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PARAMETRIC DESIGN AS A CREATION TOOL FOR THE MEMORY SPACE
Get PDFABSTRACTIn 1980s, when digital technology flourished, computer was used solely as drawing tool, while in today\u27s architectural environment, digital technology has undertaken the role of being the main component of the architectural production process. Parametric design, algorithmic design and similar digital design methods, gathered under the title of computational design, have been an important tool in the emergence of contemporary architectural products. With its alternatives, parametric design has been one of the most important current architecture’s problem solvers, enabling control of all criteria, from production of forms to efficient use of topography and natural conditions to reflection of local cultural architectural texture. Parametric design with its ability to use all the criteria limiting design as a forming tool has become an instrument that arranges relations of architecture with different disciplines such as ecology, climatology, engineering, geography, sociology, history, archeology, lighting.In this context, parametric design with its potentials such as reinterpretation of traditional architectural forms, understanding of cultural infrastructure with its all layers and considering it as a form source has become a preferred approach in societies expressing their social and cultural changes through architecture, especially in buildings such as museums and libraries they construct. On the other hand, structures’ harmony designed by using parametric design with cultural and environmental factors has been another reason for preference of this method. In UAE, which is a newly established country and attempt to create its cultural memory together with its economic power, in China, which weakened its ties with past after the Mao Revolution and is struggling to change its existing culture to contemporary one to support its economic power, in Istanbul/Turkey which has multilayered historical structure, the parametric form creation methods have been utilized for the museum building’s design.In this study, firstly, parametric design’s role method in memory space design will be discussed theoretically. Subsequently, it is aimed to embody the discussion over three pillars that deal with parametric design method with different approaches. In this sense, the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum in UAE, which endeavors to create its social and cultural memory, the Yinchuan Museum in China, whose ties with the past have been weakened due to political reasons, and attempts to reconstruct its ancient culture with contemporary understanding of culture, and Istanbul City Museum, which uses parametric design method to present the stratified structure of its local and cultural memory, will be reviewed as model architectural structures of the study.One of the main objectives of the study is to show how parametric design is benefited in these three structures’ designs, how parametric-based form creation methods varies with these three structures, and how the relationship between cultural memory and space is configured differently with parametric methods. Additionally, in the context of the possibilities provided by parametric design, an analysis of the artefact-form relations with the environmental factors of all three museums and discussion of these relations are among the objectives of the study. In the study, descriptive survey method was pursued, and an interview was conducted with Alper Derinboğaz, architect of the Istanbul City Museum (ICM).In the conclusion, information use provided by the parametric design as a form source in formation of societies’ cultural memory, cultural-environmental adaptation possibilities and flexible design understanding were assessed, and the fact that non-euclid and topological form understanding strengthens the monumentality of museum structures were discussed.Keywords: memory, memory space, museum, parametric design.
Data Mining the City: User Demands through Social Media
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Information technologies are commonly used in architectural and urban design. The use of these technologies providing support at every stage of the design opens up different perspectives for designers and users. The aim of the study is to obtain user demands for green spaces of a specific district by mining data through social media and to detect the actual green spaces of the same district using applications developed for this purpose. User demands for design decisions and applications of green spaces and the current situation of the study area are evaluated.
Design/Methodology/Approach
The research is firstly realized through social media, and data obtained from Twitter is analysed in order to evaluate user demands for parks and green spaces of Ataşehir district in İstanbul City. Secondly, all green areas in the same district are detected by using digital maps. Two applications are specifically designed for this research; Tweet Grabber is used for user sentiment analysis on social media and Map Grabber is processed for extraction of green spaces via maps. The total area of the green spaces is compared with the desired area of open and green spaces per user.
Findings
The user demands and thoughts obtained in the study about the green spaces of the district are compatible with the actual situation of green spaces. It is observed that the users are mostly dissatisfied with the adequacy of green spaces. Designers, politicians, municipalities and all stakeholders can benefit from the obtained user expectations and feedback. Interpreting user demands by mining data through social media enables user participation in design decisions. This research method can be supportive and adaptive in related issues of design for the cities, enabling user participation in architectural and urban design.
Research Limitations/Implications
Parks and green spaces of Ataşehir district of İstanbul are taken as a case study. Twitter is chosen for mining of data in social media based on parameters such as keywords and location.
Social/Practical Implications
The impact and support of users in design decisions can be clearly demonstrated by advanced information technologies. Mining data through social media and developed applications will contribute to design decisions and policies for architectural and urban spaces.
