X Y SPACE
AN URBAN CREATIVE POLE BAYRAKLI | İZMİR
ARCH 402 | BILSEL_BASAK_PEKERICLI_OZTURK_SIMSER
BERTH OF CREATIVITY
ECEM KARABAY
There are many art &crafts masters who live unnoticed with their intelligence. The design aims to bring those people and their knowledge into use by collecting them under one roof to fuel the 21st century's biggest interests: Music videos and short films.
Since audiovisuals became more popular among the youth, the amount of need for creative work in that area has increased. Including technologically advanced multimedia, there are many artificial and natural elements used in those productions. Local art &crafts can also be beneficial in these cases. To avoid the cultural heritage from fading away and put back in use by showing them off on such popular environments is the concept idea of the design.
The site has a naturally warm climate and close to the water flow. Thus, the site would be hot and humid at the same time. The buildings and outdoor areas should be kept cool and habitable in such conditions. This is also crucial in case of the storage of the materials produced in the ateliers. So the sections of the buildings are designed to obtain a natural ventilation inside the buildings and the water flow is taken inside, creating a journey within the site boundaries with the trees accompanying. By this means, a cool climate is tried to be created in site.
The arrangement of the buildings are based on the footprint of the old pasta factory. The biggest and the most iconic part of the factory is preserved and turned into a collaborative work center within its old skeleton.
To make a salute to the ancient history of the site, a strong axis taken from Smyrna Mound passes thru the site and gives life to it with its 4 features: green areas, walkways, gazebos and trees. These features diffuse into the site, hugging it and at the same time inviting the people to the path where an uninterrupted vision towards the mound exists.
Typical industrial architecture style is altered considering the sun rays &the interior change of a new function that is required by the creative industry. This new section proposed varying heights and opportunities.
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