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Armutlu gecekondu Mixed Use

Project Gecekondu Mixed Use Location Armutlu, Istanbul. Turkey Type Sustainable social housing: low cost energy wise units for the upgrade of informal neighboorhoods in Istanbul Year 2012

Armutlu is a gecekondu located in the north of Istanbul, near the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge and the campus of the Technical University of Istanbul (ITU). His spontaneous growth occurred since the 70s, because of migration flows coming from Central Anatolia, occupying state-owned land and land owned by public entities, such as the ITU and the local waterworks company. The neighborhood has been the subject of some demolitions perpetuated by the government and by TOKI, which triggered violent protests and the temporary occupation by the army. Amutlu was once an orchard owned by the Sultan and is located very close to the shores of the Bosphorus, in the area where there is the most part of the yali of the city. The design strategy. The project is spread over an area previously built, the subject of the demolitions that have took place in the early 2000s: the area is owned by the ITU. The project proposes a program that consists of low-cost social housing, university housing and public utility services, the use of which is aimed at students as to the inhabitants of gecekondu. Upon completion of the plan are provided a ground floor for commercial premises, underground parking, a high rise residential building and residences according to the type of terrace house, trying to get as a functional, social and morphological mixitĂŠ.

Architectural expression. A key element of the project is the canal, which is recovered and around which grow volumes, oriented to maximize solar gain: solar thermal and photovoltaic systems are installed on the roofs of the buildings, while the recovery of rainwater pours in the canal, that has a series of sluices to adjust the water level. The building complex open itself to the east in the direction towards the Bosporus, while to the west, in the nodal point of intersection of several traffic arteries, is placed the library, serving the campus and the neighborhood. An elevated walkway connecting the complex directly with the centrality of Armutlu, exploiting the level differences caused by the slope. The projecting elements of the tower are a reinterpretation of the traditional bow-window of the yaliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architecture and generally of the cantilevered volumes of Ottoman architecture, such as the character of the buildings constructed by successive additions of Armutlu: they constitute a passive system in that their projection is calculated so as to ensure the control of the entry of sunlight indoors during the different seasons.

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SHORT TURKISH GLOSSARY Gecekondu: Lit.. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Built overnightâ&#x20AC;?, the term refers to the illegal residences built on state-owned land by exploiting a legal vacuum: Turkish law prevents it from destroying the buildings that are built over a night. Often, in accordance with an ancient Ottoman rule, a tree is planted to demonstrate the possession of the land and justify their dating. The opening of new roads is often the excuse used to justify the demolitions.

TOKI: Agency for Mass Constructions. The families moved according to the resettlement program sponsored by the agency often fail to meet the expenses. This is exactly what has happened with the Roma community of Sukulele, the oldest in the world. Uprooting suffered by these social groups also causes the loss of neighborly relations, which are often in these contexts one of the key elements of social life.

Yali: This term refers to the seasonal residences built along the banks of the Bosphorus, once the preserve of the Ottoman sultans and aristocracy. Often built of wood, after a long period of neglect, from the 80s, following the promulgation of certain building regulations banning the coastal development, their real estate value has grown considerably.

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Architettura Alpina ad Ostana

Project Alpine Architecture Location Ostana. Italy Type Mountain museum Year 2011

The project site is located in the Po valley, in the municipality of Ostana, on a plateau fronting the Monviso. The program includes the construction of a building for cultural purpose: the architectural references move from Bruno Taut’s Alpine Architektur and alpine projects of Carlo Mollino to contemporary Monte Rosa Hütte. Architectural expression. The building has the appearance of a mineral concretion and uses the slope to articulate two elements: an entrance hall with double height and a multipurpose auditorium basement. Visual connections with the context are essential: each floor framing through the main windows a unique elements in the valley, or an external element to it which is characterized by historically established relationships with the same: the shrine of San Chiaffredo, the “Buco di Viso” tunnel, the Monviso mountain, the surroundings of city of Saluzzo etc. The outer coating is made from split stone entirely analogous to that of the traditional local architecture.

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CEAT Roofscapes Barriera

Project CEAT Roofscapes Location Barriera di Milano, Turin. Italy Type Roofscapes / New strategies for urban and architectural design Year 2012

The project site is in the former CEAT building, which has undergone some transformations from the disposal of industrial equipment on the lot: a park was built in the place of production buildings, while the buildings intended for residences were placed in a horseshoe-shape on the edge of the lot, in order to create a sort of wing to the green zone. Administrative buildings have been converted so heterogeneous: some environments have become the new center of the district, other Library Primo Levi, others have been assigned to the Gruppo Abele, a non-profit organization. The program provides for the construction of a raising through the use of techniques of wood prefab panels: an analysis of the lot and the neighborhood has shown how it is made up largely by fences closed, inaccessible, and that the park is not visible from the road along which stands the main façade of the former CEAT. For this reason the project was first developed by the remodeling of the ground floor, which is the element of the relationship between urban public space and private space. The permeability of the ground floor has been achieved with the creation of some “cuts”, determined by the crossings preferential direction of the park; the construction of three large glazed boxes, with two floor, enclosing three different functions: cafeteria, study hall in addition to the library and office space for the Gruppo Abele.

