Isil Akgul Work Samples

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IŞIL AKGÜL

design \ sustainability \ equity For additional information and projects, see portfolio at www.isilakgul.com

Sustainability in Civitas

CIVITAS: THE VILLAGE MODEL HUD Affordable Housing Student Competition Finalist, 2018

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Client: Dover Housing Authority °Design, Sustainability, Renderings, Graphics, Diagram, Site Plan, and Layout (Other Team Members: Larissa Lai, Olivia Norfleet, Brandon O’Halloran, Jay Skardis)

Existing Units

The village model is a social support model that allows residents to age in place in a sustainable and interdependent community. The traditional concept of a village with close-knit relationships between neighbors and the wider community is reflected in the social service coordination and physical design in Civitas.

Civitas is designed on three pillars; sustainability, sociability, and replicability. The design incorporates these principles through both the built environment as well as long-term programming, resulting in the village model, a community-oriented network of systems that fosters a more efficient, more enjoyable environment for both residents and the surrounding natural environment. The village is shared by residents of Waldron and Central Towers, who are moved to this site from a downtown location, residents on Union street and residents from all over Dover who will fill up the market-rate units.

The design aims to invite residents to actively engage in and around the three community hubs located strategically in the middle of the project. The indoor corridors connect the buildings and let residents walk between the buildings without being exposed to outdoor conditions. By bringing outdoor activities into optimized environments the residents remain shielded from the harsh winter conditions of Dover without being deprived of the socialization that the outdoors bring.

Waldron & Central Towers 143 1BR units 11 2BR units

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Site at Union Street 40 1BR units

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Market-rate Units 24 1BR units 12 2BR units

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Environmental Activities Water Purification Mussel Growing Mussel Harvesting Stormwater Capture Desalination Water Testing Growing Seaweed Phytoremediation Solar Energy Production

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Recreational Activities Diving Canoeing & Kayaking Community Activities Green House Urban Agriculture Educational Activities Workshops Lectures Art Exhibits

THE BLUE CITY LAB Floating Climate Science Lab in Red Hook, 2019

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Project Contribution During RETI Center Internship Client: GBX~Gowanus Bay Terminal °Research, Rendering, Graphics, Diagrams, Stakeholder Engagement (Lab Design by Threadcollective & Oasis Design Lab, Text by Tim Gilman Sevcik) Post-Hurricane Sandy nonprofit RETI Center and GBX~Gowanus Bay Terminal have partnered to launch Blue City Lab, the first off-grid, floating climate lab in the US to serve as a model for adaptation and resilient industrial development in flood zones. Brooklyn’s coastline is rapidly transforming. In the coming century, New York’s most populous borough will be forced to adapt to climate change and develop new modes of equitable and resilient waterfront development.

The RETI Center Blue City LAB, springs from a pressing need to provide waterfront access for deeper investigations into the impacts of climate change on our low-lying communities. The LAB is designed as an exemplary net-positive waterfront structure that will allow for a multitude of programming, all supporting research, education, and training focused on mitigating and adapting to a new future redefined by climate change. Inherent in the design is flexibility, waterresponsiveness, innovative floating construction technology, along with a variety of self-sustaining systems addressing energy, water, food, and air.

Renderings of the Lab

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: ARCHITECTURAL A Section Through the Lab

Ecological Design

Rainwater Capture & Reuse

Adjustable Panels

Concrete Hulls

Details

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Flexible Solar Skin

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BlueCity Lab, the first structure and blueprint for further development, will feature a modular design of innovative floating concrete platforms manufactured on-site that will buoy the structures and create underwater habitats. Energy generation, rainwater capture, and zero waste management systems will provide all utilities for year-round daily use.

We plan to transform the current hard-scaped coastline of bulkheads and rip-rap into a living coastal zone offering recreation, protection, and environmental benefits. Soft edges and salt marsh will be created using an innovative engineered system for biodiversity, water quality, storm surge mitigation, and storm sewer waste filtration.

THE LANDFILL PROJECT

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In this 1951 photo, the area that is now occupied by Rockaway Community Park and Ocean Bay Apartments is already formed.

A community Driven Design Proposal for Edgemere Landfill , 2018

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Pratt Center Taconic Fellowship Project Client: Rockaway Waterfront Alliance (RISE) °Report Design, Section, Programming (Other Team Members: Alejandra Gomez Bolivar, Sonya Gimon, Simon Kates, Elliott Maltby, Martha Willson, Ruyun Xiao) The Landfill Project aims to bring local residents together with a diverse group of experts and artists to understand and imagine the potential of the Edgemere site. New York City’s legacy landfills were sited to obscure their environmental and community impacts.

