PORTFOLIO by SIBEL KONU
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PORTFOLIO
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Sibel Konu is an architect with 12 years of experience. Born in Turkey in 1979, she graduated from Middle East Technical University in 2002, METU, which is the highest ranking architecture program in Turkey. She has international experiences in diverse projects from concept through to execution, however in the second half of her career she has concentrated more on conceptual design. She is a specialist on conceptual design, computer generated 3D building design and design management. She has been involved in over 80 projects, coordinated more than half of them and lead the design of more than 10 projects. She also received a Masters of Arts degree in graphic design. She likes drawing/painting, traveling and Argentinian tango. This portfolio is a collection of selected projects to sample her skills and architectural background.
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PORTFOLIO
intro
In 2002, immediately after my graduation, I began my professional practice in Turkey as the only architectural asistant of nationally recognized architects Filiz-Coskun Erkal. Under their direction and as part of this assistantship, I completed all working drawings and detailings of the project of a university engineering faculty complex. This was a major experience for me in terms of an extension of my training in the workforce. Afterwards I worked on construction documentation projects at other companies for the following 5 years and gained responsibilities in coordinating and documenting large projects on my own. At the end of 2007, while working at Oncuoglu+ACP, I was sent to Hamburg office to join collaboration within ACP offices and know-how sharings. While there, the excellence of my work on conceptual planning oriented my
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career into design direction. Consequently as a result of working on several retail schemes, I have become specialized in strategic shopping mall planning. After returning to Turkey, I found a chance to work on different project types and competitions. During that time, I gained more responsibilities in design due to my strengths in this area. My latest work in Dubai was to lead the Oncuoglu+ACP team there as the responsible designer for all ongoing projects. The graphical expression of my career and the projects I have worked so far can be followed on the timeline table at the beginning of the portfolio. I prefered the content organization of this portfolio to be mainly skill oriented. One project for each highlight is presented to specify the
related subject. In addition to the projects of hightlighted skills, I included two keynode projects which are important effects in the direction of my career. Finally, at the end of the portfolio I also mentioned about some nonprofessional skills which I believe influence and strengthen my design abilities. Among them includes the thesis abstract for myMaster of Arts in graphic design degree which interdisciplinarily correlates space, new media and graphic communication. The applied study of this thesis was on a shopping mall project that I followed through from beginning to the end during my professional practice. I hope this portfolio expresses itself well. Sibel Konu -July 2014
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HIGHLIGHTS TAKING THE LEAD DESIGN RESPONSIBILITY 2013-2014 latest work Oldtown Hotel Apartments Dubai UAE hospitality HIGHLIGHTS MANAGING THE LARGE AND THE ELABORATE 2012-2013 project management Fortune City Mall Irkutsk, Russia retail HIGHLIGHTS concept design
POWERFUL CONCEPT > PROPER PROCEDURE > GOOD DESIGN DPC Tower Offices Istanbul, Turkey
2012 office
KEYNODES CONTRIBUTING THE DESIGN DRAWS A CAREER LINE 2008 concept design B199 Residences Istanbul, Turkey residential HIGHLIGHTS ADDING SPIRIT TO THE PROJECT BY 3D DESIGN 2012 3d design Basra Sports Halls, Iraq sports HIGHLIGHTS urban design
LANDSCAPING AS A BOND ON URBAN FABRIC Nurol Park Mixed Use Complex Istanbul, Turkey
2013 mixed use
SAMPLES 3d visualizations
SKETCH UP PHOTOSHOP MAKE YOU DO ALL THE JOB Samples of various Residential Projects
2010 residential
KEYNODES working documentation
FIRST EXPERIENCE: BUILDING ON FIRM GROUND Atilim University Engineering Faculty Ankara Turkey
2002 education
SAMPLES ALL ABOUT RETAIL: FROM CONCEPT TO CONSTRUCTION 2005-2013 retail architecture Samples of various Retail Projects retail HIGHLIGHTS MASTER`S THESIS WITH AN APPLIED DESIGN 2009 environmental graphics Kentpark Shopping Mall Ankara Turkey graphics SAMPLES nonarchitectural!
ALL FOR ONE -BODY, SOUL AND MIND drawing, traveling and dance
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Lead Design + Team Design Director
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CD+ Design Development (DD)
Dubai Project Management & Facade Systems Landscape Design
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Istanbul TURKEY Mixed Use 266375 m2
KAZAKSTAN Retail 113070 m2 RUSSIA Retail 180000 m2 RUSSIA Hospitality 59171 m2 RUSSIA Retail 118000 m2
OFISPARK NUROL ISTANBUL ALMATY KULCA MALL MOSCOW RIVER MALL
SOCHI HOTEL
SLAVYANKA AQUA MALL
Facade Design + 3D Design Management
TURKEY Mixed Use 12787 m2
NUROL ANK. TOWER
TURKEY Mixed Use 122172 m2
TURKEY Retail 57000 m2
BODRUM MIDTOWN
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RUSSIA Retail 56586 m2
HOLLYWOOD MALL
Retail 36000 m2
AJAR CENTER KAZAKSTAN
RUSSIA Retail 235000 m2
DUBAI Residential 15000 m2
VIZIR PALM COUTURE RESIDENCES
IRKUTSK FORTUNE CITY MALL
DUBAI Residential 13000 m2
VIZIR PALM CRESCENT SERVICED APARTMENTS
DUBAI VIZIR Hospitality OLDTOWN 73370 m2 TOWER HOTEL APARTMENTS
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TURKEY Hospitality 7500 m2
KAZAKSTAN Retail 24000 m2
BOUTIQUE HOTEL ZEN
RAMSTOR ALMATY
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Concept Design (CD)
Project Design Manager / Senior Architect Ankara RUSSIA Hospitality 25890 m2
TURKEY Residential 400000 m2 TURKEY Mixed Use 208500 m2
ANAPA RESORT HOTEL
SINPAS ATASEHIR RESIDENCES ELECTRO PARK TOWER
TURKEY Residential 80000 m2
SINPAS BUYUKESAT RESIDENCES
TURKEY Office 64292 m2
RUSSIA Mixed Use 450000 m2
SEPTEMCITY QUARTER
ANKARA DP OFFICE TOWER
TURKEY Mixed Use 324000 m2
SINPAS FORACITY
30205 m2
IRAQ BASRA SPORT HALLS Cultural
TURKEY Office 59450 m2
DPC TOWER ISTAN BUL
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Lead Design + Coordination
Facade Design
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BATUMI CENTER
NORWAY Cultural 47053 m2 TURKEY Residential 340 m2 RUSSIA Retail 199500 m2
OSLO MUSEUM COMPETITION CESME VILLA
PRAJSKAYA HILLS
3D Design Management
2010 Design + Coordination
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TURKEY Mixed Use 44314 m2
TURKEY Mixed Use 116650 m2
AVCILAR FORUM
TUSCAN VALLEY
RUSSIA
TURKEY Residential 17895 m2
SPORTS Retail OUTLET MITINO 109150 m2
SISLI RESIDENCES
HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY ANKARA TURKEY MASTER OF ARTS
LIBYA Retail 88110 m2
VILLAGIO LIFE STYLE CENTER
55100 m2
BARNAUL MALL RUSSIA & RESIDENCES Mixed Use
TURKEY Cultural 35416 m2
IZMIR OPERA COMPETITION
MINSK FESTIVAL PARK
LIBYA Retail 88110 m2
GARGARESH MALL
BELARUS Mixed Use 210000 m2
TURKEY Hospitality 1722 m2
CARIAN BAY SKY BEACH SPA&CLUB Promotion received by the 3-hour emergency design above
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Design + Coordination
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ONCUOGLU+ACP KAZAKSTAN Retail 218620 m2 RUSSIA Residential 126830 m2 TURKEY Residential 111395 m2 AZERBAIJAN Retail 114282 m2
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KRASNODAR TERRACES PARK YASAM IZMIR BAKU FORUM AVROSITI MALL
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TURKEY Residential 74500 m2 RUSSIA Mixed Use 231099 m2 UKRAINE Mixed Use 46000 m2 TURKEY Retail 18465 m2 RUSSIA Hospitality 12667 m2
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VOLGOPARK CENTER
NIKOLAEV S. C. & RESIDENCES DIYARBAKIR MEGA CENTER CHELYABINSK PARK INN
TURKEY Office 82098 m2
RENAISSANCE BUSINESS CENTER
RUSSIA Mixed Use 556407 m2
TURKEY Retail 56296 m2
FORUM ELAZIG MALL
ST PETERSBURG FORUM
TURKEY Mixed Use 8813 m2
MER SEA`N MARINA CLUB
TURKEY Retail 121355 m2
TURKEY Retail 120000 m2
STARCITY ISTANBUL S.C.
