This time, on July of 2011, I worked with urban planners Kevser Ustundag (Mimar Sinan University), Meltem Parlak, Arzu Erturan, and Erman Topgul on their project for Yalova’s new transporation system. The question was how to explain their plans and methods to the citizens clearly and with min phrases. In a very short amount of time (1.5 days i guess), they explained what was going on, and we did these ‘funny’ looking visual explanations. (sorry, only turkish for now…) … more info, pdf, images, etc… »
Introducing: “Envisioning Information For Istanbul: The Study Of A Guide Design As An Urban Visual Interface To Improve Usability Of The City”. My MA thesis is about an instructional guide for Istanbul that tries to meet the purpose of “making the city observable”. It’s not a regular tourist guide, but an interactive manual on how to perform in Istanbul for a native or foreigner. The scope is on how to manage the design process and how to design the guide.
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keywords: istanbul map, urban information, urban interface
This report / presentation is an analysis for Istanbul University (IU) hospitals’ site rehabilitation, urban transformation and larger area regeneration. It was commissioned by the university administration in order to show the importance of university hospitals’ locations in Fatih neighborhood considering topics in urban, educational, economical and social contexts.
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keywords: mapping, urban, visual analysis
This poster is the outcome of the Image of Science workshop which was held at Sabanci University in July 2010. Similar to the first project, the aim was to collaborate with a scientist to create clear narratives for scientific knowledge and reveal complex information that belong to various disciplines. In this project, I worked with Erdem Öztürk, who completed his PHD degree on mechatronics engineering in the summer of 2010. We worked on his thesis “Modeling Dynamics of Parallel Turning Operations”.
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keywords: mechatronics, scientific illustration, scientific information
I worked with Sululuke Platform to redesign (in their words “clean up”) their alternative urban regeneration plans and maps in the summer of 2009. Platform members worked hard on how to suggest a new urban plan for Sulukule against municipality’s own plan. My job was to make the maps more understandable and presentable.
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keywords: cartography, maps, urban, visual explanation
In these diagrams, the process of eviction in Sulukule – a neighborhood in Istanbul where Romanian citizen used to live – is depicted. The process shows how municipality’s intention for urban renovation in Sulukule progressed while demolishing Romanian settlements without their consent. The maps were designed both in English and Turkish for Rotterdam Architectural Biennial, exhibited at Rotterdam in 2009 and Istanbul in 2010.
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keywords: infographics, maps, urban
This is a compilation of charts and infographics examining economic crisis in the history of Turkey between 1923-2008. The project is on hold due to unavailable data resources and collaborators.
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keywords: infographics, quantative information
These wayfinding maps are studies designed during an information design course. The purpose was to design maps to help drivers find sabanci university campus – which is located in a difficult area of Istanbul: Tuzla.
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keywords: maps, visual explanation, wayfinding
This poster is designed in collaboration with the faculty of engineering and natural sciences – material sciences and engineering program. A graduate paper was redesigned as an academic poster using proper information design methods. The result is the visual explanation of a scientific paper, which originally contains mostly textual information and charts.
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keywords: material sciences, scientific illustration, visual explanation