PORTFOLIO OF MY ARCHITECTURAL JOURNEY WHO AM I ?I gratuated from architecture and experienced about bio-architecture since 4 years. I can tell you about what I am doing usually in my life So I think the energy of love keeps me excited in life. So I am trying to do things which I love! I am bio ar-chitect, crafter and home maker. I keep playing with natural buildings, communi-ties, handicrafts, sculpting, happiness and beauty around of me. I am travelling, questioning and seeking out for the ancient knowledge of elements (fire, earth, water, air, space) . I feel blessed for the gift to be able to experience different ways of creating, loving and praying. We are all blessed by beauty of nature, I wish to enjoy this together each moment

WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW ?I practice Natural building and social art together. We have a community called obaruhu,where we indulge in community oriented natural building and art. We take inspiration from nature and traditional native shelters and incorporate it with the POWER of five elements and bio climatic designing.

OBARUHU BIO ARCHITECTURE & ARTObaruhu is composed of two words Oba + Ruhu . Oba in tengri means tents / temporary shelter of a nomadic community living, travelling and sharing their life

together and Ruhu means the spirit. Obaruhu represents the spirit of the ever lively nomad tribe that keeps moving from one place to another in order

to maintain the balance in nature outside and inside oneself.

http://obaruhu.org/

DOCUMANTATION OF ANTIQUE CITY SYMIRNA

Smyrna (Turkish, Izmir); an ancient city of Asia Minor. The city is one of the oldest set-tlements of the Medi-terranean basin.The first site, probably founded indigenously, rose to prominence during the Archaic Period as one of the principal ancient Greek settlements in western Anatolia. The second, whose foundaztion is associated with Alexan-der the Great, reached metropolitan propor-tions during the period of the Roman Empire.

I love exploring tradi-tional cultures and ver-nacular buildings. They hold stories about com-munities, families, their

beliefs, play, dance, fall, rise and revival

and also about nature, surroundings, climate,

space and elements which binds them all to-

gether. As a practice traditional buildings

have undergone a trial and error process,

working hand in hand with nature for genera-

tions. The results pro-duced traditionally

have many hidden prin-ciples and they need to

be revived in some form. I like to do this

with few contemporary additions.

DOCUMANTATION OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS OF KULA

Kula Houses are one of the spatial manifestations of the 19th century Ottoman town-scape. Traditional Kula houses in the district that possesses texture of Otto-man city are generally double-decked and wooden-built. The two strik-ing aspects of the Ottoman House were the courtyard and the hayat. Courtyard was both like a large, open room for the activities of the household and it was also the edge space between the compound and the out-side. The hayat was more than a circulation area be-tween the rooms and the staircase; it was a semi-open multi-functional living space on the upper floors. With its strong visual connection to the courtyard and to its natural setting as well as to the rest of the town, hayat was a unique part of the Ottoman House.

Nature the oldest and the wisest is pure and

pristine and it calls for re-spect while used in a

building. Using natural materials from the local

context is one of the best ways to come to terms with sustainable build-

ings.Climate governs the

nature of the materials. Climate can be classified

into two levels, micro and macro level. Macro level climate is the general cli-mate of a region and mi-croclimate is site-specific climatic conditions. Both these need to be consid-

ered and analyzed while designing a building.

Analyzing and designing appropriately according to the local climate can

help create a comfort zone in the form of the

dwelling.

ecologic revolution / GREEN ANARCHY (yeil anari)Green Anarchy emerged as final year-project of degree of Ar-chitecture. Theme of the project is Representation of the Corporate Identity through architectural form.

Green Anarchy is an in-dependent organisation that acts to change atti-tudes and behaviour of society, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote creativity by nature for nature.Grren Anarchy includes reserch center about natural resources, alter-native education spaces like lab, workshops and social spaces like museum, cafe, open air cinema.

Main materials of build-ings are recycable lattice steel structure and wodeen portable mod-ules inspired by tradi-tional food storehouses of Black Sea Region of Turkey.Those storehouses calls Nayla.

Nayla has been built as a portable module by inter-laced wood system with-out any nails. And lo-cated on wooden pillars which has wooden wheels on top of each. This tech-nique has been used to protect the foods from mice and other pests. Also protects from humid-ity to keep the foods dry. The most beautiful deco-rations and wood carving examples of traditional

architecture can be found in these works.

Nayla is source of inspi-ration for this project. Green Anarchy designed by inspiring from traditin-oal art of building with care of land, sun, humid-ity, wind and space; and with the possibilities of modern technology.

Yeilova Hyk is a hyk (mound) in zmir, Turkey and is the first known settlement in prehistory in the area of zmir. It was occupied con-tinuously from roughly 6500 to 4000 BCE, and was cov-ered with silt afterwards.

This project designed during my office internship as a

team. We inspired from exist neolithic settlements pattern, matterials and sense of spaces and combined with current possibili-ties of building tech-niques, materials and needs of the

users. Neolithic settelment houses are square

shaped and built on stone foundation. Ot top

of foundation 1.50cm hight stick and mud walls and with tatch roof hights becomes 4-5

meter.At new design we chosed to

built stone fountation, recycable steel consturaction and brics made by stone dusts and lime mixture. According to sun light and wind we de-signed the settelment plan and glass windows.