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ANTALYA TERRACITY
TURKEY Retail 386300 m2
KENTPARK ANKARA S.C.
MASTER THESIS
TURKEY Office 4435 m2
SYSTEM HEAD QUARTERS
Together with master thesis: as an applied project Pass into 3D design by the excellence contributions taken
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Facade Design Design+ Coordination Schematic Planning
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Concept Design (CD)
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CD Design Development (DD) + Working Documentation (WD)
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ONCUOGLU+ACP Planning & Development
RUSSIA Retail 82000 m2 AZERBAIJAN Retail 60000 m2 TURKEY Retail 97360 m2
KRASNOYARSK JUNE S. C. DIMITROVKA SHOP. CENTER DENIZLI TERASPARK
TURKEY Residential 40000 m2
TURKEY Retail 120000 m2
STARCITY ISTANBUL S.C.
TED INCEK RESIDENCES
KAZAKSTAN Retail 46900 m2
ALMATY MAMYR SHOPPING C.
RUSSIA Retail 31000 m2
USTKAMENOGORSK S.C.
RUSSIA Retail 20905 m2
RUSSIA Retail 322540 m2
EKATERINBURG IRIDIUM S. C.
The excellence in those plannings redirected the career path to concept
DOLGAPRUDNY KONFITUR S.C.
RUSSIA Retail 70100 m2
RUSSIA Mixed Use 205525 m2
ARCHANGELSK MALL
OMSK LUNAPARK CENTER
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PROKUR CONSTRUC. ERKAL ARCHITECTURE
KYRGYZSTAN Retail 20820 m2
TURKEY Retail 386300 m2 RUSSIA Retail 60200 m2 UKRAINE Retail 37919 m2 TURKEY Retail 93545 m2 TURKEY Retail 103550 m2
TURKEY Recreation 13517 m2
TURKEY Urban D. 36000 m2 TURKEY Recreation 3500 m2 TURKEY Mixed Use 16600 m2 TURKEY Residential 680 m2
TURKEY Education 35360 m2
BISHKEK SHOP.CENTER
KENTPARK ANKARA S.C.
ULYANOVSK SHOP. CENTER NIKOLAEV MALL
METROPOLIS FASHION MALL ESPARK SHOPPING CENTER ANKARA MUNICIPAALITY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER KONYAYOLU RESTAURANTS ANATEM KIDS REHABILITATION CENTER NOTERLER COMPETITION SILI HOUSE
ANKARA ATILIM UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING FACULTY
TURKEY Recreation 200 m2
KAZAKSTAN Retail 200000 m2
ASTANA POWER CENTER
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Drafting & Coordination
METU ANKARA TURKEY
Schematic Planning
ENKA STAGE STEEL ROOF COVER
TURKEY Retail 106600 m2
SANKOPARK GAZIANTEP
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HIGHLIGHTS
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project location Dubai, UAE project year 2013-2014 project type Hotel Apartments gross land area 5.877 m² gross building area 73.370 m² parking spaces 325 company Oncuoglu+ACP report to Enis Oncuoglu, Vice President client Innovate Real Estate position worked team design lead duty taken lead design overall design responsibility & solutions thru project development client relations & design coordination
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TAKING THE LEAD DESIGN RESPONSIBILITY
Oldtown Hotel Apartments
Dubai, UAE
Oldtown Hotel Apartments is one of the three projects I was assigned to create the concept design as well as given the responsibility of all design decisions and solutions as a design leader of a 5-architect team in Dubai.
pieces of famous architects worldwide. In the downtown of Dubai with enormous area rates and with competing skycrapers, finding an opportunity to design a tower is honorable but at the same time, challenging work.
Dubai is indeed a fascinating place for all architects for being a city built from scratch in a short time in the middle of nowhere, and became a popular destination mostly for its good samples of newly built architectural
The hotel project located on such a very valuable plot was a trial for its strict but unclear regulations as much as for competing with the other projects around. Making good use of the view of main attraction Burj Khalifa
while obeying the defined setbacks affects the most important building mass and orientation decisions. Providing min 112% effectivity (proportion of sellable areas to allowed built up area) as promised to the client while designing an attractive, elegant and wellfunctioning hotel that may be approved necesitates a good balance of interpreting regulations and architectural ability.
The plot area is located in downtown Dubai, very close to Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall and Fountains, (left: model with surrounding projects) At the eastern half of the plot, Burj Khalifa is visible. (above: view from the plot)
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Providing a villa comfort with privacy, large outdoor living areas and an open view in a dense downtown urban context constitute the main conceptual aims. Purity and simplicity was desired both in planning and in 3d design. An elegant slender urban outlook is provided by the vertically repeating balcony organization which creates a textural three dimensional pattern on the facade.
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The desired urban look is strengtened by the use of raw materials such as glass curtain wall, copper facade plates and fiber cement cladding boards. Later, a patina copper choice is changed into brass coloring as a preference to the client. Some of the inspiring images can be seen on the near left. Far left is the render of the final design from a distorted angle, and below are some sketch studies I did during the design period.
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oasis sky pool for dublex residences with Burj Khalifa in view and a semi-closed climate control system at night is available for special events
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podium level facing the front facade with boulevard view additional loft units with gardens are added. Separate entrances and lift halls were projected for residence and hotels, however later residence function is canceled and building is assigned to be only hotel apartment keeping the previous layout.
The project consist of basement, ground, 4 story podium and a 22 story tower above as an obligation of the site regulation. The project unites residence and 5 star hotel apartments on one tower including pool, gym, retail and restaurant facilities. However the plot is only accessed from one side as it was converted from residential to a hotel function. Solving a proper visitor and service access to the site, not intervening with each other was another challenging problem.
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Services and back of house areas are planned mainly on the ground floor, whereas basement and lower podium floors are spared for parking. Facilities containing 2 restaurants, a large, out servicing gym and multipurpose hall are situated on the upmost podium. There is also an oasis themed skypool and and events area on the roof floor.
Residences are designed as dublexes in more valuable upper floors above the single floor hotel apartments. On the front and rear facades larger units are placed. On the
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While designing the units, competing for maximum effectivity and area efficiency , and while obtaining a high-end luxury were two contradicting necessities that needed to be achieved. Regulations are deeply examined to provide the surplus built-up areas. As regulations include 3-side closed balconies in the built-up area but 2-side open balconies are excluded, balconies placed diagonally next to each other to have 2 sides open. That intelligent solution solved both area and structural problems of creating large outdoor living spaces and also provided the units to have better view orientation with more privacy from neighbours.
all mass and facade design is done in sketchup, final renders are outsourced, final modifications and material options prepared in photoshop
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MANAGING THE LARGE AND THE ELABORATE
Fortune City Mall Even though previously I worked on the working documentation projects, later my career dominantly focused on design. Irkutsk Fortune City Mall is an example which combines all in one with the opportunity to run both the project management and the design studies at the same time from ideation to frozen architecture. After the general coordinations with the engineers and consultants were completed and the preliminary project was finalized, my work concentrated more on
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The plot area is located on the main traffic axis connecting the city center to a recently developing part of Irkutsk. Being a part of an existing commercial complex brings challenges about the traffic flows and strategically layout organization. Therefore the project necessitates also a retail based master planning aiming for the regenaration of the area.
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project location Irkutsk, Russia project year 2012-2013 project type Retail gross land area 124.500 m² gross building area 235.000 m² lentable areas 90.420 m² parking spaces 1975 company Oncuoglu+ACP report to Mark Edwin Jenkins, Lead Architect, Partner , ACP New York client Fortuna Group position worked project manager duty taken Project management All design studies and development Facade design and all model studies Building envelope systems solutions
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How to perceive the main entrance of the building while approaching from the city center was a subject of special attention. While studying the entrance designs, I photomontaged the sketch up model views on the site photos. (as seen above)
The one on the left is another view from the future neighbourhood approach. The large image is a professional render image of the same model, produced by a Chinese render firm.
