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Nguyen Hieu Tu High School
APEN ARCHITECTURE Vietnam (2022-2022)

Dec 26, 2023
Nguyen Hieu Tu High School was built on an area of 11705 m2 in Phong Thoi Hamlet, Vung Liem Town, Vung Liem District, Vinh Long Province, Vietnam. The project's primary components include a 4-story classroom block, a 3-story practice block, a 2-story sign block, a reception hall block, a multipurpose gymnasium, and a football field. The school was attentively designed to meet the educational requirements of around 1,200 students.

The complete project is divided into distinct sections that are arranged consistently. The transition area is a sizable lobby system, and the classroom blocks are organized in a U-shape with the playground in the center. Additionally, the lobby system that follow the layout of the school making all blocks connect together.

The school yard, which in the center of the building, is used for both outdoor events and as a playground for pupils during recess. Additionally, the multipurpose building block and mini football field are set up separately in order to not interfere with the lecture space. As Vietnam is in the tropical temperature conditions zone, this method of structuring space creates ventilation and effectively avoids typical adverse climate factors such as sun and rain. The project's showpiece is the welcome hall, which is over 8 meters higher than the entrance. This area serves as a pick-up and drop-off location for students, a playground indoors, and a venue for various school-related events.

To honor and preserve the identity of a traditional Vietnamese school, the project was established specially to commemorate the late prime minister Vo Van Kiet's 100th birthday in his birthplace. The entire project is designed in a unified manner, the building's layout is serene and open, and it features the typical horizontal welcome gate common to Vietnamese schools to demarcate the outside and inside area, which was inspired by traditional Japanese welcoming gates. The project is a typical model for the architecture of a classic Vietnamese school with open space, in which the central courtyard represents a connection and collective value corresponding to Vietnamese culture.


Type of works: Civil works – Educational works
Reinforced concrete frame structure system
Construction area: 3093 m2
Building density: 31.5%

APEN Architecture
Beyond Living
Niloofar Golshani Iran (2022-)

Mar 09, 2024
This project is designed as a case study for a master's thesis titled " Driving affordable housing design patterns for middle income groups". This thesis is looking for architectural solutions to solve the problem of middle-class housing in big cities and the designer's role in reducing the price and optimizing the housing. It is assumed that due to the change in the lifestyle, culture and needs of today's societies compared to the past, housing needs new models that are appropriate to these changes. Additionally, by revising the design method, the need to build low-quality and outlying houses under the title of supportive housing can be avoided and a space with dignity and quality and suitable location can be provided to the middle class (6th-9th deciles). In this research, after examining the definitions of residence, housing and its quantitative and qualitative dimensions, the demographics of housing and the study of the middle class are discussed. And after that, the history of social and supportive housing in Iran and the world has been reviewed. In the experiences section, 9 successful countries in the field of providing supportive housing were studied and their experiences were analyzed and at the end 13 architectural solutions were extracted (which can be seen in the conceptual framework of the research). In the end, some of the presented solutions have been used in the design of a case example, which includes: cohousing as the first priority along with, flexibility, downsizing, work and living and proper use of materials. The designed complex is a combination of apartment units with different areas with the aim of creating a mixed-income housing that has a significant impact on social sustainability.

Location: Mashhad- Iran
Area: 4840 Square Meters
Buildings: 4 Residential Blocks with their exclusive shared spaces - 1 shared block for all the complex


Student: Niloofar Golshani
Supervisor: Dr Mahshid Sehizade
Borneovation
David Chow Indonesia (2024-)

Mar 28, 2024
The site is located in Indonesia, Ketapang Regency, Labai Hilir, that dominated with plantation, forest, and mining. Climate destruction causing wildfire often occur caused by peat, global warming, and human intention for personal benefit such as plantation, mining, and site clearance. The large amount of ex-ilegal mining site in Ketapang, with no one taking the responsibility because complex bureaucracy, law, and regulation making ex-mining site can’t be recovered or taking reclamation back into forest. The existing condition is just a dryland with heavy metal pollution that make plant and vegetation really tough to grow with excruciating condition. The ex-ilegal mining site also near protected Mount Palung National Park conservation forest. A cluster of neo-vernacular tourism, forest conservation, plant soil conservation industry, can be a new magnet to socio economic and environmental conservation for the past and the future. It will affect other vilage economy circulation such as Kuala Labai, Sekucing Kualan, and optimizing the government plan to create a train rail and station in Borneo. The site seems quite a far from city, it acts as the new magnet or hub for city development (on par with airport and harbor) architectural implementation must be able to create a new hub for society. The neo-vernacular implementation is the acculturation of Dayak (Radakng and Baluk), and Melayu. The tourism theme is well-ness, cultural, and forest. The can be adventure tourism if the tourist taking harder route to reach the tourism destination. Every component of forest restoration, animal and plant conservation, fire forest mitigation, ex-mining site (inside and outside site), and tourism have integrated each other and support each other. The cluster can work seamlessly in parallel way and also can support as facility each other even though the location is quite far from city. It requires more than 20 years and some stages to create the cluster into final form.

