashion Pavilion located at the park in front of Bosco Verticale in Milan, Italy. Venice Biennale in collaboration with GRAFT, German Pavilion: Unbuilding Walls Extensive research about the history of the Berlin Wall, the division of Berlin and Germany, and the fall of the wall.
HONOURS & AWARDS 2019
Winning design proposal – New Book Display for the TU Delft BK Library in collab. with Vincent de Rijk A competition to design a book display with the material resin (epoxy) to showcase the newly added books to the library.
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Project of the Year – Pre-master TU Delft architectural design project Final Project marked with a 10/10, and honoured by the board for having the best project of the year.
2016
Honourable mention – Graduated with merit from HAN University of Applied Sciences Final graduation project marked with a 9.3/10, and honoured by the tutors for being an exemplary student.
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Honours top 5 students - Awarded with immediate admission to ArtEZ Academy of Architecture Honoured by the dean for my results and awarded with immediate admission to the Master Architecture.
SKILLS programs
AutoCAD, Revit, ArchiCAD, Rhinoceros, Vectorworks, SketchUp, V-Ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office, Windows & MacOS
physical
Physical modelling, laser-cutting, hand crafting, sketch drawing
languages
Dutch (native), English (fluent), Turkish (fluent)
competences
+ Able to express ideas and concepts through visual graphics and diagrams + Respectful team player, but also able to work individually + Diligent, accustomed to a heavy workload and fast-paced environments + Constant desire for self development and growth
REFERENCES Dr. Arch. Roberto Cavallo, Associate Professor Department of Architecture, TU Delft – r.cavallo@tudelft.nl Ir. Suzana Milinovic, Professor Architecture, TU Delft – suzana@opvis.nl Dr. Arch. Sang Lee, Professor and Chair Coordinator, TU Delft – s.lee@tudelft.nl 5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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House of Circularity
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A Hybrid building that stimulates Circular interaction graduation project (msc)
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Reflection, Realisation, Awareness, Memorial...
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A building that commemorates and reflects the border crossing at Checkpoint Charlie
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An Archive as a Landmark
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Redefining the entrance to the Museum Park
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A Fashion Pavilion
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A provoking playground to evoke Imagination and Interaction
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The Cube House 2.0
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A modular social housing solution within a Circular Economy graduation project (bsc)
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Miscellaneous
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A Book Display Sketch Drawings
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House of Circularity A Hybrid building that stimulates Circular interaction project type Hybrid Building year 2018 - 2019 location Pompenburg Rotterdam, The Netherlands instructors Roberto Cavallo, Mauro Parravicini, Maurice Harteveld organisations TU Delft & BNA Rotterdam was one of the first to state a bold ambition to become a fully circular city by 2050. However, recent studies have shown that, even after the international agreements, our current commitments have proved insufficient and are falling dramatically short. Within architecture circularity is mainly measured through performance related aspects, such as recyclability, reusability, and demountability. However, in this project circularity was placed in a different context. The year 2050 is relatively short to transform an existing city’s economy from a linear to a circular one, but considerably long enough to influence and educate the coming generations to embrace and adopt circularity as their standard. On the one hand there are many people who are still unfamiliar with circularity, or do not know in what ways they can contribute to the economy. On the other hand, there are people (and also students) who have brilliant circular ideas but cannot afford the resources to execute and experiment with them. Instead of approaching circularity in a conventional way, this thesis made a distinction between hard and soft characteristics of circularity and classified them as short-term and long-term achievements respectively. The soft characteristics are circular interventions that have education, interaction, and spearing awareness as their main focus. Promoting the works of circular initiatives, facilitating interaction between users and actors, and providing space for people who want to engage with circularity is a critical and necessary venture for the future of our planet. The project investigated how architecture and public space could become an incentive in boosting circular awareness in order to influence behavior, activate interaction, and transform the social learning process. This project is a critical statement towards traditional and conventional approaches to circularity. It is an attempt to make circularity transparent and accessible to the public in order to spread a message; The future of our city concerns us all, therefore a healthy planet is a circular planet!