Yeilova Neolithic Settlement, Visitor Center and Archeological Research Facility

REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE;WARRIORS WITHOUT WEAPONSThe program designed by Enstitude Elos. Elos is an organization focused on designing and carrying out strategies so people can build together the best of all worlds.A 30-day experience for young en-trepreneurs who want to change the world. The program offers a number of tools that facilitate col-lective decision-making and imple-mentation of projects in communi-ties in a rich and challenging cul-tural and social environment.

OASIS GAMEA free use community mobilization

tool developed by the Instituto Elos and applied by the institute, as well as by young entrepreneurs, in various parts of the world.

THE ELOS PHILOSOPHY HELPS US MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE!We believe that materializing the best of all worlds is possible if we can do it of our own free will, with no suffering and with the assur-ance that our efforts are effective!Our actions, tools, program, and projects are based on the Elos Phi-losophy, which comprises seven disciplines: Gaze, Affection,Dream, Care, Miracle, Celebration, and Re-evolution.

GAZEThe gaze consists of exercising and cultivating an appreciative outlook on the community and its environ-ment in order to create a scenario of abundant resources and possi-bilities, enhancing each person's presence and potential for contribu-tion.

AFFECTIONAffection is what stimulates people to create affectionate relationships, fostering the emergence of mutual care and trust elements that feed and strengthen collective work. The exercise of listening is an essential skill for this discipline.

WARRIORS WITHOUT WEAPONS - Community Oriented Dream Makers

DREAMTo dream means to provide the appropriate space and relationship for the expression of the best and deepest aspirations in us all. It means building an image of the best we would like to achieve, tran-scending our habitual practice of only identifying problems. Typi-cally, the deeper, more genuine and more precious the dream, the more support it finds from the entire community.

CARECare consists of carefully planning strategies and projects that will widely meet the expectations of a set of common dreams. The group operates in response to the ques-tion of how to walk together while taking care of oneself, of others and of a shared dream all at the same time.

MIRACLEMiracle is what we call collective action motivated by the groups

best qualities and skills, equipped with the abundance of existing resources within the community, confident in the affectional bonds that unite them, and motivated by their best common dreams. It is an extraordinary gift that you give to yourself and to others.

CELEBRATIONA celebration is a reunion after a course of action in order to share the joy of joint accomplishment, recognize and celebrate each

persons contribution to the collec-tive achievement. It is when the concrete physical achievement and the lived experience make even more sense because they are nur-turing the celebration of life.

RE-EVOLUTIONTo create a re-evolution is to think about the future and plan actions to materialize new challenges, always together and with new mo-mentum created by the joy of seeing dreams come true.

WARRIORS WITHOUT WEAPONS one of the brightest life experience of mine. After getting 31 days of inspiring training about community building and or-ganizing, I had new color-ful seeds to sow in my path. My bigest realizing from this experience is the power of collaboration. There is nothing good or bad when we produce together as one. This was the time I got over my obsession of per-fection. Life has such a big pattern other then visible parts. So most importent thing is to come together in higher level of intensions other then material ap-proaches.

This was the time concept of COMMUNITY ORIENTED NATURAL BULDNG was born.

Natural materials , which have not undergone major

transition from its original state can be easily used in building. They do not cause any form of natural harm during construction either to man or the environment infact they help us heal. The beauty of natural materials

is it can be played and be reused innumerable number of times. Making the build-ing immortal.

Community oriented is a participatory approach, it is one of the most fun and interactive method of building home. Building with neighbors, friends and family, inviting them to play, dances , sing trans-forms a physical building

into a dwelling because it involves gifting their ener-gies. So we create the spirit of home with hands of com-munity:)

Element games is a medium to connect natural building and community building. These are set of meditative games which helps under-

standing all the elements of natural building process in-spired by the shamans in Brazil. The idea is to open and spend some quality time , concentrating a spe-cific sense towards each el-ement. While we are con-necting with elements as a group of people we also connect with ourselves and with our community.

As each participant breathes, the building ab-sorbs it and in return trans-forms itself from mere natu-ral walls to a respiring natu-ral home.

So through all this experi-ences and ideas we found a new methodologie of creat-ing bio-homes. And we are keep discovering about it as OBARUHU bio-architec-ture & art.

THE EMERGENCE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED NATURAL BUILDING

Here we are calling out to you from an era of awak-ening that the winds of change became alive in our souls and actions. Now it is time to breath these changes all together. Lets come together to build a world that is in harmony and peace, and lets widen the change with our single touches.

The workshop was an action to bring people of similar interest together. We wanted the partici-pants to experience com-munity life and we used ar-chitecture as a tool to PRO-DUCE TOGETHER. It was also a get away from the urban life, a life away from the consumerism and to enter collective and pro-ductive way of living.

Although we are not the childs of the world that we dream of, lets become the ancestors of that world.

