architectural portfolio by nilra zoraloglu

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portfolio nilra zoraloglu

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This booklet includes projects I have done over the course of my studies that includes architectural, digital, curatorial, and research projects. I aim to give an impression of my understanding I developed through undergraduate education.

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What is in it?

ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS

INTEGRATED DESIGN TECHNOLOGY #nature-informeddesign #pavilion

#architecture #megastructure

#deployablestructure

Aerorium: Deployable Pavilion

Spatial Structures: Immersive Urban Spaces Re-minding Skopje

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42-49 #architecture #performancehall

#animationdesign #digitaldesign

Platform for All : An Inclusive Community Center

Space Vagabond

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EXHIBITION AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS #curatorialwork #exhibitiondesign #exhibitiondesign

#architecture #housing

Revitalization of Balavca River: Housing for Students

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Retrospective

54-57 #architecture #researchcentre

#design #exhibition #objectdesign

Erudite: Scientific Research Centre

Representing itself

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DESIGN RESEARCH

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#architecture #detaildesign

#architecture #research

Small Living Unit Design

The Space of Circulation (International Research Studio with Delft)

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mega structures

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Understanding the material and immaterial infrastructural system that changed the global space making discourse in architecture through the context of Skopje.

SPATIAL STRUCTURES: IMMERSIVE URBAN SPACES RE-MINDING SKOPJE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO VII, 2019 SKOPJE, MACEDONIA

CRITICS Prof. Dr. Ayşen Savaş, Prof. Dr. Arzu Gönenç Sorguç, Onat Öktem , Emre Erkal Individual Project City systems, structures and forms, content and meanings are constantly changing. City mutations and transformations are becoming repeatable patterns and spatial products which is almost became infrastructural in global space making in terms of economic, social, demographic, ecological and other aspects. The project is aim to make the city resilient by redefining the term of infrastructure which is also one of the significant term in Kenzo Tange’s proposal for reconstruction of the city of Skope after 1963 Earthquake.

Resilience

Infrastructure

Network

The city is analyzed in terms of its disaster and network potential to make city resilient by using infrastructure which is suggested by Kenzo Tange and redefined with today’s terms.

The project is aim to make the city resilient by suggesting megastructure which can be transformed itself within in multiscale urban matrix which can redefine the term of infrastructure as repeatable pattern

The process completed in Rhino and Grasshoper.

Exhibited in X_Y SPACE by METU + Published in Journal of Faculty of Architecture

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concept

C I T Y A S S AT EL L I T E The city of Skope is analysed on its disaster potential in terms of fault line, landslide and flood risk area.The 1963 Skopje earthquake was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000 and left more than 200,000 people homeless. The earthquake destroyed about %80 percent of the city that shows even if the cities which is formed over years, can disappear in a second.Therefore, how cities can resist these disasters is questioned.

According to the resilience approach by Antoine Le Blanc, resilience can be achieved by information and its communication among all actors and at all scales.So in order to understand the way of resilience in Skopje,the one of the important resilient act in the city is analysed. ‘’The colourful revolution occurs against the government in 2006 which is the formation and spreading of social protest in which a large number of active engaged citizens participated and which was covered and negotiated to a great extent online through social media networks.

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The Conceptual City Plan which shows how megastructure changed the existing land

Conceptual sections from site

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Perspective sections with existing structure

Multi-layered car parking building

Megastructure and how transform the existing structure

Megastructure

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Mutltiscale Urban Experiences Typologies

wires

urban furniture 1 cm

pipes

50 cm

columns 90 cm

urban platform

200 cm

bridges 500 cm

transportation system

3000 cm

1500 cm

building

5000 cm

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Axonometric Plan Diagrams

+ 7.20 m

+ 3. 60 m

+ 2. 40 m

- 1. 20 m

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Structure and Material Diagrams

0.9 m x 0.9 m Spatial Frame

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Elevation Drawings

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platform for all

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Inclusive community center should be accesible to everyone,irrespective of their physical abilities, gender, ethinicity, income level, social status.The design idea is to create a new platform for everyday events for all.

AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY CENTER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO VII, 2018 ANKARA, TURKEY

CRITICS Prof. Dr. Mualla Erkılıç-Bayar, Prof. Dr. Vacit İmamoğlu, Araş.Gör. Ömer Faruk Alp Individual Project An Inclusive Community Center, the important tasks is to disclose and interpret the meaning of Urban Platform for all. Similarly, the idea of inclusive community is the other important concept that you have to question.

What kind of inclusive public spaces that an urban platform requires? What kind of inclusive community

building offers or generates a new-fresh vision (both in conceptual and formal sense) to enhance the urban life of the local people? Are some questions you are going to answer. Although the building will serve to the local community, primarily it will also attract people from different parts of Ankara

The process completed in Rhino and Grasshoper.

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concept

ACTORS OF CIT Y AS FORM-MAKER 100. Yıl, being one of the sub-centers of Ankara,is located at the border of METU Campus andconnected closely to Balgat, Çukurambar,Cigdem neighborhoods. The area is known withits residential buildings forworking people thatwas built around 1970s. Due to the closelocations of METU, Çankaya University and Ufuk University to the region, the region hasbeen widely used by university students. TheUnion of METU Graduates and the socio-cultural activities that it serves bring a potentialto the region. The Museum of MTA, diversityof commercial, gastronomical, recreational,educational, official administrative buildings,and public spaces like parking areas, localbazaar etc. enrich the 100. Yıl area in all ways.

The population of the area shows diversity ofpeople including, native and foreign students,young families with children, senior and retiredfamilies, officials, etc.

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the nodes neighborhood the used as space generator

according to required space, the land is lifted with respected to distorted grid

according to the light needs, the surface is slited

the approuch to site

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Ground plan 1/200

Section 1/200

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Partial Section ‘‘Performance Hall’’ 1/100

Urban context involves diverse and complex community of people with different ages, gender, cultural background, education and interest . Public space somehow should gather all these values of urban context, therefore public space can be achieved by creating inclusive space which contains different activities and functions for all to participate, to generate, to socialize, to gather.

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housing for students

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City of Mylasa defined by multiple layers.

City of Mylasa has multi-layered historical background.

City of Mylasa enriched itself with ancient civilization.

REVITALIZATION of BALAVCA RIVER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO VII, 2019 MYLASA, TURKEY

CRITICS Prof. Dr. Mualla Erkılıç-Bayar, Prof. Dr. Vacit İmamoğlu, Araş.Gör. Ömer Faruk Alp Individual Project Mylasa, which is a common place where many communities intersect at different periods of the history, has different forms of urbanization. The Balavca River of the Mylasa created an urban language and shape of historical side.On the other hand, today the highway determines the orientation of the city. As a result of that the social and economical life changed

their residential from period to period. In thet way, we can understand and observe the effects of intersections of different urban on the same place. Therefore aim of the project is that reflecting the overlapping features of Mylasa in terms of social, historical, economical structures on new housing proposel.

The process completed in Rhino.

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concept

C I T Y A S M U LT I - L AY ER ED Milas, wgich is an ancient city, is located at the south of Turkey. The area is close to Aegean Sea and formed by mountains. Balavca River has always been a spine to the town. During the history, the settlements were built around the river which divides the town in two in the direction of northsouth. The area is very fertile because of the river. Moreover, the city of Mylasa is present throughout history from 7th century onwatds, where it was capital of ancient Caria and Anatolian beylic of Mentese. It went through many period, hecatomnid dynasty, roman period, christian era and turkish era, hence there are 27 archeological sites present.

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shaders

habitable units

circulation

structural grid

horizontal elements

roof

vertical elements

haousing module

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Site Plan Drawing

Conceptual Collage

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Various Scale Models

Concept Model 1/500

Housing Model 1/200

Structure Detail Steel and Concrete 1/50

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Single Module

Double Module

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housing typologies While designing housing plans, there is an important concern, users and its relation with outside that comes from the traditional Bodrum house typology.

