Beril Aksoy- 2020 portfolio

Beril Aksoy - Portfolio

Beril Aksoy MSc. Student in KU Leuven Architecture: Resilient and Sustainable Strategies B.Arch Bilkent University Portfolio aaksoyberil@gmail.com +32 470 72 58 61 +90 530 242 31 84

For Master Thesis.

Table of Contents

CV Garden School of Tazentout Future Rural Schools of Morocco Fixing (the) Society Healing the City, Master Thesis Studio, Ghent Water as a Way of Life Waterscapes in Transformation, Dendermonde Culture Cave Art Center, Building Integration, Istanbul Green Energy Hub Urban Sustainability Node, Bilkent, Ankara

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Garden School of Tazentout Future Rural Schools of Morocco Advisors: Laurens Bekemans & Catherine Menge Msc-2 Studio - This project has been developed as a part of long term program of the Goodplanet Foundation called “Bio-Climatic Schools”.

As the world is becoming global, the sustainability of our resources and cultures are coming under threat. These basic elements help us identify ourselves as we grow up. When the children don’t carry on the intergenerational knowledge, the sense of place is lost and the culture goes extinct.

Therefore, in this project, we wanted to take attention to the local identity and the vernacular materiality. We derived from the idea of preserving the existing material and moral values and developing it further. Last but not least, considering the increasing footprint of our humanity, it is important to stick to local materials.

Everything was derived from “What is already there?” and keeping the existing two buildings was the challenge. Although, the placement of the third building aims to define different zones, continuous spaces are created by removing the borders between inside and outside.

Simplicity was a key word during the design process. As it seems hard to satisfy the endless creativity of children with limited resources, the aim was wanted to provide flexible spaces for them. Thus, they have two gardens, warm, less private south garden and cool, more private north garden, that they decide on how to use. *The total cost of the project is estimated to be 28.8 thousand Euros, with the contribution of keeping the existing structures as possible. **The Garden School has been designed and developed with Basak Isık and Yasaman Hedayat.

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Tazentout Village, typology study

courtyard development in single housing

Tazentout Village, existing situation

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courtyard development in between spaces of several housing units

Existing School

old existing approach: primarily constructed existing buildings and the left out spaces

new approach: primarily designed gardens and new construction in between

Tazentout Village, landscape study

Initial concepts developed with existing situation

existing topography

existing topography

from the site

from the village

usage of the existing topography

more welcoming entrance

terraced agriculture area

shaded swing area and corridor 11

Master Plan

Climate Diagram

Gardens with climate regulation Gardens with sun exposion

We derived from “What is already there?” and challenged CLIMATE DIAGRAM -Sun and Wind ourselves to keep the existing two buildings. Although, the placement of the third building aims to define different zones, continuous spaces are created by removing the borders between inside and outside.

KU Leuven | Faculty of Architecture | MAIG24 DESIGN STUDIO | Future Rural Schools in Morocco | by Catherine Mengé & Laurens Bekemans | Schoolyear 2018-2019 | Beril Aksoy & Yasaman Hedayat & Başak Işık

Simplicity was a key word for us during the design process. As it seems hard to satisfy the endless creativity of children with limited resources, we wanted to provide flexible spaces for them. Thus, they have two gardens, warm, less private south garden and cool, more private north garden, that they decide on how to use.

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Development Diagram

Scenery through School

Journey to School

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Direct Physical and Visual Connection

Indirect Visual with Exciting Physical Connection

Every day children will take this steep sloped road which is far from the village. The reason why, main aim is to create a exciting physical connection with school while preventing a direct visual connection like the right image.

Steps of the Journey

1-Edible Landscape: Incentive element at the beginning of the slope 2-Jungle: Preventing children to have a direct visual connection with school 3-Fountain: Where they will take a water for the plants in the gardens as a morning duty

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Function Diagram

Floor Plan

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Garden Diagram

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Furniture Flexibility

Furniture Flexibility

Farming Area

Inside & Outside

Inside & Outside

Porch with a View

Play “Ground�

Interconnected Spaces

Structure as a Closet 15

Sections

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Mesh Wall System

Pre-school Entrance Detail

Pre-school Folding Window Detail

Classroom-Corridor Detail

DETAIL - Brick Mesh Wall 1:50

Folded Steel Plate Flasher Wooden Spacer Folded Steel Plate Flasher KU Leuven | Faculty of Architecture | MAIG24 | Beril & Yasaman Hedayat & Başak Işık LayerAksoy Exterior Finishing Wooden Spacer DESIGN STUDIO | Future Rural Schools in Morocco | by Catherine Mengé & Laurens Bekemans | Schoolyear 2018-2019 First Second Layer Exterior Finishing First Layer Exterior Finishing Masonry Double Adobe Wall 50cm Second Layer Exterior Finishing

