In the winding street case, I was expected to design a poster which covers the presentation that I made before about the winding streets in terms of chronological order and 2 plans of winding streets plan that are presented before by me in a scale of 1/2000.
The, “Change Climate Change” project I received within the scope of the ARCH401 Architectural Design Studio course is an urban scale project with the conceptual background knowledge. The site I am working on during the semester is bordered by Ankara Stream, Atatürk Orman Çiftliği, and Ankamall Shopping Center. Ankara Stream is one of the dominant site forces in the field. Ankara Stream has a curvilinear structure forming the northern border of the site. With the ecological perspective required by the term project, in order to purify the water of the stream and increase the speed of the stream, I directed the stream perpendicular to the endpoint of the site starting from Akköprü and stepped the water channel to increase the rate of water. In the new case, the water channel passes through the middle of the site. The Water Treatment Center also influenced the program as it was effective in the water design concept as a strong reference, and the pools were created at some points because it was necessary for the treatment center. Later on, in the design process, I designed the structures as a way to cross over the stream and actually transform into bridge structures because the water channel it divides the site into the middle. These bridge structures do not make a single linear point transition from within the building. It is also designed to provide transition facilities with circulation elements as the new bridge and terrace structure between the buildings. In my collage work, the lines between the structures show not only the existing transition movement elements but also the potential ones. In other words, the passage paths begin to stitch bridge structures and bridge between many points. When these lines become thicker, their spatial properties increase; for example, turning into the terraces of view. This is why the lines thicken. Some lines are faded. The fading of the lines expresses the passing passages and possible passages. There is a stitch. In addition, ecological conditions have been considered in the proposed pools for the treatment center. For example; When the pools are full, it can be a place where swimming activity is done. When the water in the ponds is taken, the pool becomes an activity amphitheater and becomes the event space. At this point, the reference architect Bernard Tschumi was the one I saw in the process.
Bernard Tschumi has an unstructured project in 1988 in Bridge City. The Bridge City project has 4 main bridges. Due to the topographical features of Lausanne, they connect the two tops and extend along a valley. It is an infrastructural project for Lausanne. “The individual programs applied to each of the four bridges give each a special character that allows the built-in bridge to function as an urban generator. The concept of a city generator not only provides the opportunity to create new spatial connections within the existing city but also encourages unpredictable programmatic factors or new urban events (Bernard Tschumi Architects, Projects 31, Bridge City Lausanne,1988).” The urban generator concept has been quite effective for me as it is in the Bridge City project. So with the reference, I received from Tschumi, I foresee these bridges to create new spatial connections within the existing city and encourage new urban events. The fact that places and passages that define movement are remarkable in my project to have encouraged me to produce an image in this way. However, another reference I received from Tschumi was the color of red that Bernard Tschumi used in his collages and visualizations. In my collage work, I used my structures and stitch transitions between them. In addition, the Bridge City project connects the two parts of the valley, but there is no transition between the bridges. There are also transitions between the bridge structures in my project and shown in my collage work. I recommend a versatile movement while Tschumi only recommends a one-way linear movement. Speaking of movement, Tschumi presented the trio notation system with The Manhattan Transcript. “The purpose of the tripartite mode of notations (events, movements, spaces) is to introduce the order of experience, the order of time – movements, intervals – sequences – for inevitably intervene in the reading of the city (Jencks, C., Kropf, K., Theories and Manifestos of Contemporary Architecture, Bernard Tschumi The Manhattan Transcripts, p.277).” What I refer to from the triple notation was the shaping of the spaces of the movements. When the movements were linear, the spaces were linearly bridge structures. Then these bridge structures are connected and stitched to each other again with linear passages. As a result, different directional linear movement possibilities overlapped, in fact, the linear movement is blurred. Linear movement moved from a two-dimensional movement to three-dimensional movements. Based on the in time intervals a concept of Tschumi, I applied a design according to time in the pools I designed. As I have seen in the image is full of swimming pools are used as swimming activities. When the water level in the ponds goes down, a new place arises and this place is being used for other activities. Changes in time affect the design. The linear movement spaces and lines between the bridge structures begin to relate the spaces which are not in the same bridge structures. Spaces are not working alone so, they are working together. This inevitably affects the quality of the spaces. In other words, the inference we can make is that the movement has a spatial value. We stitch the spaces with the movement lines on the city and produce new urban generators. These urban generators aim to increase the movement possibilities of the city, its spatial quality and the possibility of the program.
