Exhale
41°20'52.0"N 28°40'56.7"E
Karaburun Mahallesi, Arnavutköy
Project Type: Mixed Use
Focus: Comprehensive Design
Istanbul, Turkey is known for their surplus of architectural structures, as well as being an ethnic and cultural melting pot. This puts them at an advantage in terms of economic growth, thus why they were chosen to hold what will soon be the world’s largest airport. The New Airport is designed to have a total of six runways, a city center as well as a city village. This construction will bring attention to the rural regions of Istanbul allowing for future projects to come into play, such as the Canal Istanbul and sky scrapers. Istanbul is behind in terms of "building green" so this is a major movement for them from an architectural standpoint. Throughout design phases of the airport, studies were completed to observe natural life, biodiversity, and human impact on the nature around the airport. Parts of the naturally growing environment on the project site have already been secured and stored for later use in landscaping the airport.
PROJECT STATEMENT
The intent of this project is to create a mixed use building for the Istanbul’s New Airport. The building is designed to include temporary lodging for airport employees, office space, a restaurant and retail space. The design of the building will also include integrated building systems to create a unified whole that achieves the desired functional purpose.
SITE ANALYSIS
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DESIGN CONCEPT
BREATHING ARCHITECTURE
To bring topography to life through architecture I have incorporated a series of integrated building systems into my building design. These systems include stacked ventilation, a roof pond, a solar chimney, vertical atrium and an earth berm structure. Each system contains their own form of breathing, literally and metaphorically. It was vital, that as I designed the building in plan and section that I incorporated these moments of breathing to show the continuous cycle of life. Architecture is something that we need and share, as inhaling and exhaling is no different; it is what equalizes us. Within the chosen systems one can experience the moments of breathing.
CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES
CONCEPT I
Drastic change in size and proportion of each building, is in direct correlation to the expansion and contraction of the diaphragm as we breathe, and Turkey's mountainous region.
CONCEPT II
Visually defines the push and pull of topography. The movement and shifting of the figures is in representation of the movement of terrain when it comes to life - as the site is located in an earthquake hazardous zone.
CONCEPT III
Embedded into topography, to act as one with its contextual environment. Slope of wall mimics natural terraced terrain. The spaces that separate each level serve as resting points.
CHOSEN CONCEPT: CONCEPT III
I chose concept III because of its intimacy with the site. The building has a physical and visual relationship as to why it is designed the way it is. Although, I removed the "resting points" between each level. I did so to open opportunity, to find resting points within the building itself.
In the conceptual sketches to the left, you can see where I began to incorporate my concept into my building design. In plan, view you can see the open atrium, that extends below to the next level that will then overlook the infinity water fall that falls from the roof top. This will help with cooling and possibly double as a roof pond. In section we begin to see the design for passive ventilation.
It is prudent that I integrate innovative solutions to environmental issues within my building design. These factors play a role in the comfort, and experience of the building.
These sketches are preliminary thoughts that will be further detailed when I address the next design phase. Integrated building solutions will include: Earth Berm Structure, Passive Heating and Cooling, Stack Ventilation, Roof Pond and Atrium Daylight Penetration.
INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEMS & SECTION STUDY
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