Folded Steel Plate Flasher Wooden Spacer Flexible Reed Roll Covering Corridor Beams 2 x 7 x 5cm

Masonry Double Adobe Wall 50cm

Ring Beam 50 x 15cm Ring Beam 50 x 15cm

Concrete Lintel 150 x 50 x 15cm

Waterproof Lime Finishing 15cm Hard Clay Layer 5cm Soft Clay Layer Water Insulation Reed Rolls Secondery Beams 7 x 5cm Main Beams 2 x 25 x13cm

Folding Window Joint Detail Ring Beam 50 x 15cm

Concrete Lintel 150 x 50 x 15cm Glass Door Frame Reed Shading Frame

Glass Door Frame Reed Shading Frame

Stone Grid for the gutter Stone tiling Water Insulation Stone Base Water gathering system

Stone Tiling 3cm Cement Mortar 2cm Water Insulation 10cm Concrete Base Stone Foundation

Stone Tiles 3cm Cement/Earth Mortar 2cm 5cm Concrete underlay 25cm Blockage

Meshed Adobe Wall as Shading

Folding Window Frame

Stone Tiles 3cm Cement/Earth Mortar 2cm 5cm Concrete underlay Original Concrete Foundation

Foundation Ring Beam 50 x 15 Stone Foundation 100 x 75

Stone Foundation 100 x 75cm Stone Foundation 100 x 40cm

DETAIL - Pre-school Entrance 1:20

DETAIL - Pre-school Folding Window 1:20

KU Leuven | Faculty of Architecture | MAIG24 DESIGN STUDIO | Future Rural Schools in Morocco | by Catherine Mengé & Laurens Bekemans | Schoolyear 2018-2019 | Beril Aksoy & Yasaman Hedayat & Başak KUIşık Leuven | Faculty of Architecture | MAIG24 DESIGN STUDIO | Future Rural Schools in Morocco | by Catherine Mengé & Laurens Bekemans | Schoolyear 2018-2019 | Beril Aksoy & Yasaman Hedayat & Başak Işık

DETAIL - Classroom Corridor 1:20

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KU Leuven | Faculty of Architecture | MAIG24 DESIGN STUDIO | Future Rural Schools in Morocco | by Catherine Mengé & Laurens Bekemans | Schoolyear 2018-2019 | Beril Aksoy & Yasaman Hedayat & Başak Işık

Brick Laying Diagram

Exploded Diagram

Adobe Brick 40 x 20 x 12.5 cm Adobe Brick 40 x 20 x 12.5 cm

Clay Roof Cover

Wooden Primary & Secondary Beams

Adobe Brick Wall Construction 40 cm wide Adobe Brick Wall Construction 40 cm wide

Adobe Brick Walls

The Mesh Wall Construction 20 cm wide The Mesh Wall Construction 20 cm wide Stone Foundation & The Existing Concrete Foundation

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DETAIL - Exploded Axonometric View

Photos of Physical Models 19

Pre-school Interior & Secret Garden 20

Entrance Courtyard 21

Fixing (the) Society, Muide Meulestede 2050 Healing the City, Ghent Advisor: Luc Eeckhout Master Thesis

Today, human kind forgot how to fix lives, cities, items and how to adapt themselves which made them dependent to others and mainly to the mass consumption. Dependency to others for food, mobility, technology and many other aspects create a society based on mass consumption.

Industrial activities which are based and located in the city were moved to outside of the cities with the need of more infrastructure and space. After this shift to outside, places of labour and production was also pushed away from the cities. Cycles of lives got expanded due to the existing linear economic activities which also creates a need of more service and infrastructural needs for the people.

In this project, the main aim is to ivestigate the existing possibilities for a circular economic model that can help circles of life to be smaller to decrease the pressure on the city. By providing “Repair Culture� as a newly evolved and resilient industrial activity back to the city, it will be aiming to teach the society how to fix, that they can start fixing from their own neighborhoods. In the case of Ghent, existing initiatives was taken into account and Muide was proposed as a node for this activity. Existing spaces can be fixed and adapted for the future by the help of this new activity. To create a whole system of circularity, relationship between site, existing housing was the key driver. *This project depends on a research and analysis process that has been conducted before making any design proposals. The code at the content page will lead for the full version of the reflection paper.

