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Dibujo Avanzado / 2010 Madrid: Urban Privacy

mrzvrn — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:59:00 -0400

Dibujo Avanzado / 2010

Madrid: Urban Privacy

Proposal for Istanbul Design Biennale / 2012 SHATTERING THE...

mrzvrn — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:20:00 -0400

View from the gallery

Diagram

Proposal for Istanbul Design Biennale / 2012

SHATTERING THE FRAME

A perfect, four metre square opaque cube hangs towards the center of the exhibition
space. Without any pedestal or any easily visible attachment to floor, wall or ceiling,
it appears to float about 25cm above the gallery floor. A suspended ramp leads
to the only opening at one corner of the cube, through which the observer barely
perceives flickering lights and faint sounds, drawing them inside. Upon entering,
their experience of the piece, and the gallery, is transformed. Outsized, distorted
human figures – in fact the transformed movements and gestures of the gallery
patrons who approach and examine the exterior of the cube – circle the observer,
threatening, challenging and enveloping them in a chaotic blur of movement and
sound. What appeared perfect – invariant, transcendent, timeless, remote, private –
from the outside, upon breaching the physical threshold of the object and breaking the
taboo of distance that separates observer from art-object, becomes chaotic, transient,
proximate, public and audible: the object is only perfect until one touches it.

‘Shattering the frame,’ the proposed installation, is an attempt to explore notions of
perfection / imperfection in the experience of art by challenging traditional modes of
artist / art-object / observer relations. Even today, these relations are often dominated
by relatively inflexible cultural conditions, expectations and taboos, which determine
(among other things) when and how to move through the exhibition space, how to
interact (or not) with the object and the other patrons, and above all the physical
relations of observers to objects and to each other. Under such conditions the ‘perfect’
art-object is framed as timeless yet potentially fragile, encouraging an attitude of
distant reverence.

A city of perpetual human motion, noise and chaos, Istanbul is the antithesis of
such an attitude. It cannot be viewed from a comfortable distance or with remote
reverence; inhabitants and visitors experience an inescapable physical connection
with their immediate environment, literally buffeted by the many frustrating yet life-
giving imperfections of the city. Two central nodes of this physical interrelation
are kinetics and sound. As both in their own ways are ever changing, difficult to
predict and impossible to apprehend, movement and sound run counter to notions of
perfection in traditional Western arts cultures and tend to be de-emphasized.

Reconnecting viewer with viewer through the breached surface of the art-object,
via the ‘imperfect’ nodes of sound and motion, ‘Shattering the frame’ reminds the
observer that art, like the city, can also be kinetic, transient, chaotic, and sometimes
even loud; and that in the milieu of the gallery, just as in the city, s/he is never merely
a viewer, but also an auditor, and above all an actor.

The technical execution of the project is possible with readily available motion
capture and PC based audio-visual processing hardware / software. The interior light
condition of the cube enables a cost-effective yet dramatic video display / audio
solution.

MANR is an Istanbul-based design collective comprised of Turkish and foreign
resident architects and digital artists.

Mirza Vranjakovic + Anil Camci + Neslihan Catak + Reuben de Lautour

Architectural Design Studio III / 2012 Ayazaga Earthquake...

mrzvrn — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:12:12 -0400

Render

Night render

Function diagram

Circulation diagram

Ground floor plan

Sections

Elevations

Architectural Design Studio III / 2012

Ayazaga Earthquake Education and Research Center

Emre Arolat Architects Scholarship Exhibition @ MSGSU / 2012

mrzvrn — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:46:00 -0500

Emre Arolat Architects Scholarship Exhibition @ MSGSU / 2012

Emre Arolat Architects Bursu / 2011

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:54:07 -0400

Emre Arolat Architects Bursu / 2011

Architectural Design Studio II / 2011 BalatÇarşi Site is...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:51:00 -0400

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Function diagram

Elevation

Plans and section

Architectural Design Studio II / 2011

BalatÇarşi

Site is located in Ayvansaray neighborhood just across Old Galata Bridge, on the Golden Horn shore. If we take a look to the neighborhood we will see deficit of cultural activities even though majority is under 25 and eager for cultural space where they could spend their free time. Site is surrounded by city walls (12th century), two churches (Hagia Dimitris and Balino) and has a view on Golden Horn. On the street that passes next our site the bazaar is being held on Tuesday and Friday. It is important to remember that bazaar doesn’t have only economic significance but also social and cultural. As for the urban pattern, it is characterized by narrow streets, organic layout and visual heterogeneity.

Inspiration for project is taken context the site is located in; one is a textile bazaar covers, with their form derived from sun position (with deconstructive appeal) and the second one is narrow streets which generate social life and create shade. Connection between street and sea is not to be broken with building, so the east and west façades are glazed in order to maintain view on the Golden Horn from the sea; north and south façades are from béton brut as a reference to industrial past of the site. Mixed function project is planned to satisfy needs of people living in Balat, so beside souvenir ateliers and art gallery, proposal includes retail space for selling hand-made local goods, educational space for youth, office space for local NGOs, amphi-stairs for open-air cinema, bazaar with canopy garden and restaurant with a view over Golden Horn. As the project is a complex of (quasi) autonomous objects, circulation is thought as a main part of project, with a role of connecting all different functions and again giving a choice to explore unexpected spaces to visitor. With this aim on mind elevated streets are included in project and roofs were given a function of squares, so it could be stated that negative – positive situation on street level is inverted when elevated.

