{"id":5798,"date":"2026-01-31T10:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:42:47","slug":"ottaviola-hakan-kusoglu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/ottaviola-hakan-kusoglu\/","title":{"rendered":"OTTAV\u0130OLA \/ HAKAN KU\u015eO\u011eLU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ottaviola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawing inspiration from the fragile, web-like city of Ottavia in Italo Calvino\u2019s Invisible Cities, this project explores the relationship between structural security and the inevitable void. The design is characterized by a vertical hierarchy of open, semi-open, and closed volumes, connected by a delicate framework of sticks. A consistent design language of hatched and dashed surfaces creates visual permeability, allowing wind and light to dictate the spatial experience. These “dashed” interfaces are not merely aesthetic; they function as essential filters for the inhabitant\u2019s biological cycle of energy and water, turning the architecture into a living machine. My name is Viola, I live in Ottaviola, I am a signal-sender, a child of this suspended world. My cycle begins in the Birth Chamber, where the open-hatched facade allows sunlight to charge my core. When hunger strikes, I move to the feeding grounds. Here, rain enters through my upper cone, and as I feed, the excess water flows down to nourish the trees below, completing the loop. Wet from feeding, I seek the “Drying Room.” In this space, the floor and ceiling are sliced open, allowing the wind to rush from below and exit above, drying my frame. Here, I wait for the lightning\u2014my second energy source\u2014to strike and recharge me. Once fully powered, I bounce on the trampolines, climbing through the corridors and railed pathways that promise safety. I ascend to the very highest point, only to face the ultimate reality of Ottavia: the fall. I drop into the void, yet I land in a different place from where I began. This cycle teaches me that while the city holds us, life is about the courage to climb, even if the destination changes.<\/p>\n

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Ottaviola Drawing inspiration from the fragile, web-like city of Ottavia in Italo Calvino\u2019s Invisible Cities, this project explores the relationship between structural security and the inevitable void. The design is characterized by a vertical hierarchy of open, semi-open, and closed volumes, connected by a delicate framework of sticks. A consistent design language of hatched and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f25-arch101"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5805,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions\/5805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}