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Thinking The Edge – Water & Culture was born as a result of the previous successes of Thinking The Edge Milano 2010 and Water Front Hong Kong 2011. Istanbul provides the perfect setting for an architectural event that explored the dynamic relations between water and culture, exemplified by an ever changing, multicultural society and its beloved Bosphorus. Thinking The Edge – Water & Culture events included: workshops attended by students from twelve universities all over the world, seminars and round tables chaired by prominent representatives of the architectural and interdisciplinary fields, as well as an exhibition. The event provided a forum and opportunity to meet a variety of well-renowned architects fromTurkey and from abroad. Thinking The Edge - Water & Culture focused on the notion of the border as a dynamic interchange between reality, materials, cultures, identities and memories. Among the themes proposed, projecting at different scales -both urban and architectonical- has
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WATER AND CULTURE
THINKING THEEDGE
0 2 - 0 9 | 0 7 | 2 0 1 3 I S TA N B U L MANUEL AIRES MATEUS
PAOLO BELLONI
MARIONA BENAIN
STEFANO BOERI
EDUARD BRU BISTUER
PERE BUIL
BURGOS & GARRIDO
YÜKSEL DEM İR
REMO DORIGATI
CARLES ENRICH
HAYR İYE EŞBAH
MANUEL GAUSA
SILA AKALP
ANA HIDALGO
DENIZ İNCEDAYI
BURCU KÜTÜKCÜOĞLU
FREDERIC LEVRAT
BLANCA LLEÓ
LUCA MOLINARI
LUCA ORLANDI
JORDI SAFONT-TRIA
SO? MIMARLIK
SUPERPOOL MIMARLIK
MURAT TABANLIOĞLU
HAN TÜMERTEK İN
ZUHAL ULUSOY
MURAT VEFK İOĞLU
F I N A L R E P O R T
W H Y T H E E D G E ?
Michelangelo’s f resco for the Sist ine Chapel and Istanbul seen from google maps
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why the edge?PAOLO BELLONI
“The Edge is the place where things
happen, where archi tecture and urban
planning need to solve impor tant
conf l icts, where the ci ty presents
i ts problemat ic and interest ing
dinamism. The edge is the border
of the ci ty related with the growth of
the per i fery. The edge is the border
of the ci ty wi th the water. The edge
between inside and outside has been
the most interest ing f ie ld of work of
the moderni ty. The edge between
cul tures…”
No picture is perhaps more symbol ic
and iconographic to represent Istanbul
as Michelangelo’s Creat ion of Adam in
the f resco of the Sist ine Chapel. Two
hands outstretched towards each other
extending the f ingers wi thout touching.
The tension of two bodies, two cul tures
so di fferent one from the other, in wich
the secret of creat ion and the pr inciple
of spinning in constant mot ion reside.
We can immediately understand that
the power of th is image is in the
distance. In the empty space between
one f inger and the other, in th is void,
in th is absence, in th is Edge things
happen and take place.
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a presentationLUCA MOLINARI
Thinking the Edge is one of the
potent ia l ly most interest ing and
strategic workshops on the stage of
internat ional educat ional research .
Istanbul, which hosted i ts second
edi t ion, and which we hope wi l l
a lso host the th i rd in 2014, is one
of the per fect metropol i tan areas in
the wor ld to embody this theme so
relevant and also able to provide
food for thought, having always
been a place of geopol i t ics which
has always exper iences in i ts shape
Thinking The Edge-Water& Culture
2013 was a meet ing between nine
internat ionals universi t ies, professors
and students f rom more than six
di fferent countr ies, in Istanbul in July
2013.
TTE was more than a research, studio
and discussion about the idea of
the l imi t , was more than a group of
professionals and students designing
a project in an area of Istanbul.
TTE was the oppor tuni ty of these
professionals and students f rom
di fferent cul tures and countr ies to be
in contact dur ing eight days, shar ing
not only archi tectural ideas, but also
exper iences, ways of work, ways of
l iv ing.
The present moment in global
communicat ion, “Global izat ion”,
in which al l of us are connected
by internet, somet imes we forget
something very impor tant, the direct
contact between us.
