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Item Restricted Reclaiming Interior Spaces : an Anti-crisis of Space and Identity in Post-colonial Morocco(2023) Boutaina Kondah; Köknar, Sait Ali; Pöğün-Zander, Yüksel; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied SciencesAI-GENERATED ABSTRACT: Abstract: The legacy of colonialism has had a profound impact on the cultural identity and physical landscape of North-African countries, including Morocco, leading to a crisis of identity as traditional heritage clashes with modern influences. This crisis is evident in the design of interior spaces, often reflecting the values of the colonizers rather than the local culture. Balancing traditional and modern influences is challenging, as an over-reliance on tradition or globalization may lead to a loss of cultural specificity. This thesis aims to explore how a modern vision of the vernacular can strike a balance between these influences, creating culturally relevant and meaningful interiors. The primary objective of this thesis is to demonstrate that a middle ground between modernism and the vernacular can be achieved by consolidating local techniques, materials, and design elements with modern realities, sustaining cultural identity and the identity of place. It seeks to answer the question of how modern design can be combined with vernacular traditions to preserve the identity of places. Using a qualitative approach, the thesis will investigate case studies, local typologies, and spatial techniques to understand the cultural and emotional significance of vernacular design elements and their adaptability to contemporary contexts. The exploration will analyze the crisis of identity and space, delve into the meanings associated with spatial elements, and examine how case studies have incorporated vernacular elements in modern projects. The culmination of the research will be a practical interior design project that integrates the insights gained, showcasing the potential for a contemporary vernacular design that moves beyond traditional stereotypes. Keywords: Colonialism, cultural identity, vernacular, modernism, interior spaces, crisis of identity, contemporary vernacular design, local techniques, cultural specificity, spatial elements, case studies, sustainability, Moroccan interiorsItem Restricted Recognising Transition Spaces as Opportunities for Social Encounters : How Can the Inclusion of Social Opportunities Within Transition Spaces Help to Bridge the Current Divide Between Movement and Rest And, Consequently, Reclaim the Considerations for User Spatial Experience?(2023) Emma Fernández Ruíz; Köknar, Sait Ali; Pöğün-Zander, Yüksel; Faculty of Architecture and Design; Berlin International University of Applied SciencesAUTHOR-SUPPLIED ABSTRACT: Abstract "Circulation is architecture" were Le Corbusier's words to express the modernist sought awareness and acknowledgement of movement through and around the built environment (Le Corbusier 1930, 62). Only recently appropriated as a physiological metaphor to appease the late 19th century's urge to bring scientific method into architecture, it is now the fundamental design component that embodies the flow of people through space. Though this notion represents a direct juxtaposition to the architectural firm immobility, its organisation and accomplishment relies on the physical attributes that designers stipulate, hence, creating a synergetic interdependence between the intangible qualities of movement and the static physical form of the built surroundings. However, by recognizing 'circulation' as an active function of a project's spatial programming against the implied rest of other defined activities, such as sleeping or eating, simultaneously opposes the previous statement and results in a design disconnection as circulation spaces are then treated as isolated components. Moreover, the functionalist way of thinking that accompanied architectural modernism advocated building spatial and economic efficiency that, in turn, further resulted in the reduction of the non-prioritised circulation areas as well as the neglect for their spatial experience. In response to this issue, this thesis will first study the origins and current regulations of circulation in the built environment through Adrian Forty and Christian Schittich's words to then introduce Le Corbusier's philosophy and considerations for the users' perception of transition spaces. Continuously, a series of case studies together with this thesis' supporting project will present exemplary design decisions that introduce opportunities for social encounters within circulation's implicit thresholds as a means to attend today's social demands in a global post-pandemic setting, bridge the current divide between movement and rest and, finally, regain designers' attention for user spatial perception and experience. Keywords: architecture, circulation, Le Corbusier, modernism, spatial programming, design decisions, spatial experience, social encounters, post-pandemic setting, user perception