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Following the Existing Traces in the City When the industry has been pushed away from the cities these life cycles have expanded. Even just reaching to work was creating mobility and economic problems for people, while also creating pressure for the cities. Now, the type of industry has started to change. The production and places of labour are they are not necessarily in a big scale, unhealthy and polluted but can be very sustainable and healthy options for the cities. Also, production is not only about consumption of products and raw materials but it is also about giving a new life to the old ones.

Scale Shift New family typologies New ideas and economic models Healthy Environment

Old Harbour

CITY

Excessive infrastructure and service for outskirs of the city

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Lack of space and expensive prices due to the market pressure in Ghent causing new family typologies, new ideas and economic models to move towards outskirts while creating a need for excessive infrastructure and service.

1- Change from Industrial City...

2- to Post-Industrial City

3- Introducing the Fixed City, filled with healthy urban life..

4- Leaving traces during the shift..

5- Industrial activity requires extra adjustments due to waste management, input, output..

6- More industrial activity needs more space and infrastructure to operate.

7- Industrial activity relies on quantity and generates fluxes different from the city.

8- Reintroducing this activity with evolved identity to the city.

9-Reducing mobility and CO2 emissions by the new shift..

10- New active relationships in the city, more job opportunities, becoming more self sufficient and local..

11- So, the new Industry can serve for the Fixed City

12- To achieve this result, different scales should be considered; both urban and architectural..

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Following the Existing Traces in the City When the traces in the city has been investigated the results were self explaining for the search for the new industry. Ghent was already giving some opportunities to the reintegration of the production but in the new way, which is giving back a life to the old products. Existing initiatives are taking place temporarily, they don’t have a specific center in the city.

Muide is one of the places that hosts these events that occur in the city. In the case of a creating center for these events, it also has a potential to grow due to its location.

Muide

City Center

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Industrial Area Residential Zone

Old Harbour Area

Atelier & Werkhuis Open Material Depot Private Housing 27

Site Analysis Existing Situation & Life in the Neighborhood

Before proposing any circular system to the area, the building block was investigated. The main aim was to understand the space usage, priorities and neglected problems in the area.

In the southern part of this housing block unique relationships between old garage spaces and houses can be seen. For further details 2 sections are provided. The facades which are facing towards a garage space are covered with unused items such as old bikes and broken households. Even though this waste, there is an attempt to create a living space with an umbrealla and garden chairs.

1-Southern Region Analysis no access to terrace bedroom

kitchen little patio

bedroom living area

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In the middle part of the housing block, newly developed small units in the maintenance rooms can be found. While extra spaces mean so much for the this building block, much bigger area has been used just for car entrance and a patio on the other side of the same place. Also, the structures that were built for the cars on the waterside are now mostly used as storages but not for the cars anymore.

2-Middle Region Analysis

bedroom storage

car road

additional new units living area living area

bedroom bedroom

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In the northern part of the housing block, empty space becomes more scarce. The usage of the existing infrastructure becomes more dense. It creates some situations where ownership can easily be questioned. Also, need for living area is very visible in this situation. Although there are no windows or any safety precautions for a terrace, traces of people are showing that they are oftenly used as living spaces.

3-Northern Region Analysis no access to terrace, but why there is a chair?

living area bedroom

maintenance space

kitchen

bedroom

bedroom

who owns it?

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living area

Effect of Linear Economy on the Living Spaces

Reflection on Facades of Ground Floors

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PHASE-1: Clean Out Process, Making Space for a Shift from Linear Economy to Circular Economic Model Closer look for one of the oldest housing in the housing block, number 45

Before Clean Out Process

Second Floor Plan

Closer Look to the Housing Block- “Number 45, Muide Meulestedekaai�

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

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Development of Ground Floor in time

After Clean Out Process

Second Floor Plan

Initial design with garage, storage, garden, hobby and working area.

Initially designed spaces turns into storage spaces with no garden by the time. Informal developments around the porches and gardens can be seen.

What will happen after the elimination of the cars from our daily lives?

What will happen if we clean out our storages from unused and broken items?

First Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

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PHASE-2: Introducing New Circular Economic Model, by Urban Acupuncture STEP-1: Repair Center

To introduce a full circle, the Repair Center needs partnerships and directly involving society itself.

New Start Up companies will be taking advantage of the existing tools and materials inside the Repair Center and proposed rental spaces in their first years without urging to spend so much money without having regular payment and customers.

In return, they will be the little circles of the Service Economic Model which is conducted by Repair Center.

Society will be directly involved by making use of their unused garage boxes and ground floors while having economic benefit.

Step-1: Repair Center Step-2: Conversion of Garage Boxes and Ground Floors of the Houses

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First Floor Plan

Prioritizing the Streets

Fab Lab Repair Center

Material Identity

Inner Street

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1- Administration 2- Repair Center 3- Fab Lab 4- Material Library 5- Open Kitchen 6- Terrace

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Material Flow 2

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Flexibility and Modularity

By referring to the Steward Brand and his book “How Buildings Learn�, the layers and connection points of the building has developed in a modular and easily reachable way. Elements with long life time is designed as a system for future uses.

The aim was to create a building with no function limit but a building which can change over time due to new trends, users or a owner.

Things Partitions Systems Structure Facade Foundation

Wooden frames and concrete core system has been proposed as a shell for the building.

Facade has been developed according to the location and orientation, function was not the priority.

Floors and partitions are defined and connected with circulation cores.

They are added for very user specific conditions.

On the East facade, future development area has been defined. The frame system continued over this flexible area. Todays inner material street can be a inner office in the future, depending on the growth and function.

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Inner Street 37

Flexibility and Modularity Modular Sandwich Panel

-Wooden frame structure -Plywood Panel 2.5 cm -Wooden Framework (inner structure) -Hemp Insulation 30 cm -Wood Fibre Panel 2,5 cm (waterproof)

Connections

-Connections will be arranged with universal steel plates to not to harm the timber as possible

Roof

-Roof Covering -Metal Spacers 30cm -CLT Beams 12 cm -Secondary Beams -Primary Wooden Frame

Glass Opening for North Light

South Facade

-Modular Sandwich Panel with fixed Double Glazing -Structure of the Facade -Single Layer Glazing -Facade Panel of Wooden Slats

West Facade

-Modular Sandwich Panel with openable Double Glazing -Structure of the Facade -Floor Extension -Facade Panel of Wooden Slats 38

Fabrication Lab 39

Flexibility and Modularity ETFE Roofing for flexible area

Main Roof Structure

West Facade : 2.5m extension Openable Shading System Double Layer Glazing

South Facade: Shading System with Single Glazing 2.5m extension (buffer zone) Panel with Triple Layer Glazing

North Facade: Sandwich panel-closed facade East Facade : 2.5m extension Openable Shading System Panel with Double Glazing 40

Waterside along Repair Center 41

Flexibility and Modularity

Flexibility in Space

When the panels are open it gives an opportunity to include 2.5m to inside with the help of foldable windows. Also the wooden panels are arangable for deep and low sun lights of the summer in Belgium.

Scenario -2 Office building with partitions and single floor height

Scenario -3 Work with hands space with 2 floor height

Office areas with better facade protection and floor heating Work with hands area with openable facade works as a natural buffer zone No solid protection from weather but its protected from wind Area with no heating-works as a buffer zone for interior

Scenario -1 Current model, Work with hands and head together 42

Scenario -4 Inclusion of “the street� to the interior system

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PHASE-2: Introducing New Circular Economic Model, by Urban Acupuncture STEP-2: Conversion of Garage Boxes and Houses, First Intervention

House and Garage owners will be applying for this business model in the housing block.

There will be 3 options, 1- Converting your Garage Box into rentable spaces for start ups.

2- Converting your Garage into an alternative living space, company owners in the same area will be prioritized.

3- Facade development according to the new system in the new street.

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Waterside & Garage Boxes 45

Space Making in the Plinth Area

Future Scenario

Orientation and Adjustable Panels for Breeze and Sun

The intervention was developed with minimal expenses in the block but to cover future needs and prevent any heating up inside, green roof can be a very effective solution.