To sum up, the architect Bernard Tschumi is the reference for me in my visualization of the ARCH471 course. The Bridge City project he designed for Lausanne was a very effective reference for both my studio course and my Visual Culture course. Color code, movement – time-space – event ideas and their connections in particular points are affected my projects.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
First, the Arch401 studio for this architectural project was analyzed. Based on the analyzes, three different areas were selected from three different regions within Ankara. These lands are on Dikmen, Mevlana Boulevard, and Akköprü. My land in Akköprü location, Ankamall Shopping Center behind the wholesale market was the land. This land was in the area of Atatürk Forest Farm years ago. The first suggestion was asked from the land analyzes around us. My suggestion is that when I consider the Ankara Stream, Aoç and Halle, which is already on the site, I wanted it on a scale of urban design with a multiplicity of complexity.
In the way to goes through the multifunctional architectural project, We are expected to analyze some cases in terms of its location, circulation, serving and served areas, car parking capacities, ecological standing etc. Gordion Residence & Shopping Mall is my group’s case to analyze it in Ankara. The complex that composed of residence and mall, near to public transportations are bus stations and subway that even has direct connection with mall.
The beginning of the 4th year 1st semester project that assigned as “Change Climate Change.” It starts with the group work than it is going to be individual. We as a group who are Hazal Gürgöze, Melike Zeynep Silahşör, İpek İmdat and me are expected that make a presentation with the scope of the “Climate Change.” We mainly focused on the keywords “climate” and “change” separately. According to research that we made to understand the causes, effects and responds to it.
Greenhouse gasses are mainly Ozone, Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrous Oxide that provide heating and insulation properties to the atmosphere. In this way, the temperature of the waters in the world remains constant. The formation of the curtain effect of the waste gasses causes the sun’ rays heat more and the ozone late to be perforated. Harmful sun ray entering from the drilled layer. That causes the climate to be distorted and changed by overheating. Therefore, natural cycles are disrupted. According to Earth System Research Laboratory, human activities from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, from about 1750 until the beginning of the last year, resulted in a 40% increase in the carbon dioxide density in the atmosphere. With the Industrial Revolution, especially after the Second World War, human activity increased the number of greenhouse gasses every year and reached high rates because of the use of fossil fuels, slaughter of forests, use of synthetic fertilizers, industrial processes and livestock. The increase in the amount of the gasses anormal and the continuation of this increase is the reason for the deformation of the climate balance of the world. Even Though the greenhouse gases have a big role on the life on earth, there is a significant increase in the last a few centuries. Due to this change is an abnormal thing, it has some consequences. That sudden increase in greenhouse gasses’ impacts is mostly negative things such as high temperature, drought, rising sea levels and increased numbers of diseases, floods and forest fires. These are created uninhabitable conditions which cause the extinction of both animals and planets. Warm weather conditions and droughts enable to desertification from equator to 30° latitude which means that in 22nd century, southern parts of Turkey started to be a desert. Due to high temperature, melting glaciers cause to rise of the sea levels. According to Levent Kurnaz, after 2070, there is a possibility of Kadikoy subway will be under the sea level. Consequently, we tried to think future phenomenon for the environment with this study and we realized that; while we are studying this climate change issue, indeed we studied on the possible modifications for our future environment, the topic triggered us to come there. As you can remember and catch the beginning of the presentation; we also noticed these “environment” and “modification” issue from the etymology study of the words of “climate” and “change” separately. For further stages, we are planning to do brainstorming on there. (Plug-in is our directive word for next stages presently.)
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