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Selected Works

SCIENTIST RETREAT IN VETTER MOUNTAIN Fall 2019, Cal Poly Pomona Instructor: Juintow Lin Location: Vetter Mountain, California The project is located at Vetter Mountain, in the Angeles National Forest. It is aimed to fill the absence of the lookout tower, which was burned in 2009 Station Fires, with a new lookout that includes an observation deck and a visitor center; additionally, a retreatment facility was provided for scientists. This facility has cabins to accommodate scientists and their families during their stay and a research center where they can maintain their work. It is a venue for scientific retreats where they can depart from traditional scientific meetings and conferences and bring their work and personal life together in the same environment. At the retreat, scientists may hike and party together. While they never had a chance to interact with each other during a regular working week, they can get to know each other better on the retreat. Afterwards, retreat participants also have the chance of meeting at the research center to sustain their work. Although Vetter Mountain has a 360-degree panoramic view at the summit and all sides are surrounded by the Angeles National Forest, it has more pleasant scenery on the West side of the site. Thus, the project is mostly located to the western side of Vetter Mountain.

Rendering of the Cabin

Design strategies: The observatory deck is located at the same place where the historical lookout tower was located before it burned down. The most important expression of the project is enabling access for people with impaired mobility to the summit of Vetter Mountain, by connecting the visitor center and research center to the summit of Vetter Mountain.

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In order to do that, it is proposed that visitor and research center buildings have a ramping rooftop walkway. Because the ramp spans the whole site, it was given a humble and soft circular shape which also offers a wider view over the San Gabriel Mountains. The gentle natural curves surrounded by National Forest makes the environment quiet and relaxed. The ramping roof of the building, which also partly enables the collection of rainwater, slightly elevates people to the top of Vetter Mountain.

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4 Legend 1. Visitor Center 2. Research Center 3. Observation Deck 4. Cabins 5. ADA Accessible Cabin 6. Parking & Common Space

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Material: Wood was selected as the structural material to demonstrate the use of renewable local resources. The exteriors of the visitor center, research center, and cabins were covered with zinc panels. The patinated zinc gives a soft and aged quality to the facades. Although zinc material has minor reflectivity, it still can react the sunlight. For example, while the panels have a soft greenish hue under yellow color of sunlight, it looks gray on gray sky days. This tonal color shift on panels makes material more aesthetically compatible with the earth colors and avoids the buildings take attention away from nature. Sustainable Strategy: The project reflects ecological and sustainable concept in multiple aspects, via the rainwater collectable roof, gray water recycling, using natural local resource wood, recyclable zinc, and many other low-carbon measures. It creates an ecological and sustainable architectural monument which allows the public and scientists to visit, stay, and research.

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Axonometric Structure Diagram

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Interior Renderings

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EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS

Fall 2015, Mimar Sinan University Instructor: Sinan Izgi Location: Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey The project site is used for parking and educational purposes, but the existing buldings do not meet the educational standards. Considering the needs of the community, a new educational campus is proposed for the site. The project has been designed the way it was used in the past as a natural vegetation area in addition to an educational facility. The agricultural land which was destroyed in the past, planned to be brought back with edible landscape.

Rendering of the Campus

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Campus buildings are located along the main campus street.

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Site Analysis Main street and entrances are connected to the pedesterian path coming from Uskudar market. Sustainability Strategies

The design was aimed to create a place that would benefit maximum from the sun.

Utilizing the daylight

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Shifting for different uses

The diagonal axis also used for creating public space in front of the main entrance of the building.

The Campus invites students and visitors to the campus through different controlled entrances. Diagram of the Proposed Buildings

The campus is designed to connect two city blocks with each other from the lower level in order to allow easy access. Ground floor is the main road between other buildings.

The education campus including classrooms, conference hall, exhibition spaces, cafe, library, theater, and physical education buildings was considered as an attraction center of social life. Social needs of community beside educational needs played a great role in development of this project.

Section Perspective

Campus Entrance

Tophanelioglu street lets the controlled entrances for administration, service, and library buildings.

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Axonometric Perspective of the Buildings

CHEST DISEASES RESEARCH HOSPITAL Fall 2016, Mimar Sinan University BArch Thesis Project, 12 week Location: Bursa, Turkey The project is designed at the area where oldest medicine institute of Bursa was located before. After Bursa School of Medicine moved to another place, this place continued to be used as a hospital. Due to the fact that the old hospital cause dysfunctions and does not meet requirements for safety, the revitalization of the project site asked by the city. Considering all these circumstances, the architectural project is aimed towards the rebuild of the original values of the site. I proposed a new research hospital to the project site where it has been used as a hospital for years.

