Constructions_”how to do” Our project has its core on DIY attitude, which argues the issue of the expert's expertise and tends to promote people on being creative and doing things for themselves. It loosens the border between creator and consumer but it strongly premises that those two work close together. This means a strong social network has to be exploited. DIY also implies low cost but non- standard and low energy construction, permanent or ephemeral, both in urban and rural level. In order to communicate this attitude graphically, manuals of "How to do" and "readymade" elements are being produced. A question that arises is how much a designer, architect does interfere? So the issue of finding a new balance between the creator and the consumer is a critical and crucial issue. The DIY attitude was first noticed in the US and can be linked to many of The Arts and Crafts movement philosophies of the 1900s which was directly opposing industrialization, modernization and mass production. On the contrary the Arts and Crafts were trying to reconnect people with hand- on activities. The DYI culture started to mainly evolve in the US during 1940s and 1950s, standing against the trends of conspicuous consumerism and mass production. These days DIY can relate to Craftivism, a term establish in 2003 by activist Betsy Greer. The first lines of Amy Spencer’s ‘DIY: The Rise of Lo-Fi Culture’ sum up the juxtaposition of DIY culture’s aspects by pointing out “the DIY movement is about using anything you can get your hands on to shape your own cultural entity: your own version of whatever you think is missing in mainstream culture. You can produce your own zine, record an album, publish your own book - the enduring appeal of this movement is that anyone can be an artist or creator. The point is to get involved.”
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Tools and materials used rope hammer +pins pipes fabric tire crattes
basket
metal sheet
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"Glossary" Through our documentations and initial propositions we are dealing with finding ways to boost this informal urbanism while upgrading their standards of living. We want to use this patchwork identity in our design proposal defining specific uses in new public or private spaces located as a network that derive from the derelict spaces we have detected in both sites. We started by creating a glossary containing all those elements found within the urban space of the two sites and categorize them by their meaning spatially and socially. The main reason for this action is that we want to have a main 'vocabulary' to use in our design proposal, each element, based on its meaning, will be translated in a new architectural or urban element and incorporated into our proposal so that the locality of the place can be kept alive and even enhanced. The first table is about the elements that can be found within the urban public space of Fener and Tarlabasi and the second one is about the ones concerning the private space. (housing)
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C.O1_tire flowerpot
C.O2_vegetable wall
use old tires
find a metal net and 4 screws remove metal disk
fill with local soil pp. 136
paint in different colours
place one on top of the other
find plant in the area
enroot them in soil
find wooden+plastic crates and fill them with soil
dib into each crate a plant or flower
apply the net on a derelict wall and put underneath the plastic crates so that they can grow on the wall pp. 137
C.O4_interior facing
C.O3_lightening wicker tile
spot the framed houses
find metal and wooden pannels find 10 baskets
cut the lower part of each basket
make or find an old rattan then apply the hanging baskets at it pp. 138
connect the basket with the chain and apply the bolb through the hole
use the wooden pannels to construct a new shell
construct the roof using metal sheets
use a crane to place the shell
interior space is ready to use pp. 139
C.O6_floatimg platform
C.O5_mobile info center
find old boats use them to make a platform gather wooden boards find 2 olf tires
find an old abandoned car or truck
cut the wooden pannelsinto pieces place boats upside down for base
make shelves out of the pieces pp. 140
apply all the elements on the old truck, cut through it to make windows and clean the interior so to work as the mobile information center
add plants and flowers
place the platform and connect to the pier
floating deck is ready! pp. 141
C.O7_pipe shell
start connecting the pipes to create the shell use PVC or metal pipes (no need to be of the same size)
built the base for the structurewith the crates
find rope and old pieces of textile
make connections where needed
gather crates or boxes to create the flooring of the structure pp. 142
brace rope and fabric to vertical pipes to create the shell pp. 143
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C.O8_crate stage
C.09_treehouse
find some unused wooden panels
cut them into different sized pieces
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find a couple of old rounded ladders
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find some unused wooden panels and pipes
make a platform out of the wood pieces and elevate it up to 2.5 m, put greenery on it
Attach the ladder to create vertical access and then make more platforms to have the tree house
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fix the old stair to the wooden platform and place the construction into a derelict house or a public space pp. 144
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C.10_mobile house
use fruit boxes from local market
find metal panels in empty lots
start buildind up the facades gather old pipes
connect the pipes to brace the metal panels
start connecting wooden boxes and surfaces pp. 146
place pipe net and metal sheet on top of the structure
use studs and hammer to connect
make pipe nets
temporal construction is ready to use! pp. 147
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gather old pipes
find old pipes
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C.11_crate extension construction
use studs and hammer to connect
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start building individual facades
connect the facades with the flooring
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connect the crates
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use the piepes to make the flooring
crate constuction is ready to be adjusted on a house that needs to be extended
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connect them to create a shell
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connect the pipe frame with the wooden surface
gather a pile of wooden pieces
attach this constuction to a house with a ruined bay window so to replace it
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use thin pipes to built a frame for the balcony
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connect the planks
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use studs and hammer to connect
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use wooden planks
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C.12_shell with balcony
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you will need at least 4 screws for each crate
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built up the planks
find many pieces connect the pieces with each other in various of wood (from furniture, combinations and attach debris, crates etc) them to a frame made out of reused pipes or other metal elements
use old fabric
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find 15-30 wooden crates
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C.14_covered shed PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
C.13_crate bleachers
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connect the crates in the form of a bleacher
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Then apply the wooden construction on a wall and use some pieces of fabric to cover the rest of the area
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gather wooden pieces
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C.15_mobile shed
use wicker to make it less penetratable
built surfaces
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use table wheels from old furniture
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connect them crates
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find rectangular pipes
attach the wheels to the shed to make it movable. Mobile shed is ready!
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use old pipes
connect them
start constructing verticaly
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C.16_scaffold infrastructure
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Gediz
Kaspar attach wooden surfaces to the pipe frame
scaffold is ready
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C.19 Here you can draw your idea
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Here you can draw your idea
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