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GONYE
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Uponvisiti
ngthewalledci tyofNi cosia,onenoticesthephysi calandmental
borders.Thenoti onofborderi smenablesapoi ntofdigressiontowardsthe
i
ntensityoftheculturaluni ty.I
tfurtherconstrai nsaninequitablebalance
onthepercepti onofone.TheVeneti anforti fi
cationresemblesanabstract
sun figure portrayi ng values of uni ty; the walled ci ty includes
archi
tecturalworks from vari ous timeli
nes promoting a zeitgei
st ofthe
past denizens. The political borders remai n speeches of separati on.
Overflyi
ng thebarcodesofbarri cadeonewouldbecomeconsci ousto the
commonality in every i
ndividual,dualistic stateofmi nd has obtai ned an
obli
vioussentimenttothesi mi
larityinbothTurki shandGreekvalues.

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 Furthermore,thi s concept
rei
nforcedthei deasi nplace
by program, Duali sti
c
i
nterrelations.The Museum
of Modern Arts should
re-evaluate the mi nds
perceptions, so through
stages of amendment.The
poetic and vivacious
i
nterior i s circulated i n
means of, encounteri ng
accessional values.These
moments are i ntended to
develop uni fying i deals
within the eventual
i
nhabi tantsandpasserby’ s,
whi ch slowly becomes a
progression of unraveli ng
what i s bordered to the
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ndi dual.
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+1floorplan groundfloorplan -
1floorplan

“Iofferyoupeace.Iofferyoulove.Iofferyoufri p.Iseeyour
endshi
beauty.Ihearyourneed.I ngs.
feelyourfeeli Mywisdomflowsfromthe
HighestSource.IsalutethatSourcei nyou.Letusworktogetherfor
unityandlove.”

MAHATMAGHANDI

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 lOBBY elements fountai
nofli
fe

Oneofthemai nnaturalform,
nsymbolsofpeacepresentedi livesthroughyearsofchangeof
i
tsnei ngdwellers,theoli
ghbori vetreeisposi
tionedi
nthecenterofthebui ldingwhichi s
enclosedby a glassparti
tioni
llumi
natingthei
dealvaluesandwi llbeaccessibleto the
attendantofunity.

Extracti
nglinesandrelati
onsfromthenodesandnei ghborbui ngs,
ldi thebastionpreceding
i
tbecameani nvi vesculpturegarden.Themovementvi
gorati atheprojectedli
nesdiffusely
moldedthegapsandpathways.
WALLEDCI
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oneness exhi
biti
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 Entertai
nmentmedi
a centerrefersto thedigi
talageandhumani on.I
nteracti ttranscendsthe
abstractexpressi
onsoftheadvancesi ntechnology.

THEDESI S BASED ON SELF-

GN I ORGANI
ZING SYSTEMS WHICH DI
SPLAY CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATI
ON I
N THE
PRESENCEOFCHANGE,ANABI LI
TYTORESPONDTOSTI MULIFORMTHEDYNAMI RONMENT.
CENVI

ECOLOGICALUNDERSTANDING OFARCHITECTURETHATPROMOTESTHEDI FFERENTI

ATIONOFENVI RONMENTAL
CONDITI
ONSTHROUGHAMORPHOLOGI CALI GENCE,
NTELLI WHICHPROMI
SESNOTONLYANEW SPATI ALPARADIGM
FOR ARCHI GN,BUT ALSO A FAR MORE SUSTAI
TECTURAL DESI NABLE ONE THAT LI
NKS THE PERFORMANCE
CAPACITYOFMATERIAL.

Theentertai
nmentmedi
acenteri sstrategi
callypositionedinacommercialdi
strictneighbori
nga
graveyard.Theecosystemexistingatthegraveyardhasi mpelledanorgani
cdistributi
onwhi ch
i
ntakestheshapi ngoftheentertai a center.Thenei
nmentmedi ghbori
ngstati
cbui ldi
ngsconduct
low li
feacti ty.
vi

si
teplan
ci
nema

vehicle alternati
ve
flow density densi
ty
landi
ngofspace

ci
nema
bui
ltenvi
ronmenti
mpli
cati
ons

i
nfli
cti
on

consci
ousenvi
ronmenti
mpli
cati
ons

si
te

transi
tion

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i
nteri
or landscape exteri
orski
n

Emerging from thecontents as a foreign speci

es and
deforming the topography to a connecting pod.The
entertainment medi
a center passages i
ndi
viduals to a
personali nteracti
onwi ththeemergingform.

ENTERING THEENTERTAINMENT CENTER THEUSER ENCOUTERS

floating FIGURES (
PERSON “ S” CI
NEMA)PROVOKi ng the
CURIOSTY level.The“s”CI NEMAS ARENOT RESTRICTED BY
“ ME”NOR“
TI NUMBERS”

OUTDOOR
CI
NEMA

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 THEOUTDOORCINEMASWASINTRODUCEDTOTHEPUBLI
CINTHEEARLY1900s,
ITHAS
TAKENVARIOUSMODIFI
CATI
ONSINTHEPASTCENTURY.

