Shipyard Spectacles: A Theatre for Marmara

Shipyard Spectacles: A Theatre for Marmara

Christodoulakos, Miltiadis (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Geerts, F. (mentor)
Koskamp, G. (mentor)
Rommens, O.R.G. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Borders and Territories

2023-06-28

Integrating shipyards with the surrounding context and unveiling the strong relation between this historic industry and Istanbul. As mentioned in the problematization section, the industry shapes leftover spaces which are not currently used. The project will aim to utilize these spaces in the shipyards by creating a series of interventions without interfering with the industry’s processes while trying to invite people outside of this context. The result will be a number of different structures, varying in uses and functions, referred to as magnets. The organization of the structures and their program will be carefully structured. Each point will have a carefully selected purpose, acting both as an individual mechanism but also as an integral part of the holistic experience of the route that is created from linking all the different points. The route will transition from land to water to carefully frame and portray all the different perspectives the shipyard can be viewed from.

The purpose of those structures is going to address the technical aspect of the yards (architecture as a machine) where the ships become a source of materials that can be treated with different strategies to result to a variety of potential outcomes. Repurposing part of them while hosting new program or even fully disassembling them to create a material library for the construction of the new built fabric. The project will act as a demonstration of the endless possibilities of reusing and recycling parts and materials from retired ships.

The programmatic use of the interventions will aim to frame the shipyard, so that the visitor can understand the complex operations of the industry. Multiple viewing points are integrated to allow this to happen but also resting areas and temporary housing accommodations allow the visitor to slowly approach the complex spatial conditions that are present on site.
1. Reception and Changing rooms
2. Temporary Houses
3. Resting Space / Cafe
4. Observatory

Shipyards
Ship Conversion
Circular Economy
Recycle
Repurpose

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Student theses

master thesis

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