Silan Esen CV & Sample Portfolio 2023

London

E4 7SR

07456605050

silanbesen@gmail.com

Technical Skills

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Rhinoceros 3D

SketchUp

InDesign Photoshop Illustrator

Premiere Pro Microsoft Suite

Key Achievements

2021 - Present

Exceptionally talented, imaginative, and self-driven BA Architecture graduate having accumulated a vast collection of conceptual as well as technical design solutions throughout the duration of professional and academic career.

With a focused, organised approach, an analytical approach, and a meticulous manner, vigorously committed to providing an exceptional standard of service and support. Additionally, a wise decision-maker with top-notch planning and organisation abilities

Holding the ability to perform as a team participant and work cooperatively with teammates as well as independently. Considered as a persistent self-starter with the drive and motivation to succeed, continually adopting new challenges and excelling in extremely difficult and demanding settings.

Career Objective

Expertise in space planning, architecture, interior design, and working on various design solutions for projects necessitating extensions and planning.

Currently searching to thrive in a demanding atmosphere and use my applicable experience to get a meaningful profession. Positivity, a broad skill set, and ambition enable one to contribute to the organization’s overall success. Possessing the passion for Architecture, planning and design to further develop for new skill-set.

2019 - 2020

High Achiever Graduating with Upper Second-Class Degree from BA Architecture.

End of Year Catalogue

Year 3, Issuu page 216

End of Year Catalogue

Year 2, Issuu page 66

High Achiever Successfully achieved First Class Honours.

End of Year Catalogue

Year 1, Issuu page 19

References

Eric Wong

Design Tutor BA

E.C.C.Wong@greenwich.ac.uk

Jenny Wan

Design Tutor BA

J.W.K.Wan@greenwich.ac.uk

Key Skills & Expertise

An crucial designer with comprehension talent and inventive and creative thinker.

Knowledgeable about measuring and analysing the architecture of existing buildings.

Advanced user of AutoCAD, Rhinoceros3D, SketchUP, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro and Microsoft Suite.

An extremely technical graduate with strong aptitudes for technical tools. A excellent communicator who can collaborate effectively at all stages, particularly with team members and stakeholders; can collaborate effectively and deliver clear directions; excellent writing abilities.

Proactive and friendly, with the ability to work independently or collectively as a member of a team.

Outstanding time management abilities, usually meeting targets while facing demand.

Capable of efficiently managing multiple tasks and huge passion to learn.

CONTENTS / PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Y3: Fabric City

Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned. That adds up to $500 billion in clothing waste a year. On the current path, by 2050 the fashion industry will account for quarter of the world’s carbon budget. Fashion industry isn’t alone in generating large volumes of waste. According to the food and agriculture organization, a staggering 45% of fruits and vegetables are often not even harvested or simply discarded due to their appearance. Located on River Thames at Battersea, this project explores the alchemy of decolonisation of colonialism in the fashion industry by recycling wasted fruits into fabric and allowing people to sell and buy freely in an exhibited space. Naturally dyed fabric with waste becomes a symbol of hope and be the new 21st century of pleasure garden.

Y3: Fabric City / Technical Dissertation

The technology report focuses on retractable roof system made out of recycled polypropylene. The proposal carefully explores foldable fabric through testing of physical models, hand drawing as well as digital work to present how this is adaptive to the rest of the building and interaction with recycled steel structure. The foldable fabric roof is explored with wheel rails. Given the technical aspect the dissertation also concentrates on different stitching as well as pattern cutting methods to meet the proposal of how it stretches and reacts to movement.

Y3: Dissertation; Permanence of Impermanence

Permanence of Impermanence explores the philosophy of seasonally inhabited islands and humans given the tidal effect. The thesis develops a journey of Syrian refugees sought refuge in the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos and Rhodes. Disclosing the demographic of how islands are transit roots and host destinations commencing for a safer future. In other terms present a journey of what is permanent and what is not through facts and figures as well as a in depth study of refugee shelters.

01 Fabric City

Year 3 Main Project

The site is located at Battersea on River Thames between Grosvenor Railway Bridge and Chelsea Bridge. The site was explored through having the main structure serve as a port. The functional aspect of the building demonstrates the identity to poetics of responsible consumption and engaging with recycling in a non-conventional way. Due to this the structure is placed between two bridges for grosvenor Railway Bridge to import wasted fruits and fabric and Chelsea Bridge to allow an entrance into the building. This is to allow a system that does not require more carbon footprint.

The drawing displays the building whilst the retractable roof system is extended. The drawing presents the modern day Battersea Pleasure Garden which is the small fabric structures on River Thames which open and close as an exhibition.

Early composite hand drawing (Y3, ON 1782 x 841 LANDSCAPE)

Having the structure on River Thames, it was fundamental to understand different tide levels. The diagram and drawings above display different tide level through different times and the drawing on the right studies the layers of the fabric and structure.

The design proposal of my building is based around three main aspects, these all surround the technology of foldable membrane roof. These are structural system with trolley carriages , retractable fabric roof sewn specifically to figure one and two in-depth study of characteristic of sewing techniques. The above diagram and sample presents the godet technique which is used eight times around the roof in order for the fabric to stretch evenly.

This page displays running stictiching method which is done by needle running back and forth.

The diagram on the left displays Shell Smocking technique. This technique results in a fabric manipulation which makes the fabric look 3D. The outcome is exactly how the roof will look. The shell smocking technique was done by drawing grids which was nine inches by nine inch and just like the diagram shows it was stitched by point one and point two and later by dragging from one point to the next in a double for the second point.