Site size: 50 hectares


Labai Hilir
Simpang Hulu, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan
-0.538627, 110.016853
David Chow, Adrian Hudoyo Putra, Dearren Alvado Glendyap, Nicholas Septian Anelka hutapea, Alden Xavier Iddo Frandhansen
ElevaGreen
Ceyda Cosar Turkey (2023-)

Feb 07, 2024
The project area is located in the most noisy and crowded area of Izmir. Access to this area, which is adjacent to the Bornova Bolge Metro Station and the upper bridge, is also very easy. The objective was to seamlessly integrate work, living, and public areas, focusing on the specific needs of the user group. The main theme of the project was vertical farming, prompting research into this advanced technology. The goal was to minimize urban noise and overcrowding by establishing vertical farming areas, where products are grown on vertically stacked shelves or layers using soilless farming techniques such as hydroponics, aquaponics, and aeroponics. I took references from neighboring buildings and identified the entrances to the area.
The design concept arose with the question of how to reduce noise pollution caused by the adjacent highway and subway line. For this, I paid attention to the short width of my buildings and rotating the building masses according to sunlight in order to have the most sunlight in the vertical gardening spaces.
In this project, I aimed to use innovative hydroponic systems alongside traditional methods like greenhouse gardening, rooftop gardens, and community gardens for vertical farming. The title of my project, ElevaGreen, which means Rising Green, is actually derived from a green that rises in vertical farming.
Additionally, I considered providing farmers with affordable and sustainable housing options, believing it would be more suitable for their living needs while engaged in production. The modular living units offered in three different types; It offers versatile and functional spaces, including dedicated laboratory units for advanced innovation.The public spaces I envisioned included a bazaar for farmers to sell their products, a daycare, a library, and culinary workshops, all designed to meet the needs of the farming community.

Modular living units; the first unit is 36 m², the second unit is 54 m², and the third unit is 72 m² in area. The vertical farming area covers approximately 7,400 m², with greenhouses occupying 1,400 m² and underground parking covering 2,000 m². The Dynamic Bazaar area includes 4 culinary workshops of 70 m² each, 6 cafes of 50 m² each, a nursery of 200 m², and administrative and staff areas totaling 2,000 m².
The building elements used are steel construction and concrete cladding. Steel crossbars were preferred to increase the horizontal load-bearing capacity and reduce lateral displacement. The building elements of the modular housing are also steel construction, ensuring a stronger and more dynamic transition with the vertical farming buildings.
Architect: Ceyda Cosar
Supervisor: Isik Ulkun Neusser
Metin Sahin
Public Ground
Dicle Doğa Karakaş Turkey (2022-)

Oct 03, 2023
PUBLIC GROUND is a castle square, marketplace and a municipality project located in Eğirdir, Isparta, Turkey. The project aims to transform the currently degraded, undefined public square and transform it into an attractive gathering place with respecting to the cultural heritage of the town.

The current form of the town is the result of the construction of a causeway which links the two islands to the main shore. After the completion of the causeway the waterfront changed drastically as a result of accumulation of silt that was carried by the currents. The town’s urban fabric has been altered many times by fires. Today the town presents a rich collage of the incremental changes and the city square became undefined upon these changes. The PUBLIC GROUND deals with the redesign of the town hall. It connects two shores of the lake and the castle gate to the city square within the inner street.

The municipality building is made up of a dispersed structure that has been meticulously interwoven, particularly at the levels that are connected to the ground. The wide spaces created between the building blocks help to clarify functional distinctions and establish relationships, while the fragmented structure aids in packing functions in areas that suit their demands. The structure formation, urban and building circulation, and landscape all work together as a single entity.

Also, PUBLIC GROUND aims to connect two significant city historical sites: the Eğirdir Castle and the Hızır Bey Mosque, by creating a circulation path as well as connecting the two shore lines by the inner street through the municipality building.



Location: Eğirdir, Isparta, Turkey
Programme: Defining the castle square, marketplace and designing a municipality building
Designer: Dicle Doğa Karakaş
Instructor: Yiğit Acar