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Future Scenario

The intervention was developed with minimal expenses in the block but to cover future needs going higher and create a housing system above is also possible

Public Private Relationships in the Block 47

PHASE-2: Introducing New Circular Economic Model, by Urban Acupuncture STEP-2: Conversion of Garage Boxes and Houses, Second Intervention

Before Clean Out Process

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After Clean Out Process

Waterside & Garage Boxes 49

Plug in System for Seperate Units

Conclusion Since the beginning, the aim was not to provide just a building but provide a environment that can help people to embrace repair culture as it was before.

After the site analysis, a circle that will diminish the usage of resources and materials while also decreasing the footprint of society in terms of consumption of materials and space was proposed. The key element to provide this subjective and specific proposal of business model was to provide a subjective site analysis to understand the life in that very specific area.

Now, with the input of repair center as a new type of industry, the society will remember what it have in its roots, and fix back its own environment.

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Start Up on the Ground Floor

Seperate Housing on the Ground Floor

Seperating also the Second Floor

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Water as a Way of Life Waterscapes in Transformation, Case of Dendermonde Flanders, Belgium Advisor: Sis Pillen Msc-1 Studio Climate change is one of the most challenging topics for todays world. We are now precisely facing with its effects on our daily lives. Today, the effects may not be catastrophic but after few years it will be too late to take an action and get a grip on the situation. Increasing risk of floods and their associated impact on the quality of life for inhabitants creates a need for a more innovative approach to urban planning. Both intense rainfall and drought is causing new problems in our cities and it is not possible to solve them with the old principles of urban planning. Water management must also be integrated into the urban planning and design processes. Over the past centuries, cities have grown exponentially and while planning these cities water was one of the elements that is covered and destroyed. For years, we tried to find technical solutions but now the case is very fragile and need to be rethink in terms of what we have done to our natural water networks.

According to my first impressions, the city of Dendermonde is lacking the concept of transition in any cases. Water is acting as separating element but not gathering element. It does not allow the residents to use and appreciate it. It is inevitable to perceive water as solid element but not something fluid. If the city will remain in this concept, solidity of the water will be the end of the life in Dendermonde due to the raising water level and future scenarios. Life should be integrated with water and people should be adapted to live in transition areas.

With climate change, the water level will rise around 2 meters by 2100 and even cause more floods in the city. Also, rainwater and sewage system of the city will not resist to the increasing pressure because not only rain will become more frequently, it will also become intense by the time.

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Main Approach The main approach will be rethinking and connecting the natural water networks with the existing urban planning. The traces of old water networks will be considered because under the city there is old network of water that continues to flow. In case of flood, these areas will become very vulnerable. But also, if the city won’t have new landscaping corridors and new agricultural strategies, it will be very hard to find clean water and food in the future. Water cycle will be reintegrated to the city by creating infiltration gardens. Biodiversity and ecological potential in public spaces will be rediscovered by creating networks. The aim will be creating a public space while also creating spaces that can restore and slow down the rainwater. Also, allowing water to become more fluid again will raise public awareness and create an opportunity for people to learn how to live with water.

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Future Risks

Increase in floods & Excessive rainfall High pressure on sewage system of the city Less drinkable water Less water for agriculture Changing biodiversity No social life in the flood periods

Current Map, 2019

Dendermonde

Future Flood Map, 2100

Dendermonde

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Car Park Area is an impermeable zone at the potential meeting point of Dender and Scheldt Rivers.

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Urbanized Area full of impermeable concrete pavement is surrounded by water elements.

Flow of water in the city due to the topography.

Strategies that are followed: 1-Water Purification along the Dender 2-New Lock System 3-Replacement of the Existing Dike next to Scheldt 4-Creating resilient landscape with temporary uses

Water Purification: Along the Dender, to the City Center First 3 steps of the purification process will be held along the Dender. It will be taking advantage of the natural flow of water because of the topographical advantages.

The aim is to create awaraness among people and put the source of purified fresh water in a crucial position in both people’s mind and in the city.

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Current Position of Dike, 2019

Future Position of Dike, 2100

Existing dike is just next to the Scheldt River and it is only going up to +5.00 level, and there is no space for water for any water level rise.

The existing dike is repositioned and located under the road and rised up to +7.00 level. Main purpose was to create a space for water but also create a space& landscape that will be beneficial for people. So that, the dike is not rised up to +7.00 in its old place.

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New Lock System - Fresh Water - Brackish Water

1-When the lock opened, water coming from the Dender will be disinfected to complete the steps of water purification. After this step it will be pumped up to the water tower.

2-If there is too much water that creates risk in the Dender area, the fresh water can be directly sent to the Scheldt River without being processed.