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Growing world population and flock to urban areas The world population is growing exponentially. Currently our world is home for 7.7 billion people. By 2050, this number is expected to reach 9.7 billion, with almost 70% of them living in urban areas. So a serious imbalance is emerging.
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9.7 billion people
Earth Overshoot Day This imbalance is also accompanied by our ‘consumer behavior’ which makes the problem even worse. Already back in 1970 our current ‘take-make-waste’ economy had reached its limit. On the last day of the year we had consumed all the resources our planet had generated. Currently we are demanding way more resources from our planet than it can naturally regenerate throughout the year. A study conducted by Global Footprint Network shows that if we continue the way we are living right now, by 2030 we basically need two planets only to meet our needs in terms of resources.
resources for 365 days =
1 planet
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EOD: on December 31st
resources for 365 days =
1.7 planets
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EOD: on August 8th
resources for 365 days =
2 planets
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EOD: at the end of June
Priorities In 2015, 195 countries came together to declare a commitment against the climate crisis. This agreement led to certain priorities concerning our planet. It made the Circular Economy catch more momentum, and made many municipalities to put these developments higher on their list of actions.
Lack of public awareness However, the research pointed out that many people, especially the public, “the regular people�, are still unfamiliar with the term circularity. So there is a serious lack of knowledge and public awareness around this notion. Instead of only focusing on the tangible, we should also focus on the intangible; Educate people and Influence collective behavior.
Circular?!
You know? This is a circular building!
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Educate to influence Behavior Circularity is a collective, and global, responsibility that also rests on the shoulders of the citizens. Just focusing on designing buildings or products with reused or recycled materials is not enough. A change of mindset and behavior towards circularity is critical. 2050 is relatively short to transform an entire city from a linear to a circular one. But long enough to educate the next generations to adopt circularity as their standard. People must first be educated about circularity in order to raise awareness. Over time, this will lead to a cycle of people learning new things and passing on the knowledge. And this will ultimately increases the chance of influencing collective behavior in the long-term.
Educate
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Raise awareness
Influence behavior
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Aspects that form our Behavior There are a number of aspects that have an impact on our behavior. Attitude in particular stands out as the most related aspect to architecture. Because attitude is a person’s mental view or ‘mindset’ that is formed by education, experience, and environment. Probably the same three aspects that, when brought together carefully, create successful architecture.
BEHAVIOR
genetics
culture
religion
attitude
coercion
education
experience
environment
education circularity
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experience influence
environment architecture
social norms and ethics of a society
influence by authority
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The most suitable location Establishing an intervention that endeavors to reach the public requires a suitable location. The municipality of Rotterdam has designated several locations as ‘potential interaction environments’. Throughout the documents, a number of aspects appear to be overlapping across the different categories; blurring boundaries, removing barriers, improved spatial connections, and mix of functions.
Proximity to Seven Neighbourhoods Park Pompenburg seemed as the most suitable location in the city to create a House of Circularity. The park has a number of problems, such as the railway that cuts the park in two and functions as an element of separation. However, the park itself has a very prominent position in the urban fabric. It connects 7 neighborhoods and is, therefore, both economically and strategically the most prominent location to promote circularity. SCHIEBROEK
HILLEGERSBERG NOORD
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LANDZICHT
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STATIONSKWARTIER
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OUDE MATHENESSE
STADSDRIEHOEK STRUISENBURG
COOL NIEUWE WESTEN
OUDE WESTEN
SPANGEN RIVIUM
MIDDELLAND
WITTE DORP
NOORDEREILAND TUSSENDIJKEN
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BOSPOLDER KOP VAN ZUID - ENTREPOT
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KOP VAN ZUID - ENTREPOT
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Interacting with Circular Initiatives
Serving as a Collector and Distributor
Currently, there are more than 60 companies and initiatives in Rotterdam that are involved in Circularity. From collecting resources, recycling products and reusing materials, to innovating with ‘waste’ and producing new products from it. All these companies try to contribute to the circular economy in their own specific way. What they all have in common is their ambition to express their disapproval of the current economic system.