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The entrances are organized to be directly off the existing pedestrian flows. Main entrance is planned to be from the corner of the city center direction, diagonally as a continuation of the main artery. The secondary entrance is placed from the front facade facing the existing main pedestrian road among the existing retails. Circulation within the mall is kept to be between those two entrances not to create dead end corridors. At the beginning of the project, the required 2 separate business towers were asked to be planned in the 2nd phase. Therefore the second phase was planned on the riverside, which was to be used as outdoor parking until the construction. The images below show some of the sketch up model studies for the very first site studies and mass plannings. Later one of the towers was attached to the main building while the other was left for the second phase.
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Studying the initial design phases with a world-renowned architect Mark Edwin Jenkins was a great opportunity in order to learn from his strong design methodology. All design studies were done one-to-one during the international meetings with the presence of the client in Moscow and in Irkutsk and also during international fairs attended like Mapic. Most of the principle design decisions were taken by Jenkins during conceptual design phase, and through all the design period and
the project development, those were tried to be kept as they are as much as possible. The spatial organization of the mall is kept simple with a central island scheme, which consists of 3 main atriums; one near to each of the two entrances at the far ends and one in the middle as the main atrium. Office block is placed at the river side facing outside parking with a separate entrance but as a part of the mall with an interior connection.
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The vertical planning is also kept simple as standart 3 storey retail floors with hypermarket at the bottom and entertainment zone with foodcourt at the top floors. The 2 parking floors were initially planned as basements, however due to underground water, the project needed to be elevated above and shops facing the street are placed among the road side of the parking floors.
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To overcome the bad effect of entering from parking levels, the entrance atriums are extended till the ground level and customers are lifted smoothly to retail levels.
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Entertainment spaces are placed on top of the central island. That gives opportunity to obtain large periphery windows that allow sunlight inside and create an airy interior effect in this snowy cloudy Siberian city. This section surrounding the periphery corridor constitutes the keystone system section design problem (see the images at the left). Setting a well designed structural system with rythmical columns among a circular corridor, passing large spans, carrying a large roof and heavy
fenestration were to be solved together with this section. Fortune City, the name of the mall, comes from the company name of the project investor, Fortuna Group and they asked that the interior concept be related good fortune. So each atrium is associated with a theme of one international symbol of fortune, and expressed by related design items as seen below. That also provided that the orientation and mapping in the mall be easier.
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PERIPHERY CORRIDOR - In order to obtain the desired interior design effect the section of the surrounding corridor was studied with a sketch up model together with 2d details and engineering coordination.
FOUNTAIN COURT - Throwing a penny for a wish as an international fortune symbol is represented by a water feature with gold fish at the Fountain Court.
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PARK COURT - The large foodcourt is divided into several zones under the PARK theme and enable a more orientable, humanistic scale.
CLOVER COURT The universal symbol of fortune is revealed as a four-leaf clover at the Clover Court. A winter garden with the dominance of clover plantation provides a natural relaxation break at the center.
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SKY COURT - Design of the Sky Court concentrates around the theme of wishing upon a star. Skylights and lighting design constitutes the main items of this theme. © öncüoğlu +acp
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canopy : steel structure + alum. comp.panel cladding (alpolic a class)
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serigraphy painted opaque glass, vision glass and spandrel glass
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The project period was supposed to be 12 months in total composed of 3 phases with 3-months of preliminary design, 5-months of working documentation and 4-months of tender documentation for building contractors. However due to the changes on the site condition and an disagreement on the facade design, the periods got prolonged and mixed with each other. Before the tender phase, the project went on hold and in 2014 restarted again. Even though the first proposed design (above images) was kind of approved at the beginning, later during the working documentation phase, the client required to cancel the facade design and asked to restudy. Therefore my concentration on working documentation phase wass forced to be shifted to the exterior.
As the preliminary stage was coordinated in Revit platform, the detailed exact models of the facades were also created by Revit program; those manipulated by Sketch-Up program in 3d, all redesigned, confirmed, drawed in detail by consulting the facade engineers.
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above: my sketch-up renders for the first design done by Jenkins below: later facade studies, my proposal next page: the final approved facade design
Skylights, canopies and curtain wall structures of the office block and the entrances took special attention to design due to cold-climate effects. The opposite page summarizes the materials used on the building design model which I constructed in Revit and Sketch Up platforms. The following page presents some of the system sections and the details produced for this exterior envelope.
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POWERFUL CONCEPT, PROPER PROCEDURE, GOOD DESIGN
DPC Tower Istanbul, Turkey
project location Istanbul, Turkey project year 2012 project type Office gross land area 31.264m² gross building area 57.947 m² parking spaces 627 company Oncuoglu+ACP report to Enis Oncuoglu, Vice President client Dogus Holding position worked design manager duty taken Lead design, design management, drawings and SketchUp models, facade design and materials render management
Today’s city life with dense population, expensive plot areas and separated commercial zones necesitate highrise blocks based on mostly the same perfect rectangular footprints. As a result, the cities are full of office towers with a traditional planning which is the central cored rectangular floor plans repeating with the same floor heights.
a large low-rise closed box, which was the first built retail park concept in Turkey, consists of large volumed commercial areas such as Television studios, automobile galleries, large anchors and food courts. The given plot necessitates strict building area regulations of 31333sqm allowed usable area with 1722sqm of that is to be used on the ground floor.
In Istanbul`s Maslak region, on a newly developing commercial zone with rapidly appearing high rise office blocks of the same traditional planning principle, we were asked to design a 15-storey high rise office block with 4 basements and around 60.000sqm building area which is to be the office addition of an existing retail park. Dogus Power Center,
The main design approach aims to question the traditional office planning and to suggest and alternative office life to the inhabitants while at the same time differing from the neighbourhood office blocks not only to be a landmark but also a strong complement of the existing building.
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Even though generally most of the work in an office is done at the same desk, in front of computers, it is known that the most innovative ideas appear in between places, in coffee breaks or during different activities. Inspired from today`s innovative working spaces of such as Google, Pixar or DVG Hannover, more volumetric and spacially articulated spaces can be designed where work spaces can vary and be combined with other functions. So working spaces could well be considered as living spaces.
As an alternative to floor based traditional planning of large areas which results in full single storey typical office plans, the large areas are taken as volumes which attach to the building mass 3 dimensionally, creating
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vertical richness on the office spaces by voids and floor gardens in between. Therefore, large offices, instead of occupying floor by floor, can be assigned to the 3 dimensional volumes of the mass by flexible vertical circulation within those masses. So each mass of the building will be thought of as a distinguished, individual office spaces with their own characters and kind of independence. As seen below, the initial mass studies are done in sketch up platform, considering the linear form of the existing power center, which is to be a proper graphically compliant final figure. Then the most convenient mass combination was chosen among the suitable ones for possible office dimensions and requirements.
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As on the side road there is a slope, the main entrance is planned on the flat northwest side road which is on the higher level. Open parking areas are defined as for guests while closed parking entry is provided by the ramps there. Closed parking is combined with that of power center at the basement. Creating voids for structural advantages, the circulation and service cores are kept in the center. Steel construction with prestressed concrete panels is designed as the structural system in order to obtain flexibility on the circulation within the defined 3-4 storey office volumes. So when required, the precast panels can easily be detached to provide vertical circulation voids. This provides also a general flexibility for rentable areas and easiness for leasing the office spaces.
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sinuzoidal perforated panel Due to plot restrictions the office layout was forced to be planned in an east west direction, therefore an important need for climate control and energy efficiency emerged. Even though to some extend this was provided by deep voids and interior gardens with plantations, double skin facade systems are prefered to strengthen the shading. Material choices for the outer skin is also done on this respect.
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The total project and presentation period took around two weeks of time with a team of 3 architects. Solid model and 3d renders were outsourced. My main duty was general design and presentation management including the outsources renderers and all design studies including ideation, massing, planning, sketchup modeling and facade design.
