Aysen Cakmakkaya Portfoli

AYSEN NESLISAH CAKMAKKAYA A MANIFESTO FOR HOUSING Stage 3 Academic Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

2020-2021

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Illustrated Reflective Report.....................................................................................................................4-7 Framing.....................................................................................................................................................8-37

07444072125 neslisah_cakmakkaya@hotmail.com a.n.cakmakkaya2@newcastle.ac.uk

Thematic Case Study............................................................................................................................38-46 Testing.....................................................................................................................................................47-63 Thinking Through Making...................................................................................................................64-69 Synthesis...............................................................................................................................................70-105 Cultural Bibliography.......................................................................................................................106-109 List of Figures /Bibliography...........................................................................................................110-111 Appendix............................................................................................................................................112-116 New Illustrations Architecture Technology Illustrations Group Work Illustrations Individual Illustrations In Group Work Previous Year Illustrations

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ILLUSTRATED REFLECTIVE REPORT

Our studio aims to to change the negative perception of social housing in United Kingdom. As a studio we created a manifesto that underlines the ‘must change’ social house schemes and with this changes creating a communal percept for a more welcoming and diverse site. When I first visited the site I had this feeling of emptiness and brutal architecture this let me to understand why the communal and social aspects are not good enough. As we mentioned in the manifesto we want to change the dullness of the site to a more joyful and social atmosphere.

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Site

Cruddas Park

Greenery

Nearby Housing

Furthermore, after understanding the side messing I try to looked at some presidents to understand what kind of aspects I need to add to design I discovered that I needed spaces that will accommodate peo ple with different interests and backgrounds while looking at these interesting buildings I had my theory into practice essay so I was more focused on the theory and understanding the basis of community and communal while trying to do both their assignments. The essay helped me to understand the importance of social value. Moreover, after understanding the theoretical part of my design I started to look at how to maintain and sustain the creation. I wanted to to create ex tra 4 units on the podium part and to renovate and reuse the old tow er block itself.

THEATRE NEWCASTLE COLLEGE CAFE GYM CAFE & RESTAURANT CHILDREN CENTER LIBRA LIBRARY HOBBY CENTER

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Moreover, when I was finishing my dissertation I discovered that my de sign idea topic can be related with my dissertation group topic which is ‘Power and Architecture’. I can connect these two to as architecture can create power with people. Meaning; architecture can guide people to to create a community, and as the community grows the power will extend as well. We as designers can create a simple room but guide people to create the main dogma of the design we constructing.

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My design is as sustainable as possible the podium and the full unit part has green roofs and these is water collection from these green roofs. These roofs works for solar panels as well and these panels are going to be used to store energy for the new-built four units .On the other hand, the modular Winter Gardens which are located under res idential area has green roofs as well. There has been less changes on the shopping area compared to the residential flats. Shopping area is mainly repurposed, renewed but the residential flats are reshaped and and room sizes changed for more proper and flexible flats.

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Our studio name is ‘A Manifesto for Housing’. The aim of the studio is to change the understanding of

housing and particularly social housing. We are trying to underline how social housing can be beneficial with the changes that our studio holds to change. As a studio we are trying to bring solutions to create more sustain able, diverse environment that the site can turn to be more affordable,flexible and have more communal, cultur al environment.

Can a architectural design create a relationship between social values and architecture. Is it possible for ar

STUDIO MANIFESTO

chitecture to give a space an identity via design? Is it possible for architecture to influence people’s behavior through designing spaces? The power of architecture in the context of housing. The location is a tower in New castle upon Tyne that serves as both a retail mall and a residential building. The site’s social components, on the other hand, are a failure. This particular design will display my thoughts on modifications to the site and its surroundings. Through the unique location and particular theories such as social value and community develop ment, I am establishing a linkage between social entities and communities.