NTHECONTEMPORARYAGE,
I THEOUTDOORCI T’
NEMASERVESI SUSERSASASPACE
ALLOWI
NGTHEUSERSTOINTERACTWITHTHEBUILDI
NG

publi
cci
nema

ci
nemaroute

THECENTERI
SLOWERTOTHEHEI
GHTOFTHEEXI
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 GONYE
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 doubleski
nfacade

Locatedi nNicosia,Gonyeliactsasa thresholdtowardsthemountai nrange.The

proj ectexploresthecreati onofacommuni tycenterandretreatforthestudyof
water and sunli ght i
n pursui
t ofsustainableapplications.Thecompound became
rootedto thesi tethroughmaxi mi
zingviewsandsunori entation.A culturalhall
was i ncluded i
n order to i
nform transi
ent ofcurrent progressions and overall
functi onsto theconstruct.Thenoti onofraincollectionthrougha slopi ngroof
that held excess water became an i mportant means to convey the task of
“re-
information”tovi si
torsofthesi teandprovideanidentitytothebui ng.
ldi
si
teplan

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 groundfloorplan

Entering the community center a li near process

occursalongthepathcreati nga“ begi
nning”forthe
users.Thehallwayspronounceaculturalawaki ng,
directing theconscious to a forgotten realm.The
routeleadstotheculturalhallwhi chhostsallthe
culturalacti vi
tiesandexhi ts“
bi sustainableart”.
passageofknowledge
n faç
The double ski ade protects the south faci
ng
exteri
or walls from sun exposureand transforms
thedirect sunli
ght to dayli
ght for maximum usage.
Theornamentedski nactsasa vi sualconnecti onto
the“forgottenCypriotvalue”.
accumulati
onofculturalrelati
on
culturalvalley

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The sustai
nable applications incorporated into the desi gn of the
communitycenterinformtheusersofalternati vemethodsfori ncreasi
ng
consci
ousnessinsustainableli
ving.Thecurvedroofsdi recttherai nwater
ontothegreenroofandplantati ons.Photovoltaicarei nstalledontop
oftheroofsprovi dingenergy forthecommuni ty centerandnei ghbori
ng
bui ngs.
ldi

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 Bydefininga“clubhouse”onewouldreali zeaspaceoccupi edbyacertai n
socialgroup.Theusersandthei ractiviti
esdefinethequali tyofspace
andcreatethesenseofengagement.Theequestri anclubhouseseeksto
concedethesignifi
canceofi tsvaluesintoani conicformation.Thefocus
oftheproj ectwastocapturetheacti vityoftheusers–dynami smand
REVEALI
NGFI
GURESOFABSTRACTI
ON exuberanceofthesport.Themonumentalfi gurestandsasa symboli c
gesturetowardsi tsvisitorsandusers, predominatingit’
svaluesintoa
vi onary aspect.Theslanti
si ngwallsareangledi nwardandoutward
dependingontheuser’sinterferenceandfunctions.

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transcendi
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The De sti
jl movement sought to express new utopi an ideal on
spi tualharmonyandorder.ThefounderTheoV
ri anDoesburgcreated
variouspai
ntingsportrayingsuchv alues.Theconceptofthehousei s
thetranslationof2di magesto3dformssucceedi ngtheidealsofthe
movement. Rethi ng, Re-
nki ev ng, re-
aluati drawing, reforming,
re-
understand, all take p art on the process of translati on.
Expressi
ng thevisionary’stransformationi ntheplanesofti meto
abidebythevaluessetofi dealsformulated.

i
nnercourty
ard outdoorgallery TheVanDoesburghousei sori
entedtobenefi
tfromthe
allthedisti
nguishedviewsandtoformhall wa
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art exhi
bi ons.Each bl
ti ock has a eminent col or
symboli
zingthesp acessuchas; yell
ow hall
ways, red
outdoorgallery
li
vingarea publi
cspaces,bluepriv
atespaces,andthecombination
astheartstudi o.
gallery

bedroom
artstudi
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desti
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 i
mmitati
ngthenatural
aggregati
on i
nterlocki
ng patchi
ng extrudi
ng

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campus"includi
ngfaci li
tiessuchas;Engli
shfoundati onschool,ecovillage,aquaticcenter,
and
a research center Thecontext implies a deli
cateeco system that produces articulatory
values,thenaturisticvaluesareinterpretedintoamodulesystemexplori ngthegrowthofthe
complexity Coreelementsofthesiteallbecamenodes whi chgeneratedasystemofmeasureand
grid for si
teplacement Thecompound becamerooted to thesi temaxi mizi
ng views and sun
orientati
onasapursui tofsustainableapplications.

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 exi
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topograph

f
abri
c youngharbor

theINTERNSHI Pwasheldwi ththecollaborati

onofgirnemunici
pality Theassignmentwasto i mprove
kyreniasharborareaAt aturksquare kyreni
a castleandempty ba y nearitIti ncludedlandscape
desi
gn bui ldingrestorati
onsandproposalforacti vi
tiesi
nthenew area Theconceptofourproposal
WAS TO ACHI EVETHERI GHTEOUS ESSENCEOFTHESEA AND MAXI
MIZI
NG THEI NTERREAL
TIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PEDESTRIANANDtheWATERFRONTTHEMOVEMENTOFTHEWA VESBROUGHTANABSTRACTFI GUREWHI CHCAMETO
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furnituresi ttingspacesnexttothesea andtheyoungharborbui ldingproposal

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n the whole
area,consistingofthesamelanguageal ong
thewa y.Anew constructi onwassuggested STI
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onofthe
totheba ynearthecastle.Thi sbayistagged
as‘young harbor’, whi chwouldcreatea " VESENSES"
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P
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 valuesoftradi
tion i
rani
annew years

sai
nthi
lari
oncastle

thecastlewhi
ch
i
nspi
redsnow white

a,
kyreni cyprus

panaromi
cvi
ew oftheoldharbor a,
kyreni cyprus

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