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hello, My name is Foad Sarsangi and I am currently finishing my last year of undergraduate studies in the field of Architecture. I believe the design process should be as playful as it is thoughtful and I am interested in the stories that emerge from spatial explorations. I look forward to making your acquaintance!
Curr i c ulum Vitae sarsangifoad@gmail.com
instagram.com/foadsr youtube.com/foadsarsangi Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi university, Silahtaraga road, Eyup, Istanbul, Turkey
Foad Sarsangi 23/09/1995 Tehran,Iran
Education
Languages
2002-2005 Starbanks Primary, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2005-2012
Ghalam private school, Tehran, Iran
English Persian Turkish
Skills AutoCad Rhinoceros 3D
2012-2013
Rajiv Ghandi School of Medicine, Bangalore, India
Sketchup Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe LIghtroom
2015-present Architecture, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey CGPA 3.82 - First in department
Revit Lumion Final Cut Pro
Professional experience
2013-2015
Iranshahr Theatre, Photographer & Graphic designer, Tehran, Iran
2016
MANDRO geotechnical engineering office, 3d modeling & planning, Tehran, Iran
2016
Participant in AA visiting school summer workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
2017
Participant in “Koçtaş Açık Fikir” Competition
2017
Participant in NOPA , ETH Zürich summer workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
2018
Founder of BILGI ATELIER student club, based in Istanbul Bilgi University
2018
Internship at TECE Architecture
2018
Co-founder of minusone studio
2018
Participant in “Kamu Binaları tasarim fikir yarışması” Competition
2018
Participant in “Çanakkale Seramik Bathroom Design” Competition
2018
Participant in “48 Hours” student Competition
2018
Participant in “Turkey Bicycle Federation Logo Design” Competition
2018
Photographer at AA visiting school summer workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
Projects
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Project Lightline a new year lantern
JAN 2015 Basic Design I
Collaboration with Aylin Güler ,Birtan Yılmaz İbrahim Şahan,Huseyin Yıldız
The project light line is the fallout of multiple systems and ideas bundled into the form of a lantern. This project is the conclusion of various intersecting grid systems forming a so and rigid shape, despite the angular grids. The idea was lucid. Designing a lantern to reflect the spirit and joy of the new year. When we say lantern, the first thing that emerges in our mind is a form around a lightbulb with distinct colors and materials. This project has leaped into an unorthodox part of lantern designing creating a whole new level in this field.
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The Capsule a project for Kıyıköy
JAN 2016 Architectural Design II
The capsule is an accommodation unit designed to be placed on the shore of the Kazan river, Kiyikoy, Turkey. This unit holds up to two people and as its name reveals has the characteristics of capsule units commonly seen in Eastern architecture. The simplicity of this capsule gives it a convenient feature. A bath unit, a sleeping unit and the magnificent view of the, river is all that can be seen. The entrance is located on the top so that anyone entering at first would not anticipate the change of atmosphere they are the change of atmosphere they are about to encounter. A ergoing down the burnt Cherry stairs the individual slowly goes passed a dark and claustrophobic atmosphere into a space with a wide view of the nature. The bed component also looks up to a ceiling window for a sight of the night sky.
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St. Olaf Chapel a project for Alta
MAY 2017 Building Materials and Technologies II
The project is located on the coast of Alta, Norway, which has a cold and polar climate. The design is a field chapel on the upper floors and the priest accommodation unit on the lower floor. This chapel was designed to bear the cold climate of Alta but ironically it is also intended to be a sustainable and green building. With PV panels, heating glasses and much more integrations this would be possible. The glass would let in a smear of light into the chapel but not too much. The tall walls and the columns following them inevitably move the eyes upward to the glowing roof. This experience is mostly seen in churches and chapels to emphasize the mightiness of God and the scale of mankind. The structure of the chapel is wood skeleton and was planned as a tectonic building so that the structural axes are visible from the inside and can be read. The outer shell of the chapel is dark metal. This creates a contrast and transition whilst passing through to the chapel. The stiffness, coldness and darkness of the out side material becomes a so , warm and light wood on the inside giving a feeling of peace, serenity and safety.
