PORTFOLIO
Vol I
İrem Çeri
2016 2022
ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL
Architectural
İREM ÇERİ CONTACT Milano +39 3312399437 irem.ceri@gmail.com 28.08.1993
education
experience
Bilkent High School
2007-2011
IB (International Baccalaureate) Program
2009-2011
Ankara, Turkey Ankara, Turkey
Bilkent University Department of Computer Science
Restoration Work Observation and Investigation
2014
Intern-ITO Yatırım
2015
Intern-Bütüner Mimarlık
2019
Workshop-Urban Sponge
2021
Intern-Carlo Ratti Associati
2015 Spring
Milan, Italy
Politecnico di Milano Department of Architecture Msc
2015
2012-2016
Ankara, Turkey
Period of Study Abroad, ERASMUS
Design Build Lab
2011-2012
Ankara, Turkey
Bilkent University Department of Architecture Bachelor
2014
2017-2020
Milan, Italy
achievements
Construction and assembly of an light wood structure Archeological Site, Vimercate Construction firm
Architectural firm
Directed by Richard Ingersoll- Prato,Italy Architectural firm (6 months internship) - Turin,Italy
extracuricular activities
2015-2016 Spring
2016-2017
Honour degree from Bilkent University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
TSMD Architectural Center Voluntary Event Assistant 2014
Italy Study Abroad Program in Architecture and Urbanism
2014 September
Project elected to be exhibited in TSMD Architectural Center Students’ Projects 2021 January
Non Architecture “Public Spaces Competition” finalist with project named “Live Protest”
2012-2015
Bilkent DAS (Design and Architecture Society) member, participated in Tasarım Bilkent (Design and Architecture Conference) ‘13 & ‘14 Organization 2013-2015
Information Office for Prospective Students (BTO) worked as a guide student. 2018
Participitation to the ‘Biennale Sessions ARCHITECTURE AS GIFT’ with a project model
language proficiency Turkish English Italian French
software skills Revit Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator Rhino Grasshopper Vray Lumion Autocad Enscape Microsoft Office
CONTENTS This portfolio contains selected works from design projects developed while pursuing a Bachelor degree in Architecture at Bilkent University, a Master of Science degree in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano and projects that I was involved during the internship at Carlo Ratti Associati. The projects were chosen to highlight the diverse scale and approaches encompassed in my design education and career.
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MUSEUM OF THE VOID
Contemporary Art Museum, Nice, France
LA FERMATA-LAKE CHAPEL
Competition Project for ReUse Italy, San Giovanni in Val di Lago, Italy
PIAZZA CARIGNANO
Square + Installation, Torino, Italy
LIVE PROTEST
Competition Project for Non Architecture, Finalist
CASA PARISI
Redesign of the House of Ico Parisi, Como, Italy
ANKARA WHOLESALE MARKET
Revitalization of Ankara River + Market Design, Ankara, Turkey ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL
NATURAL CAPITAL
Data Visualization Project for Milan Design Week Collabrated with ENI, Milan, Italy
UNIMI SCIENCE CAMPUS University Campus Design, Milan, Italy
1 MUSEUM OF THE VOID Project Location: Nice, France Politecnico di Milano-Thesis Project
Var River is located at the west-end of Nice. The region around the river is a developing area. It is mostly composed of abandoned agricultural fields, industrial areas, and warehouse scaled commercial buildings. The site is located at a junction point of various transportation infrastructures. There is the A8 highway which is connecting France to Italy, there is the airport of the Nice and also the railway of TGV. In addition to these, the municipality is planning both infrastructural and regional development which is called Eco-Valley. They are planing a sustainable business hub around the area. By taking these into consideration the project aims to develop a strategy, an idea for the future landscape and designing an innovative museum. Museum of the Void is located at the threshold between the industrial area and the abandoned agricultural fields across the Allianz Riviera Stadium. The idea is to connect both sides of the Var River by creating another focal point opposing an existing attraction point, which is the stadium, and establish a buffer zone between the industrial area and the agricultural area.
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• New public transportation lines that are moving between Var and Paillon • Increasing the attraction points at the West end of the city • Balancing productive land, natural land and recreational land
Agricultural land Abondoned agricultural land Parks and recreation Research center University Museum Tram (existing line) Tram (planned line) Train
KEYWORDS: Mobility-Connectivity-Resiliency-Green Network-Urban Network-Productive Land-Recreational Land-Attraction Points-Sustainablity
Existing Situation
Connections
Strategy
C O N N E C T E D A N D S U STA I N A B L E L A N D S C A P E Main purpose of the strategical plan is to attach both sides of the river by blue- green networks and physical connection by using existing networks. And then create a loop by connecting upper and lower part of the area by benefiting from the existing natural and infrastructural network.
Collage, Museum of Void, Eco Valley, Nice
Museum of the Void, Nic
ce, France, Axonometry
Section AA’ This part of the museum has an inner garden with tranparent facades which creates a visual connection with the inside of the museum and also brings sun light through the rooms of the musem. Void is inside the volume and creates a potential at the central part of the structure.