The technical section also displays the fabric extended with trolley system and how the fabric wraps around the structure and.the fabric is collected at central hub.

The composite drawing on the right is an outcome of the early models I have produced which open and close with pulling motion. These models were inspired by sails from very early work and these models aware inspiration for the structures on the river which display fabric during the festive season.

Early composite hand drawing (Y3, ON A1)

This early collage was the start point of a large festive area where people come from everywhere to enjoy the new Battersea Garden of fabric. This collage was done using models which was done at the start of third year.

Since the beginning of humanity, mankind has migrated continuously. In the primitive ages, humans have suffered from natural disasters, nutrition and many more. However, while immigrating for reasons such as climate as well as meeting their basic needs and later with industrialisation, humans began to migrate mainly for causes such as economic factors, diseases, war and meeting their job needs. The catastrophes that the government of the third world countries contributed to their citizens is a prime example for brutal realities in search for a simply a better life. Godrey Baldacchino in RoutledgeInternationalHandbookofIslandStudies (2018) an idea of impermanence by mentioning:

‘‘There are also seasonally inhabited islands; temporary (or part-time) islands, given tidal effects’’ (Baldacchino., 2018).

In this thesis, following from the philosophy of seasonally inhabited islands and humans given the tidal effect, I will be giving a journey of how Syrian refugees sought refuge in the Greek islands of Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos and Rhodes. Disclosing the demographic of how islands are transit roots and host destinations commencing for a safer future. In other terms present a journey of what is permanent and what is not.

INTRODUCTION

In the Mediterranean geography, the Greek islands are located on the Aegean Sea. The presence of the location holds a very important point surrounding the continent of Asia Minor. Due to its significant positions within the Greek islands Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos and Rhodes have seen many unsettling historical repetitions of different settlements from past to present day. The accumulation of historical traces that the settlements have left behind had an out bursting effect with the start of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict erupted on the 15th of March 2011, not long after many Syrian civilians started migrating to Greece, mainly the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos and Rhodes (Leadbeater, 2016) by sea or land, travelling through Turkey. In desperation for a life safe from war, many settled across the islands living in temporary tents on small or large camps facilitated by the government of Hellenic Republic (Greece) as well as the United Nations (Greece | Global Focus, 2022).

Thesis article named Colonization of Island by Humans: A Bibliographical Perspective(1987), authors William F. Keegan and Jared M Diamond make points on why there is an interest in political nature of colonization of islands. Furthermore, they investigate a broader outcome of issues reflected on island populations. This then play an influence on Island architecture and the cultural clash combined from the different civilisations. Keegan and Diamond create a theory which they have written:

‘‘Islands are often viewed as ‘laboratories’ for the study of cultural and ecological process’’

(Keegan and Diamond, 1987)

This presents an idea that the nature of an island is seen very much different than of a city or a country on mainland, the effect of this is displayed with architectural traces from many civilisations which temporarily existed. On the other hand, the idea of tidal effect (tidal force) which scientifically means a gravitational effect or force where the gravitational fields of two or more celestial bodies collide, creating a pull-on effect on the tides. However, in this thesis it is a metaphor based on the migration of people, to the islands for generations and the architecture that comes along with the tidal effect. The metaphor of the ‘tidal effect’ and how islands viewed as ‘laboratories’ by William F. Keegan and Jared M Diamond, demonstrate how Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos and Rhodes became the space for refugee camps and allowed thousand to settle into temporary tents in already existing communities. 09

Subsequently, the temporary camps that were provided for the refugees from a large scale to a smaller scale is a starting point for the scheme of impermanence and the idea of historical repetition around the islands.

In this thesis will be breaking my theory into four chapters to present a journey of island architecture and refugee camps. A very precise and detailed analysis of conditions and temporary architecture of the tents through various articles. This thesis will examine Mória refugee camp (Lesbos) which was built in January of 2013 and was running until 2020 until its closure as it was burned down. As well as to present how different media outlets presented the idea of impermanence in such a negative concept. This study will solely be based on facts and figures supported by data and given examples by media outlets, as well as interviews of the refugees through different sources to grasp the idea of their harsh conditions.

With chapter one (Journey to Present Day), two (Better Life) and three (Permanence and Impermanence) Chapter three especially will study temporariness the most. The idea ‘Permanence and Impermanence’ will compose rather metaphorical ideas of the camps being impermanent, despite this how the camps could also be the opposite of impermanence which is permanence due to of the location of the camps. Islands having smaller communities than those on mainland, this results in everything being more visible. With all the collated information from three chapters, I shall be able to move on to the last chapter ‘Traces of the Past’. The last chapter will commence personal theories supported by different sources to present the idea that something from the past, which was equally violent and problematic, are now attractions that are left for us to visit or even have a holiday at. However, Mória Camp and many more are presented as foisted and raw which many people tend to avoid. This will unpack the previously mentioned idea the experimentation of island (islands being described as laboratories). The experimentation in where the island is seen as ‘seasonally inhabited’. Compared with the current refugee crises and outline clearly the historical context of the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos and Rhodes to then significantly and metaphorically if the islands are seasonally inhabited places and if this can be shown through impermanent architecture and rather more permanent architecture.

Nevertheless, the thesis will display a concrete study of the refugee and migrants and the architecture that comes with it and how the Syrian Civil war crises draws the conclusion of a bigger picture. How the crises unveil what starts off with factual argument to then conclude with a metaphorical idea.