TRANSFORMATION & NATURAL BUILDING WORKSHOP / BAYRAMIC, TURKEY

EARTHWATERFIREAIRSPACE

We analyzed the land and climate, then we designed together with our clients. The climatic conditions

being extremely cold and windy in winter it was nec-essary to design a ther-mally insulated house. We used a mixture of slip-straw and straw bale to come in balance with nature.The house is aligned in east west direction to trap southern sun during winter and to direct the wind into the house in the summer. There are small openings at the plinth level to the northeast

to create venturi effect .The summer breeze is pressurised to pass through these small openings and escape

through a larger opening on the roof of southwest side, this helps in drawing out the hot wind and keep-ing the house cool in summer. The room in the east is the storage room hence the room has to be cool throughout the year.Cause of the land-shape it is placed in east. Which is the mildest sun and the southern wall which receives the warm sun is

protected by thick straw bale walls.

HIRA HOUSE PROJECT / BAYRAMIC, TURKEY

It is of great significance that one participates in understand-ing, designing and building ones home. This process will give them a better understand-ing of the spaces, the feel and texture of the materials ,how to deal with improvements all by

themselves. Moreover it helps in building what is just needed for the dwellers and nothing more.

At south-west as the sun sets the wall starts to glow beautiful rain-bow spiral glass bottle sculpture.

We cooked together ate to-gether and built together what to do,these are the side effects of natural building :)

A joyful intensive program was an effort to reach out to the city dwellers to expe-rience conventional way of life which many of us are not part of anymore. Yoga, element games, coopera-tive games, circular dances, traditional food and hands on all blend together shows us how to make life fun under the sun:)

URBAN ASHRAM PROJECT / PUNE, INDIA

An earthbag base which connected with the oven and then later extended into a small seating. We got two traditional cooked chulha from kumbhaar wada ( potters community in old pune )to be inserted into this base. In the zen garden we made a similar earthbag seating along with a cob partition wall.

The external plaster is made with a mixture of lime and further layers of whey , clay, cow dong and sand.

Earth game , where we subtly introduce the ele-ment earth to the partici-pants in a playful manner. We asked the mud How do you feel ?

Thank you so much for the space, care and love which motivated us to create in the flow

Yurt a nomadic tent house of the past or an al-ternative way of energy-efficient, ecological, healthy, affordable and sus-tainable house of the future?

A yurt is a portable, bent dwelling structure tradition-ally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia as their home. The structure

comprises a crown or com-pression wheel, usually steam bent, supported by roof ribs which are bent down at the end where they meet the lattice wall (again, steam bent). The top of the wall is prevented from spreading by means of a tension band which op-poses the force of the roof ribs. The structure is usually covered by layers of fabric and sheeps wool felt for insulation and weather-

proofing.

This project has been ful-filled by gift culture and col-laboration. All the expenses gifted by people who has similar dreams and built by people who serves for same dreams.

Coming together with people to built home is a tool to create relationships

and to create communities around us. Thank you for all who gave this experi-ence to us. Thank you for Veysi zdemir who leaded the project.

YURT - A NOMADIC SHELTER , ANTALYA / TURKEY

This yurt has been designed according to golden ratio and totaly with natural materials. Instead of metal nails we used leather strings and wood painted by linceed oil and hand carvings. Have been created with love and passion

This project started as work-shop during a architecture festival for students. After workshop who could build faith in the material stayed back with us to enjoy and inspire from mud, water, fire, wind, stars. We camped in coppice forest around our strawbale house for one and half month to finish it and leave as an inspiration to the vil-lagers who were taking

care of us while building process.Foundation was built by vil-lagers, materials mostly provided by Anadolu Uni-versity, water from village, clay and sand from around of us, food provided by uni-versity, villagers and us So as collectively as always we could finished our inspi-rational, experimental half round straw bale house.

Thank you to all

HALF ROUND STRAWBALE HOUSE, ESKISEHIR / TURKEY

+TBA A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE MEETa place where you meet with yourselfa place where you realize realities behind the screensa place where you see that way of living can be a bit different.

In Tupi, an indigenous lan-guage in Brazil, tib means: A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE MEET .

TBA has been built 25 years ago by Rose and Johan van Lengen to impart a deeper awareness of how we perceive our environ-ment. Through the integra-tion of art and science, in-tuition and logic, reason and feeling, communication will be enriched. Each indi-vidual is given a possibility to share his own experi-ence, which then becomes a part of a true collective,

using group communication and creativity.

I had the chance of doing one month of intership in this ver much inspiring place. During internship I participate diffirent natural building techniques and plastering and inspiring life experiences

TIB INTUITIVE TECHNOLOGY AND BIO-ARCHITECTURE, RIO / BRASIL

FNEST PLASTER MIXTURE :-MUD-MIDDLE SIZE SAND-FINEST SAND-DONKEY DUNG-ASH-CHEESE WATER-LINCEED OIL

HYPER-ADOBE WATER TANK BUILDING

ADOBE DOME BY GERNOT MINKE

Currently I am living in Turkey and working on com-munity building and natural buildings. I am one of the founder of organization called OBARUHU.

Name : Merve TekinE-mail : obaruhu@gmail.comWeb Site : www.obaruhu.org

WHO I AM AND WHERE I AM NOW