The first floor consists of spaces assigned to the Gruppo Abele, used as a help desk: the project involves placing this function on the ground floor and allocate these spaces to co-housing for people in need. The top storey has been raised by means of a housing project according to the type of detached house, divided by a glazed corridor and some green spaces: the homes are divided into two floors, have a green private space and are oriented so as to optimize the capture of solar energy. The openings are located so as to avoid Inspectio et prospectio in alienum.

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der Wall Cintura Verde

Project Green Belt Location Dortmund. Germany Type Urban redevelopment of former city wallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s layout Year 2014

The layout of the walls of Dortmund, document and make readable even today the story of the old fortifications of the city is reflected in its urban figure overall, as well as in the quality of building that delimits it as fragmented and not able to define the space. The road section and the structure of the vegetation are not uniform and vary in the different character traits, close to the crossroads of major size buildings are no longer able to hold the space, post-war buildings without sense model the look of this important urban space. The new buildings relate to something if they relate only to themselves, unaware of the walls as overall urban space that needs a general urban plan to be put back in a position to shape the face of the city and to escape current construction. Conceiving the walls of the new space as a qualifying feature of the urban landscape, which is defined by its buildings, its cross-section and its planting, and then on that basis develop clear concepts fundamental to the future development this year is the main concern of the Academy of Spring Ruhr in Dortmund. To meet these demands, the project proposes a green belt that connects the existing green areas and other areas qualifying existing road sections through three different street section to change the ratio between pedestrian and vehicle reducing roadways and parking lots.

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Laguna verde Spazio Pubblico

Project Green Lagoon Location Settimo Torinese. Italy Type Re-design of public space Year 2014

The program provides for the revision of the masterplan Laguna Verde, which relates to the area of the former Michelin Settimo Torinese, which proposes the creation of three different building blocks linked by a broadway. The conceptual approach is exemplified by a comparison of the public space represented in the New Topography of Rome by Nolli (1748) and the one in the Le Corbusier’s Plan Voisin (1925). On one hand the analysis of the functions provide for settlement, on the other hand the finding of the absence (design) of public space, led to the redefinition of the road section of Broadway, too large to trigger a real pedestrian use. The use of different levels of planking allowed to cut some “oasis”, place intended for services with a strong connection with the functions in the block: we have therefore services related to job functions, residential and cultural activities. At the same time, the different heights held two different systems of pedestrian route, one that quickly spread in adherence to the ground floor of the buildings, and one slower related to the use of services and green areas formed in the lower levels.

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Sant’Anna a Venezia

Prohject S.Anna Church Sito Castello, Venice. Italy Type Re-use of abandoned church Year 2014

The theme. The Summer Academy takes its cue from the German debate on the closure and reuse of churches. In recent years the number of churches no longer needed in Germany has increased dramatically. Only in the Catholic Diocese Ruhr-Bistum about 90 churches are threatening to close. For Protestant congregations forecasts are just as high. Many of these churches are at risk of demolition because many members of the church find hard to get used to the idea of allowing profane uses in buildings originally used for worship. Reuse of churches in the form of swimming pools, shops and nightclubs appear to many representatives of the church, and also to believers, as an impiety. Then there is the tantalizing prospect in financial terms to demolish the church building, in order to sell the land at a high price, as happens in many places. Modernity and historicity. This debate on how to tackle the empty churches may at first seem a result of our secular present. In fact, it is relatively old. In Europe, the closing of churches has a long history. A first major wave occurred in the sixteenth century, when a large number of monasteries was transformed into land tenures in the geographic areas affected by the Reformation. A second major boost took place in the period around 1800 when, following the French Revolution first and then under the influence of Napoleon, monasteries and parish churches were abolished and desecrated.

Venice, case study. This circumstance was particularly dramatic when hit the city of Venice. In the years between 1806 and 1810 more than 60 religious buildings were abolished by order of Napoleon. About half of them have been demolished as a direct consequence of this decision. The rest was used for other purposes, which sometimes led to drastic structural changes. Compared to the variant of the demolition, the concept of “re-conversion” has proved for many churches as an alternative “sweet”, even in the examples most irreverent. Even some churches were risacralizzate at later time and again destinte to a religious use. Many other places of worship, instead, have been used so far profane. As architectural artifacts they document still in the structure of the city the previous presence of the institutional church. In contrast to the first conversions of the nineteenth century, the architectural strategies have changed and gradually become more and more attentive to the quality of the solutions. Overall, the city of Venice is a good example to illustrate the phenomenon of the “conversion of churches”, in amplitude of the whole spectrum of historical and architectural solutions. The project. The church of Sant’Anna is located in the Castello district. The area, in addition to being the first settlement in Venice, is historically linked to Arsenale and its activities: today there are many crafts in the area related to boating. The church hall is divided by a floor da-

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CRAFTMAN’S WORKSPACE ting back to when the building was converted into a hospital of the Navy: the project involves the removal of part of it to make perceptible the height of the old church. A stair-wall separates the functions and is part of the layout marked by the traditional decorative elements.

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