Tan Halacoglu, Work Samples

TAN HAL AÇOĞLU

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

FEATURED WORKS:

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GOVERNORS ISLAND PROMENADE

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A SECRET GARDEN

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WATER VOID

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TEMPLE OF COSMOS

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GOVERNORS ISLAND PROMENADE INSTRUCTOR: MUSTAFA FARUKI 2022

The promenade in Governors Island proposes a structure comprised of two lap pools, walking paths, and sitting areas. Inspired by the New York tradition of land reclamation, the promenade floats above water with access from the island, allowing visitors to experience the melancholic story of the island by creating vantage points to its abandoned and forgotten buildings like Castle Williams and the Navy Library. The swimmers are sheltered in frosted glass cubes with faded views, while smaller lap pools in three different promenades confront the user with the island, creating a more intimate experience.

The island’s obscure qualities are protected by not building on land.

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SITE PLAN

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VIEW FROM EAST

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POOL

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PLAN VIEW

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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PROMENADE

FINAL MODEL

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A SECRET GARDEN IN COLLABORATION WITH MUSKAAN CHUGH 2022

INSTRUCTORS: ANDREA SIMITCH, CLAUDIA CLEMENTE FRANCESCO ISIDORI, HEIKE HANADA

The garden is a place for serenity, deep contemplation, and seeking peace.

Lying in one of the busiest areas of Rome, entering the garden through three different perspectile pockets is a deeply mysterious Roman experience.

As one wanders around inverted pyramids acting as fountains and plant pots, each corner turns into an opportunity for a new spatial experience.

Down below lies the misty grotto. Reached by three ramps placed inside the entry pockets, the grotto is dark, humid, wet, and sacred. One feels the weight of the world on their head as they make their way around the inverted pyramids, and become the threshold between above and under.

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SITE PLAN

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FINAL MODEL

GROTTO ENTRANCE

ENTRY POCKETS 16

GARDEN ENTRANCE

SKETCHES 17

THE GROTTO

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WATER VOID INSTRUCTOR: DILLON PRANGER 2022

Water Void is a local boathouse that sits on a natural narrow creek opening

up

to

the

Cayuga

Lake

in

Ithaca,

New

York.

The

boathouse proposes a collective ritual of rowing in and out of a tunnel to reach the lake. As one rows deeper into the tunnel, it gradually gets narrower and darker, creating a dramatic yet serene experience

for

the

rowers.

Leaving

the

boathouse,

the

tunnel

frames the views of the Cayuga Inlet and re-defines the notion and action of rowing. The shower rooms inside act as an end to the collective

ritual

as

they

become

social

spaces

for

collective

interaction and engagement, while providing all levels of privacy.

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SITE ANALYSIS

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LOWER LEVEL

TUNNEL ENTRANCE

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TUNNEL

UPPER LEVEL

LOBBY

STAIRS

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ELEVATIONS/SECTIONS Cornell AAP | INTEGRATIVE DESIGN STUDIO | ARCH 2102/5114| Faculty: DILLON PRANGER

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TAN HALACOGLU | TH459 | SPRING 2021

FINAL MODEL

ROOF DETAIL

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TEMPLE OF COSMOS INSTRUCTOR: LUBEN DIMCHEFF 2020

Temple of Cosmos examines a meticulous site located on top of Fall Creek Gorge in Ithaca, proposing a residence for two academics. Next to the site, astronomer Carl Sagan’s Egyptian Revival house that once was a temple for a secret society, influences a cosmic and terrestrial energy to the site. Temple of Cosmos explores the notions of compression and verticality by interpreting delicate forces -the deep gorge and the endless cosmos- as two distinct elements that work together, creating A threshold spaces amid the chaotic nature of the surrounding ethereal atmosphere.

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SITE MODEL

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UPPER LEVEL

VIEW FROM SOUTH

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ENTRANCE

LOWER LEVEL

STAIRS

LOWER LEVEL

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SITE ANALYSIS 34

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS

ELEVATION STUDY 35