Probably th is can be one of the most
impor tant point of TTE. Dur ing those
days we had the oppor tuni ty to feel
th is global izat ion in f i rst person.
TTE is the chance for the students
to have direct contact wi th
professionals, wi th the real hear t of
archi tecture, and for the professionals
to have contact wi th young people,
br inging fresh and sometimes
revolut ionary ideas, which tomorrow
wi l l be proact ive professionals.
Al l th is providing the oppor tuni ty to
create an internat ional networking
between al l of us.
We aim to give the possibi l i ty
to archi tects and students
of archi tectures to l ive these
exper iences dur ing TTE 2014!
why water and culture?ANA HIDALGO
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and structure the idea of working
t i re lessly on the l imi t .
I bel ieve that focusing on the
meaning and value of borders
and l imi ts, of the places between
things, is l ike t ry ing to invest igate
that physical and symbol ic space
unstable, but necessary, which tel ls
the contemporary real i ty and i ts
radical t ransformat ion.
The world is changing dramat ical ly
before our eyes , and the
internat ional cr is is is nothing
more than one of i ts most extreme
consequences, but i t is a lso to
be considered as a t remendous
oppor tuni ty to change and evolve the
tools wi th which we think and work.
Dedicat ing a ser ies of internat ional
workshops that combine some of the
schools of archi tecture, as wel l as
br i l l iant th inkers and designers, is a
great oppor tuni ty for us al l to devote
t ime and resources to one of the
big issues facing the contemporary
v is ions and solut ions.
In a general ized dimension in which
the relat ionships between publ ic
and pr ivate, internal and external ,
mater ia l and digi ta l , ar t i f ic ia l and
natural , are mingl ing and changing,
archi tecture is one of those
discipl ines in which real i ty wi l l ra ise
more quest ions and unusual issues.
For th is reason Thinking the Edge
is an impor tant exper ience to carry
on and Istanbul is one of the ideal
c i t ies to develop i t . In 2013, the
workshop was a unique oppor tuni ty
to f ind each other and work together,
despite the very l imi ted t ime, and the
f i rst resul ts, as wel l as oppor tuni t ies
for direct exchange, have been
very encouraging. I t was only the
beginning of a journey and i t wi l l be
the task of the next edi t ions to dig
even deeper and offer useful themes
and vis ions .
My contr ibut ion, a long with Anja
Vis in i , was to t ry to turn the
workshop, i ts contents and projects,
in a story easi ly communicated
through social networks, wi th the
opening of Facebook and Twit ter
channels. This was as wel l one of
the many possible strategies to work
on the l imi t and, together, to share
the resul ts wi th a growing mass of
people coming to bui ld a community
unimaginable unt i l a few years ago.
This is another way to explore the
tools and the future potent ia l i ty of
archi tecture and look forward as
Thinking as the Edge is cont inuing
to do.
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THINKING THE EDGE - WATER & CULTURE
in numbers
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8DAYS
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES 9 INTERNATIONAL INVITED LECTURERS 2411TURKISH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
MEDIA PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS 5 6ROUND TABLES
LOCATIONS IN ISTANBUL 5 35STUDENTS
FROM 5COUNTRIES
11 PROFESSORS AND TUTORS
PROJECTS 57
A R C H I T E C T U R E I S A B O U T T H E D I F F E R E N C E B E T W E E N T H E P H Y S I C A L
B O R D E R A N D T H E P E R C E I V E D . I A L W A Y S T R Y T O C R E AT E F E E L I N G S , P E R C E P T I O N S
B E Y O N D T H E P H Y S I C A L S P A C E . T H E N I R E D E F I N E T H E E D G E .
Han Tümer tekin
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Celebrated for the f i rst year on the
shores of the Bosporus, the eight days
internat ional workshop “Thinking The
Edge” proposed a ref lect ion on the use
of publ ic space as the main value of
the urban fabr ic.
The workshop promoted by Paolo
Bel loni , professor in landscape
archi tecture and design of publ ic
space at the Polytechnic of Mi lan and
Ana Hidalgo, archi tect f rom Madrid
who l ives in Istanbul s ince 2011, saw
the par t ic ipat ion of four schools of
Archi tecture of Istanbul and facul t ies
f rom many internat ional universi t ies.
