MIXED USE PROJECT IN UZUNSOKAK / TRABZON

URBAN MIXED-USE PROJECT IN TRABZON/UZUNSOKAK
The climate change caused by the GLOBAL WARMING and the running out of fossil energy sources provide increasing attention to renewable energy...
Among these resources, passive savings provided by design and planning is one of the most important ones in terms of cities and buildings...
It was located in the South-north direction, which is the optimal orientation in this part of the country..
Spacings were also designed to be in that direction, aiming to benefit from solar energy.
By locating the residential compartments in the form of squares the north-south direction, solar energy was gained from south façade but at the same time natural air circulation was maintained due to north-south orientation
Residental area and the office buildings were so planned that a recreation area with an enticing landscape was also secured to provide for children playgrounds, resting, chatting, listening to music even-open space concert
Also square organization of the over all design was apprecaution for earthquake risks
Also heat loss was reduced by shielding each square with another one
Some of the entrances of the blocks were facing north (the dominant wind direction), sowindshield were designed for them