A

B

AC

C

AB

CB

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scientific research centre

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Duality between the site and the platform, this idea is strengtened via the language of the spaces, which refers to the stereotomic and tectonic concepts.

ERUDITE : SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTRE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STUDIO IV, 2019 ANKARA, TURKEY

CRITICS Prof. Dr. Inci Basa, Dr. M. Barış Yağlı TEAM Dilara Turgut, Gökberk Koçak Production of new scientific knowledge is the principles quality of civizilation and a fundamental merit of contemporary societies. Knowledge is produced in a variety of organizations inculuding universities, colleges, research associations, corporate, institutes, govermental or non-govermental establisments and laboratories. Diverse research programs, machanisms

and working teams constitute the heterogeneous landscape of research. Indisputably, advances in science have a range of technological , societal, cultural, economic and environmental consequences.

The deeping of such an understanding upon scientific research brings a certain status to the production of architectural spaces for this endeavor.

Exhibited in ‘STEPS’ by Turkish Association of Independent Architects The process completed in Autodesk Revit.

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concept

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE The project, consists of a lbrary and three research buildings, is given in the context of steppe which is located in Incek, between the TED Collage, highrise bulding and a small village. The starting point is to glorify the importance of research by adding a platform to create a new ground in this desolated area. The complex will be isolated from surroundings; however, will be seen. Because there is ‘‘duality’’between the site and the platform, this idea strengthened via the language of the spaces, which refers to the steretomic and tectonic concepts. Th mass is carved out to emphasize the axes and the common areas, whch reveals the steretomic quality. The aim is to use massive parts for introvertes spaces that have non-flexible activities as knowledge production. The tectonic part, constituted by the lightweight structure, defines flexible spaces that host knowledge sharing.

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Addition of the mass, new ground for research

Superimposition of lightweight structure, extraverted spaces for knowledge sharing

Subtraction of public space, introverted mass for knowledge production

Stereotomic-technotic relationship is mainly based on the mass and light structures.

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The Ground Plan Drawing

Section Drawings

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1. Multi-purpose Hall 2. Library Services 3. Library Admnistration 4. Cafe 5. Entrance Hall 6. Wet Space 7. Research Laboratories 8. Computer Lab

Perspective Section

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9. Reading Hall 10. Alcoves 11. Archive 12. Semi-open Area 13. Classroom 14. Atrium 15. Open Space

space duality introverted mass for knowledge production, laboratories for knowledge production

extraverted spaces for knowledge sharing, classrooms and shared spaces

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detail design

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Regardless of how unique design is, any architectural design needs to be studied in detail; which, in return, advances the concepts, symbols, and aesthetic themes of the basic design.

SMALL LIVING UNIT DESIGN: SYSTEM DETAILING BUILDING DETAIL MODELING CRITICS Asst.Prof.Dr. M. Koray PEKERİÇLİ ,Inst.Dr. A. Berrin Zeytun ÇAKMAKLI Individual Project The main focuses of this course; the knowledge of orthogonal architectural representation for on-site construction, the theory, techniques, methodologies, and tools for architectural detailing, the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to

architectural representation. There are requested system section/detail drawings of design which pass through the curtain wall (the designed empty façade), especially from the door part in 1/20 scale and min 4 point details in 1/10 scale.

The process completed in Autodesk Revit.

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The Front Elevation Drawing

1/10 Roof-Beam-Wall Connection Detail

Section Drawing

1/5 Foundation - Wall Connection Detail

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View from Inside

View from Sunshade

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Plan Drawing

Section Drawing

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deployable pavilion

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Armadillidium Vulgare (pillbug) is chosen as a natural reference for the project because of its ability to adapt to different situations with simultaneous movement of its legs and shell.