Every initiative who e.g. creates new materials or products out of (domestic) waste needs to collect it from its surroundings. Everything they can not collect is collected by waste companies and ends up at waste incineration plants to generate ‘renewable’ energy.
By working together, a circular synergy can be formed which will increase the effect each individual company has on the city. Companies can rely on each other’s knowledge in order to find new ways to use fewer materials and team up to create shared value. Moreover, collaborations can help increase each other’s network and spread public awareness. A crucial step to achieve a fully circular society.
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If the municipality aims to become a fully circular city, every neighborhood needs an intervention with an ‘intermediary role’ to assist in collecting resources for the initiatives. The building can have an ‘immediate’ interaction area where the approachability is optimized for the public. Resources collected both within the building and from the surrounding can be stored and redirected to the right initiative. The interaction with the initiatives to exchange materials expands their scope. This will lead to an up-scale of their business, which even further fosters the development of the circular economy.
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1. existing situation of the park, with the railway cutting the park in two
2. determine the optimum shape of the plinths
3. a plateau to connect the plinths and extend the railway tunnel towards Hofbogen
4. modify the existing Luchtsingel and connect to the plateau
5. reintroduce the removed part to bridge the road towards Blaak
6. project the railway below onto the plateau
7. the railway becomes an element of connectivity
8. determine the location and height of the towers
9. rotate towers for optimum orientation
10. add program and optimize the shape according to demand
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Architecture & Public Space Making circular activities visible to the public by providing dedicated workspaces where circular initiatives can showcase their work and transfer their knowledge, is critical to raise awareness. Public space could thereby form an incentive in boosting circular behavior through enhanced reachability and connectivity. Creating a seamless link between the complex and the neighborhood could instigate circular behavior in a proactive way.
Users & Stakeholders The project aims to address three types of people. (1.) people who want to learn more about circularity and want to participate; (2.) children who must be educated to learn about circularity at a young age; and (3.) people who are already involved in the circular economy. There are two stakeholders in this model. Stakeholder 1; the people, who are the suppliers of materials, and Stakeholder 2; the initiatives, who demand the materials. Both stakeholders have individual interests and combined interests. The plateau is ultimately the public domain where both stakeholders interact, and where education, environment, and experience come together.
Users and Stakeholders
CHILDREN
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Nudging through the Public Domain The interaction between the users and the public is based on a strategy called ‘nudging’. The paths on the plateau implicitly guide people to specific directions in an intended way, and encourage people to enter the public plinths. The plinths function as permeable structures that connect Rotterdam North with the Central District.
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Encourage to Explore & Interact Nudging can gently guide people to use a space in an intended way that aligns with the workprocess. It creates a more open and friendly atmosphere where people are implicitly guided, rather than a formal setting regulated and monitored by behavioral agreements. Therefore, the yellow stairs, which rises around the core, functions as a nudge to encourage people to explore the building and interact with different people, initiatives and activities.
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Visual interaction & Cross-polination Circular initiatives, startups, and the public share the same space in the plinth. The open environment of the structure creates visual interaction and cross-pollination of knowledge and information, resulting in an implicit spread of awareness. The plinth is a shared space that opposes isolation by emphasizing continuity, openness, and accessibility.
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House of Circularity ‘House of Circularity’ is a breeding ground and support for the growing number of circular initiatives in Rotterdam who can, both directly and indirectly, raise circular awareness, and educate the public about the importance and urgency of circularity. It is a place where circularity becomes visible to the public. A place that offers circular startups and initiatives space to meet the public and showcase their valuable work. A place where circular actors can interact with people who want to engage and learn more about the new economy by e.g. organizing or attending workshops.
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The Circular Intermezzo The intermezzo is an intermediate floor which houses a community platform, hydroponic farming, resource collection point, and storages in the form of displays with dedicated compartments for different materials. The intermezzo is a platform that brings residents and all other circular ‘actors’, people who are involved and engaged with circularity, together. It provides space to create a local marketplace where knowledge, tools, and materials are shared. The intermezzo is an interactive layer that is visible from the outside to highlight the circular activities inside the towers.
