Muradiye Entrance Unit
National competition, entered as a student
Bursa, 2004
✪ Honorary Mention
Bursa, 2004
✪ Honorary Mention
The competition brief was for a multipurpose entrance unit at the Muradiye Complex, a site that is 600 years old. Two challenges came together: adding something new to a place with that much history, and fitting every function into a building of only 5 sqm.
The proposal starts from a concrete cube and deforms it in two moves. First, one face of the cube shifts out of place and becomes a wall. The wall splits the road in two and creates a "service space" between itself and the cube. Shelves along the inner side of the wall display books and flyers, and this is where information and sales take place. Second, the rest of the cube is torn open inward at several points, and each opening becomes a function: an information desk, seats and storage.
The final form is one frozen moment of a cube in transformation, a shape meant to feel dynamic. The material, though, is chosen to stay still. Concrete lets the new unit take its place beside the complex's long history.
The proposal starts from a concrete cube and deforms it in two moves. First, one face of the cube shifts out of place and becomes a wall. The wall splits the road in two and creates a "service space" between itself and the cube. Shelves along the inner side of the wall display books and flyers, and this is where information and sales take place. Second, the rest of the cube is torn open inward at several points, and each opening becomes a function: an information desk, seats and storage.
The final form is one frozen moment of a cube in transformation, a shape meant to feel dynamic. The material, though, is chosen to stay still. Concrete lets the new unit take its place beside the complex's long history.
This entry won honourable mention prize. I also had the chance to compete against professional architects when I was a student.