Alp Serif Besen

Dimensions:
50cm x 70cm
Software:
Rhinoceros 3D v5
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Date:
09.2019

Above is a poster I designed as part of the research program I attended in AURA Istanbul – an architecture and urbanism research institute. The theme of the program was “Techne & Tectonics”. Although later I changed course towards a totally different theme, for the most part I focused on tectonics. One of the initial goals I had was to discover ways in which I could abstract and diagramatize tectonics underlying 5 influential buildings I selected as test subjects.

I first set off by analyzing the compositions of these buildings. This helped me abstract complex tectonics as types of motions. Then I represented these motions with 3D diagrams. Diagrams in general are used as simpler expressions and are made in 2 dimensions. Although experimental, 3 dimensional diagrams can reveal a lot more about the design, still maintaining simplicity. By using these, I had the opportunity to capture far more details of the selected buildings.

This was one of my early works in the program. My research in AURA Istanbul changed in the following weeks. You can read more on the final research via the link below.