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Urban Climate Adaptation Rainwater collected on the roof will be used to water the planters through an integrated irrigation system. Excess water will be filtered to use for domestic purposes. The towers stimulate local food production through urban farming in the intermezzos and small greenhouse-cabins on the terraces. Domestic (fruit and vegetable) waste can then be turned into compost and returned to the residents to use as fertilizer for their gardens and planters. The towers are covered with planters with specific plants and bushes that can withstand the Dutch climate. They will: function as a protective shell to catch dust particles; contribute to insulate and prevent overheating; reduce acoustic pollution; and purify the air by producing oxygen. To be as energy efficient as possible, the towers are clad with white solar panels to generate electricity.
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The Spotlight The House of Circularity will become an osmosis that supports the social learning process. It will become a landmark for circularity in which the intermezzo will be recognized as the symbol for “circular activities� and the interaction between different actors. When the sun goes down, the intermezzo will light up and put the spotlight on the people who are firmly committed to make a difference to our world.
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Reflection, Realisation, Awareness, Memorial... A building that commemorates and reflects the border crossing at Checkpoint Charlie project type Hybrid Building year 2017 - 2018 location Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany instructors GRAFT Architects organisations TU Delft On August 13, 1961, Friedrichstraße Border Crossing, widely known as Checkpoint Charlie, was opened. This checkpoint was a symbol for the conflict between the world powers during the so-called Cold War as it became one of the most (in)famous innercity border crossings. It was strictly meant for foreigners (non-Germans), diplomats, Allied military personnel and GDR citizens. The Berlin Wall, which was erected in 1961, developed and enhanced gradually over the years. Started off with a single ‘Border Wall’, a second ‘Inner Wall’ was built between the late 60s and early 70s, which created the so called ‘Death Strip’. This no man’s land was literally a death zone which was designed to prevent any escape attempt. The border patrols were trained and commanded to shoot and kill. For 28 years, Checkpoint Charlie had an extremely strict inspection process, which made it almost heart-stopping for people who (legally) wanted to cross the border, due to several escape attempts which ended either in an arrest or kill. On June 22, 1990, after the fall of the wall in 1989, Checkpoint Charlie was decommissioned. In 2000, developers caused the demolition of the East German watchtower, which was, until then, the last remaining original structure belonging to Checkpoint Charlie. In 2002, a replica of the booth along with the sign that marked the border was placed at the original location. It was created to resemble the first guard booth from 1961. Unfortunately, unable to protect its historical significance, the location was redeveloped with modern offices, convenience shops, and tourist attractions. Major changes to the location over the years resulted nowadays with a minimal resemblance of the original checking station. Despite having caused so many lives and so much pain, no single gesture of commemoration, annual celebrations or memorials are to be found. People cross the FriedrichstraßeZimmerstraße intersection as if the division and inspection zone never happened or existed. This project was an attempt to give the intersection a sentimental yet provocative meaning by making people aware that they are crossing a point, without realizing that it has not been that easy or natural to cross for 28 years!
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Site Plan The empty plots on either side of Friedrichstrasse were once occupied with residential blocks. These got bombed and destroyed during World War II and were never restored or rebuild. During the Berlin Wall, these plots served as part of the security check of the border crossing at Checkpoint Charlie. In order to memorialize the division, and the various tragic event connected to the border crossing, the buildings on both sites form a canopy, shaped like a distorted gate that has been cracked open.
Berlin Wall
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Celebration?, Commemoration?
August 13th, 1961 - November 9th, 1989
June 13th, 1990
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Available plots The two available plots are on the exact spot where the Berlin Wall used to stand. The plots partly cover the former ‘Death Strip’ where the actual border crossing took place.
Friedrichstraße The Wall, which was symbol for division, closed the dense Friedrichstraße for 28 years. After November 9th, 1989, the street regained its importance. But the history threatens to be forgotten.
Mauerstraße Mauerstraße is a diagonal street cutting through many blocks similar to Broadway in Manhattan. In its extension, the road conjuncts with both Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße.