Professors and students f rom Columbia
Universi ty, ETSAM Madrid, ETSAB
Barcelona, IAAC Barcelona, Mimar
Sinan Universi ty, Istanbul Technical
Universi ty İTÜ, Kadir Has Universi ty
and Bi lgi Universi ty met to discuss
the project of the edge of the ci ty wi th
par t icular reference to the water front
at the foot of the hi l l of Galata.
thinking at the public spacePAOLO BELLONI
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The demonstrat ions and incidents that
happened between the beginning of
June and throughout the whole month
of July have affected a s igni f icant
por t ion of the ci ty in the project areas
for Taksim Square.
Despite of th is facts the organizers
have not dishear tened from the wi l l of
taking the dramat ic s i tuat ion as the
main demonstrat ion of the impor tance
of publ ic space to the l i fe and ident i ty
of a ci ty. T H E P R O T E S T S I N I S TA N B U L S TA R T E D F R O M T H E C R I T I C I S M T O A P R O J E C T F O R A P U B L I C S PA C E A N D T H I S W A S A F U R T H E R R E A S O N T O G O O N W I T H O U R O R G A N I Z AT I O N , A F U R T H E R O P P O R T U N I T Y T O U N D E R S TA N D T H E R E A S O N S , T H E C O N S E Q U E N C E S A N D T H E S O C I A L M E A N I N G O F T H E W O R K O F T H E A R C H I T E C T W H E N H E
A C T S I N A P U B L I C S PA C E .
The demonstrat ions underl ine the
strong symbol ic, real and social
values of the publ ic space that is the
hear t and the soul of the ci ty.
Ten days of act iv i t ies dur ing the f i rst
week of July, 6 round tables at tended
by a total of about th i r ty professors
and archi tects of internat ional
interest and 35 students div ided
into 5 working groups each one
led by a teacher and a tutor of the
par t ic ipat ing universi t ies. These are
the numbers that have given r ise
to an impor tant stage of research
and debate which is a fur ther
demonstrat ion of what Istanbul has
become and wi l l be more so in the
coming years, a f ie ld test and a
reference point for the archi tectural
and urban debate as wel l as they
were in the ‘80s and ‘90s Barcelona,
Par is, Ber l in, Amsterdam and other
European ci t ies.
In Istanbul, the s ize of the ci ty,
the densi ty of the layers of h istory
and cul ture, for the immense l ine
of water front that character izes the
design of publ ic space as an engine
for the generat ion of a new image of
the ci ty has the potent ia l to assume
an even strong ident i ty.
The topic for th is second edi t ion of
THINKING THE EDGE has been the
water front as a condit ion extended
to the whole ci ty, in terms of urban,
man-made and natural environment
wi th i ts potent ia l i t ies, and for the
overal l urban qual i ty of the ci ty.
THINKING THE EDGE focused i ts
at tent ion not only in archi tecture
and urbanism to inf i l t rate other
realms, wi th the aim to br ing in
a mult idiscipl inary approach to
the subject under discussion and
open the academic invest igat ion
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T T E I N I S TA N B U L
Thinking the Edge’s team at Haydarpaşa Garı
top: Remo Dorigat i , Juan Elv i ra, Francisco Rodriguez,
Jordi Safont-Tr ia, Blanca Lleó, Luca Mol inar i , Ana Hidalgo, Stefano
Boer i , Manuel Gausa, Sı la Akalp, Elena Brazis, Aina Bel loni , Mar ta
Dore, Paolo Bel loni , Manuel Aires Mateus
bottom: Mariona Benain, Fred Levrat , Yüksel Demir, Anja Vis in i ,
Jose Domínguez, Özge Tütenyurd.
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to the f ie lds of the economical and
product ive wor ld.A F T E R S P E A K I N G A N D W R I T I N G F O R T H E L A S T 2 0 Y E A R S A B O U T T H E S P R A W L - C I T Y, T H E N O - M A N L A N D , T H E T E R R A I N VA C U A W E U N D E R S TA N D T H AT T H E M A I N P R O B L E M S O F T H E C I T Y C O N C E N T R AT E T H E M S E LV E S I N T H E B O R D E R A N D I N T H E R E L AT I O N B E T W E E N T H E G R O W T H O F T H E C I T Y A N D I T S
I D E N T I T Y.