By capping landfills like Edgemere, the City may have turned a negative influence into, at best, a net neutral. With the residents as direct partners, we intend to explore strategies to create a positive impact on Edgemere.

Environmental Restoration, Disaster Relief, Recreation, and Energy were the focuses that brought together a variety of ideas for the future of Edgemere landfill in the Rockaways. They were created during the public sessions at the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, a series of workshops with high school and college students, as well as during the seminars as part of several conferences.

To create a meaningful public visioning process the team of the Landfill Project consisting of Pratt Institute students, professors, and alumni carried out a multi-step process. Started with a series of expert and artist conversations and workshops with local high school students, it led to the Exhibition at the RISE center which hosted several public and student workshops.

1991 In 1991, Edgemere landfill stopped operating as a disposal site.

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This photo was made in 1924 and shows that the site including the locations of Rockaway Community Park and Ocean Bay Apartments still part of Jamaica Bay’s marshlands.

since 1991

A landfill cap may consist of various protective layers, a drainage system and gas collection system.

In Edgemere, the gas collection system was recently decommissioned due to minimal emissions.

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: LANDSCAPE DESIGN

1997 173 acres

Rockaway Community Park and Edgemere Landfill

2019

The area of Rockaway Community Park and the inaccessible Edgemere landfill together is about the same as the area of Governor’s Island.

In conjunction with the remedial construction, an unloading pier was constructed to receive cover soils by barge.

2017 THE PLASTIC LINER

The decomposition process slows down in the absence of oxygen under the landfill cap. Some of the organic waste can stay preserved for years.

Governor’s Island

WHAT IF NOT A PARK?

The fishing pier is one of the most popular destinations in the proximity of the landfill.

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Rockaway Parks Conceptual Plan was released by NYC Parks in 2014 as a response to Hurricane Sandy’s devastating effects. Among other things, it proposed an enhanced entrance to the Rockaway Community Park.

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The final cover installed in 1997 by the Department of Sanitation comprises of layers of soils and geosynthetic plastic membrane, on top of which 6” of vegetative soil was placed to help stabilize the final cover. Over time, the site has become a large grassland area that is home to a variety of bird species.

WATER MACHINE: GOWANUS A Natural Sewer System for the Power House Arts in Gowanus, 2018

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Green Infrastructure Studio Project at Pratt Institute Sustainable Environmental Systems Client: Power House Arts °Design, Hand Sketches, Site Plan, Systems Diagrams, Stormwater & Wastewater Calculations (Other Team Members: Erica Asinas, Priyanka Jinsiwale, Sam Pressman) The vision for the Powerhouse site and the adjoining lot is one that is guided by three goals that are vital for the sustainable growth of not only the Gowanus Canal area, but New York City as a whole. While the design aims to cater to the artists’ facility’s needs, the overlying focus is to create a long-term outdoor educational sustainability center that focuses on eco-remediation of the Gowanus Canal, water capture and purification for reuse, and community involvement.

Given the desire to design for zero-waste, Water Machine design proposal is centralized around three specific water systems that capture and recycle the entire facility’s runoff water, black water, and industrial water. While the industrial water must go through its chemical filtration process, the processing of runoff and the art facility’s black water is done by two separate ecological wetland machines. Each eco-system is composed of interconnected terraced bioswales, micro-wetlands, ponds, and directional ditches that reroute water to them. Through the proper use of native wetland plant species, as well as Hyperaccumulator species, these systems will work to extract, transpire, and degrade excess nitrogen, hydrocarbons, phosphorus, PCBs, and other hazardous chemicals from the water and soil.

CUBE Storage Facility Permeable Pavers Suitable for Trucks Living Machine Gravel

OTHER PROJECTS: ACADEMIC

Power House (the Bat)

Food Market

Observation Deck, Existing B.

Community Center Existing B.

Freshwater Wetlands

Details

Bioswales and Rain Gardens

Wooden Bridge over the Swales

Water Machine Plan

Industrial Wastewater

Blue Roof Over Green Roof Blackwater

Evapotranspiration Wetlands

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Bioswale

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Water Machine Section Diagram

POWER TOWER A Mixed-use Sustainable Energy Tower, 2011

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A Proposal for the ISOVER Multi Comfort Housing Student Competition °Design, Rendering, Plans and Layout, Site Plan, Construction Details (Team Member: Nurdan Gßrlesin) This rendering shows our proposal for a site in the New York City Greenwich Village neighborhood for the Multi-Comfort Housing competition in 2011. The site is a rectangle located right above the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel looking directly to Battery Park. The drive for the design comes from the sustainability requirements within the competition and the idea to connect the site directly to Battery Park with a long green patch inspired by the Highline.

