Grand Bazaar Utopia Ankara

Grand Bazaar Utopia Ankara

Wen, Y.

Riedijk, M. (mentor)
Gremmen, B. (mentor)
Alkan, A. (mentor)
Deboutte, N. (mentor)
Milani, S. (mentor)

Architecture

Architecture

Public Realm - Public Buildings

2012-11-02

In this one year graduation project, many steps are going through to find out the unique project for myself. It’s a long long study in different aspects, from urban strategy to construction details, everything need to consider by the designer. It’s difficult task but also a good chance to find out the unique way of the architecture design. There was a long time I couldn’t find my way, however, in the end, everything seems coming together, and I learnt a lot through designing this project. This project is located at the State Farm area in the capital city Ankara, Turkey. It's a Utopia of courtyards and lifestyle of the Turks. ‘Bazaar’ and ‘Courtyard’ are the key words in this project. It’s both modern and traditional. It’s a design for the local people, connected to their lifestyle. In this project, the diversity of typology is what gave the project richness and made it unique. Moreover, the idea to bring back the very nature of a bazaar - 'the craftsmanship', which has already replaced with tourism nowadays, is the key factor to organise the whole project. This idea of 'craftsmanship' also connects to the Utopia of the State Farm - 'a place to learn'. For the final presentation of the project, different ways of presentation are used as I never tried before, such as telling a story happened in the Bazaar and making a box for the overall model, which contains everything. It’s a wonderful experience to develope all these method within the final project of my master.

bazaar
Ankara
utopia
courtyards
theatre

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2012 Wen, Y.