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Erenkรถy Train Station
JAN 2017 Architectural Design III
The design was based on four principles. Initially the objective was to add focus to the old train station and reduce any tension between the old station and the new station. The second factor was to be able to create a space that would offer the user a change in atmosphere and a sense o f seperation from the outer world. A third criteria in the design was to add what is most lacked in the area. Green spaces. And the last objective was to conserve the visual communication between the user and the train as seen in old train stations. to achieve all four of these objectives the whole complex is placed inside the ground, meaning no structure is above the ground level. By this way the only structure visable from eye level is the old train station. The complex consists of a library, a study hall, a multi-functional studio, a cafe and a performance art center. The entrance is located opposite the entrance of the old train station. The reason for this is to use the old station as a symbol for a train station. The main problem when designing an undergroound structure is natural light. With several openings and a common garden in the middel of the complex this problem was solved. The intention of this complex is not only to create an atmosphere for the neighbourhood but to become a center at the heart of the KadÄąkĂśy district for everyone to use.
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18 Mart University Campus a project for Çanakkale
JUN 2018 Architectural Design IV
Creating an atmosphere to address both the community and the students as well as creating an environment for both sides to socialize was the main goal of this project. A city that has culture, nature and education embedded in its history requires a similar approach when designing in it. This design aimed to respect these factors and change the perception that educational buildings have to be rigid in concept and far from public. One of the most crucial design decisions was to integrate the green space and the public space to the buildings itself. The concept was to present potentials for these spaces and leave it to the visitor to use it or not. The next step of the project was the buildings itself. In order to continue designing the city park it was required to design the buildings that sit on the site or in other words the two could not be separated and should be thought together. We can never have enough green spaces I believe, and this project was perfect for integrating the green spaces and the buildings together. The initial thought was to connect the buildings and the nature with a so called adaptor. This adaptor would function for both the buildings and the park. It would be a passage between the two but also a functional element which the users could connect to. This led to creating green slopes. These slopes would rise from the ground and connect to the buildings. Aside from being a bridge, these slopes would also allow the users to sit on them and observe the park and the campus from an elevated level, which is an important element in public spaces as said by William Whyte.
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Istanbul Bosphorus Museum a project for Istinye
JAN 2019 Architectural Design V Collaboration with Jan 2017 Birtan YÄąlmaz Architectural Design III
Contrary to regular museums, Istanbul Bosphorus museum is not a building or a single space, IBM is a route which intends to create an experience built around the Bosphorus. The museum uses the city and the sea as elements of exhibition and tries to translate them into experiences for the visitors. The platform going through the trees and presenting information about them, the underground section of the Bosphorus illustrating a different view of the sea, the frames informing the visitors about the city and the Bosphorus cloud translating waves into a playfull matter are just some of the elements in this museum. The booklet which has been linked at the end of this portfolio intends to explain each of these elements in detail.
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1- Platform Start 2- The City as an Exhibition ( Frames ) 3- Section of the Bosphorus 4- Stairway to the Bosphorus 5- Furniture 6- TURMEPA Headquarters 7- Pier 8- Sea Bath 9- Bosphorus Cloud 10- IBM offices and Cafe 11- The Tower
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Gleditsia Triacanthos Liquidambar Styraciflua Liriodendron Tulipifera
Robinia Pseudoacacia Parrotia Persica
Tilia Tomentosa
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Governer’s office building a project for Kayseri
AUG 2018 “Kamu Binaları tasarim fikir yarışması” Competition Collaboration with Baha Yurttaş ,Birtan Yılmaz Bertuğ Vural
“Kayseri” is one of the most historically multi-cultured/multi-layered cities like many other “Anatolian” cities. It hosted the societies of Byzantines, Seljuks, Ottomans and lastly the Turks. Throughout time, each culture adds up on one another and creates the present-day urban life of “Kayseri”. The project area is located in “Cumhuriyet Square” which was always the core of the city for all of the aforementioned societies, therefore their structural traces still exists to this da in the square. The Governer’s Office Building area on “Cumhuriyet Square” is owned by the state and previously was not efficiently working with the urban life on both underground ( market place ) level and ground level in the city core. The projects main purpose is to reorganize the public space and non-public space and add up the layered cultural structure to the idea.
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Balat Conservation & Restoration Center
DEC 2018 Principles of Conservation and Restoration
Collaboration with Aylin Güler ,Birtan Yılmaz Semih Erbalcı
Because of the fact that it is located in " The Historical Peninsula, Istanbul'. "Balat" holds a specific cultural identity. This identity causes the neighbourhood's street-oriented social life and the district. A er the gentrification movement began to conquer the neighbourhood a er mid-2010's, the historical identity that exists in Balat started to change and the cultural idenfiy started to alter as well. Balat Preservation & Restoration Center is a project that aims to protect the cultural assets of Balat. It preserves what the district holds most important and still tries to create an approach that belongs to the 21st century. The program consits of an exhibition area on the ground floor, an auditorium & workshop in the first floor, a library on the second and an office area on the third floor.