The natural position of the site allows creating a Highline inspired connection that provides shade, physical and psychological separation from traffic and improves air quality at the same time.

Using this green patch, people can walk straight from the building to Battery Park and neighboring facilities without having to cross a busy street, under shade from the trees, which will provide a solution to the urban heat island effect in the summer.

The renewable energy powered system of the Power Tower allows for a net-zero concept which inspires the name of the design.

Aerodynamic Form Studies

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Green Path from the Power Tower to Battery Park

Implementation Timeline

FORWARD LOOP: AN URBAN INDUSTRIAL METABOLISM A Circular Approach to Urban Manufacturing in Newtown Creek, 2018 Studio Project at Pratt Institute Sustainable Environmental Systems Delta Cities Studio Client: Newtown Creek Alliance, Evergreen Exchange

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SECTION A: Production House

SECTION B: Container Farming

OTHER PROJECTS: ACADEMIC Circular Concept Diagram

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Circular District New Layout

Buffering for Asset Mapping

CIRCULAR COMMUNITIES: MELROSE COMMONS A Circular Community Vision in the South Bronx, 2019

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Pratt Institute M.S. Sustainable Environmental Systems Demonstration of Professional Competence & Ongoing project Client: Raymond Figueroa (NYC CGC), Petr Stand (Nos Quedamos) °Research, Diagrams, Life Cycle and Mapping, Systems Analysis (Other Team Members: Erica Asinas, Larissa Lai, Sam Pressman) The Circular Economy concept advocates for new modes of (re)-production that reduces social and environmental inequities generated by a traditional linear economy and could bring back the benefits to the communities, through circular growth. Circular Economy principles consider overall systems health concerning longterm sustainability and resiliency across social, economic, and environmental realms. Cities in the world are currently considering learning from Circular Economy to become circular cities. Europe has advanced on the Circular Economy transformation in a way that there can be generated revenue from the alternative loops that were created. The future for Europe is looking at applying the Circular Economy concept to cities by making comprehensive site-specific plans according to the Circular City framework. There is a need for comprehensive circular planning for New York City and all cities in the world from the perspective of the Circular City framework but it has to be established through an extensive process of stakeholder engagement and also iterative analysis, visioning, and design.

Current Situation

Circular City

OTHER PROJECTS: ACADEMIC Lifecycle Analysis and Systems

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Asset Mapping

Long Section

East Elevation

2ND ECOMALL Renovation of a Former Manufacturing Building into a Shopping Mall for Discarded Goods, 2010

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2nd Place in the National Stage of the ISOVER Multi Comfort Housing Student Competition , Presentation in the International Stage °Design, Rendering, Plans and Layout, Site Plan, Construction Details (Team Member: Nurdan Gßrlesin) Second EcoMall is a renovated former warehouse in Pantin, the currently developing former industrial area of Paris, France. EcoMall was chosen as the new attractive function for the old warehouse because of the emerging need to return to nature, not only in the building industry but also in food, clothing, and electronics. This project is a perfect case study highlighting the benefits of adaptive reuse and leveraging existing systems of nature and embodied the energy of the building. The existing concrete structure of the building was preserved, adding a new facade. The new skin provides sun&heat control according to the standards of Multi-Comfort Housing. Sometimes hiding, sometimes showing the insides of the building, the skin forms balconies for fresh air and a great look to the canal.

This proposal was awarded second place at the national stage of the Multi-Comfort Housing Student Design Competition and our group had a chance to present the project at the international stage of the competition.

Details According to Passiv Haus Standards

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North Elevation

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OTHER PROJECTS: COMPETITION

Commons for Seasonal Workers

CUKURKOY Competition Entry to Design Homes for Seasonal Workers, 2010

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°Design, Rendering, Plans and Layout, Site Plan, Construction Details, Diagrams (Team Member: Nurdan Gßrlesin) This project is designed for families from eastern Anatolia, mostly the Kurdish regions who come to work in the cotton plucking fields of Çukurova, Adana seasonally. The pictures show the current unacceptable conditions these families live in during the working season.

Because of the ongoing Turkish and Kurdish conflict, these families are the poorest and most uneducated people in the society. Hence, they have to face these conditions because there is no alternative for them. Aside from looking at this conflict from a broader perspective and trying to find solutions to this problem on a larger scale, making the current conditions more humane is also imperative.

This proposal focuses on this problem and tries to research spaces that will provide better conditions for these families. After looking at the families, one major problem that the research identified is the lack of social infrastructure for the children. This proposal puts the children at the heart of the site and creates a library and learning center for them. The creative programming that is defined by collaborating with neighboring schools, community facilities and most importantly community organizations will fill this space with small lectures, workshops, didactic plays and other programming options the community will benefit from.

