PRELIMINARY JURY 3 | Harboring İzmir Mediterranean Academy

MANAGEMENT & BIM | Koray Pekeriçli

In this lecture, Koray Pekeriçli who is specialist about construction management gave some information about intelligent/smart buildings. He mentioned about communication ways using in architecture with today’s technology.

In a construction project clients, architects, workers, civil engineers and other consultants work together. And to understand project in same manner, some tools has been used. Design communication has different material. Sketches, 2D drawings, 3D drawing and models are used in architecture as communication tools from past to present. The all tools are used in the past ant present but the technique of the drawings has been changed while changing technology. In the past architectural drawing was completely manual. So it needs a big workforce. But now the drawings, calculations..etc are done with computer. And it has some opportunities, which will be mentioned.

To understand construction process in past and present, he gave some information about construction of Empire State Building as a fact, which is a successful example of that time. In today, that technique using in construction of Empire State Building is not working. Because;

• Buildings are even more complex
• Many service embedded
• Efficiency standards require advanced solutions
• Extreme customization of form and functions
• Innovative materials and new detail solutions
• Health and safety requirements complicate the whole construction process
• Operation of facilities require more information from earlier stages

Because of these reasons, today CADD is been used as a tool. The benefits of computer aided design and draft is efficiency, consistency, reusability and repeatability.

Then, he gave some information about Building Information Modeling which defined as “an intelligent simulation of architecture”. And it has 6 key characterictics of BIM;

• Digital
• Spatial (3D)
• Meaasurable
• Comprehensive
• Accessible
• Durable

BIM manage the whole process even the electricity, cables, structural organisations, mechanical system etc. It focuses on products and processes. It stores all the information to complete and describe the project.

PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE | Emrah Köşgeroğlu

In this lecture, Emrah Köşgeroğlu who is master architect and specialist on restoration gave some information about protection of cultural heritage. First of all he mentioned about what cultural heritage is. There is two kinds of cultural heritage;

– Concrete Cultural Heritage

• Portable cultural heritage such as picture, sculpture, money, book..etc.
• Immovable cultural heritage such as monuments, archeological sites, urban sites, civil architecture works..etc.
• Sub-aquatic cultural heritage such as underwater architectural works and cities..etc.

– Non-concrete cultural Heritage such as oral works, performing arts, traditions..etc.

There 2 main laws about protection of cultural heritage. All the restoration is planned respect to these laws. The first law published in 1983 and called as “Law of protection of cultural and natural existence”. And the second one is about reorganizing the first law in 2004. The architects are interested in the protection of the law.

The restoration process has mainly 4 stages;

• Decision of protection
• Drawing s of building survey and restoration
• Agreement of regional protection institutions
• Application

 Team of Restoration;

• Restoration Experts
• Architects
• Landscape Architects | Urban Planners
• Art Historians
• Engineers
• Experts of protection of material

Protection process is applied respect to Venice Charter 1964, which are universal principles. Interventions made to the structure should be compatible with the structure as technical, material and design, be reversible and distinguishable from the original structure. Reconstruction is not restoration or not protection.

While working on restoration of a structure, three projects are drawn. Relief and analysis about site, which shows the situation now. Restitution plan is drawn which is the first appearance of the structure. Interferences are drawn which shows the finished state of the project. Köşgeroğlu gave 2 examples of application. They are Anavarza Antik Kenti Giriş Kapısı(Adana), and Mamure Hamamı (Anamur).

FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY | Tanju Ataylar

In this lecture, Tanju Ataylar who is fire consultant gave some information about fire and life safety in structure. He focused on main techniques of fire safety. Fire prevention and fire protection are the main issues for fire safety. Fire protection includes passive protection systems and active fire protection systems as fire plugs. Passive protection systems are related with architectural design. Some regulations to prevent fire in the structure are applied to the building like escape distance, used materials.

Fire protection is achieved by the combination of prevention, protection and egress.

• Prevention of ignition
• Detection of fire
• Control of fire development
• Confinement of the effects of fire,
• Extinguishment of fire
• Provision of refuge or evacuation facilities
• Staff reaction
• Provision of fire safety information to occupants

Egress can be defined as “a continuous and unobstructed way of travel from any point in a building or structure to public way consisting of three separate and distinct parts (which are the exit access, the exit and the exit discharge)”.

COLLABORATION WITH ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC ENGINEER | Özgür Ulupınar

In this lecture, Özgür Ulupınar who is electrical electronic engineer gave some information about basic electrical installation concepts for architects.

 HIGH VOLTAGE is 1000 volts and above. It is used for connection of electricity to large structures. It is distributed with special underground cables or overhead cables. High voltage is lethal. LOW VOLTAGE is the name given to voltages below 1000 volts. 220 volt is used in daily life in Turkey. Usually it is distributed with insulated cables. High-voltage transformers with devices called transformer into low voltage.

The transformer is placed on the pole or in the building. The transformer is very dangerous because all the electrical connections are open in the transformer. Although not very good in terms of aesthetics, the transformers are installed outside in independent buildings in some structures.

The generator supplies electricity to the building during power interruptions. Diesel engines are used in generators. The diesel engine provides rotational motion. A piece called an alternator turns the rotation movement into electric energy. Generators due to diesel engines;

• It makes a lot of noise and vibrates
• Exhaust gas (smoke and smell)
• Plenty of air is needed for cooling and burning fuel.

Sound insulation in the generator room is an important point. The generator room must be separated by dilatation to reduce vibration while designing structure.

The electrical rooms in the buildings;

• High-voltage room (According to needs)
• Transformer room (According to needs)
• Low-voltage room (Absolutely exists)
• Generator room (Generally exists)
• Uninterruptible power supply room (According to needs)
• Communication and security systems room (Generally exists)
• Electric rooms and shafts (Sharfts absolutely exist, rooms according to needs)

There are 3 points to consider when designing electrical rooms in terms of architecture;

• The doors of the electric rooms are always opened outside.
• No wet space is placed on top of electric rooms.
• Other installations do not pass through the electric rooms.

Elevated floor is used in electricity rooms. The raised floor is manufactured with checkered plate on the steel construction.

A lightning rod is used to protect the building from lightning. Lightning rod is not a single rod. Absolute faraday cage should be applied.