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concept design project location Istanbul, Turkey project year 2008 project type residential, home office, retail gross land area 12.700 m² gross building area 74.500 m² residential areas 28.927 m² office areas 4.326 m² retail areas 17.491 m² parking spaces 1000 company Oncuoglu+ACP report to board members client Zorlu Holding position worked architect- job captain duty taken Building mass design, facade design, 3d render coordination, tower planning solutions This project has been published in several international sites such as archdaily.com, worldarchitecturenews.com and detail360.com
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CONTRIBUTING THE DESIGN DRAWS A CAREER LINE
B199 Residences Istanbul, Turkey
B119 project is a keynode project on my career as I could find a chance to present my 3 dimensional and planning design skills extensively. Consequently, my career concentrated on design with increasing design responsibilities on each following project.
B199, taking its name from its address location, Buyukdere Avenue no:199, is the award winning residential tower project of a limited competition held by Zorlu Holding in a prestigious business district of Istanbul. Buyukdere Avenue rising with skyscrapers on its long narrow plots, causes a scale deviation on the existing shanty urban pattern of the area. On the other hand, when the latest developments are considered in general, it is seen that Istanbul`s historical silhouette has been forced to change from organic to a
fragmented line with the appearance of cubical modern building sections rising separately through the sky. B199 searches for how to integrate the former fluidity concept together with the principal needs of present highrise structures as such as rationality and modularity. So that, the tower can be placed in the new silhouette of İstanbul as a landmark referring to the historical silhouette among the neighboring cubical towers.
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Therefore behind its organic form, the general planning principle of B199 is quite simple. Rational residential modules are hung on both sides among a corridor on the longitudinal direction of the plot, and the fluidity is provided on the section of the tower by projections as well as the boundary lines of the floor plates. As a result clear rectangular rooms can be obtained by leaving a transitional outdoor space around the floor area which can be used as a terrace garden.
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The tower form enlarges at the lower floors and with a smooth transition, extends to create the podium. Above the podium is used as a recreational roof garden for the tower.
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The podium contains road facing retail showrooms and a museum which are defined under a surrounded canopy with entrances pulled back on the slightly curvilinear facade. (see the visual below) One of the most challenging problems, was privatizing the entrance and traffic while keeping a public flow for the retail despite this very narrow plot in the middle of dense traffic is solved by layering the entrance levels. Thhe vehicle entrance is taken from an elevated, privatized drop off through a side ramp up and a sunken square is created to collect pedestrians safely to flow among the building frontal along the side road. So that the interruption of pedestrian flow by vehicles is avoided.
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apartment plans varied up to each floor
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concept design -B199 Residences The project period took around three weeks of time by 3 assigned architects including me. The principle decisions were taken during the brainstorming meetings with the participation of the board members. Solid model and 3d render works were outsourced while all the others including coordination and presentation were completed by us. My main participation on the project was the design of the sculptural 3d form of the building and all apartment plan solutions of the tower coherent to the model. I used archicad program for both the mass form at the very beginning, and the planning which is varied up to each floor plate. © öncüoğlu +acp
above top: chinese renders for 2 facade variations above middle: 3d max model snapshots during during facade design procedure right: archicad elevation
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Later after winning the competition, I was assigned to continue those following studies alone. During those studies, the façade has been articulated more in detail to give a lighter and a more elegant appearance keeping the sculptural form. Most of my work later was done in the 3dStudioMax program. The final 3d renders were done by an outsourced Chinese render company that I coordinated. After this project, my reputation and responsibilities in design decisions increased considerably and my career path was drawn as a conceptual design architect.
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5 3d design HIGHLIGHTS
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project location Basrah, Iraq project year 2012 project type Sports gross land area 88.642m² gross building area 30.205m² parking spaces 773 client Nurol Holding company Oncuoglu+ACP report to Board Members position worked design manager
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duty taken 3d concept idea, mass and facade design, SketchUp models and render coordination
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ADDING SPIRIT TO THE PROJECT BY 3D DESIGN
Basra Sports Halls, Iraq
Stadiums Hotels Closed Halls Commertial Functions Tennis and Multi Purpose Courts Sports Team Housings Youth Houses Sports Halls and Pools Football Training Fields Conference and Administration
Olympic Swimming Diving Pools
Basketball, Volleyball, Handball
Being an important part of Basra Sports City, which is an existing masterplan with a ready stadium design, Basra Sports Halls includes pools and halls for indoor ball games. The project area is very close to Basra Stadium, designed by 360 Architecture, which attracts attention for its leaf-like organic facade shading elements. Oncuoglu+ACP was asked to prepare a concept project for the part of Sports Halls in order to attend to an international tender (bidder). The project area was replanned within the existing masterplan (left above) and assigned to work as a key stone integrating the overall design of the complex. In the new planning (left below), the three required sports halls in an array undertake the conciliatory and complimentory role between the stadium and sports guest houses. The main interference to the existing masterplan is the newly created direct path from the center of the guest houses to the stadium. The administrative building which was placed on the other side of this alley also defines a positive urban space in the front.
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left: my first design sketch just below: facade design elements as white shell, wiremesh staircase, masonry wall and lineer tilted shaders below middle: sample materials below down: sketch up elevations
The main circulation platform around the halls is raised up in order to avoid unnecessary excavation, however this also helps provide a better protected space against drifting sand. When I received the project as floor plans were finalized as rough rectangular masses. Inspired from the abstract leaf elements of the existing stadium, the first idea that came to my mind was, white organic shells with a dynamic yet pure effect by interpreting the design language of the stadium as a continuation, like a queue end to the guest housing direction, which would also be great solar ray reflectors and shaders with large eaves. My first sketch (left above) shows the formal idea that I desired on the roof plan. In the design process, I assumed a single organic white shell is first split among the alley and between the halls, later stretched to opposite sides in xy direction and to opposite corners in the z direction in order to provide dynamism and distinction between the halls.
SketchUp models were done in order to overlap with the existing planning and adjust to architectural needs such as sun control and structural enable ability. For that, structurally to avoid an unrequired columnated effect, lower level corners of the shells were extended to attach to the ground. Climatically to deal with the most problematic long southwest facade, those shear walls were kept larger for more shade. Below the shells, the facade was articulated by simply three architectural elements. Wiremesh vertical elements for staircases; contrasting dark stone masonry walls for large surfaces and slightly tilted lineer wooden shaders between the roof and the deck edge, for more sun control and closure. Teak wood decking was chosen as material for the main circulation platform which is elevated on stone cladded columns. Large signages with sports graphics were also used as a design elements attached on the facades for orientation.
In paralel to this initial sketch, the consecutive
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6 urban design HIGHLIGHTS
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LANDSCAPING AS A BOND ON URBAN FABRIC
URBAN PATTERN + + neighbourhood pattern + integration with the environment + low-rise and high-rise + balance of open and enclosed space + equal distribution of density + functional and spatial diversity + alternative open spaces
Nurol Park Istanbul, Turkey
On the large plot, located on Istanbul`s main highway, it was required to project a mixeduse center with its own hotel, residences, offices, commercial and recreational units, with proportions to the need of the market. As Istanbul is a large metropol with many small city centers and connecting highways, there has been unplanned structuring with shanty settlements. In the recent years, by the recreation movement of those regions for people in higher social standards, satellite cities and gated communities have emerged. The proposed project is designed as an alternative to the above mentioned introverted neighbourhoods. The main idea is to create an “urban pattern” inspired from the urban space morphology. The building blocks are planned integrated with open social spaces composed of the pedestrain streets, landscape pattern and urban squares which create a unique urban pattern. The main element that strengthens the design scheme is the pedestrain street that connects
the highway to the leftover park area on the rear parallel road which is on a level that is 10 meters higher. This pedestrian way with the commercial units at the periphery and an integrated museum block that is envisioned for cultural facilities, create an attraction center where the residents may gather together. Besides, the passage functions as both a separator and unifier of the public areas with the rear residential blocks. Therefore, the design of the landscape stands as one of the most important design items of the overall project. At that time I had been working on my new project in Irkutsk, and in the meantime I was asked to make a quick but urgent sketch proposal for the design passage for the coming presentation to the client. The project came to me as the block masses are placed with a request of designing a landscape with around 5000 sqm of museum and commercial areas. I made a 2-day-sketch study in SketchUp and later detailed it to be prepared for the render.