Originality/Value
Tweet Grabber and Map Grabber applications are developed for this research in order to get text based and image based data. The research includes a unique case study for mining data through social media on a specific design issue and target location
Yabancı Yatırımcıya İkincil Konut Arz Eden İnşaat Firmalarının Proje Alanı Yer Seçim Tercihleri: Trabzon Örneği
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Being necessarily proactive, spatial plans should consider national and global developments. In Turkey, after legislative amendments of the 2000s, legal obstacles for foreign investment in house-ownership were eradicated, raising a significant demand for second homes. If the current planning process does not turn this demand into an opportunity, it will probably be one of its main threatening factors. This study aims to uncover the criteria affecting the locational choices of construction companies for their project area in supplying second homes for those investors, and rank them according to their importance.
Design/Methodology/Approach
A three-stage AHP was utilized. First, the objectives, criteria and sub-criteria affecting the locational choices of construction companies were determined and a hierarchical structure was set. Secondly, pairwise comparisons were made with the company officials. Thirdly, the relative and general weights of the criteria and sub-criteria were calculated and locational preferences for the project area were uncovered. The city of Trabzon, where the second home supply for the citizens of the countries in Arabian Peninsula increased after 2012, was chosen as the case.
Findings
It is concluded that the development plan decisions are very effective in the locational selection of the project areas. The most important criteria in the selection process are found to be the nearby plan decisions, high unit/m2 sale price of flats, and plan decisions on the parcel, in turn. Moreover, the ones for the sub-criteria were found to be having nearby a CBD plan decision, development order, and having a nearby recreational area plan decision, in turn.
Research Limitations/Implications
Although there are many such construction companies, only two company officials volunteered to participate, yet the study still provides a basis for future work and an awareness for international dynamics of the city.
Originality/Value
The criteria affecting the locational choices of construction companies for their project area in supplying second homes for foreign investors were revealed and ranked. Pairwise comparisons in AHP were made simultaneously with the participants using a videoconference application, considering the risk of Covid-19. The study contributes to housing supply literature and guide spatial plans by introducing locational preferences of the firms.Amaç
Günümüz kentleri ulusal ve küresel birçok gelişmeden etkilenen dinamik yerleşmelerdir. Mekânsal planlar bu gelişmeleri göz önünde bulunduran ve değerlendiren proaktif nitelikte olmalıdır. 2000’li yıllardan sonra yapılan yasal değişiklikler ile Türkiye’de konut satın almak isteyen yabancı yatırımcıları kısıtlayan yasal engeller kaldırılmış ve ciddi bir ikincil konut talebi ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu talebi karşılamaya yönelik yatırımların tahmin edilmesi, yönlendirilmesi ve fırsata dönüştürülmesi bir planlama sorundur; çünkü yürürlükteki planlar bunu fırsata dönüştürmez ise yürürlükteki planı tehdit eden bir unsura dönüşme riski vardır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, yabancı yatırımcıya ikincil konut arzı yapan inşaat firmalarının proje alanı yer seçimini etkileyen kriterleri ortaya koymak ve önem derecesine göre sıralamaktır.
Method
Çalışmada, firmaların proje alanı yerseçimi tercih önceliklerini belirlemek için Çok Kriterli Karar Destek Sistemleri’nden (ÇKKDS) Analitik Hiyerarşi Süreci (AHS) kullanılmıştır. Çalışmada üç aşamalı bir süreç izlenmiştir. Birinci aşamada, yabancı yatırımcılara ikincil konut arz eden firmaların proje alanı yer seçim tercihlerini etkileyen hedefler, kriterler ve alt-kriterler belirlenmiş ve AHS tekniğine uygun hiyerarşik bir yapı oluşturulmuştur. İkinci aşamada, AHS’ye uygun olarak ikili karşılaştırmalar yapılmıştır. Bu ikili karşılaştırmalar, yabancılara yönelik ikincil konut inşa eden ve satan firma yetkilileri ile yapılmıştır. Üçüncü aşamada ise kriter ve alt-kriterlerin göreceli ve genel ağırlıkları hesaplanarak; proje alanı yer seçim tercihler ortaya konulmuştur. 2012 yılı sonrasında Arap Yarımadası ülkeleri vatandaşlarına yönelik ikincil konut arzının arttığı Trabzon kenti çalışma alanı olarak seçilmiştir.