AERORIUM: DEPLOYABLE PAVILION

ADVANCED DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO , 2019 CRITICS Prof. Dr. Arzu Gönenç Sorguç, Lect.Fırat Özgenel , Res. Asst. Fırat Özgene Öktem , TEAM Sevgi Altun, Gökberk Koçak, Ala Haj Taleb The idea is to make a shelter for 2 people in case of a disastrous event, such as volcano eruption that produces dust and gases, where only solution to avoid it is to go under the water for a period of time, at least until the effects of the disaster start to fade away. The structure should also be utilized during non-disastrous times, which we proposed to place it near sea shore, where it acts as a open pavilion for usual, and a closed shelter for underwater. Together

with creating a scenario, the process continued with a deep research on Armadillidium Vulgare, which was selected after a selection process of any creature that might be worth analysing for the possible scenario.

The character of this small bug was the first thing that took our attention, it responds quickly to any outside danger, by rolling up its whole body, into a hard sphere, where the exterior consists of the strong shell and the interior is its soft body and legs.

The process completed in Rhino and Grasshoper.

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concept

deployable modularity

2 legs + shell unit = 1 module 7 modules at total, plus head and back part

modules closes up themselves one by one, in a sequence

legs crawl in y- axis, while the shell slides in x- axis

leg formation angle of freedom

150° < bend up < 170°

proporsional relations 44

open = 170°

if b fits into a, x<y

k>l>m>n>o>p where it touches ground, tangent line gets smaller to distribute the pressure

170° < bend up < 300°

View From the Central System of the Pavillion

Open Pavillion

Closed Hub

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system closed

open

The outer shell is designed using origami, thus it moves simultaneously with the structure.

The openings varitions to decrease the weight of structure

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two way fold surface

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Open Pavillion

Closed Underwater Hub

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understanding of milkway

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Understanding the material and immaterial infrastructural system that changed the global space making discourse in architecture through the context of Skopje.

SPACE VAGABOND DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO I, 2018 CRITICS Prof. Dr. Arzu Gönenç Sorguç, Lect.Fırat Özgenel , Res. Asst. Fırat Özgenel TEAM Berke Çakır, Uzay Doğan The project aimed to explore spatial,physicalmetaphysical qualities of Milky Way, by decoding its parts. Studio is starting from researching on the subject, conceptualising and parametrization of the design ideas, and at the end, producing digital data

by using various softwatres such as Autodesk Maya, Rhinoceros Grasshopper, Adobe Premiere and finally, Unity. The end product is to explore spatial quailites on the virtual reality environment, through using Oculus VR glasses.

The process completed in Rhino, Grasshoper and Autodesk Maya.

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concept

A LT ER N AT I V E G A L A X Y This project handles the concept of expansion and exploitation through an interplanetary parasitic machine expanding through the galaxy in search of resources. This expansion is represented with the machine forming specific three dimensional shapes between and around specific bodies in space, depending on the type of these bodies. The interaction of these bodies and the parasitic machine results in many different forms in a generative manner.

For the forms around and between the bodies, Rhinocerosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parametric modelling plug in Grasshopper is used; for the animations and rendering, MAYA is used.

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Form Mutations

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exhibition la biennale di venezia

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The Pavilion of Turkey as a space for meeting, encounter and production rather than merely an exhibition space.

RETROSPECTIVE The Turkish Pavilion at Venice Biennale, 2018 Venice , ITALY

CURATOR Kerem Piker ASSOCIATE CURATOR Cansu Cürgen, Yelta Köm, Nizam Onur Sönmez, Yağız Söylev, Erdem Tüzün Vardiya is a malleable structure just like the fabrics that define the exhibition areas, and we tried to keep it as flexible as possible. In time, its borders were expanded, at other times it got blurred, in fact sometimes they completely disappeared. Instead of creating a platform where only the methods of architecture are discussed, we tried to create a platform where different architectural ideas can be discussed by different professionals from all around the world, in both formal and informal settings.

Vardiya’s time Vardiya’s waste Vardiya’s exhibitions Vardiya’s phone Vardiya’s films Vardiya’s ideas Vardiya’s friends Vardiya’s siblings Vardiya’s future

Exhibited in Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

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The 13th shift aims to keep a record of the collective memory of the Vardiya project and explore its transformative potential.

