Sub-terranean, Sur-terranean
Location: Süleymaniye, Istanbul
Type: Academic, group+individual
Level: Bachelors, 4th Year, ARCH 401
Date: 2022 Fall
Study: Urban intervention, dwelling, anthrposcene landscapes
Institution: Istanbul Bilgi University
Sub-terranean, sur-terranean settles in the Süleymaniye region of Istanbul and interprets such notions as anthropocene, heterotopia, hegemony, critical urban landscaping and experimental city. In “sub-terranean, sur-terranean” site plan did produce as group work, gathering 3 individual projects in landscape and urban scale.
anthroposcene (def.)
Unofficial unit of geologic time used to describe the period in earth’s history when human activity started to have a impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems. Thinking of archeological value of Süleymaniye, understanding what is underneath the site, there were mostly cisterns and cellars. Undertaking the vertical acknoledge of the city, the idea of the anthroposcene, these subterrenean spaces were functioning for storage. Considering what humankind was storing back than and what humankind store today, underground territories were re-claimed as observation sites for existing figure and widened to be data centers. Data centres were not only to represent the idea of stocking but to create a green energy infrastructure. While storing and developing data, data centers do produce much of waste heat. The project suggest to use this waste energy as the heating resource for the housing on the existing layer of the city. The projected dormitory also do uses the energy of the data center. The dormitory has a lightweight and temporary grid structure; including infrastructural components, common areas and housing units. Contrast in the structures of the data centre/observatory and dormitory narrates the permanance of underground and temporariness of overground.