İshak Şimşek Arhitecture
Architecture and design projects exploring adaptive reuse, cultural spaces, and sustainable interventions across Turkey and the region.
Bellek
An architectural space bridging history and national memory through luminous paths that symbolize the historic Isparta-Izmir train stations.
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO | IRIS MUHAMETI
A selection of academic and architectural work developed throughout my studies, exploring design, research, visualization, and architectural representation.
The Adsequor: A Leaning Tower That Works as a Living Machine for İzmir's Meles Delta
Naz Kaplan's thesis turns a hotel high-rise into regenerative infrastructure, collecting water and freeing wetland ground across the Meles Delta.
POLYGON
good job
what an interesting idea! crooked walls look amazing
really nice. great job. I love the renderings!
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
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.
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
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.
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.
ENTEGRAMP
A project about combining general education and experimantational education in Philippiness. A project where a child can feel and understand the material in one place and go
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.
Future of memory
The most significant element of design is the new building line which creates a square around citadel. This boundary line indicates upcoming quarters to fill with new buildings where new functions can be placed. The project recreates destroyed functions in the places of bomb craters by redesigning them showing particular essence of each buildings.
SPONTANEOUS
There are basically two states of the game. The first of these can be defined as a fictional game and the other as a spontaneous game. While fictional games are usually played according to a game rule or accompanied by a game leader, spontaneous games are games that occur spontaneously among children. Both types of games are very useful methods for children.
UNIVERSITY OF URBAN ARCHEOLOGY
A PLACE FOR LEARNING, CULTURE, AND ARCHEOLOGY. University for Urban Archeology is designed not only for the students but for creating interest in its historic context for all people. Design comes alive with respect to the historic remains, contextual references, and environmental systems, with the minimum disturbance on its highly sloped topography.
Honestly love the work that was created here. Obvious that a lot of thought has gone into this. Amazing use of historical landmarks to make the project even better. Very smartly designed to create all-in-one living and learning quarters for students and faculty. Honestly love the project — wish a project like this actually came to be. It would totally revitalize a Ulus: a place with tremendous real estate value that's being underutilized and wasted to an extreme. All in all, extremely well designed project. Amazing job.
Great project Doruk! Loved the exploded axon and section perspectives. You have amazing rendering skills.
A really hard case to work with, however the design comes up with site specific solutions and solves the problems resulted from topography, socio-economic cases, lack of interest in the history and archeology. The design gives a great care for the historical remains, with a special approach for a University, which welcomes everyone, who are hungry for knowledge and development. The last but not least, the landscape is used in a way, which both protects the historic remains and the sites spirit, and creates attraction on the cultural and historical elements with the circulation elements. The ramps also creates a very minimal disturbance on the soil and environmental systems and greenery is implemented in a such a great way. Congratulations.
I was thinking it takes time to like it... Until I signed in and saw the details of the project. Real Museum.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I liked the project idea...it's unique and distinctive