KILIÇOĞLU

Project idea

In the project I carried out under the main title of 'Contemporary Touches in Historical Environment | Illusion and Space', I aimed to bring the historical Kılıçoğlu Tile and Brick Factory in Eskişehir back to the city. The fact that the factory, located in the city center, has been out of use for about 20 years formed the basis of my concept. Breaking its current situation and bringing it back to the frequency of the city allowed me to start my design process with the concepts of Disruption|Resonance.

Project description

I will present you my project developed with the conceptual framework of “Disruption | Resonance”.

This project is centered on a contemporary intervention made on a structure with a memory. Throughout my design process, I aimed to both preserve the existence of the structure carrying traces of the past and interrupt it with a new spatial narrative.

Disruption is a conscious break made on the continuity of memory;
Resonance is the spatial echo left on the user by the vibration created by this break.

The existing mass representing the memory of the structure has been preserved in some places, abstracted and reinterpreted in some places. This interruption and reunification have been made visible with a contemporary addition rising with a steel carrier system.
The steel mezzanine and staircase symbolize the intervention made on the memory, while at the same time offering a new layer of circulation and experience.

The floor was left as reinforced concrete, and the raw textures carrying traces of the past were preserved.
The material language of the new intervention establishes a relationship with the memory of the structure through contrast:
It creates a tension between transparency, permeability and lightness and the solidity of the past.

This contrast increases the visitor’s awareness during the time spent in the space, allowing them to touch memory.

The spatial structure of this design aims to blur the boundaries between illusion and reality.
The opening of the space at different levels, the gaps formed by the masses that are detached from the ground with the steel structure, and the use of permeable surfaces create a paradox of perception in the visitor.

While the visitor simultaneously experiences the lightness of the contemporary intervention with the massive walls that bear the traces of the past, they cannot fully distinguish which part is “old” and which part is “new”.
This conscious uncertainty causes the space to be constantly re-perceived.
In other words, the structure produces a ‘spatial illusion’ — and this illusion allows memory to be rewritten through experience.

Technical information

The historical Kılıçoğlu Tile and Brick Factory located in Eskişehir was built in 1927 using bricks, tiles, reinforced concrete and wood. While the existing walls are bricks, the roof is tiles and the floor is reinforced concrete, the contemporary addition of my project includes reinforced concrete walls, steel floors and a carrier system.

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