Bulgular
Çalışma sonucunda, yabancı yatırımcıya ikincil konut arz eden inşaat firmalarının proje alanı yer seçimlerinde en önemli kriterlerin sırasıyla: yakın çevresindeki imar planı kararları, daire birim m2 satış fiyatının yüksek olması ve parsele dair uygulama imar planı kararları olduğu; en önemli alt-kriterler sırasıyla: yakın çevresinin merkezi iş alanı planlı olması, yapı nizamı ve yakın çevresinin rekreasyon alanı planlı olması tespit edilmiştir.
Kısıtlılıklar/Etkiler
Çalışmaya yalnızca iki firma yetkilisinin katılmaya gönüllü olması genelleme yapmayı güçleştirmektedir. Ancak yine de araştırma gelecek çalışmalar için bir altlık ve kentlerin uluslararası dinamikleri hakkında bir farkındalık sağlamaktadır.
Özgünlük/Değer
Yabancıların ikincil konut ediniminin arz ile ilişkisinin kurulması ve 2012 yılından sonra yabancıların Türkiye’de en fazla konut edindiği kentlerden birinde gerçekleşmesi çalışmanın özgün değerleridir. Firmaların yer seçim tercihlerini ortaya koyarak çalışmanın konut arzı yazınına katlı sağlaması ve mekânsal planlara rehberlik etmesi beklenmektedir
Examination of Prestigious Mass-Housing Identity via The Slogans: Cases in Izmir, Turkey
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The paper aims to make a critical examination of the current prestigious mass-housing projects through the promotional slogans to understand the relationships between the promotional and architectural strategies.
Design/Methodology/Approach
In the research, the archive-based surveys were conducted by utilizing the framework of the case study method. The data were collected from the websites and electronic catalogues of the cases and analysed comparatively to reveal the messages given by the promotions and manifested in the architectural formations.
Findings
The study makes categorizations for the slogans and architectural services of the cases, and proposes that the promotional and architectural identities of the projects refer to a template that provides the sale guarantee, and therefore, cannot be broken easily to present the alternative living manners.
Research Limitations/Implications
The study is limited with the 20 similar-scale projects with independent sections of more than 50 households, addressing to the high-income level with the prestigious or luxurious qualities, and built, used, or under construction in the period covering 2015-2021, in Izmir city-centre and peripheries.
Social/Practical Implications
In social respect, the findings point out the common interdisciplinary genes creating the templates of the consumer society by manifesting that the high price is related to the services provided within the housing settlement but not the quality of architectural solutions.
Originality/Value
The paper tries to uncover the possible effects of the slogans in shaping the mass-housing identity for the high-income level, and reveal the close relationship between the consumer society and promotion of architecture, which results in selling housing projects at high prices with the same promotional and architectural templates
HOUSING CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS OF SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN ESKIŞEHIR SARICAKAYA SETTLEMENT, AND SUGGESTIONS
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The purpose of this research is to determine the seasonal agricultural workers\u27 housing problems in Laçin Village in Eskişehir and to reveal the solvability of these problems through an architectural design studio.
Design/Methodology/Approach
The research includes two methodological sections. The first section consists of a review of the relevant literature to investigate the historical, legal, administrative and architectural issues on the housing problems of the seasonal agricultural workers. The second phase is based on a case study and a design studio process depending on that case study. The research was conducted in Laçin, to identify the characteristics of the housing problem in place. The data was obtained by observing, measuring, drawing, and photographing the existing housing. A survey was prepared and applied to the workers to gather data about the duration and the character of their stay.
Findings
It was determined that the seasonal agricultural workers in Laçin had some interrelated social, economic, and spatial problems. The duration of the stay excessing 6 months is found to be the main determinant of the life. In the light of these data, the type of housing of seasonal agricultural workers in Laçin was defined as a “new” typology. It is discovered to be neither temporary, nor permanent housing. It is found to be “semi-temporary housing”. In the research-based design process, the prominent design concepts for the “semi-temporary housing” type were identified from the local parameters and the existing user preferences. They are set as convenience, flexibility, sustainability, and being low-cost.
Research Limitations/Implications
The scope of the study is the sheltering problem of seasonal agricultural workers in Turkey. Therefore, it needs specifically to be determined and identified within local parameters. Social/Practical Implications
The study makes an existing problem visible through fieldwork and reveals that a social change can be provided by developing a physical design proposal.