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project location Istanbul, Turkey project year 2012-2013 project type mixed use gross land area 58.609 m² gross building area 266.374 m² company Oncuoglu+ACP client Nurol Group position worked design manager duty taken landscape design
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Above: one of the first SketchUp shots of the initial sketch work that was later rendered by outsourced for presentation. (right) Below: SketchUp images showing design phases 1. predecided mass planning 2. diagonal bordering walls and museum location 3. interrupting horizontal lines as commercial prism, level manipulators and neighbour intergrators 4. mutual placement of the prisms up to perspective 5. Following project development
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The main simple idea I found to deal with both the level difference and diagonal directioning to the park was mainly to assign two bordering walls orientating the people from the highway to the park, and interrupting those walls by horizontal lines in the direction of side blocks which creates breaks on the bordering walls for the entragration from side areas, while elevating the passage to keep the required level. So both separation for privacy and at the same time unification for integration had been provided. On the otherhand, for the location of the museum, the nearest point to the corner park
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was chosen, as being the most visible highest level, to be a landmark on the pathway. To adapt to the high level difference, the museum played a solution role as the peak point by placing escalators and lifts to be also used by the museum visitors. So by the ability to keep the slope affordable for the rest of the parts, the passage was saved to be a boring, tiring, climbing path. The form of the museum is designed in a circular plan which is refered to be a node at the pedestrian traffic on the site and differing in form so it can attract attention as a landmark. The commercial areas on the pathway are
designed as longitudinally projecting single storey rectangular prisms, defined on the horizontal lines interruping the bordering walls, just as a visual continuation of the middle blocks. By their carefully chosen placements according to the perspectives created on the pathway, they also play an animating visual role on the overall design. They are assigned as cafes, buffets and small shops up to location. Later, during the project development period, keeping its principle concept, I modified the first sketched design to fit the recent modifications of the project.
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7 3d visualizations SAMPLES
SKETCH UP, PHOTOSHOP MAKE YOU DO ALL THE JOB Even though I had a good deal of experience in using Archicad, ArtLantis and 3dMax, later on, due to the concentration on design rather than visualisation, I mostly make my designs using Sketch Up and drawings on Autocad. I search and experiment the first design idea on Sketch Up and draw the schemes on Autocad. I mostly use Revit on the late preliminary and design development phases when the concept is clear.
Once the concept model with facade manipulations are confirmed on Sketch Up, I send the model to out-sourced render contractors in China and direct them for model changes, material choices and lighting for the required final render images. Usually, until the concept model is chosen, I provide SketchUp model images with postproduction and color adaptations in Photoshop for mid presentations for the company board members
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or for the client. The image on the left below is such an image I produced, and the image on the right below is a final professional render done in China, which was done for Sisli Residences project of Oncuoglu+ACP. A rough Sketch Up presentation of an apartment unit of the same project can also be seen on the left hand side.
Facade Alternatives and Comparisons Sisli Residences Istanbul, Turkey The technique of using Sketch Up combined with Photoshop is also very convenient for alternative facade visualizations. During the meetings within the office, in order to give proper decisions while making choices among the design variations, I use close-up explanations and photomontage comparisons. Two different facade alternatives I produced for Sisli Residences can be seen on this
page. I designed and presented them using the mentioned technique for a presentation to the board members of Oncuoglu+ACP. The alternative above was chosen and then was finalised by outsourced renders as seen on the opposite page. That design received the Cityscape Highly Recommended Award in 2010.
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3d visualizations - Palm Couture
FINAL RENDER CORRECTIONS AND VARIATIONS Palm Couture Dubai, UAE
first design sketch
During the project development phase, Photoshop revisions which are done on the finalized and already approved conceptual design renders are mostly a time-saver for consequent changes in order to see the effect in advance practically. Below for example, the render images I revised on Photoshop can be compared as the before and the after. For another example, column cladding alternatives were studied again on Photoshop as seen on the left hand side. Masterful use of Photoshop program helps to make realistic comparisons in a short time.
preliminary SketchUp model
Additionally, the images above examplifies my use of SketchUp as design tool. The one on the far left is my first design sketch for this project and the one next to it is the developed and approved model.
column detail alterations done in Photoshop
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3d visualizations -Buyukesat Residences
ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS ON 3D MASS MODEL Buyukesat Residences Ankara, Turkey
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wind study
sun study
vertical circulation diagram
final concept model in Sketch Up
To express my concept with environmental analysis, area distribution, circulation diagrams etc., I use SketchUp and Photoshop in combination during ideation phase in mass design. Those are mostly prepared for the first mass organization suggestions and they work well in comparing the alternatives. During the time I worked for Oncuoglu+ACP, I produced the images below for the presentation of my mass design proposal for a residential complex. The images were also used in the project booklet which was presented to the client.
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site plan scheme showing entrances
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FIRST EXPERIENCE: BUILDING ON FIRM GROUND
Atilim University Engineering Faculty Ankara, Turkey engineering faculty
project location Ankara, Turkey project year 2002-2003 project type Public footprint area 9.300 m² gross building area 35.360 m² company Erkal Architecture report to Coskun Erkal, lead architect client Atilim Foundation position worked junior architect duty taken All working documentation drwgs and construction drawings
Shortly after graduating from the architecture department in 2002, I threw myself into professional practice, knowing that it would be quite different from what was learned ideally in the academic domain. Indeed, my first job as a junior architect was fortunately another school. As I started working next to nationally well-known architects Filiz and Coskun Erkal as their only asistant, I had the advantage of learning all about working documentation directly from the lead architects through practice under their supervision. They had just received confirmation of the concept design of an engineering faculty complex of a new private university in Ankara and the contract was supposed to begin
construction as soon as possible. The project was composed of 6 reinforced concrete blocks designated as A1, A2, A3 and B , main building with classrooms and laboratories; and C and D buildings with rooms for the professors. In the first phase, contractor was planning to build only A1 and C blocks and use them immediately in order to finish by the coming education year. I worked on the first 4-6 months generally overtime, to complete the first phase construction drawings on time with engineer coordinations and tender documentation. Later while working on the other blocks, construction began and I supported the site contractor with additional construction drawings when needed.
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The first erected part of 12.000 sqm was completed in 2003 while still the other blocks documentation was continuing. It was composed of the A1 block (above) and the C block (below). As the documention
and construction went on concurrently, the revisions which were required during the construction could be experienced in advance and be revised on the other blocks.
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Inside a total of around 35.000sqm: Classrooms and laboratories for the various departments of the Faculty, spaces for the academicians and administrators, cafeteria and recreation areas, conference halls.. etc As the project consists of rich detailings of reinforced concrete structures with interior galleries, bridges; composite structures and special spaces such as auditoriums, it was possible to learn all related details, insulations, finishings and overall engineering requirements. The project was chosen as a finalist of Chamber Of Architects National Architectural Award in Building Branch, in 2004.
The completed documentation list for each block separately was as follows; •
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separate documentation packages for wet spaces (toilets), typical classrooms, seminar rooms and laboratories.
Additional point details and detailing needed during the construction were also provided.
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9 retail architecture SAMPLES
ALL ABOUT RETAIL: FROM CONCEPT TO CONSTRUCTION Since the ancient times, retail has always been related with urban life and city center, and gained more importance up to today. Shops which first were individually in the city centers, later were added as an attachment to other functions such as terminals, theme parks and museums, and nowadays, retail has gained more importance and become the main item where other functions seem like being added.
as the large closed box suburban malls of the mid 1900’s which appeared by the automobiles becoming commonspread. This formal evolution plays an important reshaping role in social and urban life. So that, the isolated suburban malls of that time have converted their surrounding into satellite cities, and enforced a new, isolated and discriminating life style which was caused by living in those satellite cities.
For example; MerSean Marina Project, built in 2009 by ACP+Oncuoglu, (shown below) was initially planned as a yacht marina with a few small shops and restaurants. However, working during its both concept and development phases, I witnessed how in the end it was more like a shopping mall with the dominance of demand in retail.
In todays world, shopping centers imitate the city centers and the missing urban life by bringing many functions together such as entertainment, gastronomy etc., by offering spaces to meet, relax, entertain or simply to spend time. This is achieved by representing urban items within the malls themselves such as galleries imitating the streets, atriums the squares, plant pots the trees.