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STUDIO POSTER

STUDIO MANIFESTO

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This 1960s housing complex, which primarily consists of tower blocks, replaced a small park and some ter

raced dwellings that had previously been on the property. Historically, the location was densely packed with terrace housing, and various attempts at rehabilitation to make the neighborhood more appealing have failed miserably. Cruddas Park was constructed utilizing a pre-cast modular concrete technology. The building was coated with insulating cladding in 2014 to increase its performance and enhance its look.

Cruddas Park consists of a three-story retail center and a 23-story residential section with a height of 75 me

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SITE

Cruddas Park, Elswick, Newcastle

ters and 138 individual residences. Newcastle College and the Cruddas Park Library are the primary users of the retail area nowadays. One of the major issues on the site is the lack of a social atmosphere as a result of the lack of engagement with other people and society.

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SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

EAST ROUTE TO CRUDDAS PARK

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CRUDDAS PARK DETAILED COLLAGE

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CRUDDAS PARK ON NEWCASTLE MAP

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SITE ANALYSIS

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PRIMARY SCHOOL/ NURSERY 7 mins - Walk DISCOVERY MUSEUM 12 mins - Walk CENTRAL STATION 19 mins - Walk

CHURCH 3 mins - Walk

FOOD WHOLESALE 8 mins - Walk

NEWCASTLE COLLEGE 8 mins - Walk

LIFE CENTRE 14 mins - Walk

PRIMARY SCHOOL/ NURSERY 4 mins - Walk

RIVER TYNE 10 mins - Walk

ORIGINAL SITE ELEVATIONS

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TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS

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OVERALL SITE UNDERSTANDINGS

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2 YEARS AFTER GRENFELL AND THE FIRE DOORS IN THIS BUILDING STILL AREN’T FIT FOR PURPOSE

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Early to mid 19th Century 1839 Extension of railway 1847 Armstrong’s factory Started with producing hydraulic cranes and expanded into shipbuilding, armaments and locomotives

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Late 19th Century

1860 Map Mainly farmlands and some manufactories: glue, firebrick and crucible

1890 Map Homes for workers 1890

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1956 Last coal pit closed

1963 Riverside Dene Towers

1969 Cruddas Park House

Unemployment hit record heights and a lot of people lived in slums, but for many people in Newcastle the Great Depression started well before 1929 and ended long after 1930

Newcastle was originally made prosperous by the coal mining industry and it thrived during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th century

1963 Construction of the Riverside Dene Towers

1970 Map Completely new site plan

The depression brought forth a rebellion, the people wanted a more prosperous North

Huge numbers of Tyneside flats, especially around Scotswood Road, were later built to accommodate the workers

Scotswood Road

However, with the decline of the mining industry a lot of poverty followed. People now suddenly found themselves with no job and no way of making money

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By the 1950s this area was considered a run down residential area and was later completely cleared.

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During this time many traditional industries were in heavy decline such as: steelwork, ship building and coal mining. This hit the area very hard and left very many people without work

Tish Murtha was a social documentary photographer based in Newcastle. She documented the marginalised communities and working class life. These people lived with the on-going demolition, children played in unused houses, smashing windows and ripping down doors.

Many people turned their nose up to this area, but the people who lived there had a fantastic community. Children playing on the ramp leading up to Cruddas Park House. The ramp is now gone.

By 1990 Elswick was in a very poor state. It was connected with a lot of drug problems and several arson attacks

Cruddas Park was given a new name: Riverside Dene It was hoped that this would give the area a fresh start as the old name was associated with its bad reputation

5 of the Riverside Dene towers had to be demolished as it was too hard to sell the flats in the financially difficult times

A community park was added and new cladding to Cruddas Park House to try and make the area more attractive

This all happened during the reign of Margaret Thatcher and whilst some remember her fondly others accuse her of the suffering

Between 1920-1970 council houses started to replace the slums in Newcastle

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The community was scattered as people had to move somewhere else

One lady later expressed her sense of loneliness in the tower.

