{"id":6461,"date":"2026-02-03T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:37:09","slug":"schwelle-zone-dilara-aksehirlioglu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/schwelle-zone-dilara-aksehirlioglu\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHWELLE ZONE \/ D\u0130LARA AK\u015eEH\u0130RL\u0130O\u011eLU"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>SCHWELLE ZONE \/ D\u0130LARA AK\u015eEH\u0130RL\u0130O\u011eLU<\/h3>\n<p>The Schwelle Zone: An Urban Threshold<\/p>\n<p>Situated within the deep historical fabric of Sivas, the Schwelle Zone proposes a radical reinterpretation of the Municipal and Urban Center. Moving beyond the conventional archetype of a government building as a static, authoritarian wall, this project reimagines the municipal structure as a permeable interface\u2014a living bridge between the state and the public.<\/p>\n<p>The design is conceptually rooted in the transformation of Sivas\u2019s traditional &#8220;Crown Gate&#8221; (Ta\u00e7 Kap\u0131). Rather than relying on historical ornamentation, the project abstracts this heritage into a contemporary tectonic language. The result is a series of crystalline masses carved by monumental voids, creating a dynamic interplay of depth and transparency. Drawing from Walter Benjamin\u2019s philosophy of the Schwelle (threshold), the site functions not as a dividing boundary, but as a transitional zone where public flows freely permeate the bureaucratic core.<\/p>\n<p>Architecturally, the building embraces the city through faceted, glass-clad volumes that reflect the surrounding urban life and green axes. This transparency dissolves the hierarchy typically associated with administration. The circulation strategy fosters a continuous loop, guiding users from the public relations and press zones on the ground floor up to the administrative levels, while integrating community-focused functions like the &#8220;MakerSpace&#8221; to encourage active participation.<\/p>\n<p>By prioritizing accessibility and visual connection, the Schwelle Zone stands as an active stage for urban life. It rejects the solidity of exclusion in favor of democratic openness, creating a symbolic city gate that does not intimidate, but rather embraces the user, transforming the &#8220;urban threshold&#8221; into a space of collective belonging.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6465\" src=\"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aksehi\u0307rli\u0307ogludi\u0307lara_2457_662708_Dilara-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"14043\" height=\"9933\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6466\" src=\"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aksehi\u0307rli\u0307ogludi\u0307lara_2457_662708_DILARA-AKSEHIRLIOGLU-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1384\" height=\"979\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCHWELLE ZONE \/ D\u0130LARA AK\u015eEH\u0130RL\u0130O\u011eLU The Schwelle Zone: An Urban Threshold Situated within the deep historical fabric of Sivas, the Schwelle Zone proposes a radical reinterpretation of the Municipal and Urban Center. Moving beyond the conventional archetype of a government building as a static, authoritarian wall, this project reimagines the municipal structure as a permeable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f25-arch401"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6467,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6461\/revisions\/6467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archworks.agu.edu.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}