Retail space is continuously evolving and changing form by the industries and technologies, such as the glazed roof passages which appeared by the invention of glass, or
However the missing urban needs could not always be obtained due to the financial privilege enforcing architectural standardization to make use of the high demand. Instead, just spaces of
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a commercial aim establishing consumer culture were produced. Even though lately the trend have been shifted more to mixed-use centers, combining retail with accommodation and workplaces; some can be interpreted just as a search for a new type of shopping centers with in-place customers. Due to my 9 year of working for an architecture company which is especially famous for retail, I worked on several retail projects from concept to construction; was supervised by the specialists in every phase; dealed with the contractors, clients and developers. That said, seeing and experiencing both the good and the bad examples have provided me to construct an extensive theoretical perspective as much as the practical. Even though most of them are standard, I would like to present here a few built shopping mall project examples I worked on, in order to refer my practical know-how on retail architecture.
AN AWARD WINNING PROJECT Konfitur Shopping Center Dolgoprudny, Russia project location Dolgoprudny, Russia project year 2007 project type Retail gross land area 14.500 m² gross building area 20.905 m² + 9.000 m² parking parking spaces 270 company Oncuoglu+ACP report to Haldun Akcakoca Moscow Director position worked architect, job captain duty taken Project coordination, project development, drafting and detailings of working documentation
After the collapse of USSR, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States emerged as a new consuming community and a retail market. Upon that sudden high demand, a boom on shopping mall construction was emerged by making use of the empty, cheap, large plots to build on; easement of access by existing wide roads; advantage of cold climate requiring closed spaces; and ready international brands waiting for that new market. Konfitur Shopping Center is situated in one of the remote towns of Moscow, called Dolgoprudny. It is a small sized city mall of 30.000sqm with a supermarket on the entrance floor and anchors with restaurants on the upper floor. Parking is provided in a 3-storey-separate building nearby as a part of the mall. For its well function, the mall was awarded as the best small sized shopping mall in CRE Moscow Awards in 2010. I worked on this project as the job-captain, based in Ankara and assigned for the project development with engineering coordination till the end of working documentation. I did most of the drafting and detailing myself under supervision of the technical project director and managed the engineering coordination with the Moscow office. The final project was translated to Russian in the Moscow office.
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DEVELOPED, COORDINATED, DRAFTED AND BUILT Mamyr Shopping Mall Almaty, Kazakhstan project location Almaty, Kazakstan project year 2006-2007 project type Retail gross land area 16.900 m² gross building area 46.900 m² lentable areas 24.000 m² parking spaces 206 company Oncuoglu+ACP position worked architect, job captain duty taken Conceptual planning studies, project development, engineering coordination, drafting
As a very standard medium size mall sample, Mamyr Shopping Mall, situated on a slope, presents a 3-storey-linear scheme plan with hypermarket on the ground floor with additional direct entrances from both sides, a cinema, a bowling alley, food court and restaurants on the top floor. Even though its planning reflects a very standard scheme; due to the ease of multiple accesses and its airy, naturally lighted atmosphere inside created by its large skylights, the mall operates very well for the given cold region. Its terracota facade with eclectic articulations might appear as an another standart design usage, however that was a pioneer work on that location for that time. I worked on this project beginning from the conceptual planning phase to the approval of frozen architecture, developed the project with estate and engineering coordinations, solved typical systems and submitted P-stage architecture documentation by using archicad and autocad.
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DETAILING WITH GERMAN PRECISION Espark Shopping Mall Eskisehir, Turkey project location Eskisehir, Turkey project year 2005-2006 project type Retail gross land area 24.00 m² gross building area 103.550 m² lentable areas 34.300 m² parking spaces 860 report to ECE Projekt Manag. client ECE Projekt Manag. company Oncuoglu+ACP position worked architect duty taken Detailing drafting
This was the first retail project I worked on in my professional life. It is a sample of a large shopping mall in the city center; and even with its grand size, it fits well with the city and works as a downtown mall. The concept and project management is done by an international German contractor ECE Projekt Management. Oncuoglu+ACP was assigned by working documentation. Within Oncuoglu+ACP, I was assigned by the following details and all those details were done up to the standards of ECE. •
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FROM A SKETCHY FACADE IDEA TO AN ERECTED POPULAR MALL Bodrum Midtown Shopping Mall, Bodrum, Turkey project location Bodrum, Turkey project year 2011 project type Retail gross land area 38.000 m² gross building area 57.000 m² lentable areas 27.000 m² parking spaces 617 company Oncuoglu+ACP position worked design manager duty taken initial facade concept sketch
Bodrum Midtown, a recently opened shopping mall, is situated on a connecting highway of a busy and attractive touristic region in Turkey. It consists of hypermarkets and shops and entertainment functions such as the children’s playground and cinema halls which have entrances on different levels by the evaluation of the natural slope of topography. Due to its seasonal operation and to catch the coming season, the project and construction were completed in around 7 months. I only worked for a few days on this project and proposed a sketch for facade design on an existing plan. My first design proposal was approved for its design character. The principle design language and the general facade character were preserved till the end. The facade design items I proposed such as plain, rythmical window openings, entrance flat canopy style with voids, breaking down the long facade by cubical modules and their material variations were rearranged and adapted to the following project development.
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STRATEGIC KNOW-HOW OF MALL PLANNING Starcity Shopping Mall Istanbul, Turkey project location Istanbul, Turkey project year 2006-2010 project type Retail gross land area 34.000 m² gross building area 120.000 m² lentable areas 47.000 m² parking spaces 1716 company Oncuoglu+ACP position worked architect, job captain duty taken Conceptual planning studies, project development, signage design
Starcity is one of the several projects I worked on in schematic planning and project development in my first years at Oncuoglu+ACP. I learned and experienced customer circulation, anchor and elevator placements, loading and ware circulation, parking organizations, building axis systems, technical space needs etc. for an operational mall by working at several mall schemes. This project is designed as an outlet center formed around a central elliptical atrium of an island scheme. Entrances of the outlet center are planned at the ends of the elliptical atrium from different floors. A hypermarket is located on the base floor and an entertainment zone is placed on the top floor. Entertainment zone is composed of food-court, cinemas and a bowling alley. I also prepared the signage design and detailings of this mall. A similar work I did for another project is explained in the following chapter.
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MASTER`S THESIS WITH AN APPLIED DESIGN
Kentpark Ankara, Turkey
It is said that if the graphical quality is not enough in 2-dimension, a good result must not be expected of its 3-dimensionality. I generally considered graphic design as the base of all visual design studies including architecture. On the other hand, today`s modern image based world emphasizes the sense of visuality more than the others. In architectural spaces, graphical installations play an important role as shaping impressions both for the quality and coherence of the space; and for their own purposes which might be to direct, to inform, to decorate
etc.Those were the main reasons behind choosing a masters in graphic design. Constitutional identity and branding with how that is applied to spatial elements constitutes my main interest in graphic design. In professional practice so far, I could only practice this area by designing environmental graphics of some shopping centers as a package of wayfinding and signage systems including their graphics and placements. Kentpark Shopping Mall is important among them because it was also a study for my master`s thesis.
project location Ankara, Turkey project year 2006-2010 project type Retail gross land area 73.000 m² gross building area 386.300 m² gross mall area 232.000 m² lentable areas 80.000 m² parking spaces 3000 company Oncuoglu+ACP duty taken Conceptual design studies, planning asistency, signage design
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environmental graphics -Kentpark & Master`s thesis
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I chose Kentpark, as I participated on its very initial conceptual studies and followed its development. That very large life style center breaks the usual introverted shopping mall typology defined as “retail box” and is inspired and designed by a theme `urban` as the word `kent` refers to. The main feature of the project is the “interior street” connecting the main road to a buffer zone between the shopping center and residences which is comprised of a recreational area and a small lake. Thus, the main rotunda is designed as “Urban Square”, the main artery as “Street”, the market place as “Bazaar” and the open-air area at the rear as “Terrace.”
of bronze aluminium referring to the facade material. Fonts and symbols are designed and organised in a minimalistic manner considering the ease of perception in graphical design. In principle the main indicator like floor indicator such as Z for ground floor or I for information is marked in a big size in italic on aluminium mat sheets.
In wayfinding and signages inside the center, those main areas are shown as directions. Materials used in signage systems are: green color glass referring to patinated copper green by simply attaching to columns; or by supports
All signage placements are studied and suggested on each floor plan considering the best perception.
