Who created the project "THE CYCLONE"?

This project was created by Aysu Başaran on uni.xyz, a platform for design professionals to showcase their work.

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This project is located in Den Haag, Netherlands.

THE CYCLONE

Q: What type of design project is "THE CYCLONE"?

"THE CYCLONE" is a Infrastructure Design, Research, Concept Architecture, Public Building project showcased on uni.xyz.

Cyclone is a strong storm of rapidly rotating winds. It was used as a metaphor to describe the idea of cycle in our design. This cycle includes adaptation, correction and rehabilitation steps. Prisoners move on to the next step according to their progress, and each step provides more environmental interaction than the previous one.

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Misak Terzibasiyan

Juror

6y ago

The context is ?

Michael Spight

Juror

6y ago

Nicely done. Perhaps develop the architecture a little more.

Mustafa Özduran 6y ago

perfect job

Yiğit Kayış 6y ago

Congrats

betul san 6y ago

Awesome

Erhan gündoğdu 6y ago

Look it ! wow.

Özge San 6y ago

Really good job.

Duygu Dagli 6y ago

awesome!

Aylin Özkan 6y ago

Legendary!

erol gurses 6y ago

very impressive!!!!

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Shortlisted entry of Switching Prisons

Project Team (3)

Aysu Başaran

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Gülberk Aktay

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Ipek Guney

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Associated Disciplines (4)

Infrastructure Design

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Concept Architecture

Public Building

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Vaillantlaan 18t, 2526 HZ Den Haag, Netherlands

Den Haag, Netherlands

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Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives

PUBLISHED ON 8th December 2019

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