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Middle section of the museum is like the negative of the first part. Inner core is totally solid and non-permeable while the outher shell is transperent.
Section CC’ The part that is closer to the riverbes is directly connected with the river itself. There is a basin/pool that extracts the water directly from the river with an undergroun canal.
Museum of the Void consists of three rectangular volumes which have same dimensions. The bridge behind the museum connects it with the stadium and both of these structures creates a flow of people and stitches two sides of the river. There is also the deck that goes upon the river. The void on the deck creates different kind of communication with context of the museum.
The circulation of the complex based on two different flows. There is the uninterrpted vertical connection that starts from the bridge and goes until the special houses. And there is horizontal flow that goes through the riverside.
Collage, Museum of the Void, Eco Valley, Nice
Nature
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LA FERMATA-LAKE CHAPEL Project Location: San Giovanni in Val di Lago, Italy Resuse Italy Competition
Embracing the idea of “being on a journey with a purpose and a direction” as the conceptual center of the challe moment and to come together. The project proposal aims to highlight the experience of stopping to meet with n satisfying religious/spiritual and cultural needs in and around the Lake Chapel of San Lorenzo Nuovo.
enge, La Fermata offers a stop for the pilgrims, the hikers, and the local community a place to pause, to be in the new people, bring life stories together, to be present in now, get to know thyself and others while being in nature,
The programmatic layout is designed by extending the northern path through the plot and introducing a secondary axis referenced by the Chapel itself. The accommodation center and the external auditorium are located on the intersection area highlighting the two axes. Most of the program is placed underground in order not to disturb the scenic nature of the area. The two ramps from both approach sides meet at a common ground in between the auditorium and the accommodation center and provide access to both buildings. The ramps are also aligned to frame the Chapel while approaching it.
The roof of the auditorium is tilted to provide a direction to the interior space and for the continuation of the green area above. The accommodation center is designed in a way to accumulate the common areas and meditation spaces on the underground level while sunken courtyards and gardens provide light to these common places. The pilgrim rooms are located on the ground level each of them facing a marvelous country view towards the fields. The landscape is treated with a garden strip and a grid garden offering a rich existence with nature and a round pool is introduced on the green axis and existing water canal extension. La Fermata offers a stop and an opportunity to pause for communication and interaction for all who are on a sacred journey.
As the conservation approach, the proposal intervenes minimally with a geometric approach while highlighting the existing lineaments. In the interior space, the main and smaller rooms are divided with a rotating door allowing the users programmatic flexibility. Seating steps designed complementary to the octagonal geometry are introduced for communal religious or cultural activities such as classical music concerts. The arched niches of the interior space are highlighted with frames.
For the roof covering, the inherent octagonal form of the chapel is extruded and tilted with an angle emphasizing the front facade of the Lake Chapel. To respect and preserve the ruin, a threshold area is provided in-between the stone walls and the new light roof. The roof is provided with a skylight to keep the interior space lit and have a divine experience. Reflective metal surfaces are clad to the roof exterior for the roof to blend in with the surroundings while keeping its contemporary identity.
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PIAZZA CARIGNANO Group Project with Adriana Pascale Project Location: Torino, Italy Politecnico di Milano
Given the rigorous grid and bourgeois vibes in the Carignano Piazza, the new design is meant to disrupt the austere organisation and redesign it in a modernist manner. Influenced by the works of Kazimir Malevich, a Russian Suprematist who believed that art should transcend subject matter and the truth of shape and colour should reign over the image, the proposal aims to bring dynamism to the piazza, due to the arrangement and orientation of the coloured marble tiles. The strategic fragmentation of the pavement dictates a new rhythm, an unusual one for a historic piazza, which invites people to use the space for more than just a transitory corridor.
Physical Model Photo I
Physical Model Photo II
The two installations painted in an eye-catching International Klein Blue, like the central monument as well, bring a new set of activities into the piazza, for both children and adults. Inspired by old-school playgrounds, such as the ones created by Aldo van Eyck, but mostly by the work of SUPERFLEX, an artistic Danish trio, exhibited in Tate Modern in London, our seven-meter-high metal pipe installation blends with the created pavement and it is a combination of climbing areas and swings, meant to be used by the public.
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LIVE PROTEST
Group Project with Pelin Sökmen Project Location: Milano, Italy Non-Architecture Competition Finalist
In the world’s current environment, it is not far off to foresee a future where even social gatherings are online especially after witnessing a pandemic. Through digitalization, global accessibility in such events is made possible. We can participate in any gathering with a click and join in through the public screens placed during these events.
“The Gatherer” app let’s you see all these ongoing events around the globe to select which cause you want to support and join in. Having access to a public gathering with one click allows a higher number of participations therefore leading to a greater impact in a short period of time. However, this global accessibility comes with a price: controlled environments. Putting limitations to physical participation could be a gateway for governments to fully filter the events, track all the participants.
