INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY                                                            

OF SARAJEVO – SPRING ’13

Studio 05

Group 4

Fatih Ersin

Dzenana Avdibegovıc                               

Yusuf Demir

Ali Gülsün

                                                The Statement

            As the responsible group for the magazine part of the project, our ideas for our part are some designs which can provide alternative activities for the city Tuzla. Since people need a new face for the city, this project will bring a good approach to the industrial heritage as well.

            The magazine part will be designed for commercial uses and cultural activities. Those are going to provide enough activities and entertainment to attract people to spend more time on this area. Considered spaces for magazine are cafe, restaurant, conference hall, workshops&classrooms for art lessons, art activities such as exhibitions, concerts, and there has to be a hostel to make it more touristic and at the same time a commercial source for budget circulation.

            The other considered thing for the magazine part is sustainability. Contemporary world requires new designs that have sustainable features. Green gardens and renewable systems have to be applied while considering architectural design. Therefore , while designing something new or restoring some building that had been existing before, it should have some feautures such as sustainability to last forever and at the same time it should have a contemporary face to be able to known  worldwide.

            When it comes to approach to the subject from the point of industrial heritage, we as future architects, take into consideration the fact that it is one of the most important work of architectural studies to restore some industrial heritage buildings like ours in Tuzla. Because, before restoring the building there are a lot of researches etc to be made to be able to be familiar of the building in order to understand and see what was there? , what was it for?, and how would it be the best to restore it by not going away much from the existing remains to be respectful to the heritage of building and as well as the architects and engineers who  have contributed to the existence of the building many ages ago.

            In conclusion, restoration requires knowledge, skill and  contemporary point of view in order to make the building as much as coherent to its original look and design by adding or removing or even fixing to fit it to its place as suitable as possible.