fragments, corridors and connections.
AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE REUSE OF THE DECOMMISSIONED ATATÜRK AIRPORT OF ISTANBUL
AHMET ALPER GÜLTEKİN POLITECNICO DI TORINO
fragments, corridors and connections.
The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to discuss the difficulties Istanbul has encountered since the Atatürk Airport was shut down. Strategically situated within the metropolis, this vast airport region ran the risk of turning from a bustling transport center to a silent monument, neglected, and detached from the city’s changing fabric, or worse, being subjected to creation of more concrete blocks, for short term economic gains, creeping to even further damage of the city’s ecological downfall. Which is not a novel agenda in the history of the city Istanbul.
The goal is to revitalize this urban area while also creating a model for how cities can reclaim and re-imagine similar areas with a focus on community and environmental values that could have been prioritized during the initial planning stage but were overshadowed by other factors
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İstanbul Aviation Museum
Waste-Water Treatment Centers
Public Transportation Stops Universities Aprons Parking
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Populus Tremuloides Robinia Pseudoacacia
Populus Tremuloides
Salix Babylonica Artemisia Tridentata Sunflower
Lemon Tree Red Chilli
Tomato Plant
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Floating pavilion on the Drava river.
Competition project for the city of Maribor, Slovenia.
The purpose of the competition was to obtain an innovative design for a floating pavilion that would have two main functions: a space for smaller events during the Lent Festival and a space for contemplation by the river.
The designed pavilion connects and insert itself into the environment of the city of Maribor, by establishing a strong link between the riverside and the water element. As a “place in the middle”, between city and nature, it lightly physically relates with the environment, but it relates on the perceptive and sensorial level. Its open plan and light structure creates the most possible open module, able to allow views towards every angle, to observe the image of the city from its river. The modularity also allows a reconfiguration of spaces, in which the modules can slide thanks to rails in order to reshape the covered space based on the function; the adaptability is emphasized even more by the foldable furniture, which can really transform the space with simple steps.
The shape of the modules connects itself with the panorama of typical Slovenian houses of Maribor: the trapezoidal shape and the counter-inclinations of the modules reminds the organic and vernacular roofs of the old town and the Lent area. The final mass of the pavilion is light and open, as emphasized by the semi-transparent curtain, the only vertical closure. Nevertheless, the pavilion is a clear landmark for the city, as a new space on the river open to all citizens and visible from all over the city.
The structure is simple and feasible in its construction. The platform consists of a series of sealed, air-tight barrels providing buoyancy, a common vernacular technique employed in several other projects. Those barrels are kept in place by a truss beams frame, which works as the solid base for the construction of the wooden deck and the modules above. The modules, composed of a wood structure and a truss beam, can slide and move thanks to rails. The rails for the modules are placed within the deck, so that the walkable surface is always flat. The 6 modules themselves host foldable furniture and a solid roof, to allow usage in case of rain. All of the materials are treated to be resistant to decay and contact with water, such as the wood, which is treated in autoclaves.
The simplicity of the structure and the design is the fil rouge of the whole project. It sought to remind the steady but simple rafts used on the river Drava since long ago. Even the platform itself, by using simple barrels, possibly recycled and repurposed, barges into a tradition of adaptability and reuse. The other main material, wood, comes possibly from local sawmills, its essences being the typical Lower Styrian ones: oak, beech and pine.
The pavilion constitutes a focal point for the city, not only during Lent Festival or other holidays, but in everyday’s life. A new public space for the city, it can be reconfigured to host small events, conferences, exhibitions and even commercial functions. Finally, it can simply be a new gathering space for Mariborčan and Mariborčanka of all ages to relax, meet, share, chat and spend some time on the quiet riverbanks of the Drava.
