VCT

    The lack of space that emerged with the increasingly denser cities overshadowed the horizontal settlement and pulled the city towards a vertical fiction. Now, the fragmentation on the ground, full and empty relationship, streets, buildings and green areas look for places at different elevations. However, many functions such as working, life and education have been intertwined and mixed structuring has emerged. How much can this be achieved today? To what extent is it possible to eliminate the differentiation between functions? Or how can these differences coexist without destroying each other? The project was started by seeking answers to these questions.

    The existing vertical constructions and mixed uses were examined. As a result of the investigations, single flat housing or working areas under the name of mixed use have been resolved by placing them at different levels in a single form within the same building or by complex settlement forms created with several buildings. Inter-functional common areas were generally found at the lowest level, in large bases that did not fit the city and human scale. This way of designing and bringing together was challenged in the project. Such vertical and so-called hybrid settlements have been rejected, functions have been constructed in a holistic manner with the same level and new binding spaces.

    When starting the project, a plan was prepared according to the requirements of the competition and this plan was tried to be followed regularly. The things that need to be focused on in order have been determined. At first it was thought about what kind of project we were planning and the search for a suitable place for this concept was started. The city of Istanbul in Turkey, and Turkey as the location was chosen because the project is a metropolitan city of Istanbul and the population density is higher. Therefore, when we compare this city with other cities, the need for verticalization is greater. At the same time, vertical structuring has just begun to occur here. Therefore, the designed hybrid structure acts as a guide in this region. The subject of the competition is on the combination of housing and university. In Istanbul, the Maslak region is the region where both vertical structuring and horizontal campus campuses are concentrated. Therefore, Maslak was chosen as the project area and the combination and planning was made by taking reference from the regional texture.

    In the project, a "contact tunnel" has been designed as a new space between the residence and the university. The main idea is to integrate housing and university. Two different functions were combined by designing a vertical street in between. At this point, the main idea is; It is to ensure the union and communication of the people living, educating and educating here with the vertical contact tunnel. This unification idea has been tried to be implemented at every point of the project. It was desired to proceed without breaking this concept both in the university and in the residences. Flexible spaces have been set up in the university. Transitions between workshops, classrooms, social areas, offices and many similar spaces are provided. Flexible spaces have been built within each residence. A minimum of walls are used. Places are not fragmented as much as possible. User profile is defined as individuals studying or training at this university in order to strengthen communication with education.

    The horizontal campus settlement and the fragmented texture in this settlement have been moved vertically to the upper levels of these units in a modular fashion, rotating and dominating every perspective of the city. With the floor gardens between the modules, the natural life in the city has been made accessible in emerging architecture. The living units, which are created to meet the functions and requirements of an education unit, are positioned centrally and on a single axis, as they are inward-oriented and more personal spaces in the modulation repeating every six floors. Education units, which are freer, freer and more open, have come into existence with consoles opening around this center. The modules created and the communication between life and education areas that meet these two opposite functions are combined with inter-unit contact tunnels. Contact tunnels have the task of unifying both the university and the residence, and each part of the building rotating 90 degrees. In the contact tunnel, uses are designed for people to socialize with programs such as exhibitions, sports, cafes, floor gardens, and libraries.

    Vertical circulation is designed in a rational and uninterrupted manner. At the same time, regional transitions between tunnels were provided with the mobile platforms in the contact tunnels.

While designing the access and entrance axis, which gives the first impression of the building, attention has been paid to its ability to serve the city. Units such as sitting, green area, cafe, sales and information center are included in the floor usage. An arrangement was made that allows access to the underground spaces without entering the building. In the underground spaces, there are social city spaces such as cinema and cafe. With the landscape arrangement created with one meter elevation differences from zero to minus five elevation, both the people living in the city and the people living in this structure have been allowed to socialize. Sitting areas, trees, ornamental pools etc. are available. In addition, from the circulation tower inside the building, direct passage is provided to the ground or underground spaces.

    Different materials such as steel, wood, glass and concrete are used. The building consists of a steel structure rising on four legs. The education units with console are connected to the main construction with diagonal steel I profiles. The contact tunnel between the living units in the main construction and the training units in the console is carried by a steel system. Wooden parquet is used in the interiors. On the exterior; the openings are made of glass curtain walls, and the walls are made of plastered brick walls.

    Many iterations were tried until the final result was reached. The plan was changed many times until the project reached its final form. Initially, the intertwining of housing and university was thought. Later, privacy was abandoned because their understanding of privacy was different. But still it is not completely separated. Their communication with each other is not interrupted with the transition spaces. Thus, it is aimed to create a whole setup on the vertical.

    All these existing and newly created spaces are designed in accordance with change, transformation and flexible use. Therefore, no specific program has been defined for training units. All functions in education units are of universal quality and responsiveness to new searches and learning in the present or in the future. The building form is designed to allow this change and expansion. It can be extended vertically if needed. Thanks to its modular design, units can be added as consoles.

    The Vertical Contact Tunnel, which rises with the need for verticalization in a narrow and restricted area, combines education and life, freedom and individuality, freedom and rationality with a new interconnecting layer. It responds to the formations of today and the future with its form, interior space and combination setup.