Student project of the first year Computation-based Basic Design I studio at İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture. The contextual background is based on “Arboriform” which aimed to drive students’ design research process. Here is a quote from the student’s presentation:

…Many of us do not believe and even do not want to believe in the compatibility of natural phenomena with things done by humans. Nature eliminates unfitted environmental factors while generating new potentialities from it. In our project, “symbiosis”, “tropism”, “branching”, “holding”, “rooting” etc. were the concepts that helped us to construct our material research. We aimed to adapt a natural formation process to an artificial background from human life. To reach that goal we used natural and artificial materials: Bamboo sticks and Rubber bands…

Students: Ayza Kurbanova, Nur Aktaş, Orhan Ünver, Şeyda Özcan