For the restrooms, which are reached via long corridors are directioned by wall information graphics. On parking areas, the directioning is provided by hanging aluminium panels in a similar design language.
above: toilet areas - directioning wall graphics below: signage placements on floor plans
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environmental graphics -Kentpark & Master`s thesis
During my studies, I tried to connect the graphic design field interdiciplinary with spacial practices both theoretically and practically. For creating more communicative spaces, environmental graphics appeared as physical expressions of traditional graphic design on 3-dimensional elements: both as a general usage of colors, patterns and illustrations; and also as expertly applied identity and informations. My thesis, however takes this combination one step further and includes new media graphics installed on architectural spaces. New media,
which has emerged by digital technologies, introduced motion and interaction on to scene. This page shows some designs of new media graphics, I proposed for Kentpark. A queue of motion graphics containing information such as weather, news, events calendar, directioning and advertorials which would be presented in various size and formats of screens around Kentpark in chosen placements. The abstract of my master`s thesis can be read on the next page.
environmental graphics -Kentpark & Master`s thesis
“Spatial Approach To New Media In Graphic Communication Design And An Applied Study For Kentpark Shopping Center” Master’s Thesis by Sibel KONU, Ankara 2010. ABSTRACT In the last fifty years, a technological and sociocultural revolution epoch which mostly affects the information and communications areas and is mainly based on the digital technologies, is being experienced. However it is also felt at all the levels of social and individual life. In this thesis, the concept of new media, which is placed at the core of this condition, is investigated by focusing on the visual communication design. Moreover, the display technology, developed in recent years, moves the new media presentations to the every moment and space of everyday life. The virtual environment, which was initially neglecting the actual/physical space, nowadays constructs a “digitalized physical space” by layering onto the physical space. Therefore, the graphic communication tools, which are perceived by the effect of the surrounding physical space and which are designed for the spectators/users in mobility and motion, gain importance. The fundamental problematic of this thesis is the notions to be highlighted in designing those tools, the design methodology and the qualifications. The type of space chosen for the applied study, is shopping centers, which have recently been the focus of urban social life and worn a “mini-city” identity by obtaining a “living center”
property. The study is made for Kentpark Shopping Center in Ankara, Turkey. What to be examined in the first chapter is a general literature review of new media concepts and technologies. The evolution and the identification of new media and its graphic representation are associated with both the technical and the social context. The approach of this thesis to the concept of new media is parallel to the discourses of the famous media theorist McLuhan and his followers such as Manovich, Bolter and Lister. The main arguments stressed in this study, are that “medium is remediation which translates and translated” and that “new media, as a continuation of the others is effected by the previous media”. The main focus of the second chapter is the relationship between the concepts of space and new media. Grounding on the idea that “any medium is a remediation – thus a representation”, the spatial concepts related in this “representation” is researched. By associating the spatial discourses of Lefebvre, Panofsky and Manovich, who discuss on variant platforms, a similar discourse for new media space is constructed, and thereby the qualifications of the new media object
are determined. Using the framework of the qualifications accessed, it is questioned by which methodology and how the graphic communication in new media should be designed for those placed in different spaces. A design methodology is introduced which bases on the “scale” variable as the main determiner and the influence of this “scale” variable is investigated. Third chapter of the thesis is dominated on the new media applications in shopping centers. Beginning with the short introduction to the theme of shopping centers, the samples of new media applications are collected and examined in order to concretize the presented theoretical frame. Finally, the fourth chapter is the presentation of the applied study -a new media graphic design in Kentpark Shopping Center- by making use of the methodology and findings of the previous chapters. Concerning the physical space they are attached, screens in varying scales are placed in the mall and their interface designs adapted are studied. Key Words: New Media, Space, Scale, Screen, Interface, Shopping Center, Graphics Communication, Representation, Kentpark Shopping Center, Graphic Design
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ALL FOR ONE - BODY, SOUL AND MIND drawing, traveling and dance As architecture is the design of the space we live in, it has a great power to shape the movements, moods and ideas. Therefore, for a designer, it is a must to enrich the mind, feed the soul, and understand how to perceive the world.
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a. Map showing the travel destinations b. `Red tango shoe`, ink with aquarelle, 2010 c. Photographs from my travels d. Quick travel sketch, black marker, 2001 e. Portrait, ink with water color -2014 f. `Milonga`, ink with ecoline, 2013 g. `Embrace`, ink, 2012
My main interests drive around dance: tango, yoga and streching; drawing: mostly figurative and by ink and/or aquarelles; and traveling: for discovering new places, cultures, experiencing architecture and photography. I believe those not only help me to feed myself better but also support my design abilities in every respect. In the first year I was introduced to tango, in 2003 I was impressed by its richness not only by movements but also by its theoretical derivations, and chose tango as a subject for my term paper for an architecture course called `Politics & Space`. An excerpt from it is as follows.
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Tango- With the Cultural Hints Behind by Sibel Konu Performances in general are the social texts upon attitudes about the body and the use of space and time. Tango, a social dance, whose history “revolve around themes of immigration, exile, the urban struggle for survival, disillusionment, class, race, band sex” (Dan Sharp) , can be interpreted as an appropriate system of communication that provides information about the concepts of hybridity and syncretism, cultural resistance, appropriation and imperialism. (...) With the context mainly framed by the history and evolution of tango I intend to find cultural hints in related to hybridity and in-between cultures, postmodernism and cultural turn, ritual, resistance and transgression, tactics, social space, marginal space and the third space. (...) In every movement of the dance a battle can be sensed even in a basic tango step; a battle of space -by eye, a battle for dominance and resistance -by heart. To characterize the movements in tango, it will be a convenient
placement to use De Certeau’s definition of a tactic (...) A priviledged participation of tango, in today’s world, as inherited from the past, can be seen in marriage ceremonies. As a marriage ritual, which ‘reinforces traditional ties’, the famous tango song, La Cumparsita of Jose Basso, is played in every invitations to the first tango. This first tangos might probably be the expressions of a beginning full of order and transgression, by struggle and seduction to achieve hegemony between the endless other identities as well as the male and the female; as a repetition of the revival of tango itself.(...) Following Lefebrve, Soja defines the space as ‘spatial practice’, perceived space –first space; ‘representation of space’, conceived space – second space and as a unification of them ‘representational space’, lived space – third space. Spatiality in tango can be considered as a thirdspace. Tango creates social, lived spaces; politics and ideologies come out behind human relationships. Thus mental and physical spaces can not be separated in the spaces of tango.(...)
(...) It is interesting that utopias creates societies achieved with full control. The control which milonga and tango create be compared with the control in heterotopias in terms of being a tool for the creation of the alternative. Because, tango is an improvisational dance evolving around a basic walking style and a few foot movements in spite of its complex appearance. It is told that those movements are words and tangueros/tangueras (names given to tango dancers male/female) in order to create sentences. As a language there exists an order as structure but as a tool for the creation of the alternative. (...) tango, as not only a music or a dance, but also as a cultural and social act. As a product of (a) culture/s in search for an identity, tango gives start in the middle of the debates upon cultural identity and identity politics. Exploring around marginal spaces, passing liminal times, tango lived its adolescence in a cultural turn. Tango was molded with desires, inspirations, politics, …etc. as the heritage of histories and cultures by hiding hints behind, and will continue.
COMPANY Residential
Retail
DUBAI
RUSSIA
VIZIR PALM COUTURE RESIDENCES
IRKUTSK FORTUNE CITY MALL
Lead Design + Team Design Director
2014 l
Dubai
PHASES WORKED CD+ Design Development (DD)
POSITION
Team Design Lead/ Senior Architect
Istanbul JASTAR
3D Design Management
Cultural Retail Mixed Use Mixed Use Office Hospitality
IRAQ KAZAKSTAN TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY
BASRA SPORT HALLS
AJAR CENTER NUROL ANKARA TOWER E 10 NUROL ANKARA DPC TOWER ISTANBUL GOP BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Mass & Facade Design Facade Design Lead Design + Coor. Lead Design + Coor. Lead Design + Coor. Lead Design + Coor.