Rendering of the Hospital

During the design process; -The old plan criteria planned to recover to maintain old trees at the project site and to create more green space. -The traffic flow and transportation a key point for the access to the hospital. -Building orientation was important to maximize daylight. Emergency Mature Trees Yuksek Ihtisas Train Station

Hospital Entrance Underground Parking Entrance

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Tuberculosis Unit

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Sleep Diseases Unit Dining Hall

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Pulmonary Diseases Unit Respiratory Unit Administration

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Polyclinics Chemotherapy Radiotherapy Blood Transfusion Pulmonary Rehabilition Physiotherapy Radiology Unit Laboratory Unit Emergency

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Operating Rooms Bronchoscopy Intensive Care Unit Respiratory Intensive Care Sterilization Place of Worship Laundry Morgue Kitchen Service Entrance

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Parking Shelter

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Massing Model Proposed Building in the Model

Chest Surgery Unit Internation Pulmonology Unit

Axonometric Perspective of the Buildings

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SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION

Fall 2020, Cal Poly Pomona Instructor: Kip Dickson Location: Los Angeles, California The project is located in Los Angeles. It was an exercise to understand site planning and code for residential units within a small subdivision setting. The project includes three multifamily dwellings that can contain two- or three-bedroom. All units would have their front yard and garage that have access to a shared driveway. The design approach was to create a connection with the street from each unit. Windows are placed with the best orientation to capture the street view from each dwelling and provide privacy.

Rendering of the Units

Fourth Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

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Site Plan

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3/4” Plywood sheating over 2x6 Studs 16” OC

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Structural Framing Diagram

Shear Walls and Moment Frame Diagram

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Framing Legend Hot water Cold water Waste Exhaust fan Bathroom `Fixture KitchenFixture Gas HVAC Drain

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Roof Drainage, Plumbing, and HVAC Integration

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SOFA | MIMAR SINAN UNIVERSITY RESEACH CENTER Fall 2014, Mimar Sinan University Architectural Studio II Instructor: Nezih Recep Aysel Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey The area was used by Mimar Sinan University before the faculty moved to another location. The design was aimed to create a place that would serve as Mimar Sinan University Research Center and coworking space for mobile workers and students at Besiktas. Since five city universities did not have enough work space for students located within walking distance to the project site, there was a need for a flexible working space.

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Rendering of the SOFA

“The sofa” is an unspecialized space giving access to other rooms in Turkish homes analogy. The prominent Turkish architect Sedat Hakki EIdem visualized the rooms of the house as individual houses in themselves, and the sofa as the street or square allowing access to them. An interesting analogy in between rooms at the Turkish home can be seen between houses at the street. The design approach was to create the relationship in this project.

Site Plan

Looking toward Bosporous from Project Site Design Process: The main goal was to create a street like sofa which allowing acces to individual work spaces. Adjacent Building Adjacent Building

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Research Facility Elevator I Elevator II Elevator III

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Sections

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S O F A

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CUBE - SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING

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CHAIR DESIGN

2017, Robotic Post-fabrication Yasar University &University for Applied Arts Vienna Instructor: Emanuel Gollob, Georg Sampl, Serdar Asut Digital crafting enable us to customize everyday objects around us. In this workshop, the potential of 3D Scanning and Robotic Fabrication techniques were explained and experienced. Rhino, Grasshopper and Kuka|PRC were used for the production of this chair.

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HYBRID PAVILION

Spring 2017 AURA-ISTANBUL Advisor: Yilmaz Deger The aim of the project was creating an unit that reflects the fluidity and experimental quality of the material more than the solid and stable quality of the material. In this project, the cell can be changed with the movement of the visitor and can give reaction with its interactive surfaces.

Rendering

Circulation

With the digitalization, virtuality started changing and found a new meaning in physical place. It has evoked a new experimental sense and created a new reality in the human brain. The integration of virtual space and the physical space in real time reveals the hybrid space. The interactivity in these spaces creates a mental activity in the brain of the viewer. This mental activity allow someone to experience circulation, transformation, integration, participation and contribution possibilities. The change in the relationship between body and space, has also been caused by the change in the structural elements in the space.

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PAINTER’S STUDIO AND HOUSE Spring 2014, Mimar Sinan University Architectural Studio I Instructor: Ozgur Bingol Location: Cihangir, Istanbul, Turkey The project is located in Cihangir, Istanbul. It is an area that gets attention by visitors interested in art since a couple of museums and fıne arts university are located nearby . Because of this, I proposed use of this area by a painter. The old Turkish house in the project site, which had been desolated, planned again to use by a painter and a studio is designed next to it.

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First Floor Plan Second Floor Plan

Proposed Building in the Model

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