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CASA PARISI Group Project with Ardian Murati Project Location: Como, Italy Politecnico di Milano
Ico Parisi was one of the leading figures in the Como culture of the 1900s. This house that he renovated for himself is also one of the important architectural figures of the city. In this project the house that is designed by Ico Parisi had been rethought by making small interventions to increase the functionality and also adapt it to today’s architecture. One of the most problematic part of the house was the use of natural light, to overcome this problem a wide opening had been proposed on the heavy wall that was separating the living room from the kitchen. Another problem was that the entrance of the house is from the first floor where the bedroom is located and there is no separation between the bedroom and the circulatory system of the house. For this reason a wooden separator which has two layers: a wood plate and a net, was introduced. With the help of this element the privacy of the bedroom had been given back and the light also will able to pass to the circulatory part of the house.
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BEDROOM
Bedroom is detached from the circulation system with the semiopen wooden seperator.
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ANKARA WHOLESALE MARKET Project Location: Ankara, Turkiye Bilkent University-Final Project
This project focuses on revitalization of Ankara River and offers a sustainable development of the master plan which goes along the Ankara river basin and urban riverfront. The main concern of the design is creating a prototype that approaches sustainability along different dimensions: Economic, Environmental, Cultural, Aesthetic and Functional. After analyzing the site by the perspective of sustainability and presenting different master plans, the type of building that we were going to design had chosen, as it was considered the final academic project. I decided to redesign an existing place which is a wholesale market. My main purpose was to solve the existing problems by looking from a sustainable perspective and designing a riverfront which gains favor for its own community and the environment.
Noise
House Prices
Open Spaces
Airport - 120 dB Industry - 85 dB Railways - 80 dB Highways - 75 dB
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Open Space Green Area Plant Nursery Brownfield Agriculture
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As mentioned, this effort concentrates on the redevelopment of the A The site’s importance as a potential catalyst in the re-imaging of Ank proximity to potential interconnected green-ways and transportation variety of design and planning interventions possible.
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Ankara River watershed as it passes through critical urban foci. kara’s central urban fabric, its economic potential, sheer scale, and nodes suggested vast potential, both in terms of the scale of and the
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NATURAL CAPITAL Realized project designed with CRA team Project Location: Milan, Italy A project by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati for Eni
Energy company Eni and international design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati present “Natural Capital,” one of the largest data visualizations ever produced. Located in the Brera Botanical Garden, in Milan, the project aims to demonstrate the key role that trees play in producing oxygen, by showing how much CO2 each individual tree species can capture and store. The same amount of CO2 would be released in the atmosphere if the trees were removed, thus making it crucial to promote forestry protection instead of deforestation. “Natural Capital” aims to be one of the largest data visualizations projects ever produced, and also showcases Eni’s commitment to forestry initiatives. The project will open to the public during the Milan Design Week 2021 as part of INTERNI’s “Creative Connections” exhibition, from 4 to 12 September 2021.
“The information we need for mapping the absorption of the Botanical Garden are selected from a sample of specimens and will be used for the "Three-dimensional infographics" installation.”
“The species of the selected specimens will be indicated by means of a graphic (for example the shape of the leaf) and their scientific name.”
“Each species’ capacity of absorbing quantity of CO2 is different: this data is displayed through a color scale that will be the base of the heat map.”
“The diameter of the inflatable ball will indicate the amount of CO2 absorbed by the specimen in examination throughout its one month life.”
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User Journey Diagram 1. Entrance 2. Black Sphere 3. Kiosk + Totem1
4. Passerella 5. Totem2 6. Sphere with PVC
7. Totem3 8. Bar 9. Exit
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UNIMI SCIENCE CAMPUS Project at definitive phase Project Location: Milan, Italy A project by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati
International design and innovation practice CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and a team led by Australian real estate group Lendlease have won the international competition to design the University of Milan’s new science campus. Located in the MIND-Milano Innovation District, a 1-million-square-meter (10 million square feet) innovation park whose masterplan was also developed by CRA, the new campus is set to open in 2025. The campus will extend over 190,000 square meters (2 million square feet) and will serve approximately 23,000 researchers and students specializing in natural and formal sciences at the University of Milan. The design, developed by CRA in collaboration with architect Italo Rota, revolves around a network of green courtyards, a series of uninterrupted walking paths (“common ground”) at different heights, and five brick buildings. It also features a large central square with an adjacent lake.
The buildings pay tribute to the Ca’ Granda, the 15th-century brick building designed by the Rena been designed with an innovative construction technique, with each brick individually positioned sional tapestry with textual and visual content.
The concept of the facades are still in an experimental process to understand which kind of image cept there are collages which consists old “HERBARIUM” scientific illustrations. The goal is to cre today’s facades of the new university buildings.
aissance architect Filarete, which today hosts the central seat of the University of Milan. The facades have by a robotic arm and treated as a pixel within a large-scale bas-relief. The result will be a three-dimen-
es would represent the university best and can be applicable in reality. In the latest version of the conate and herbarium on the facades of the university’s buildings and bringing an old scientific method to
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