Responsive environments
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about responsive environments
Superdorm
Superdorm is the project to renew Bogazici University’s 1999 built student dorm, with a capacity of upto 500 people in a way that will meet the needs of 18-24 year-olds.A concept where students will more willingly embrace the dorm that’s only a 7 minute walk from the main campus and that will encourage collaborative learning and experiences between students while becoming a resource of outside the classroom learning with its open, half-open and social spaces has been created.Meetings were held with BÜTEK to renew Superdorm, which was designed according to needs that were valid 20 years ago, in a way that would create a living environment that would meet today’s needs instead. Following the meeting, the project evolved into an undertaking th... More
Project • By ATÖLYE • Secondary Schools
Open Roof Space
Educational institutions are increasingly seeking ways to rethink and transform learning environments in a way that increases the possibility of exploration. With this aim in mind, The Private Sezin School in Istanbul approached ATÖLYE’s spatial design team in 2014, to design a space for for K-12 students to enable problem-based learning by engaging 21st century skills.Instead of considering educational structures in the conventional sense, ATÖLYE sought to reimagine the 1,700 m2 rooftop space of the Private Sezin School as a pedagogical laboratory, in which different facilities were integrated transparently. In designing this space, the ATÖLYE team considered the need for deliberate interaction zones between parents and teachers,... More