In relat ion to the topic of the
workshop, the proposed area of study
spanned from the Atatürk Br idge
in the Golden Horn to the Kabatas
Ferry Stat ion. A big and complex
area where a lot of the characters
that ident i fy the Ci ty of Istanbul
concentrates. I t is in the beginning
of the Golden Horn where the Galata
Br idge def ines the passage from
the Golden Horn to the Bosphorous,
f rom Beyoğ lu hi l l to Sul tanahmet hi l l ,
wi th the water act ing as an impor tant
square fu l l of t raff ic and f luxes,
f rom the land to the open water in
Galata Por t Area, f rom the European
side to the Asian side in the v isual
and funct ional re lat ion t rough the
Bosphorous.
T H I N K I N G A B O U T T H E P U B L I C S P A C E I N TA K - K A D I K Ö Y
Stefano Boer i , Si la Akalp, Paolo Bel loni , Fred Levrat and Remo Dorigat i
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T H I N K I N G A B O U T T H E P U B L I C S P A C E I N TA K - K A D I K Ö Y
Stefano Boer i , Si la Akalp, Paolo Bel loni , Fred Levrat and Remo Dorigat i
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G A Z I N G I S TA N B U L
Manuel Aires Mateus dur ing one of the act iv i t ies related to TTE
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G A Z I N G I S TA N B U L
Manuel Aires Mateus dur ing one of the act iv i t ies related to TTE
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E N J O Y S P A C E N O T O N LY W I T H B O D Y B U T A L S O W I T H M I N D .
Fred Levrat
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This edi t ion of THINKING THE EDGE
counted with s ix round tables hosted
by di fferent cul tural spaces of the
ci ty: Istanbul Modern, Sal t Galata,
Depo, Kadir Has Universi ty, The
Istanbul Chamber of Archi tects and
TAK Kadıköy, to underl ine the aim of
the organizers to involve the ent i re
ci ty and some of the most impor tant
cul tural spaces and inst i tut ions.
the round tablesPAOLO BELLONI
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Architecture is created for each city, situation, political moment, with different speeds and velocities. It’s not good to wait a perfect thing in the future, [in a small scale] a lot of problems can be solved in this present moment. Eduard Bru
Sometimes you have to give people something they don’t aspect. I think architecture is still a creative discipline. Javier Malo De Molina
I think what happened last months will change the country and the it is a good starting point. Murat Tabanlioglu
Architecture is about the difference between the physical border and the perceived. I always try to create feeling, perceptions beyond the physical space. Then I redefine the edge. Han Tümertekin
It’s time to take a look to what we have and make the most of it. Pere Buil
Architects love control. SO?
Enjoy space not only with body but also with mind. Fred Levrat
We have been trying a new model in Kadıköy. Our aim is to increase the quality of life by developing projects and establish bridges between different sectors. We create an environment to share ideas: if you have an idea for the neighborhood, you can come and share it. Sıla Akalp, TAK - Kadıköy
R O U N D TA B L E 1
I S TA N B U L - A C I T Y O N T H E E D G E
MURAT VEFKIOĞLU “Istanbul Recent
Projects”
LUCA ORLANDI “ Istanbul Water front -
An histor ical perspect ive”
SO? “YAP - Instal lat ion In Istanbul
Modern Pat io”
moderator: Yüksel Demir
In the f i rst round table, Murat
Vefkioğ lu, Luca Orlandi, Yüksel
Demir, Paolo Bel loni and Ana
Hidalgo focused the at tent ion to the
nature of Istanbul, under the t i t le
“ ISTANBUL – A CITY ON THE EDGE”
they presented the impor tance of
the water front in the development of
the ci ty f rom Mimar Sinan Mosques
and infrastructures to the most
recent projects and compet i t ions
that animate the contemporary
archi tectonic and urban debate in
the ci ty. Istanbul is a ci ty histor ical ly
placed “on the edge”: the boundary
between East and West, between
Europe and Asia, between land and
water. Istanbul, a lways a crossroad
for cul tures and people, a ci ty that
has been bui l t in close relat ion to the
water and with the di fferent waters
that draw i ts structure: the mighty
waters of the Bosphorus, always
crossed by the dense network of
streams of merchants f rom the Nor th
to the South of the wor ld; the Golden
Horn, a t rue “square on the water”
which is the reference point for the
urban fabr ic of the histor ic distr icts
of the ci ty, the water of the power ful
hydraul ic structure that feeds the
ci ty, i ts c isterns and aqueducts;
exper t ly interpreted in the work
of Mimar Sinan. Istanbul is also a
modern ci ty that in recent years, and
in cont inui ty wi th the history and
tradi t ion of the ci ty, has produced
projects f rom local archi tects of
renowned fame for the redesign of
the immense water front of a ci ty that
has the s ize of a nat ion.