Overhang The buildings on either side of the road should contribute to convey the historical meaning and importance of both Friedrichstraße and the border crossing of Checkpoint Charlie.
Defining program The program of the buildings are defined by Friedrichstraße while the shape of the buildings are devoted to Checkpoint Charlie and the border crossing of the Berlin Wall.
Awareness The vanishing awareness of the actual location of the border crossing is revived by creating overhangs with reflective ceilings where people see everyone, including themselves, crossing Checkpoint Charlie. This creates a moment of reflection and realization of its history.
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An Archive as a Landmark Redefining the entrance to the Museum Park project type Commercial Building year 2017 location HNI, Rotterdam, The Netherlands instructors Suzana Milinovic & Rufus van den Ban organisations TU Delft The HNI (Het Nieuwe Instituut) is a cultural institute for architecture, (fashion) design and e-culture, located at the Museumpark in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The building was originally designed by the Dutch architect Jo Coenen. However, over the years, the building has undergone several changes and expansions. In a fictitious scenario the building was completely burned down and was no longer possible to recover. A commission for a new ‘’Het Nieuwe Instituut’’ was announced. The same space program, same location, different vision! Despite being a cultural building in one of Rotterdam’s most prominent locations (Museumpark) and being part of the ‘Kunst-As’, the building was not really inviting for the visitors of the park. It seemed like the building was isolated so it could only be approached by its own visitors. Another obstacle was that most people, especially tourists, struggled to find out how to reach the Museumpark or did not know about the existence of the ‘KunstAs’ due to the orientation of the 200 m long and narrow archive building of the HNI, which was completely blocking the view to the park. So this location was in desperate need of a ‘’Landmark’’. 1. Since the building is part of the Kunst-As, it should clearly emphasize this route by letting the visitors pass through the site, instead of the uninviting street (Jongkindstraat) next to it. 2. To clearly accentuate the archive as the institute’s reason for existence, and to make the building, as well as the Museumpark, more visible to visitors from a distance, the archive was designed as a 50 m high reflective tower. 3. To make the building more inclusive and inviting for every visitor of the park, the building was divided into three interconnected blocks, designed as stands to provide seats and possibilities for people to just sit and enjoy the view or weather. 4. The building had to be designed with an ambitious sustainability demand to be energy neutral. Designing the architectural form and at the same time integrating a high energy ambition resulted in a symbiosis between architecture and sustainability, where every gesture served functional, aesthetic and sustainable purposes.
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The new Kunst-As Tourists and visitors are struggling to find the Museum Park. People who come from the direction of the Central Station do not recognize the Kunst-As which starts at the corner where House Sonneveld is located. By relocating the axis of the Kunst-As, from Jongkindstraat, to go through the HNI, it creates both a visual and cultural concatenation.
Sun orientation
- indirect daylight to the exhibition areas - max. sun exposure to the public space
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Windshield
- the volumes are blocking the southwest and northeast wind and are creating a wind-free zone in between
Public outdoor space
Wind tower
- public space between the formal functions - the tower as a landmark to emphasize the - stands that can be used to organize importance of the archive open-air lectures - a wind tower for natural ventilation - tower clad with solar panels to generate energy
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A Fashion Pavilion A provoking playground to evoke Imagination and Interaction project type Open Pavilion year 2017-2018 location Park Bosco Verticale, Milan, Italy instructors Sang Lee organisations TU Delft Studio assignment: The studio deals with the concepts, techniques and craft of fashion design and sartorial construction that inform architectonic composition and the image-making capacities both architecture and fashion share. Clothing goes beyond the functional: we try to express our personality and who we may be through clothing. In this sense, clothing should satisfy the function of protection and at the same time project an identity in a culturally situated way. Works of architecture works in a similar way. The assignments consist of studying the indexicality of human body and form; the skin as a vital organ that helps protect and regulate the body; and the role of clothing that covers, protects, and embellishes the body. Specific fascination: A shortcut is defined as a shorter or alternative route one can take to get from one point to the other. However, a ‘shortcut’ becomes debatable once it becomes the only logical path. People intuitively choose for a shortcut unless there is a reason for a detour. When people are confronted with options and possibilities, they make decisions. Architects, therefor, posses the power to organize the flow and pace, like conductors, by orchestrating the circulation. However, rational situation can result in circulations based on rather personal and intuitive choices. The pavilion confronts and challenges people with physical situations and stimulates them to make irrational choices. It consists of a playful configuration of simple and recognizable forms to explore and navigate through. At the same time the combinations of the elementary forms try to cause a certain level of complexity, confusion and disorientation.