Originality/Value
The fieldwork and design studios are important sources of original knowledge production. The information generated in the field belongs to the place, and this data is articulated and adopted for the nine different design solutions
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AXIAL MAP DRAWING METHODS: ELAZIĞ APPLICATION
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There are three basic methods used for creating axial maps in Space Syntax studies. Manual drawing is the first and most grounded method. The second method is the production of automatic axial maps with a tool, known as the Axial Map in the Depth Map program. The third and most modern method is the use of lines named Road Center Line (RCL). The primary goal of this study is to reveal the relationship between manual drawing, which is the first method used in creating axial maps and still regarded as the most reliable one, and other methods used in drawing axial maps. The other purposes of the study are analysing the features of methods used in creating axial maps, presenting the advantages and disadvantages of these methods, and comparing the methods. Accurately analysing wide spaces such as urban settlements and supporting Space Syntax studies for preventing drawing differences resulting from users in manual drawings are the other goals of this study.
Design/Methodology/Approach
The above mentioned three methods used for creating axial maps are compared in the study in terms of the period, morphological similarity, and analysis results. Analyses are carried out in Depth MapX and the MapInfo program is used for arrangements.
Findings
The manual drawing method is the most time consuming one while the RCL maps technique is the least time-consuming. Automatic drawing creates the axial maps based on the very same rules, which makes it the closest technique to the traditional drawing method in terms of textural similarity. However, it is believed that both automatic drawing and RCL need improvement.
Research Limitations/Implications
Manuel Drawing takes a very long time. Therefore, only one application city (Elazig) could be selected in the study.
Social/Practical Implications
The practitioner who wants to decide which of these methods to choose can decide this by looking at this study. He/she can also have an idea of what to pay attention to when using the methods.
Originality/Value
In this study, three different axial map-drawing techniques were applied to a city. Besides, for the first time, three drawing techniques were compared and discussed in this study
THE USE OF HUMAN BODY AS A MEDIUM IN ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL EDUCATION: “YOGARCH” PROGRAM
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One of the main difficulties for first year architecture students is to sort out complicated physical rules of constructional systems and reflecting those rules to their designs. These topics are also difficult to understand in built environment education (B.E.E.) designed for children. In order to simplify the learning process of these abstract topics, an experiential program is designed and explained in the scope of this paper. This paper aims to introduce the YogArch program and the outcomes of its implementation.
Design/Methodology/Approach
This program is based on two different disciplines, which are yoga and architecture. Therefore, it is called “YogArch”. YogArch matches specific yoga asanas (positions) with suitable architectural elements and systemic principles. This program gives the participant a chance to experience these constructional facts on his/her own body. In the scope of this paper 8 different implementations of YogArch program are examined. There are two different participant groups: children and first year undergraduate architecture students. There are totally 221 participants in these two focus groups. In the scope of this research, the outputs of the workshops are collected and analyzed, findings are generated and some suggestions are made on the future use of the program.
Findings
The outcomes of implemented YogArch workshops are analyzed. According to these findings, this program supports creating built environment awareness for children. For the undergraduate students, the program supported and clarified the knowledge they’ve obtained in their formal courses. Also, it is a practical method for simplifying complicated terms in the curricula.
Research Limitations/Implications
The YogArch program is based on practicing some yoga poses in order to create physical experience. During the implementation of the workshop schedule, some participants had difficulties due to their own lack of training, in practicing some of the poses which require reasonable amount of strength. In such cases the instructor had to support and direct the participant to practice the pose in a more suitable version and develop body awareness.
Practical/Social Implications
The safety of a living environment depends on the consciousness level of inhabitants and users. Providing sufficient knowledge on constructional principles of buildings for the entire society and extending built environment education have vital importance especially for the countries which are at risk about earthquakes, like Turkey.
Originality/Value
This study focuses on offering an experimental education model in structural and architectural design education for all ages. This paper introduces a new educational program called YogArch. The proposed model differs from previous studies, as it expands the educational methods in formal and informal architectural education
Changes in Apartment and Site Type Houses During Covid-19 Pandemic
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The purpose of this study is to reveal the deficiencies and the space features that people who have to spend more time in their homes during the Covid-19 epidemic process.
Design/Methodology/Approach
This research was conducted during the coronavirus pandemic, when individuals had to stay in their homes, spend more time at their homes and get to know their homes better. In this context, a questionnaire was applied to 400 residents living in the apartment and site (multi-block apartment). The obtained data were evaluated in the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and the results were expressed in figures and tables.
