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Dormitory common hall with shared work and gathering areas
Student Housing / Shared Living02 / 04

Berk Uluışık + Nehir Yaren Uncu

COLLECTIVE HUBFOR STUDENTS

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BERKUDES / PROJECT JOURNALRoom Types2026
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A student residence where compact private rooms connect to generous shared life.

Single, double and four-person modules establish the private program. Shared kitchens, study platforms and stepped common areas turn circulation into usable social space.

Year
2026
Typology
Student Housing
Project Type
Academic / Team
Status
Concept / Unbuilt
Role
Concept, spatial planning, technical drawings + visualization
Team
Berk Uluışık + Nehir Yaren Uncu
01

Brief

Develop student housing that balances compact rooms with collective programs.

02

Challenge

Provide privacy without allowing room modules to become socially isolated.

03

Response

Connect three room types to kitchens, study platforms and stepped common areas.

04

Outcome

A shared-living system where circulation supports meeting, working and everyday interaction.

Collective Hub for Students welcoming area
01Welcoming AreaArrival opens directly into shared life
Private rooms / Collective interior

Small modules create
a larger community.

The project studies three room types before expanding into kitchen, study, fitness and social spaces.

Students working together in the dormitory common study
Common study / Shared life beyond the room
Chapter 02BERKUDES / PROJECTS

System / Private life

The room becomes a unit within a larger social structure.

Room system

One / Two / Four

Each room type is tested through plan, section and isometric drawings.

01Single roomOne resident / study + sleep
02Double roomTwo residents / shared center
04Four-person roomFour residents / collective work zone
Level 01 / 1:200

A clear spine connects private rooms to shared amenities.

Dormitory first floor plan without page frame
First floor plan / Spatial distribution
Module A

Single room

A compact study-and-sleep unit resolved through plan and paired isometrics.

Single room plan
Single room isometric views
Module B

Double room

Mirrored functions establish privacy without sacrificing a shared center.

Double room plan
Plan / 1:100
Double room isometric views
Module C

Four-person room

The largest module organizes four residents around storage, circulation and a collective work zone.

Four-person room plan
Four-person room isometric views
Right + left isometric
Shared amenity / 01

Common kitchen

The kitchen is detailed as social infrastructure: a durable working wall with space to pause, meet and cook together.

Common kitchen plan, elevation and sections
Common kitchen isometric views
Students gathering on stepped common seating
02Common GroundArchitecture becomes informal furniture
Chapter 03BERKUDES / PROJECTS

Collective life

Circulation is designed as a place to meet and stay.

Shared amenity / 02

Places to cross paths, sit down and stay.

Dormitory sunken common area
02ASunken Lounge
Dormitory stepped platform
02BStudy Platform
Dormitory meeting space
02CMeeting Terrace
Dormitory shared study area
02DCommon Study
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