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The Pavilion By confronting people with physical situations you stimulate them to make irrational choices. Physical situations, such as the height and width of a passage, can create intimacy which can evoke emotions and senses that can influence the process of decisionmaking. Therefore, the pavilion becomes a playful structure that endeavors to stimulate decisionmaking, imagination & creativity, induce intimacy, provoke interaction, and arouse curiosity. It becomes a playground or factory for creative exploration, and will start serving as an exhibition-maze for the fashion week where certain fashion houses will have their own space to exhibit their products.
The Greek
anthropomorphism
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The Renaissance human proportions
The 20th Century uniformity & identity
The 21st Century
human interaction & activity
Traditional & Modern iconic architectural materials traditional: the brick modern: steel
punctuation elementary forms curved walls straight walls exhibition spaces
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The Cube House 2.0 A modular social housing solution within a Circular Economy project type Social Housing year 2016 location Arnhem Presikhaaf, The Netherlands instructors Lucie Van der Wiele, Frits Schultheiss, Henri van Hoeve organisations HAN University & Onix NL Architects Together with my graduation partner, we proposed an affordable social-housing solution by using the Cubestee, a 6x6x6 m wooden box, developed by Onix NL, as the starting point. The Cubestee was redesigned into three standardized units developed with modular and ‘DIY’ principles. The aim was to develop an object that offered optimum flexibility for stacking, shifting and expanding, depending on the need. We started to see realistic opportunities and possibilities to turn this system into a pop-up housing project. The reason for this research was the shortage of social housing created by the influx of many refugees and the housing policy that was not correctly applied by the government, as a result, many people live in social housing while they are no longer entitled to it (in Dutch called; scheefwoners). Waiting lists are growing dramatically and the pressure on the social housing sector is increasing. In order to boost the housing volume, the creation of affordable new housing in accelerated construction is required. Therefore, the project consisted of five main objectives: 1. Redevelop the Cubestee as a modular (DIY - Do it yourself) system. 2. Provide possibilities to stack and connect various housing units to create mass. 3. Use sustainable and reusable materials regarding the circularity economy. 4. Design elements that can be completely disassembled and reused with as little loss as possible (circular economy). 5. A house that is self-sufficient and affordable for the social housing sector.
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Creating Mass The Cubestee is redeveloped into three DIY units; cube (2 floors), half-cube (1 floor), and attached half-cube (1 extended floor). The project attempts to pose a practical solution to the housing shortage by creating a ‘building kit’ that can we ordered and built within a short timeframe, anytime more housing is needed. Modularity provides flexibility and adaptability for future demands. If more houses are needed, the configuration of the mass can easily be adjusted and complemented.
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Miscellaneous A small selection of personal projects
A Book Display Sketch Drawings
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A Book Display In order to design a functional furniture for the existing decoration of the library and to present the newly added books, the display resulted in a fusion between a coffee table and a display case. The gently tilted gesture showcase the books to the public through an asymmetrical wave-like shape inspired by the curves of the purple furniture in the library. The varying angle makes it possible to present books both standing and open to attract visitors to grab a book, sit on one of these lazy chairs and explore through the newly added publications. - production in collaboration with Vincent de Rijk.
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Sketch Drawings In my spare time, I like to sketch various things where I draw inspiration from. Buildings, landscapes, people, but also comic and anime characters. In the professional field, sketching helps me to quickly transform a creative thought into a tangible translation. As an architect, designer or artist, a quick doodle can dramatically strengthen the communication and help speed up the design process.
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