Findings
The changes made by the users living in these residences in all spaces of the house (living areas, wet areas, night units, semi-open, open, etc.) and their evaluations for these spaces are presented in detail.
Research Limitations/Implications
The main limitations of this study are that residential users are directly included in the study process through questionnaires.
Originality/Value
As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic in the world, architecture was affected by this situation, as in many disciplines, and people started to rearrange their lives by taking measures against the risk of epidemics. Measures have been taken all over the world to reduce the risk of transmission of the epidemic, and curfews have been implemented. In the discipline of architecture, the spatial fictions that have continued until this time have been questioned, and people have been drawn to their residences against the risk of infection by the virus. Streets, avenues and squares in the cities remained empty and public spaces (shopping mall, cultural centre, sports centre, etc.) became unusable. This process enabled individuals to analyse their homes better and people realized the features they needed regarding the spaces they lived in during this process. In this study, the effects of this newly encountered process on residential spaces are revealed
Numerical Study of Wind induced Pressures on Irregular Plan Shapes
Get PDFPurpose: This paper presents the numerical examination of wind pressure distributions on irregular plan shape building models over wind incidence angles of 0° and 180°. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of irregular building form, projection ratios, distances from the re-entrant corner, the building height and wind incidence angles on the wind flow and wind pressure distributions at all surfaces of the buildings.Design/Methodology/Approach: Two L-shaped and two T-shaped building models having the same plan area and height but having different projections in plan were analyzed by the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package of ANSYS. With this purpose, wind pressure distributions on and around various irregular plan shaped buildings are analysed for the same height level.Findings: As a result of the studies, it has been observed that the plan shape, projection ratios, distances from the re-entrant corner, significantly affect the wind characteristics on building.Research Limitations: In recent years, numerical approaches based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are being commonly used engineers and architects for various wind studies such as determining wind loads on buildings and investigating wind flows in built area. Model dimensions were reduced to 1/100 scale to save computing time.Practical Implications: Understanding the behavior of the building under the wind load will increase the solution oriented approach to the problems at the initial part of the design stage.Social Implications: The study supports occupant comfort by making it easier to perceive the design component wind in the architectural sense.Originality/Value: Wind is a significant architectural design component. However, there are very few studies on wind behavior of buildings in the architectural field. This is often observed as an engineering problem. On the contrary, it is primarily an architectural design piece to be perceived. Therefore, understanding the behavior of buildings under wind loads is vital to develop problem-oriented solutions at every stage of the design phase. Projections in plan with different wind angle and distances from the re-entrant corner’s effect on pressure coefficients were not be studied comprehensively. Key Words: Building form, building dimensions, projections, mean wind pressure coefficient, computational fluid dynamics (CF
EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES IN TRADITIONAL HOUSES IN MERSIN
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Advances in technology and rapidly developing built environment lead to increased energy consumption and depletion of natural resources while harming the environment. The concept of ecological architecture emerged to generate solutions to these problems and various characteristics of traditional architecture, such as use of local and natural materials, energy saving etc. became important for contemporary ecological architecture. This paper addresses, from an ecological perspective, vernacular traditional architecture in Mersin, which has rapidly grown into a metropole from a 19th century Mediterranean port town. This study focuses on the ecological design components among traditional Mersin houses. The objective of this study is to reveal the relationships between vernacular traditional houses of Mersin and ecological architecture and to serve as a guide and reference for architects to design and construct in a way that they do not harm the natural environment and ecological balance by learning from vernacular architecture.
Design/Methodology/Approach
For the case study, 30 traditional houses located in Mersin old city centre, have been chosen to be inspected in terms of storey height, structural system, materials used for the construction, roof shape and materials, topography, selection of orientation, vegetation pattern, building form, spatial organisation, building envelope, use of renewable energy sources, sanitary installation and circulation systems. Yes and no scaled checklists were used to assess 30 traditional houses to identify the components of their ecological status and the quantitative data drawn from these checklists were used for the analyses of the urban texture.
Findings
It is observable from the analysis that traditional vernacular architecture of Mersin has various qualities that are compatible with ecological design criteria of our day.
Research Limitations/Implications
30 traditional houses which have not been restored, have been chosen in Mersin old city centre.
Originality/Value
The results presented in charts and diagrams are aimed to serve as design recommendations in today’s architectural practice in the area and as an ecological pattern in sustainable development projects performed in the future