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Dilara Demiralp

Beril Demirel

İstanbul / Besiktas 34349, Turkey
Dilara Demiralp is an architect and researcher based in İstanbul. She graduated from Yildiz TU in 2015. She worked on various scaled projects as an architect within design teams, participated in national and international competitions. In 2019, started master level program in Istanbul TU. Beril Çiçek is an interior and industrial designer. She graduated from Bilkent University in 2009 and completed her master's degree on "Industrial Design" in Scuola Politecnica di Design Milano in 2011.

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41°00'27.4"N 28°54'50.1"E


A monumental grave design in Istanbul for the 17th century traveler Eremia Chelebi Komurjian

41°00'27.4"N 28°54'50.1"E


A monumental grave design in Istanbul for the 17th century traveler Eremia Chelebi Komurjian
Sundial illustrates the time after death and it creates a new experience space in urban landscape
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  • New alliances

Eremia Chelebi Komurjian (1637-1695) was a prominent figure of the Armenian historiography. He lived and worked in the Ottoman Empire and was one of key personalities of the Istanbul's Armenian community of the time. It is not known exactly where he was buried in the cemetery. The purpose of the project, which is designed as a sundial is to create the shadow can form a cross trace on the ground. This trace, like a marker, seeks that the place where Komurjian lies is "somewhere here". It can be thought that Komurjian's tomb worked as a compass and map. With the QR codes placed, it is aimed to create a network between different important graves of Istanbul and to include them in the route of the city traveler.
The tomb can be considered as an outdoor landscape element. Therefore, while sundial and water element represent important meanings, they can also communicate with light, climate and landscape. They make time visible with shadow movements.


Development diagram

Bird's-eye view of the grave

Structural section of the stone cladding grave

Physical model of the grave design

Physical model of the grave design

41°00'27.4"N 28°54'50.1"E


A monumental grave design in Istanbul for the 17th century traveler Eremia Chelebi Komurjian

41°00'27.4"N 28°54'50.1"E


A monumental grave design in Istanbul for the 17th century traveler Eremia Chelebi Komurjian
Sundial illustrates the time after death and it creates a new experience space in urban landscape
File under
Type of project
  • New alliances

Eremia Chelebi Komurjian (1637-1695) was a prominent figure of the Armenian historiography. He lived and worked in the Ottoman Empire and was one of key personalities of the Istanbul's Armenian community of the time. It is not known exactly where he was buried in the cemetery. The purpose of the project, which is designed as a sundial is to create the shadow can form a cross trace on the ground. This trace, like a marker, seeks that the place where Komurjian lies is "somewhere here". It can be thought that Komurjian's tomb worked as a compass and map. With the QR codes placed, it is aimed to create a network between different important graves of Istanbul and to include them in the route of the city traveler.
The tomb can be considered as an outdoor landscape element. Therefore, while sundial and water element represent important meanings, they can also communicate with light, climate and landscape. They make time visible with shadow movements.


Development diagram

Bird's-eye view of the grave

Structural section of the stone cladding grave

Physical model of the grave design

Physical model of the grave design


Idea by

Dilara Demiralp
Beril Demirel
İstanbul / Besiktas 34349
Turkey
Dilara Demiralp is an architect and researcher based in İstanbul. She graduated from Yildiz TU in 2015. She worked on various scaled projects as an architect within design teams, participated in national and international competitions. In 2019, started master level program in Istanbul TU. Beril Çiçek is an interior and industrial designer. She graduated from Bilkent University in 2009 and completed her master's degree on "Industrial Design" in Scuola Politecnica di Design Milano in 2011.