Cultural
Mixed Use Retail
TURKEY RUSSIA
OFISPARK NUROL ISTANBUL SLAVYANKA AQUA MALL
Landscape Design Facade Design
Retail
RUSSIA
MOSCOW RIVER MALL
2013
Facade Design
l
57000 450000
Retail Retail Mixed Use Retail
RUSSIA KAZAKSTAN TURKEY TURKEY
HOLLYWOOD MALL RAMSTOR ALMATY SINPAS FORACITY BODRUM MIDTOWN
3D Design Management Renovation Consultancy Mass & Facade Design Facade Design
Ankara
CD+ DD + Working Documentation (WD)
Residential Residential Office Mixed Use
TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY
SINPAS ATASEHIR RESIDENCES SINPAS BUYUKESAT RESIDENCES ANKARA DP OFFICE TOWER ELECTROPARK
Lead Design + Coor. Lead Design + Coor. Lead Design + Coor.
Hospitality
RUSSIA ANAPA RESORT HOTEL
Lead Design + Coor. Lead Design + Coor.
Mixed Use Office
RUSSIA TURKEY
SEPTEMCITY QUARTER ANKARA DP OFFICE TOWER
Mass & Facade Design
l
Lead Design + Coor.
Hospitality Retail
TURKEY LIBYA
CARIAN BAY SKY BEACH SPA&CLUB GARGARESH MALL
Facade Design
2011 Facade Design
BATUMI CENTER IZMIR OPERA COMPETITION SAMSUN YESILYURT OFFICES
3D Design Management 3D Design Management
FESTIVAL PARK MINSK
3D Design Management
Mixed Use Cultural Office
GEORGIA TURKEY
Mixed Use
BELARUS TURKEY
Retail Retail
LIBYA RUSSIA
Office Mixed Use
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2025
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210000
109150
88110
116650
4435
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Cumhur Keskinok, Design Partner Director
3D Design Management
VILLAGIO LIFE STYLE CENTER MITINO SPORTS OUTLET
Design + Coordination Lead 3D Design
SYSTEM HEADQUARTERS TUSCAN VALLEY
Design + Coordination
2010 Design + Coordination
TURKEY
Residential
TURKEY SISLI RESIDENCES
Design + Coordination
TURKEY
Mixed Use Residential
TURKEY TURKEY
AVCILAR FORUM CESME VILLA
Design + Coordination
Retail
KAZAKSTAN DOSTYK PLAZA
Design + Coordination Design + Coordination
Retail Mixed Use
RUSSIA RUSSIA
PRAJSKAYA HILLS BARNAUL MALL & RESIDENCES
l Design + Coordination
88110
1722
208500
64292
80000
400000
25890
64292
324000
24000
56586
Enis Oncuoglu, Vice President
Design + Coordination
113070 59171
Retail Hospitality
KAZAKSTAN RUSSIA
ALMATY KULCA MALL SOCHI CHERNOMORETZ HOTEL
Design + Coordination
2012
3D Design Management
Mark Edwin Jenkins, Partner ACP NewYork
7500
59450
122172
12787
36000
30205
118000
266375
180000
235000
15000
13000
73370 Enis Oncuoglu, Vice President,
Project Management
Residential
DUBAI
ROLE VIZIR PALM CRESCENT SERVICED APARTMENTS
YEAR
Lead Design + Team Design Director
NAME Hospitality
LOCATION DUBAI
TYPE
VIZIR OLDTOWN TOWER HOTEL APARTMENTS
GBArea m2
Lead Design + Team Design Director
REPORT TO Claus Jungk. Partner Hamburg
Con
Project Design Manager / Senior Architect
ONCUOGL
Retail Retail Residential
AZERBAIJAN KAZAKSTAN RUSSIA
BAKU FORUM AVROSITI MALL
DOSTYK PLAZA KRASNODAR TERRACES
Design + Coordination Design + Coordination Design + Coordination
Mixed Use
GEORGIA
TIFLIS MALL
3D Design Management
LU+ACP Residential Mixed Use Office
TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY
PARK YASAM IZMIR
MER SEA`N MARINA CLUB
RENAISSANCE BUSINESS CENTER
Design + Coordination Project Coordination Facade Design
l Cultural Retail Retail
NORWAY TURKEY TURKEY
OSLO MUSEUM COMPETITION
ANTALYA TERRACITY KENTPARK ANKARA S.C.
3D Design Management Signage Design
2009
Facade Design
Mixed Use Mixed Use Mixed Use
RUSSIA RUSSIA UKRAINE
VOLGOPARK CENTER ST PETERSBURG FORUM
NIKOLAEV S. C. & RESIDENCES
Design+ Coordination Schematic Planning
Residential
TURKEY
B199 TOWER
Design+ Coordination Facade Design
Retail
TURKEY
STARCITY ISTANBUL S.C.
l
Signage Design
Retail Retail Retail Hospitality Mixed Use Retail Retail Retail Retail Retail Retail Retail Residential Retail
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FORUM ELAZIG MALL
GEBZE SHOPPING MALL
DIYARBAKIR MEGA CENTER CHELYABINSK PARKINN HOTEL OMSK LUNAPARK
ARCHANGELSK MALL
EKATERINBURG IRIDIUM S. C.
DOLGAPRUDNY KONFITUR S.C.
UST-KAMENOGORSK S.C.
ALMATY MAMYR SHOPPING C.
STARCITY ISTANBUL S.C. BETTASTAR SHOPPING CENTER TED INCEK RESIDENCES KRASNOYARSK JUNE S. C.
Schematic Planning Schematic Planning Schematic Planning Schematic Planning Schematic Planning Schematic Planning Project Coordination Project Coordination Project Coordination Schematic Planning & Development Schematic Planning Schematic Planning
2008
Schematic Planning
ncept Design (CD)
Ankara CD
Job Captain/ Architect
Hamburg
Retail Retail Retail
AZERBAIJAN KAZAKSTAN KYRGYZSTAN
DIMITROVKA SHOPPING MALL ASTANA SHOPPING CENTER BISHKEK SHOPPING CENTER
Schematic Planning Schematic Planning
Ankara
DD + WD
Architect WD WD CD CD WD
Architect Junior Architect
PROKUR ERKAL
SILI HOUSE ENKA STAGE STEEL ROOF COVER ATILIM UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING FACULTY
Drafting Drafting Drafting & Coordination
Architectural Timeline Table SIBEL KONU , BArch, MA sibelkonu@gmail.com
ANKARA TURKEY
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Education
TURKEY
Urban D. Public Mixed Use Housing Structural
ANKARA CITY CINEMA DORMITORY YOUTH CENTER EMERGENCY HOUSING BIRD HABITATION
Cultural
Education
Recreation
MARDIN COMMUNITY HOUSING
BODRUM CULTURAL CENTER
PRAQUE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
NOTERLER COMPETITION
Drafting & Presentation
35360
200
680
16600
36000
1780000
3500
13517
103550
97360
386300
93545
9470
Sinan Tasci, Partner
MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
KEPEZ NATIONAL PARK KONYAYOLU RESTAURANTS
Presentation
l 2005 l 2004 2002-1997 Landscape Design
TURKEY
Recreation
TURKEY KIDS REHABILITATION CENTER
Drafting
Residential
Recreation
TURKEY ATTA ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
Drafting
Mixed Use
Retail
TURKEY ESPARK SHOPPING CENTER Detailing
TURKEY
Retail
TURKEY DENIZLI TERASPARK S.C.
Schematic Planning
TURKEY
Retail
TURKEY KENTPARK ANKARA S.C.
Schematic Planning
Urban D.
Retail
TURKEY METROPOLIS FASHION MALL
Schematic Planning
Urban D.
Retail
RUSSIA URAL SHOPPING MALL
Schematic Planning
37919
ECE Internat. Project Partner
TURKEY
Retail
UKRAINE NIKOLAEV MALL
Schematic Planning
106600 60200
Onder Kaya, Oncuoglu Board Member
TURKEY
Retail Retail
TURKEY RUSSIA
SANKOPARK GAZIANTEP ULYANOVSK SHOPPING CENTER
Schematic Planning
2006
Schematic Planning
20820
200000
60000
82000
40000
31000
Haldun Akcakoca Moscow Director
Schematic Planning
l 2007 l
120000
46900
31000
Claus Jungk. Partner Hamburg
20905
322540
70100
205525
12667
18465
115500
56296
46000
556407
231099
74500
120000
386300
121355
47053
82098
8813
111395
126830
218620
114282
41000
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