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Resiliency Study, 2019

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Resiliency Study, 2100

Giving Space to Water and Temporary Use for the Site After the gravel extraction, there will be 3 different layers in the site. If needed the whole area will serve as flood plain. If not, the water will meet with the dike in +2.00 level. This level will be used as fish farm.

Landscape Study, 2019

These +4.00 levels are constantly meeting with the brackish water which is coming from Scheldt River. The area will be used for experimenting and learning agriculture with brackish water. (rather than converting the salty water to fresh water with too much energy consumption)

These +6.00 levels are not meeting with the brackish water as +4.00 levels. The area can be nourished with fresh water which is released from the building which is purificating the water coming from Dender River. Or different type of waters can used together, it depends on the situation of water.

Landscape Study, 2100

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+4.00 Floor Plan

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+7.00 Floor Plan

+11.00 Floor Plan

+20.00 Water Storage +17.00 Observation Area for Scheldt River +14.00 Observation Area for Dender River +11.00 Observation Area & Fishing Terraces +7.00 Tram Stop & Waiting Areas +4.00 Entrance from Street & Info Desk & Offices +1.00 Disinfection Area

Lock Systems & Structure of the road as new dike

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Culture Cave Art Center, Tophane, İstanbul Advisor: Johan Cordonnier Tophane is one of the oldest districts in the İstanbul which has a lack of central point for art and culture. The design aims to rise from ground and enhance the greenery around the site with its roof structure. The design process was done by a colleague in her bachelor studies but later the same project was assigned for a group work in the course of “Building Integration” of KU Leuven.

Later the building systems and the details of the roof structure was studied seperately from the initial design process with only some adjustments in design according to the building systems and their very specific needs.

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Floor Plan

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View for the Roof Structure

Ring Beam Connection Detail

Section

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Lathes Connection- Roof Structure

shear block nut disc spring washer larch lathes 80x50 mm

threaded bar 8 mm diameter

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Interlocking Larch Lathes

Finger Joint

Scarf Joint

Ring Beam Connection- Roof Structure

upper larch lathes wings

laminated veneer lumber timber deck

Quadropods Floor Connection

steel ring beam steel edge plate

plywood sheet

lower larch lathes

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Green Energy Hub Urban Sustainability Node, Bilkent, Ankara Advisor: Mark Paul Frederickson Bachelor Studio The Green Energy Hub acts as a functional connection for various modes of reprocess. It aims to demonstrate the variety of things that can be done in terms of recycling. It draws people together to gather, socialize and learn about recycling and the environment. The presence of the building units aims to draw people’s attention to clean and green energy, and to celebrate its presence within our site’s beautiful natural setting. The Biomass Powerplant is the recycling of waste in any condition for the production of energy. The Recycle Center and its workshop used for sustainable product design and production, and the Living Machine recycles water for the building units and creates a self-sufficient system.

The center provides a learning environment while experiencing each step of the process. However, one of the units use the outcomes of these systems and creates a socializing environment that can be called a living museum for all of those systems and workshop.

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At the first stages of the master plan, where and how to connect is decided. Thin bridges are connecting the areas which can be a built area with giving least harm to the nature. Also, they are passing through the delicate landscape and give opportunity for people to experience it.

The buildings are located after the decision of the bridges as a main circulation element. Built areas are serving for the nature and creating opportunities for people to develop further studies to maintain this nature.

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Development Diagram

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Ground Floor

First Floor

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Biomass Interior 76

What is Biomass?

Biomass is fuel that is developed from organic materials, a renewable and sustainable source of energy used to create electricity or other forms of power. With a constant supply of waste, green energy production can continue indefinitely. The waste can be organic, industrial and residential. After certain steps, the prepared materials will be combusted. As a result of this combustion, heat will be released. The heat energy can be transformed into various types of energy. In this site, the heat is transformed into electricity by a generator.

Living Machine System It is a system that allows the reuse of grey and black water. It is simply based on the principles of wetland ecology that use tidal processes to clean water. This highly energy-efficient system works simultaneously with the Biomass Powerplant. First, it covers the need of clean water in the building and makes the building self-sufficient. However, it also provides clean and fresh water for the cooling system of the generator in the Biomass Powerplant. By this system, the heating of the lake and harming the lake ecosystem of Biomass Powerplant is prevented.

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Environmental Systems

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Approach to Biomass 79