E.001 · Research · 13 AUG 2026
Reading Space: Space Syntax and Invisible Connections
A field note on the accessibility paradox between highly integrated pedestrian routes and fragmented green networks in Yenimahalle and Atakum.
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Reading space again at different scales.
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E.002 · Research · 13 AUG 2026
From Desert to Façade: Learning from the Saharan Silver Ant
A design investigation translating the Sahara silver ant's triangular silver hairs into questions of reflection, thermal emission and layered envelopes.
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E.003 · Research · 13 AUG 2026
Seismic Resilience Begins at the Drawing Board
Using Kobe as a case study, this essay treats seismic safety as an architectural responsibility shared by ground, geometry, ground floors and the city—not a calculation added at the end.
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E.004 · Research · 13 AUG 2026
Kobe 1995: Reading Structural Vulnerability at the Scale of the City
Reading ground, soft storeys, infrastructure and retrofit as one urban resilience chain through the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake.
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E.005 · Research · 13 AUG 2026
Edifício Copan: Reading a Vertical City
A reading of Edifício Copan as a dense urban organism made by housing variety, circulation, commerce, facade rhythm and maintenance.
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E.006 · Research · 13 AUG 2026
Architecture Never Stands Alone
A cultural essay on architecture's encounters with painting, sculpture, music, literature, cinema and installation through shared spatial concepts.
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E.007 · Research · 12 AUG 2026
Making Production Visible: Çarşamba Agriculture and Craft Centre
Design notes on bringing agriculture, learning and craft together around a shared courtyard and a visible route of production.
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E.008 · Research · 11 AUG 2026
Meeting Inside a Circle: Third Place
Design notes on a circular third place growing around a central courtyard and open to life between home and school.
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E.009 · Research · 27 AUG 2026
How to Read an Architecture Competition Brief
A practical method for reading an architecture competition brief through its task, rules, deliverables and evaluation criteria.
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E.010 · Research · 27 AUG 2026
What Is an Urban Heat Island? Reading Shade as Public Space
A field method for reading urban heat through surfaces, shade, vegetation, wind and the continuity of public routes.
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R.002 · Culture · 14 AUG 2026
25 Films for Reading Space
A 25-film architecture culture selection for reading space as character, infrastructure, memory and politics.
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R.003 · Culture · 14 AUG 2026
25 Series for Reading Space, Institutions and Power
A 25-series selection for watching architecture, housing, institutions and future infrastructure as active parts of the story.
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R.004 · Culture · 14 AUG 2026
25 Books for Architecture Students: From Studio to City
A 25-book reading list moving from drawing and sensory space to urban theory and the Turkish context.
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R.005 · Culture · 14 AUG 2026
From Sketch to Render: A Studio Playlist
A sequential 100-track studio playlist carrying a long architecture workday through five deliberate phases.
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