“If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.” Norman Foster
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Shifting Public (Wo)Mentality Historic Opelika Facade
thesis (fifth year)
second year
Kendin Pisir Kendin Ye third year River Front House second year Wood Bench fourth year Extra Work
house renovation
“Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space... On one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.” Zaha Hadid
Shifting Public (Wo)Mentality
This project was intended to de-gender urban public spaces, to develop a safe and empowering place for women.
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It started by looking specifically at different situations where women tend to become vulnerable due to their surroundings, and then looking at the ways these moments in the city can be fixed architecturally. First step was analysing the physical and psychological differences between men and women, and how each approach problem solving in architecture.
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Using the differences, these spaces weren’t redesigned with the nuanced differences of using female proportions to design spaces, this project used a more abstract form of the Modulor, deriving its form from the self-image of women. In the most abstract way, by representing the ideal life and confidence in everything women, to some extent, Barbie is the self-image of women that shows women are different from men. In the end, the project produced a place of empowerment, a place of comfort outside a women’s home. This development is specifically catered to women in all aspects for their safety and comfort. However, it will be a place all members of the community can gather without the physical and cultural barriers urban public spaces possess.
“Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall.� Louis Kahn
Historic Opelika Facade
The premise of this project is to design a facade that mediates the conditions of the interior and the conditions of the exterior.The facade, in its need to mediate these conditions, provides a site for investment in performance as a design opportunity. The selected site was to consist of a mixed use program, with a bookstore on the ground floor, and one to two floors of residential above.The facade is meant to only indicate the program, as the frame and veneer construction system is the same throughout. With the ground floor being a bookstore, the focus behind this design was lighting, as it is an important condition for reading areas. Through site analysis and several concept models, the final facade was developed with three layers. The first is the frame, which as required,
is consistent throughout.The second layer is the main facade wall, consisting of store front on the ground floor, and smaller, conceptually positioned windows for the residential spaces.The third layer is a screen.This layer specifically brings the facade together top to bottom.While it adds depth above, over the store front windows it provides shading over the sidewalk and enough light into the bookstore.When closed, the screen acts as a level of security covering the store front windows.
“I believe that architecture is fundamentally a pubic space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lies of human beings, or the world.� Tadao Ando
Kendin Pisir Kendin Ye
Located in Ferikoy, Istanbul, this is the site of the old Ferikoy water pump station. Ferikoy is a suburb of Istanbul, home to many families of many sizes.There are not very many outdoor public spaces available for people to go outside and enjoy.The location of this site offers easy access for residents, as well as a view of the city. The goal for this project was to create a place where the neighborhood families could relax and enjoy each other’s company as well as their neighbors. In Turkish culture, there are places called Kendin Ye Kendin Pisir, which are outdoor barbecue places for families to utilize. I designed this to be a Kendin Ye Kendin Pisir, as I wanted a place that reflected their culture rather than putting a foreign concept in the old neighborhood. The design began by observing the topography and location of the original building and the views around the site.The geometry of the site was used as the inspiration for the shape of the new building.The geometry was used to create the pathways down to where the view opens up to the city (where majority of the seating is located). Inspiration for this angular design
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also came from doors of the surrounding buildings. Front doors in Turkey are very elaborate in design and reflect the culture in that area. Overall, the concept and design goal was to achieve a safe place where kids and adults feel comfortable, and a common gathering place for the elderly and families.
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“Our opportunity, as designers, is to learn how to handle the complexity, rather than shy away from it, and to realize that the big art of design is to make complicated things simple.� Tim Parsey
River Front House
This river front house was designed for a Luthier.The design needed to also provide an apartment for the assistant and a workshop. However, the workshop had to be accessible from the outside of the home.
the design process started. Figuring out the circulation was key to placement and development of the house. No existing trees were harmed. As the pathways were developed, a plan for the program of the house became clearer. The topography worked well with a split-level plan, which defined the private and public areas of the house.
The site had a steep slope toward the water, and that is where
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From the street view, the house seems very private, with a few windows and doors for access, and the driveway.The house from the river is public and open. A big open space consumes the central part of the house, with the private spaces off to the side.The main path of circulation will lead you to the water, to a patio area then down to the boat cave.The apartment is on a separate level to keep the house more private.
As Luthier’s are careful with details, it was important in this design to capture views, and separate of private and public activities, as well as utilizing different materials.The goal was to be simplistic through great detail, show delicacy through design, and maintain a harmony through its functions.
The Porch Swing
“Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.� Charles Eames
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The design evolved from the concept of the motion of the wave. Aesthetically, the curves TOP PERSPECTIVE reflect the smooth continuing motion as the wave develops.The continuous line of the frame reflects that motion while also being body responsive. The way light hits a wave contributes to its beauty as well. Translating that characteristic toward this design, the slats, which are also body responsive, allow lighting to come through and hit the back slats and the panels.This creates aesthetically pleasing shadows that add to the overall design. Construction of the swing is strictly friction joints. No need for glue or nails to hold it together.This can also be brought back to the concept of the wave, as natural forces are what makes the wave a wave.
The final product was made out of the finest Western Red Cedar and Maple Plywood.
Extra Works: House Renovation This project is the work I did with a professor at Auburn University. It is a house renovation that added a wing in the front and back, and made the main living space a double height, while remodeling the interior. Drawings include elevations, plans (site, foundation, roof, floor), wall sections, foundations section, and the new structure detail. This was a project completed in Revit.
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Design: Behzad Nakhjavan Digital Drawings: Sydney Huibregtse
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RIGID INUSLATION BETWEEN RAFTERS SHEET ROCK (2) 2X12 HEADER (AS PER STRUCTURE ENGINEER)
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THICKENED SLAB AND REINFORCING PER ENGINEER/CITY WALL SECTION @ WEST ELEVATION 2 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
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