She missed the feeling of the close neighbourhood and she would not randomly meet many people anymore There were 11 towers built in total. 10 within the Riverside Dene scheme and Cruddas Park House

There were a lot of strikes, violence, political and social conflict and brutality. However, the brutality brought forth a massive community spirit. There was a ”togetherness” because people were surviving together

There were also many negative changes in Cruddas Park: Popularity decreased More empty properties in the towers Anti social behaviour and crime activity increased

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The fire at Grenfell in 2017 and a fire at Cruddas Park House in 2017 sparked a debate on the failing sprinkler system and unfit fire doors to be fixed In 2019 residents were still concerned with the fire safety and a spotlight lit up a message on the wall of the tower

2000 It was decided to revitalise the area by renovating the flats with new kitchens and bathrooms as well as changing sizes of several flats to offer more variation to choose from

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SITE HISTORY

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Cruddas Park

Cruddas Park

Context, North

Context South

Cruddas Park

1. Terraced Housing - Residential

Built Environment Texture, Materials, Patterns

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2. Terraced Housing - Residential

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SITE SURROUNDING CONTEXT

CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE SUN PATH

3. Terraced Housing - Residential

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SUMMER SUN PATH 01/06/20 9:00

SUMMER SUN PATH 01/06/20 12:00

SUMMER SUN PATH 01/06/20 16:00

4. High Rise - Residential

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SITE SUN PATH

WINTER SUN PATH 01/12/20 12:00

WINTER SUN PATH 01/12/20 16:00

5. Commercial and Public Facilities

CRUDDAS PARK BIOMASS HEATER

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MATRIAL UNDERSTANDINGS

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After I had a good idea of the site’s features and the tower we needed to look into, I began to connect the

properties to the studio brief. Furthermore, the lack of a social context was the primary issue; this lack of social life has an impact on the tower’s behavior. The place lacks any appeal that would encourage social contact; the skyscrapers around it have a drab understanding of a welcoming environment. My requirements seek to estab lish a community/social environment on the site, with the goal of appreciating the tower and its surroundings.

“We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” Winston Churchill reportedly stated. The design brief in vestigates how mankind need to socialize and establish a sense of self in their surroundings. Furthermore, the brief seeks to define a “social value,” which has no legal significance. But, in my opinion, it means having direct, good effects on people and communities by expanding the physical design environment beyond ‘purpose-fit’ and developing socially aware infrastructure or architecture.

FRAMING

The design, structure, and execution of built environment assets may be used to intentionally produce

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social benefit. By deliberately designing houses, buildings, and infrastructure to produce social value for individuals and communities, it fosters economic growth, cultural integration, connectedness, and social stability.

By establishing surroundings that people enjoy and continue to spend time in, the asset’s long-term worth is increased. In this case, the brief expects users to expand the experience they want to have in the structures by allowing them to create communities and express themselves by creating and designing their own space, in this way the s brief expects users to expand the experience they want to have in the structures by allowing them to create and design their own space, in this way the s brief expects users to expand the experience they want to have in the structures by allowing them to create and design their own space , in this way the structure is going to be more interactive and more valuable to the users. brief expects.

Early on in the Framing stage the design develops around 4 units on the podium and these four units are dif ferent social activity based units. Such as: library, cafe/communal spaces, hobby center, children center.

PROJECT CONCEPT

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CONCEPTUALCOLLAGE

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PRECEDENT STUDY COLLAGE

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INITIAL IDEAS FOR CRUDDAS BEFORE-AFTER VIEWS

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INITIAL SKETCHES

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INITIAL MASSING STUDIES

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CIRCULATION IDEAS

RESIDENTIAL CHANGES

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Thematic Case Study Kate Macintosh East Dulwich London

Our Thematic Case Study was Dawson’s Heights in London. This case study was specific for our studio be-

cause this was a social housing that is suffering from the same issues that our design site was facing. The design was brilliantly executed but the future ideology of London infrastructure was not helping the site.

