The Greenhouse/ Betül Agırgelir
As hunter-gatherers progressed through domesticating animals and plants, nomadic life was left behind. Agriculture is one of the greatest success stories in the development of human civilization. It helps to feed the world's growing population. With rising incomes, the diversity and range of demands are changing constantly, the increasing demands and the estimated population rise from 7.2 to 9.7 billion or more by 2050 will put the agriculture and farming industry under pressure.
How can we reduce the existing pressure?
Today, with the effect of Industry 4.0, rapid development in farming technology has led to a rise in various typologies of farming, which are innovative, sustainable and handy.
While we examine the project site Kayseri, the amount of agricultural land is higher than in other provinces, but it cannot be used efficiently. With the data obtained here, I came up with the idea of “Producers and consumers no longer exist independently of themselves”. To attract attention again to various agricultural factors, “The Greenhouse Project” gather parts of the agricultural circulation structure such as sporadically scattered markets, research offices, startups and bostan. Therefore, consumers do not just exist as consumers here but participate in various areas such as sales and production.
The most crucial feature of the project area is the Hatuniye Madrasa, located in its center. Adding function to this obsolete structure while preserving it is the challenge of the project. While it was open-plan and there was access to the upper floor when it was first built, today the madrasah has been covered due to restoration interventions. THE GREENHOUSE aims to reactivate the upper floor of the madrasah, which was called the dam in the past, by connecting the masses to the rooftop of the madrasah via footbridges. Thus, it will continue to be used as it was used in the past, and it will be protected without damaging the madrasah.
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