2020 SPRING ARCH202 FINAL WORKS

Designing a high school

Studio Content Architectural Design

Studio 2 intends to focus on morphology to explore the interactions between space, function, and users as a design challenge. Following the path developed in the previous studios, the students are expected to represent their design idea with the appropriate tools, developing critical thinking about the social and cultural aspects of architecture. They are also expected to work with material and technological features for the production of space, and explore the architectonics of the design they create. These will incorporate form, morphology, topology, ergonomics, including special requirements and accessibility for the users, and last but not the least sustainability and environment friendliness.

Design Topic

High School is the general definition of the term project. The studio aims to discover and represent the needs of generation Z in education with a contemporary High School Design. Students are expected to develop a 4- or 5-years high school which specialized in significant profession for talented or disabled students. in Talas, Kayseri, in the neighborhood of the Talas Municipality and Atatürk Boulevard. Design proposal has to enrich the spatial order and form of a high-school with creating urban and social interaction with its environment. Each design proposal (approx. 3000 m2 closed space and service units) should include: Classes; Labs and workshops according to the theme of the school; Conference Room; Sport hall; Library; Cafeteria, Canteen and/or Dining hall; Service units; Administration Units; Teachers’ lounge and counseling room.