Columbia University GSAPP New York/Paris

SERDAR VARDAR Columbia University - GSAPP New York / Paris Fall 2014 Critics: Babak Bryan / Sarah Carpenter

Thomas DeMonchaux / Jane Kim TA:

Chad Paul Karty

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* Cover Picture: Collage for Assigment 2

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1-EXHAUSTING A PLACE 2-DISPLAY/DELAY 3-SPECIES OF SPACES/MATERIAL IN MOTION 4-SIGHTLINES/SITE LINES 5-FABRICATION AND FUNCTION 6-ALL FASHIONABLE PARIS

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EXHAUSTING A PLACE Paris reference source: Excerpt from An Attempt at Exhausting a Space in Paris, Section attached New York reference site: Orchard Street between Delancey and Broome Project site: Our body Project Program: Vision/motion-altering prosthetic Critic: Babak Bryan Duration: 2 Weeks Materials: 2 white oxford shirt

My observation on the site was about the people who are not aware of the others.

Everyone has his/her own daily life and usually we are not aware of what other people do for us or how they effect our lives.

Right Page - Clockwise: -Prosthetic device pictures on the site -Overlapped prosthetic device drawing.

-Effect of the prosthetic device on body.

(Since every part of the device are connected to each others, when you step forward, your foot pulls your one ankle and that ankle pulls other one which pulls the hat down and close your vision. So, it stops you to keep walking and make you look around before you step forward and make you be aware of the environment.

Left Page - Diagram has been created according to relationship between different type of people (Permanent workers-Temporary workers- People are shopping- People just passing- Tourists) on the side. Overlapped on 36 photos. First picture arrangement is in time order and second picture collage is in people’s type order. Drawing is a key to solve the relationships.

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DISPLAY/DELAY Paris reference source: Screen by Eileen Gray,1923 New York reference site: Ladies’ Mile/Flatiron District Project site: Triangular display room at northern tip of Flatiron Building Project Program : Window display armature/screen Critic: Sarah Carpenter Duration: 1 1/2 Weeks Materials: 36 x 1/4” basswood lengths (24” long)

Clockwise from top left / Diagram. It was created according to visions through the glass display and reflections on the glass.

I used Eileen Gray’s Screen to take pictures. I treated it as a person and had it done activities which the people were doing around the Flatiron Glass Display Room. Sitting, walking, smoking, reading,etc.

Model of display armature- Open- Half open- Folded. I wanted to make my display armature foldable and dynamic by considering Gray’s Screen.

Right Page/ Side Elevation and Plan

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Installation in glass display room.

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Axanometric drawing of display armature.

After I drew the diagram, I realized that there is a balance of vision on the site, since you can see the environment through the glass and by reflection. Armature was designed in balance.

It has several arms to hang clothes as well as it has racks to put clothes on. When clothes start to be picked up, It looses it’s balance and starts to collapse. At the end of the event, when there is no clothes on it, it doesn’t stand by it self and demolishes it self.

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SPECIES OF SPACES/MATERIAL IN MOTION Paris reference source: Perec text (excerpt from Species of Spaces, 1974) New York reference site: Garment District Project site: siteless Project Program: 2 changing rooms Critic: Thomas DeMonchaux Duration: 1 1/2 Weeks Materials: 1 ball of twine + basswood model for assignment 2

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Left Page / Diagram: I chose “Euclidean Space” and “Space Time Continuum” for this project. I drew a diagram which shows two people”s movements in three dimensions and in time. Drawing on the left side of the diagram is Euclidean Space drawing. The other one on the right side shows the movement on x,y direction and in time According to relativity theory and space time theory, time would go by slower for the woman than a man who stays at the same place if the woman moved in a light speed.

Clockwise from top/ Model of the dressing room- Closed-Half Open- Open - Pulley Mechanism.

When the rope is pulled down, the room opens so that person enter in. While the rooms are opening, the person who stand on the platform on the left side of the model moves towards to other person because of the moving platform. Pulleys makes the mechanism work in different speed by addressing the space time diagram.

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SIGHTLINES/SITE LINES Paris reference source: Centre Pompidou, competition drawing, Piano/Rogers, 1971 [West Elevation] New York reference site: Bryant Park Project site: Bryant Park, rectangular area extending east from the west facade of the public library building Project Program: Lookout/bleacher seating Critic: Jane Kim Duration: 1 Week Materials: two square feet of neoprene 12 basswood sticks

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Left Page -Diagram: During my observation in the Bryant Park, I realized that some of the materials in the park are similar to the materials on Pompidou Center. Such as the shape of the stones. They are similar to the square frames on Pompidou’s facade. Diagram shows the similarity.