Other Works
Urcembilitism NOV 2017 Production of space and the Urban condition
Collaboration with Selcen Fidan, Muhammet Ali Atmaca, Onurcan Oktay
Are cemeteries urban stables? Cemeteries being traced back to ancient times, are places where groups of the same ethnic are buried. These grounds ( Necropolis ) morphologically point out to cities and demand a order whithin thmselves. In the first steps of being built, cemeteries, which represent a different dimention of living were placed outside the cities and has almost been able to protect that feature. Being kept far from humans, cemeteries created a symbol of fright and horror especially in night times. Cities and the humans a er going through many developments and adding many urban elements and changing definitions, the cemeteries have found new positions. Nowadays the cemeteries can be seen inside the city. What does this represent? How does having a surrounding affect it? And what does the communication between the cemetery and its surrounding define? These were the main questions that started this project. At first the contradiction between the answers we expected and the answers we got were a clear sign that a city is not predictable and has many changing factor. An important finding was that the sense of what we had about a cemetery was nothing like the result that we got. Cemeteries despite what is thought by people has a planning and is somewhat a city simulation whithin itself. In this exhibition elements of the city and the cemetery are shown to illustrate the similarity between the two. These elements are grouped by words that define that exact situation.
NonOrthogonal Planar Assemblies ETH Zurich JUN 2017
Tutors: Selen Ercan, Cemal Koray BingĂśl, Gamze GĂźndĂźz, David Jenny, Luka Piskorec
NOPA was a 10 day workshop on robotÄąc fabrication held by ETH Zurich at Ä°stanbul Bilgi University for graduate students and acceptance for undergraduate students were done by scholarship. The first stage of the workshop was an introduction to robotic fabrication with lectures by Selen Ercan, Orkun Kasap, Ralph Bartschi and Hannes Mayer. A er the first stage, the designing started. The objective was to use pieces of wood in an orthogonal matter to create an unorthogonal structure. A er deciding on the design the fabrication started. The team used the KUKA robot for cutting the wood and for assembling them. The code for the robot was written in Grasshopper. The result was a pavillion exhibited in the front yard of the faculty of Architecture at Istanbul Bilgi University.
Architectural Association School of Architecture Visiting School JUL 2016
Tutors: Elif Erdine, Cemal Koray Bingöl, Gamze Gündüz, Alexandros Kallegias, Efe Gözen
The workshop under the name of Tectonic Symbiosis was a workshop with the intention of investigating the design and fabrication of a self-standing structure through the integration of computational and robotic process’. The main aim was to focus on a combination of structural, morphological and contextual factors that the design would be able to respond to so to differentiate the material and geometrical organization. The final design was a self supporting structure made out of foam. The design was made of smaller units which were cut by the robot. The KUKA was a mechanical arm which had a hot wire cutter attached. The codes were written using the KUKA PRC plugin in Grasshopper.
Architectural Association School of Architecture Visiting School JUL 2017 Photographer
Turkish Bicycle Federation Logo DesignCompetition JUL 2016
Proposals Collaboration with Efe Akıncıoğlu
Personal Photography Experience Since 2014
Publications Since 2015
I s t a n b u l B o s p h o r u s M u s u e m
JAN 2019 Istanbul Bosphorus Museum Handbook Collaboration with Birtan Yılmaz
SEP 2017 Gündelik Hayat Çalışmaları Published book
ISBN 978-605-399-490-9 Collaboration with Oğul Öztunç, Cansu Curgen, Avşar Gürpınar
Improving the public r e a l m
JUN 2018 Improving the public realm Collaboration with Aylin Güler, Emre Çincaner
NOV 2017 Architecture of Resistance Collaboration with Birtan Yılmaz
JAN 2019 Urcembilitism comic book Collaboration with Selcen Fidan, Muhammet Ali Atmaca, Onurcan Oktay
JAN 2018 Cemetery Handbook Collaboration with Selcen Fidan, Muhammet Ali Atmaca, Onurcan Oktay
AUG 2016-2019 Curves of IRAN Travel journal on Persian Architecture
JAN 2018 Urcembilitism Handbook Collaboration with Selcen Fidan, Muhammet Ali Atmaca, Onurcan Oktay
Poster Design Production of Space & the Urban condition Film Series 2018
OCT 2018 Play Time
NOV 2018 Wild wild country
NOV 2018 Neighbouring sounds
DEC 2018 EkĂźmenopolis
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