The case study thought me how to solve the issues of a social housing that has no social balance nor social value. I tried to connect my findings about this building with my own design.

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After understanding about the four units

TESTING

and their functions I wanted to reuse and refurbish the shopping and residential parts as well. I wanted to keep the existing Newcastle College and even add more space to it. More space to a education space means more people visiting the site and younger people can be more connected with the site. Moreover, I added a theater space that people can freely perform and watch people perform. The Hobby Center will be connected with this space that people can practice their talent. The workshop is added as a branch of Hobby Center, to support people to learn new hobbies or even job. The workshop can decorate the theatre space when needed this will connect. On the other hand, I added a GYM mostly for the residences.

Furthermore, I started to add some massing as balconies to the residential tower. I think these modular balconies can provide a lot of flexibility within the flat itself. The winter gardens are a way to connect with the outside.

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PROGRAM PLACEMENTS

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RESIDENTIAL FLOOR

1. Winter Garden Communal & Private

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Communal Area Including; Cafe & Social Rooms Hobby Center Library Children Center

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Fig 1.:LocHal by CIVIC Architects

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8. GYM 9. Workshop/ Storage 10. Cafe & Restaurant 11. Theatre 12. Newcastle Collage

PROGRAM BREAKDOWN

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LocHal Library is a rail station, library, and adaptive use facility designed by Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau, CIVIC architects. This example demonstrated how multiple social contexts might meet to form a large social community that can address one of the most pressing issues in social housing: homogeneity, which is a product of power dynamics in society. I liked the idea of having a open floor plan but creating boundaries within that openness.

Fig 2.:BEST by SITE (James WINES)

This particular precedence is by James Wines. He was designing Best Shops and mostly using brick cladding to show off his design ideas. I really like the idea of using brick to connect with the site surrounding which is terrace houses that is why I wanted to create my own brick design as James Wines did it on his designs.

PRECEDENT RESEARCH

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PERSPECTIVE STUDIES

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FACADE STUDIES

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SUSTAINABLE - ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERSTANDINGS

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Fig 3.: Green Roof Illustration

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS WORKING CIRCULATION

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Fig 4.: Brick Cladding Illustration

GREEN ROOF - BRICK CLADDING STUDIES

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SITE TESTING

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DEVELOPING CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

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Cross Ventilation due to added winter garden

WINTER GARDEN- MODULARITY ILLUSTRATIONS

WINTER GARDEN- MODULARITY ILLUSTRATIONS

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WINTER GARDEN PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS

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THINKING THROUGH MAKING

After I decided that I wanted to use brick as my new-built cladding system I started to research and sketched about what my ideas and how to connect these ideas with sustainability and technically. At the end I discovered a certain shaped reused brick cladding that will be sustainable and technically durable. I decided to make my Thinking through making model as a smalled scaled replica of the brick design I want on my design.

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FACADE - TECHNICAL DETAIL EXPERIMENT

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MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS

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CLADDING ILLUSTRATIONS

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THINKING THROUGH MAKING MODEL

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SYNTHESIS

My design ideas were compiled and getting developed through the semester as it can be seen from the process work. However, the synthesis is the final products and ideas of my Stage 3 design module. I can say that The Cruddas Center will bring the feeling of community, safety, flexibility, culture and well-being which the advantage of being sustainable as possible.

