Re:/Dis:/Assembling Droixhe: Post-war Social Housing Urban Ground Transformation

The post-war architectural and urban design paradigm’s characteristic trait of spatial and functional determination limits the possibility for spatial adaptation and flexibility in urban spaces, struggling to face ever-steadily occurring social, economic, and climate challenges. In Droixhe - the largest post-war social housing ensemble in Liège,...

The Place of In-Efficiency: Or the Place of Representation in Neo-Liberal Milan

This research attempts to develop a space in the city that, outside of the dynamics of consumption, but not denying the dialogue with the city, seeks to intertwine with its overlaps, by defining the public space of dialogue and representation. On the morbidity of performance and expectation, we might say that the contemporary Utopian intent,...

A Project of Non Resistance: Venice 21^st of March 2100

Venice and its lagoon are a place where the imaginary and the legends of man and water are thriving. <br/>It is a place of profound history of cohabitation and victory, where time and movement have a different definition for people than in other parts of the world. It is the urban and landscape archetype of close co-existence between the domain...

Hautepierre: Between ideal and reality

The banlieues seem condemned to be the scenery for the ‘France d’en bas’. A france that go to the fair, eats kebab every Wednesday, sleep in a hotel F1 next to the highway, marry in the ‘salle des fetes’, and spend their Monday choosing a new carpet at les 4 ‘murs’ or Tati. However, it seems that the city of strasbourg neglects this 'france d'en...

Organ factory: 2050 Schiphol transplantation hospital

The thesis explores the site of Niuewe Meer in the context of the near future of 2050. The research deals with the new urban phenomena of airport cities - their urban qualities and the issues they pose for development of expanding city borders. On the case of a new passenger driven typology - the airport hospital, it investigates how future...

The Life of Tomorrow

Green is the New Black: In search of an alternative vision for eco-city development in China

The world’s population is set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 – up from 7.2 billion in 2012 (UN News Center). That global population will be a vastly urban one. The increasing demand for supplying the future urban dwellers and the threatening climate change have posed the question about our current urban development model. Our urbanization has...

RE-MADE (IN) HONG KONG: Co-(Shop)housing: People's alternative approach to redevelop Tin Shui Wai New Town

In the future scenario 5 years from now, the Hong Kong government decided to help gentrify the whole Hong Kong cities, so decided to demolish all the public housing in Hong Kong and relocate the underprivileged people to “Hong Kong Land” in Mainland China. Tin Shui Wai New Town will be developed once again trying to get rid of the negative image...

Post-Exodus or the involuntary prisoners of architecture

Post-Exodus or the involuntary prisoners of Architecture, is a project about corrupt well intended top-down pretentions. A project about when utopia becomes dystopia. About when the built environment becomes out of tune with experienced and desired reality. Accumulating to the point of large scale vacancy and crisis. The focus of the project...

Grand Bazaar Utopia Ankara

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...

Public Realm Studio Ankara: Inner City Loop-Student Center

Public realm studio Ankara?Inner City Loop- Student Center P5 final presentation.