OTHER PROJECTS: COMPETITION Commons for Children of the Workers

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Prefab Construction Concept

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Infrastructure Concept

South Facade

North Facade

INSTITUTE FOR RELIGIONS An institute for all Religions on an Isolated Island, 2009

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Studio Project in Architecture School °Design, Rendering, Plans and Layout, Site Plan The Institute of Religions is located on the Sedef Island in the Marmara Sea close to the shore of the Anatolian side in Istanbul.

Because this island is particularly small it hasn’t be populated much and stayed as a natural sanctuary which could only be used by the richer class.

This project aims to open this sanctuary to the residents from all over Istanbul by still keeping the undeveloped nature of the island.

The population in Turkey is reasonably diverse and there are minorities which are protected by international treaties. These minorities have their religious spaces and religious leaders located in Istanbul and Turkey is a secular country although the religion of the majority is Islam. In elementary schools and high schools, the religion class is mandatory and it covers the three big religious beliefs according to Quoran. Given these facts, there is no space that these religions interact. Although the schools of religion have classes about many religions, the main subject is mostly Islamic religion and the students going to these schools are Muslims.

The programming in this facility is formed to break this disconnection between these religions and create a space for these to interact with each other and pray together. This may be a controversial issue but in practicality, this is already happening in Istanbul. The mosques, churches, and synagogues are open to everyone, especially for touristic purposes but also for praying purposes.

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+46.00 Level Plan

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Section

1st Floor Plan

OTHER PROJECTS: ACADEMIC

The Municipal Park Campus

ATASEHIR MUNICIPAL PARK Mixed-use Project by Studio Vertebra, 2017 °Construction drawings with REVIT, Layout Plans, Client Relationship, Project Management The project is a professional architecture and landscape project with Studio Vertebra. In this project I was responsible for producing layout plans and construction drawings. I was responsible for MEP coordination and building code requirements. The construction drawings were produced using REVIT Architecture. I was also responsible for client relations and project management.

The Court Yard

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View of the Cinema

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: ARCHITECTURAL The Office Towers

ATAKOY TOWERS FACADE REDESIGN Facade Redesign by Yagmurproje, 2016 °Rendering, Facade Design, Facade Detailing, and Shop Drawings

Entrance

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Showroom

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In this project the task was to redesign the facade of the buildings, which were already far into construction because the client decided to change the programming from residential to offices.

Without changing the structural and mechanical elements, playing with the facade the aim was to give a more office-like visual to the building. On the front and back facades, there are closed gardens for recreational purposes. The black covered spaces hold the offices.

The two different colored glass facade provides a contrast.

Entrance

PRIME VILLAS ZAMBIA Villas for Consulate Staff in Zambia , 2016 °Renderings w Colleague, Construction Drawings, Project Management

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The project comprises of 6 villas and a social facilities building designed for consulate officers in Zambia. Lusaka is the capital of Zambia and the consulate buildings are located at the heart of Lusaka. The foreign nationals working her are constantly in need of European style living options. Hence, the project is thought to supply a housing demand for European and American consulate employees.

The design is a modern interpretation of the colonial houses, which is a common typology in Lusaka. The modernization creates clear and open interiors, sliding windows connect the inside of the house with the outside.

In addition to the architectural designs of Prime Villas, I was also responsible for the interior design. With our colleagues we produced rendered plans and renderings using Photoshop and 3Ds Max + V-Ray.

Floor Plans

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Backyard

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Common Areas

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: ARCHITECTURAL

North View

GOLDEN TULIP HOTEL A Boutique Hotel by Studio Vertebra, 2016 °Construction Drawings, Shop Drawings, Facade Details, Specifications, MEP Coordination, Client Relationship The project consists of the architectural and interior design of a 10,000 sqm boutique hotel with a 280 bed-capacity. The work included making mock-ups of the fluid sculptures of the interior, selecting materials colors according to the design and preparing specifications, coordinating construction drawings according to client requests, building code, contractor capabilities, and architectural best practices. The project had started in REVIT but the team transitioned to AutoCAD after a while. After I joined this project, I made an XREF system to make sure that all team members were working on one single drawing, to make the system as close to REVIT as possible.

I had meetings with clients and contractors, worked on project management and scheduling.

Lobby

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Restaurant

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: ARCHITECTURAL Residential Blocks

VALIDEBAG MANSIONS Residences by Studio Vertebra, 2017 °Construction Drawings, Project Review

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Softscapes

Hardscapes

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Validebag Mansions is a mixed-use project with 12 blocks of residential buildings, common areas with stores and amenities such as gym and pool, and landscape totaling to 104.494 sqm land area.