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SITE

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SITE ACCESS

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CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

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GREEN ROOF EXPLORATIONS

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SOLAR PANEL EXPLORATIONS

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FIRE STRATEGIES

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SITE MODEL

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SHOPPING MALL GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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SHOPPING MALL FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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PODIUM 4 UNIT SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1:200

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DAY - NIGHT DIAGRAMS

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RESIDENTIAL FLAT AXONOMETRIC STUDY

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INHABITED PERSPECTIVE ILLUSTRATION 2

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LIBRARY PERSPECTIVE ILLUSTRATION

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Extra Curricular Events, Shows, Readings, Lectures, Presentations

Tedx VIDEOS

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CULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 106

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SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram

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SOCIAL MEDIA Pinterest

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BIBLIOGHRAPHY-REFERENCES-ILLUSTRATION LIST 110

Fig 1.:LocHal by CIVIC Architects ArchDaily. (2019). LocHal Library / CIVIC architects + Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau + Inside Outside + Mecanoo. [online] Available at: https://www.archdaily.com/909540/lochal-library-meca noo-plus-civic-architects-plus-braaksma-and-roos-architectenbureau.

Fig 2.:BEST by SITE (James WINES) SITE. (n.d.). BEST Products. [online] Available at: https://www.siteenvirodesign.com/content/best-prod ucts [Accessed 7 Feb. 2021].

Fig 3.: Green Roof Illustration Journal. (2018). An Architect’s Guide To: Green Roofs - Architizer Journal. [online] Available at: https:// architizer.com/blog/product-guides/product-guide/green-roofs/.

Fig 4.: Brick Cladding Illustration Anon, (n.d.). MFC – Cladding for Steel frame housing and light gauge steel housing and develop ments. [online] Available at: http://www.metalframeconstruction.ie/cladding-2/.

Fig 5.: TED X VIDEOS 1,2,3,4,5,6 Architecture’s ripple effect: Designing for big impact | Thomas Bryans | TEDxGuildford. (2017). You Tube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVpABMspmD8.

Northern Diaries (2020). How Architecture Affects Human Behavior. YouTube. Available at: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=zSgrVYc6AW0.

TED (2019). Floating cities, the LEGO House and other architectural forms of the future | Bjarke Ingels.

YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieSV8-isy3M. TEDx Talks (2018). Places and Spaces and the Behavior They Create | Damaris Hollingsworth | TEDxMin neapolis. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNSNyJBK0VY.

TEDx Talks (2021). Why feminism is essential to architecture | Afaina de Jong | TEDxAmsterdamWomen.

YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C58myGKJGMA [Accessed 6 Apr. 2021].

Why I’m an architect that designs for social impact, not buildings | Liz Ogbu | TEDxMidAtlantic. (2014).

YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0MnGZ1gB4k. www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Building a community through architectural exchange | Jonathan Dessi Olive | TEDxPenn. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03UmxeDToSo [Accessed 7 Jun. 2021]. www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Grace Quah’s graduation project is a feminist film featuring homes that per form domestic chores. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msJ9kw6EMr0 [Ac cessed 7 Jun. 2021].

Fig 6.: FILM Nielsen, K.H. (2010). Mind Your Behaviour: How Architecture Shapes Behaviour. [online] Google Books.

3XN. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mind_Your_Behaviour.html?id=x2FNngEA CAAJ&redir_esc=y [Accessed 7 Jun. 2021].

Fig 7.: INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS A,B,C,D Community Architecture Information Services, Ltd (1987) Building communities : the First Internation al Conference on Community Architecture Planning and Design : Conference proceedings. London: CAIS. Wates, N. & Knevitt, C. (2013) Community architecture : how people are creating their own environ ment. Abingdon: Routledge.

Rezac, M. (2011) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Phi-features and the modular archi tecture of language. Dordrecht: Springer.

Meltzer, B. & Oppeln, T. von (2016) Rethinking the modular : adaptable systems in architecture and de sign.

Aysen Neslisah Cakmakkaya, Theory into Practice(2020-2021), Cruddas Center ”Why Buildings Matter”, The Guardian, 2021 <https://www.theguardian.com/sustain able-business/sustainable-building#:~:text=Winston%20 Churchill%20once%20said%3A%20 %22We,of%20the%20world’s%20natural%20resources.&text=So%2C%20what%20is%20a%20 ’sustain- able’%20building%3F> [Accessed 15 February 2021]

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