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representing itself

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The representation of design process is the representation of the ideology. in architecture, representation preceeds the object, and from this representation becomes the object.

REPRESENTING ITSELF : ARCHIEVING MODERNISM ARCH.&DIFFERENT MODES OF REPRESENTATION, 2020 CRITICS Prof. Dr. Ayşen Savaş TEAM Uzay Doğan, Ege Doğan The METU Faculty of Architecture was constructed in the time which is dominated by modernist ideology, however the faculty is placed in different time, in other words the time its contructed is different from the space its contructed. When an object loses either one of the space, time or ideology, the object is no longer the object but the representation of it. This is the case of METU Architecture Faculty. In other words, It is representing itself. What is missing here is “the ideology”, so in order to truly represent the object(METU Arch Faculty), one should look for

representing this ideology. What is missing is part of the object.

The representation of design process is the representation of the ideology. in architecture, representation preceeds the object, and from this representation becomes the object. how do one represents the architecture and its design process in another time frame: METU Faculty is raptured with it’s time, is similarly represented with layers which belongs to Modernist Method of representation within the intention of creating spatial production.

Exhibited in Archieve of METU Faculty of Architecture as an archieve object

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Plans and Sections which are layers of a building are a method of representation that had its prime in modernist architecture. They represent a building that does not exist yet. That means, layers do not represent the end product, they represent the thought of space trough stratification.

Method of representation of space is the foundation of architectural design.

It should be understood that stratification is a representation of depth Method of representation went through a significant change with the emergence of digital representation. In a way, representation trough stratification does not exist anymore, except for the buildings that were designed with that method, those buildings represent the representation method. One such building is the METU Architecture Faculty.

The method representing depth is different in Modernism and today.

The Modernists represents depth throught strafication while today it is represented more directly with digital 3D models.

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Different Modes of Representation

Traces of Structure

Transparency

Traces of Structure

Shadow

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circulation as a space

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What if we re-read the circulation space of the campus by shifting the representational modes of the design, rather than looking it from any particular drawing method and representational technique that has certain special suggestions, in particular, with the master plan. .

Re_reading the Circulation Space of the Campus JOINT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGN STUDIO (Collobration with TU Delft), 2020 CRITICS Prof. Dr. Ayşen Savaş, Esther Gramsbergen (TU Delft)

There is no predetermined clue regarding which characteristics of the campus provide its integrated structure. Spatial organizations based on the continuity between and within the buildings, indoor and outdoor spaces, landscape and circulation elements should be considered as strong design decisions of the campus plan. As indicated in a preliminary campus planning report written by Altuğ and Behruz Çinici, the aim of the original design is to create a university city that will eventually transform the society and lead the planning

decision of the country . Since its foundation, the METU Campus has been prioritized the pedestrian movement in spatial design and planning approach. The Alley, the main pedestrian axis, played an important role in organizing the social and physical environment in the Campus. This particular research focuses on the main circulation space of the METU Campus, where all the social and physical spaces overlap.

Published in OverHolland – Architectural studies for Dutch cities is a series published by the Department of Architecture at the Delft University of Technology

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The first diagrammatical map shows the formation of the Alley, while the second diagram shows the pedestrian and vehicular area. The diagrams clearly indicate that beyond its formation, the Alley is a part of the more complex circulation system. In addition to its physical formation, the Alley is the focus of the social activity, cultural and intellectual interaction place where people are gathering and interacting. Lefebvre claims that space is a social product and every society produces a space, its own space.

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The Alley is not only the main pedestrian axis but also as space where all performances, political reactions, festivals take place that has a significant role in shaping the social environment of METU. Moreover, the integrity of the Alley as part of the more complex circulation network (the pedestrian and vehicular) raises an important question that the Alley may be part of a more complex system in the campus.

The alley manifolds transforms itself into different modes of circulation. Stairs, entrance, corridors, entrance, arcade. The circulation space varies in terms of the scale and function.

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thank you.

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