- Sketch models with given materials.

Right Page Collage: I created the facade again by using small materials in the park.

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Left / Elevation and Plan drawings of the model.

Above / Installation of the model into the Bryant Park.

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Front Elevation of the model. As I created the big facade materials by using the small materials in the park, I designed my installation in the same way. Stairs turn to the wall and turn to the canopy . Floor tiles turn to a bench and than turn to floor tile again. Railing turn to a stairs then wall. Small objects created bigger objects.

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FABRICATION AND FUNCTION Project site: Southeast corner of the Metropolitan Opera House / New York Project Program: Fashion Atelier Critic: Jane Kim Duration: 2 Weeks Materials: Chipboard

Below / Diagram: My observation was about the people who use the plaza stairs at Lincoln Center. How long and how do they use the stairs? I took thirty minutes video and drew the paths that people used. In addition,on the upper part of the diagram I drew the times that people spent on the stairs. As a result, I have gotten 8-9 second as an average.

Right / Sketch model for runway: As a result of diagram, I figured out that different parts of the stair have different density of usage.

I designed a sketch model for runway which has increasing size of opening referring to density on the stairs. Models, walking through the structure, starts to appear step by step.

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Elevations of model: I used this runway sketch model as module to design my installation into Metropolitan Opera House.

I created bunch of stairs which are also used as a runway.

Open and closed continues stairs give different options for Fashion show. Shows also can be watched from the park and models can walk down to park by using platforms. While the structure of the stairs are weaving to the facade of the opera house, inside and outside became integrated.

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ALL FASHIONABLE PARIS Project site: Garnier Opera House / Paris Project Program: Fashion Atelier+ Parisian CafĂŠ and two observation platform Critic: Babak Bryan Duration: 3 Weeks Materials: chipboard + corrugated cardboard

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Left Page / Diagram 1: Since We were not able to make an observation on the site, I made an analyses on the plan and section. I realized that in order to get a ticket from one of the ticket office, there are forty nine different path option if the main entrance doors are used.

Right Page/ Sketch model- Transformed from the previous module to have more than one circulation tunnel referring to circulation possibilities in the opera house.

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Diagram 2: Second Analysis shows the different usage intensity of the spaces in Opera House. Unused roof space is remarkable. I used these roof spaces for the fashion atelier, office, production etc referring to Phantom of the opera. In this way, it wouldn’t be realized that there are some other functions has been included. Space under the dome is spectacular. So, I placed the cafe there and one observation platform on the roof, reachable from the cafe. Other observation platform was placed above grand stairs .

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Sectional Model and Installation: I created circulation tunnels by using the module. They are used as a runway when there a fashion show or are used as a gallery space to display works which are created in the fashion atelier or just for experiencing the opera house in a different way. Tunnels have openings that refer to act of seeing and being seen. In this sense, person who walks through the tunnels could see and experience the opera house and the people in it from different perspectives which can not see otherwise and a person in the tunnels could be seen from opera house but never intersect since they are in two totally separated space. In this way, each person in opposite building, becomes a phantom for the one in opposite building. They could see each others from place to place but never touch.

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Left/ Tunnel which goes to cafe Right/ Entrance of tunnels. Tunnels have it’s separate entrance. Once you enter in tunnels you can not access to opera house. Tunnels are divided into brunches. One goes to roof where atelier and other required spaces are and the others lead you into a maze. You need to find your way in the tunnels. Some of the tunnels lead you to the cafe while some of them lead you to observation platform above the grand stairs. Tunnels pass through walls,floors of the opera house. Some times they go down some times go up. All is for to let you have different experience than just walking on the floor.

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Top Left Picture / Main circular stair tunnel which comedown from roof level to platform level: It has direct connection to changing room in the roof space so that models come down during the show by using these stairs as a runway. Models would appear like a phantom from the roof space. It also brings a light to interior of the opera house from roof. When there is a fashion show, audience can watch it from balconies of opera house. Models never walk on the opera house floor. They act as a phantom and behave as they are not in the opera house.

Top Right Picture/ Circular Stair detail coming down Middle Right/ Tunnels which goes to a observation platform Bottom Right/ Division of one tunnel to two tunnels.

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