First of all, the project concept is to design a development organization that will produce solutions to problems such as illegal construction, lack of green areas, lack of public open space throughout the region, transportation problems in Kahramanmaraş and work in the field of urban design. This innovation organization will also attract the people of Maraş to the project area with the social participation areas it will host.
These participatory areas; seminar hall where the people’s ideas will be listened to, open forum events where they will interact with the municipality and designers, exhibition areas where 3D versions of the projects will be experienced with Virtual Reality, urban art and city memory exhibitions, laboratories working on smart city technology, model and design workshop for smart city project designs, creative offices, open public areas such as amphitheater and experiential city gardens. Since the experiential city gardens are equipped with sensors, they will be used by the smart laboratory as an open-air test area and data collection area. At the same time, they will be a resting area for students, residents and employees.
While creating my form, I first took an axis from every point where the cultural center touches the area. The intersecting axes formed a system and the areas between these axes became my project areas. Later, I created my spaces by adding areas of the same size. I tried to stay balanced with the dominance of the cultural center in the area.
When we enter the area, the square welcomes us. From this square, we first see the exhibition hall. This exhibition hall tells the urban changes that Maraş has experienced throughout history. Then, we can go to the entrance hall or the VR exhibition where we can experience urban projects. When we enter, there is a library and a VR production area that works together with the exhibition hall on the lower floor of the library. When we leave the entrance hall, we come to another square. We come to the area where the design workshops and laboratories are located. Smart city laboratories and creative offices work together in the spaces connected to this square. At the same time, the laboratories collect data from the experiential gardens. Neighborhood residents who will come to the area using the lower axis use these gardens as resting areas.
The language used in the plan was tried to be continued on the facades and a more modular design path was followed.
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