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İshak Şimşek Arhitecture

Architecture and design projects exploring adaptive reuse, cultural spaces, and sustainable interventions across Turkey and the region.

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ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO | IRIS MUHAMETI

A selection of academic and architectural work developed throughout my studies, exploring design, research, visualization, and architectural representation.

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Bellek

An architectural space bridging history and national memory through luminous paths that symbolize the historic Isparta-Izmir train stations.

Oriel Trésor

I was thinking it takes time to like it... Until I signed in and saw the details of the project. Real Museum.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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Mohammed Ghaleb

I liked the project idea...it's unique and distinctive

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The Adsequor: Sustainable Architecture as a Living Machine for İzmir’s Wetlands

The Adsequor reimagines sustainable architecture as a living skyscraper that restores wetlands while creating a new civic landmark in Izmir.

The Adsequor: Sustainable Architecture as a Living Machine for İzmir’s WetlandsThe Adsequor: Sustainable Architecture as a Living Machine for İzmir’s Wetlands
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Tarık Durmuş

The concept is clear, fluid, and intuitive.

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Yıldıray Çeltiklioğlu

👏🏻👏🏻

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Pınar Boyacı

Congratulations! 👏

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Nexus project

​The project site is situated at the convergence point of Gaziantep’s historic urban fabric and its city center, represented by Democracy Square. The project overlooks Gaziantep Castle, sits adjacent to the historic Yaprak neighborhood, faces the historic Bey neighborhood to the southwest, and borders the historic khans (Hanlar) to the southeast, with the Alleben stream flowing alongside it. ​Grounded in this context, the project aims to revive and preserve the city's acoustic heritage as an in

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MOTION

This project explores well being through movement. A continuous loop guides users through shifting spatial conditions, connecting public and introspective spaces. By integrating the urban ground and elevating parts of the path, movement becomes a tool for mental clarity and spatial experience.

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People's Choice AwardPeople's Choice AwardUnIATA '21

Revitalization of Ankara Castle

The project evolved gently by taking references from the natural sloped landscape laying under the grand fortification walls of Ankara Castle, where the collective memory lives for centuries. The building itself became an experience that evokes the memory of the historical layers, the local people; and praises the grandness of walls by revitalizing Ankara

HAKAN TANIK

Tebrik ederim Ece.Basarilarinin devamını dilerim.

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Hülya Yavuz

Tebrikler başarılı bir proje umarım kısa sürede gerçekleşir.

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Hülya Ş.

Amazing !

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Editor's ChoiceEditor's ChoiceAthenaeum - 2023

The Axis Athenaeum

Historical flow give a city layers consistently. Every new discourse and practice creates meaning an

Nihan

Wow! It looks gorgeous

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Oguzhan Salim

More impressive than anything I've seen before..

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Tolga Yıldırım

Very enjoyable design. I wish you success!

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DISSOLVE

Through our research, we noticed that constructed school buildings and implemented education systems had become typological. Designs consisted of classrooms arranged around corridors, comprising typological spaces where actions and spaces were defined. This standardized education system thinking, and consequently architectural attitudes, became the focus of

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The Iconic Mosque

A proposal for the D

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Alaçatı Port 14 Residences: Adaptive Reuse Residential Design in İzmir by Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects

Adaptive reuse residential complex in Alaçatı featuring four blocks, pastel façades, stone textures, balconies, mezzanines, open circulation, Mediterranean landscape, and sea views.

Alaçatı Port 14 Residences: Adaptive Reuse Residential Design in İzmir by Erginoğlu & Çalışlar ArchitectsAlaçatı Port 14 Residences: Adaptive Reuse Residential Design in İzmir by Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects
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The Oblique Sunshine: Innovative Residential Architecture by Man Office in Mashhad, Iran

The Oblique Sunshine by Man Office in Mashhad blends innovative residential design, oblique facades, sunlight optimization, and participatory construction challenges.

The Oblique Sunshine: Innovative Residential Architecture by Man Office in Mashhad, IranThe Oblique Sunshine: Innovative Residential Architecture by Man Office in Mashhad, Iran
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Fatma Ana Cemevi and Culture Center: A Contemporary Alevi Cultural Landmark in Istanbul

Contemporary Cemevi and cultural center in Istanbul uniting Alevi worship, community gathering, public space, timber warmth, and stone continuity.

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