1. barrels collection 2. truss beam frame 3. decking 4. parapet addition 5. livable volume 6. roof creation 7. module slicing 8. inclination alternation DISPOSITION A single space concert, conferences, Dj-set, performances, ... DISPOSITION B random spaces wine tasting, dining, exhibitions, gathering, social area, ... DISPOSITION C three spaces dining, exhibition,classes, social area, ... DISPOSITION D two spaces dining, exhibition, classes, gathering, conferences, ... DESIGN CONCEPT DESIGN CONCEPT
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Kaira Looro Architecture Competition:
Women’s House
The context of Casamance and the province of Sédhiou is traditionally agrarian and bucolic; the traditional activities have a deep relationship with the soil, the river, and the natural elements of the surrounding. Emerging from the very same soil, the new Women’s House, or Maison des Femmes, represents traditionality and organicism in its shape and construction.
A delicate circular movement gives shape to the house: taking as an example a shell, so abundant in the nearby rivers, and their organic growth, the house starts from a circular, encompassed space and then extends radially towards the outside. The organic growth can additionally be seen as an element of protection: from the outside, where the “shell-house” opens up its spaces, to the inner core, a space of intimacy for women to share, dialogue, and learn.
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Wall construction
Bricks preparation
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Filling the tires
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BAC 2021, Moon Hotel:
Ethereal
The concept of the space hotel on the surface of the Moon developed for the BESTorino architectural competition in 2021. The time dedicated to the competition was only 36 hours, but even in this short time it was possible to arrive with sufficient proposal.
“It has been foreseen that interplanetary tourism could be possible in the future. Time has come to take a step forward, to walk off the Earth.
Welcome to the new world, welcome to the Ethereal.”
Proud second place.
IN&OUT
“Architecture and Structural Forms”
The Design unit is aimed at providing the students with the technical knowledge and the practical skills to manage a complex design process, mainly focused on building envelope design.
In contemporary architecture the building envelopes are one the most relevant common grounds between the engineering and architectural expertise, gathering morphological, technological and structural issues. Since they are meant to be the outer skin of the building, they must combine a good energy efficiency performance with the structural stability, and they are, at the same time, one of the most influencing elements in the construction of the architectural language of the building
The project deals with the renovation of an old industrial area in the southern part of Turin, the former “worker city” of Mirafiori.
With the transformation of the economical model, from the heavy industries of the 20th century to the new tertiary model, a changing has to happen in the existing producting areas. Thus the need for a pole of 4th generation economy, working in sinergy with instutions, knowledge and people: aim of the project is to create a common ground for modern employees and professionals to share information and know-how.
The design take care of the existing structure, by keeping it and embracing it with new elements, providing an open and livable space both inside and outside. In fact the new building unfolds itself with a public square towards the main street, Corso Settembrini. The porosity of the spaces goes along with the flows of people in the plot: starting from the square, the accessibility of people is reduced, going towards a completely private area in the backpart of the plot . From the entrance the distribution is adressed in a clear way, by locating heavy and light labs, the places of production, at the ground floor. Increasing with the floors, more logistic areas are placed, such as the co-working. Finally, to create a more secluded area and to highlight the structural element of the existing skeleton, glass boxes are created on the roof, serving mostly as private offices for independent business that want to install themselves into the new environment.
Also working closely with the Politecnico di Torino Design Campus, an integrated environment for new developments is created also by dedicating an area for studying.
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Enveloping the existing structure with a column-glass pipe system.
Using the grid to create forms and open spaces which creates a scenery of visual history.
Extruding
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1 Meeting room
2 Informatic lab
3 Electronic lab
4 Meeting room
5 Chemistry lab
6 Heavy labs
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7 Coworking area
8 Public restaurant
9 Conference room
10 Meeting room
11 Study room
12 Outdoor study room
| Students: F. Colombo, A. Gültekin, L. Lagoa
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-False ceiling 40cm
-Gypsum board 2.5cm
-Tiles 2cm
-Screed with 2 percent slope 10cm
-Waterproof membrane
-Insulation 10cm
-Vapor barrier
-Reinforced concrete on metal decking 18cm
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-Heat strengthened laminated glass 2cm
-Silicon 2cm
-Heat strengthened laminated glass 2cm
-Secondary rectangular hollow steel beam 15cmx20cm
-Primary box truss beam 128cm
-PVC flooring 1cm
-Screed 5cm
-Existing concrete
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