Interior Spatial Organization and Design / 2011 Bodrum...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:29:00 -0400

Render

Site situation

Plans

Interior render

Interior Spatial Organization and Design / 2011

Bodrum Underwater Research Center

Architectural Application Project / 2011

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:05:00 -0400

Architectural Application Project / 2011

3er concurso Internacional de ideas COSENTINO & I+D+Art /...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:35:00 -0400

3er concurso Internacional de ideas COSENTINO & I+D+Art / 2011

Project is about reinvention of SILESTONE Eco tiles. Tiles are used as construction material for bus stations. Organic form is build from 30x40cm tiles, this modulation lowers the construction price and gives opportunity for customization by colors.

Fluir de energia publica / 2010 Theme of our design studio...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:20:00 -0400

Fluir de energia publica / 2010

Theme of our design studio course was Activation of air in the public space. After analyzing termodinamical data we were able to determine critical places where we would be able to intervene. Main idea was to use air as energy source and as solution to pollution problem in Madrid. So we explored context and we come across idea to use metro tube as source of pressure which would eventually create difference whith pressure on top of our towers and we would have the air flow. So here evolution of our tower starts and ends up at point where we have six towers, shaped by wind and sun and terrain shaped by air flow between metro tube and tower tops. Towers are covered with green layer and wind and sound sensible strings needed for energy production.

Created public space is extension to urban context, so it is designed not to interrupt existing circulation.

FEP should be seen as research on possible solutions to problems that we are able to predict

Project done in group with Daniel Garcia and Jose Javier Laborda

_Fluir de energia publica / 2010 Theme of our design studio...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:10:00 -0400

_Fluir de energia publica / 2010

Created public space is extension to urban context, so it is designed not to interrupt existing circulation.

FEP should be seen as research on possible solutions to problems that we are able to predict.

Project done in group with Daniel Garcia and Jose Javier Laborda

_CUBOlibrary / 2010 The site is located in very center of the...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:06:00 -0400

_CUBOlibrary / 2010

The site is located in very center of the town, by the sea, with a full view of Bosphorus, in neighborhood called Tophane. Site is famous for it’s historical buildings saturation, such as Tophane Mosque, Tophane Fountain, Kilic Ali Pasa Mosque, Hamam of Kilic Ali Pasa, Tophane-I Amire, Nusretiye Mosque, and the fabulous view of Seraglio Point, Uskudar and Bosphorus Bridge. Unfortunately, the area lost its importance in the everyday life of Istanbullians thanks to urban planning in late 50s. The monotonous and cumbersome warehouses managed to cut the connection between the land and the sea, the old part of the Anatolian side and the Tophane Square. All of these are making great reference points for a design concept of building. With redesign of one of the warehouses into the first and the only museum of modern art in Istanbul, area gained its importance again and became a landmark.

The building site is the gap between IstanbulModern Museum and Antrepo 3, second warehouse. Main idea is a building that doesn’t intersect the view on the sea from the street. By experimenting with form and composition in a relation to sight, the concept of hanging buildings occurred. Different floor levels are giving opportunity to experiment with horizontal circulation. On the other hand, desire for open space under the building is forcing experimentation with vertical circulation. The building is exploded to cubical forms according to program, so each cube is representing one function. All cubes except the main one (book store), are coated with aluminum panels. Book store cube’s curtain walls make interior wide open to views on both sides. To enable hanging of the building in the air, two reinforced concrete walls are constructed on the sides and at the same time they serve as space for vertical circulation and service. Between them the space frame is enabling building construction. But the difference between levels are forcing additional construction elements, such as 2_mX3_m frame joists between reinforced concrete walls.

Finally, the structure is hidden from the views that come from the outside. Man is not used to walk beneath the building, so because of this we keep asking ourselves how is it possible? The answer is hidden also in order to aggravate the curiousity, so that people would like to enter the building and explore the construction.

_Sketch Exam During design studio course at Mimar Sinan FAU...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:02:00 -0400

House for Corto Maltese

Restaurant in Macka Park

Market place in Istanbul

_Sketch Exam

During design studio course at Mimar Sinan FAU students have to enter at least two sketch exams. Main idea of sketch exam is to force students to analyze issue, find solution and explain the result in 8 hour period. We are usually provided with site and program, everything else is up to us.

Here are few of my works done on this exams.

_Building Technology II / 2009 Family house in outskirts of...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:34:00 -0400

ground floor plan

roof plan

a-a section

_Building Technology II / 2009

Family house in outskirts of Istanbul

_TideHouse and Rockline House / 2008 Project site is located in...

mrzvrn — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:26:00 -0400

tideHOUSE

rocklineHOUSE

_TideHouse and Rockline House / 2008

Project site is located in south part of Heybeli Island in the Sea of Marmara. Houses on the island are built according to tradition of responding to Mediterranean climate. So, white color, rational form, flat roof, relation with the sea, are the most obvious characteristics that shaped the life on island. Construction site laying on sea level is fully surrounded by untouched nature. Also, rock is central point of site, dominating over beach.

Taken overall, site requires a new paradigm which will take advantage of nature and technology. Developing solutions related to this aim, idea that comes across is to use tide as a way to gain experience of changeable position of the house in relation to the water. In other words, bedroom is under a constant shift of view; so during the day, its windows are free to open, providing wonderful view, but during night, the room is completely under the sea providing a great perspective of the underwater.

Another cliche-breaking aspect of this project is gradual arrangement of rational forms and illusion of desire to be a part of the landscape.

Finally, new paradigm is not only about changing layout of the island, it is also a project which is trying to host family and give them feeling of life with the nature.

Alternative to first proposal is Rockline House. Form derived from rock contour and again creating an nature extension. Windows are angled toward other islands, framing the view and taking full advantage of site’s domination position.