Many contests and projects in
recent years have animated the
debate of archi tecture and urban
planning in Istanbul. These two
sides of the ci ty, the histor ic and the
modern, were presented by Luca
Orlandi, professor of h istory at İTÜ
in Istanbul and Murat Vefkioğ lu,
director of the Municipal Inst i tute of
Planning of Istanbul for many years.
Their intervent ions were guided
and moderated by Yüksel Demir,
professor of archi tectural design at
the İTÜ in Istanbul.
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R O U N D TA B L E 1
TTE’s opening: Paolo Bel loni and Ana Hidalgo
with Yüksel Demir, Luca Orlandi and Murat Vefkioğ lu
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R O U N D TA B L E 2
Javier Malo de Mol ina and Eduard Bru
R O U N D TA B L E 2
Eduard Bru, Javier Malo de Mol ina and Murat Tabanl ıoğ lu, modered by Blanca Lleó
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R O U N D TA B L E 2 - U R B A N
T O P O G R A P H I E S
EDUARD BRU “Urban Topographies”
MURAT TABANLIOĞLU “Water front
projects”
JAVIER MALO DE MOLINA - BURGOS
&GARRIDO ARCHITECTS “Madrid Rio”
moderator: Blanca Lleó
In the second round table in Istanbul
Modern, Eduard Bru, one of the
protagonists of the urban renewal of
Barcelona dur ing the 1992 Olympics;
Javier Malo de Mol ina f rom the
off ice Burgos&Garr ido who real ized
the Madrid Rio Project, a mega
infrastructural project interest ing
for the ci ty of Madrid at a terr i tor ia l
scale that suggested the bur ia l
of an impor tant ar tery of urban
mobi l i ty has al lowed the creat ion of
a large l inear publ ic space; Murat
Tabanl ıoğ lu, the author of Galata Por t
wi th the moderat ion of Blanc Lleó,
depar tment chair at the Universi ty
of Madrid, faced themselves about
the topic “URBAN TOPOGRAPHIES”
to invest igate the relat ion between
projects at the big scale end the
physical morphology of the terr i tory
and the ci ty.
There is a close relat ionship between
the structure of the urban physical
ent i ty of the terr i tory and the
topographical nature of the places
on top of which the ci ty is bui l t over
t ime. T H E R E L AT I O N S H I P B E T W E E N T O P O G R A P H Y A N D D E S I G N O F T H E C I T Y I S H I S T O R I C A L LY T H E M O S T D I S T I N C T I V E E L E M E N T I N T H E C R E AT I O N O F T H E H I S T O R I C C I T Y.
The fabr ic of the ci ty adapts, whi le
redesigning, t ransforming and
leaving, the except ional bui ldings
of a par t icular common interest as a
counterpoint to th is repor t .
The topographical dimension, as
opposed to a more conceptual ly
abstract and geometr ic dimension,
comes back strongly in the proposals
of several projects involv ing the
transformat ion of the contemporary
ci ty. They raise quest ions on the
design of a new urban topography.
In th is panel the discussion has been
presented, along with research and
projects that focus the at tent ion on
this relat ionship between topography,
including natural s ize and ar t i f ice.