The land use has been maximized in the project by planning A, B and E blocks as a single block and C and D blocks as twin blocks.

Landscape elements between the blocks include gardens, pools, fountains, and bridges. In this project, I was responsible for reviewing the drawings of residential areas according to building code and best architectural practices.

West View

HALKALI MIXED-USE Mixed-use Project by Studio Vertebra, 2017 °Construction drawings with REVIT, Layout Plans, Client Relationship, Project Management Halkali Mixed-use is a design with residences, home offices, offices, stores, and a landscape area that stretches between 3 blocks of buildings at the edges the site. The consists of 1+1 or 1+2 units or studios that will allow flexible use as home offices. In this project, I was responsible for producing layouts and plans, MEP coordination, and review according to building code requirements.

The construction drawings were produced using REVIT Architecture.

I was also responsible for client relations and project management.

South View

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East View

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: ARCHITECTURAL Relationship to the Topography and Landscape

UGUR COLLEGE HALKALI A School Project by Studio Vertebra, 2017 °Construction drawings with REVIT, AutoCAD, Client Relationship, Project Management

Entrance

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Fire Escapes

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Ugur College Halkali is one of many Ugur Schools in Istanbul.

The building comprises of classrooms, recreational areas, and facilities with a total of 13800 sqm land area. In this project, I was responsible for shop drawings, MEP coordination, and project review according to building code requirements. The construction drawings were produced using REVIT Architecture and AutoCAD. I was also responsible for client relations and project management.

Q Lounge Bistro Section

Q-LOUNGE RESTAURANT Restaurant Interior by Yagmurproje, 2016 °Renderings, Construction Drawings The project is a professional interior design project with Yagmur Proje. In this project I was responsible for producing layout plans, design and renderings, and construction drawings. Renders were produced with 3Ds Max and V-Ray.

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Q Lounge Entrance

Q Lounge Bar Area

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: INTERIOR

EGE KIMYA HEADQUARTERS

Sketches of the Corian Wall

Interior Design+Build Project by Habif Architecture, 2013 °3D Modeling, Design, Construction Drawings and Management, Scheduling

Built Corian Wall

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The project is a professional interior design project of a headquarter office with Habif Architecture. In this project I was responsible for producing 3D models for initial concept design, layouts, and construction drawings. I worked on MEP coordination and I was also responsible for construction management, client relationship, and project management and scheduling.

ATAKOY OFFICES SHOWROOM DESIGN Showroom Design by Yagmurproje, 2016 °3D Modeling, Design, Rendering The project is a professional architecture and interior design with Yagmurproje. In this project I was responsible for renderings and design, as well as construction drawings.

ZERMERAM SHOWROOM Showroom Design by Yagmurproje, 2015 °Construction Drawings, Shop Drawings

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The project is a professional architecture and interior design with Yagmurproje. In this project I was responsible for renderings and design, as well as construction drawings.

Showroom Design by Studio Vertebra, 2017

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS: INTERIOR

BUROMODEL SHOWROOM °Construction Drawings, Facade details, Shop Drawings The project is a professional architecture and interior design project with Studio Vertebra. In this project I was responsible for construction drawings, roof and facade details. Construction drawings were produced using AutoCAD.

TRENDYOL HEADQUARTERS Office Design+Build Project by Habif Architecture, 2013

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In this project I was responsible of the construction management of 6000sqm office space. Because Trendyol had to move from their existing location immediately the entire construction was finalized in 6 weeks with only small retouch work remaining. I was responsible for this challenging scheduling and the overall management of the contractors.

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°Construction Drawings, Construction Management

EAST NEW YORK REZONING A Neighborhood Study, 2018 °Mapping, GIS, Diagrams

MAP OF JAZZ AND SLAVERY Opinion article in the Multiple Cities magazine, 2018

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°Mapping, Research, Article

Climate Change Board Game with City Atlas, 2018

OTHER PROJECTS: ART & SOCIAL

ENERGETIC! BOARD GAME °Concept, Board Design, Game Rules, Branding, Marketing

EARTHPACT! AN APPLICATION An Application to Measure, Reduce, and Track personal Carbon Footprint, 2018 °Idea, Application Design, Business Model (Sam Pressman, Summer Sandoval)

THE BLUE WAVE SCULPTURE BY LEAP A Sculpture out of Single-use Plastics Collected at Pratt, 2018

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°Idea, Design, Program Development (Tina Pastore, Sam Pressman, Summer Sandoval)

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