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D I S C U S S I N G A B O U T T H E C I T Y
Murat Tabanl ıoğ lu
to the lef t :
Han Tümer tekin
Blanca Lleó
Mariona Benain present ing AJAC’s exhibi t ion
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D I S C U S S I N G A B O U T T H E C I T Y
Murat Tabanl ıoğ lu
to the lef t :
Han Tümer tekin
Blanca Lleó
Mariona Benain present ing AJAC’s exhibi t ion
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R O U N D TA B L E 3 - T H E S C A L E
O F A R C H I T E C T U R E 5 + 5
P R O J E C T S
HAN TÜMERTEK İN
SO?
FRED LEVRAT
BLANCA LLEÓ
JUAN ELVIRA
moderator: Ana Hidalgo
“The scale of archi tecture” has been
the topic of the th i rd round table
that counted with the par t ic ipat ion
of several archi tects whose work is
known for the at tent ion to the medium
and smal l scale of archi tecture. Han
Tümer tekin, Blanca Lleò, SO?, Fred
Levrat and Juan Elv i ra presented
some of their more recent works .
The qual i ty of the ci ty is based on two
main scales of observat ion.
On the one hand the size of the
planning schemes and the def in i t ion
of general strategies, the relat ionship
between densi ty of the spaces and
bui ldings, mobi l i ty strategies and
strat i f icat ion that history has lef t in i ts
course; on the other hand the intr insic
qual i t ies of each of the bui ldings and
spaces that conforms a ci ty. The qual i ty of a ci ty is inf luenced by
the intr insic qual i ty of each of the
indiv idual pieces of the huge mosaic
that def ines i t .
The qual i ty of the ci ty can then
be read as the sum of the qual i ty
of indiv idual intervent ions that i t
contains.
As the wel l -known representat ion
of the Ideal c i ty at t r ibuted to Piero
del la Francesca and kept in the
Palazzo Ducale of Urbino. This
roundtable addressed the issue
of l imi ts and thresholds focusing
i ts at tent ion on issues affect ing
the archi tectural design f ie ld, T H E VA L U E O F S PA C E I N T H E A R C H I T E C T U R A L S C A L E A N D S E N S I T I V I T Y O F M AT E R I A L S A S A D E C I S I V E I N S T R U M E N T F O R T H E VA L U E O F A P R O J E C T A N D T H E Q U A L I T Y O F T H E S PA C E I N W H I C H W E L I V E .
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T H E R O U N D TA B L E S
Fred Levrat showing a select ion of works
T H E R O U N D TA B L E S
SO? present ing some studies about the edge in the per iphery of Istanbul
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“ I N E X P E R I E N C E ” : A J A C A W A R D S V I I I
Young Catalan Archi tects Associat ion
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“ I N E X P E R I E N C E ”
A J A C A W A R D S V I I I
Jordi Safont-Tr ia
Carles Enr ich
Pere Bui l
presentat ion: Mariona Benain
“The scale of archi tecture” has
been the topic of the presentat ion
and temporary exhibi t ion organized
in DEPO Cultural Centre in Karaköy
where the col laborat ion between TTE
and the Young Archi tects Associat ion
of Catalonia animated the presentat ion
of three young archi tects coming
from Barcelona to present their work
as selected in the last edi t ion of the
Young Archi tects awards organized by
the Catalan associat ion AJAC, as par t
of the organizat ion team of “Thinking
the Edge: water and cul ture”, has
t ransformed the usual exhibi t ion
format into an instal lat ion showing the
award winning projects which is to be
used as the background for the f i rst
“ Inexper ience” session in Istanbul.
Jordi Safont-Tr ia, Car les Enr ich Y
Pere Bui l presented a select ion of
their works offer ing the oppor tuni ty to
appreciate the value of the smal l scale
in the professional act iv i ty of young
archi tects and to understand the
dynamics of in i t iat ing in the profession
for an archi tect that are basical ly the
same in al l the wor ld.
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R O U N D TA B L E 4 - W AT E R A N D
L A N D S C A P E
SILA AKALP
STEFANO BOERI
MANUEL AIRES MATEUS
moderator: Luca Mol inar i
The TAK Cultural Center in
Kadıköy has been the theater of
the for th round table dedicated
to the relat ion between “WATER
AND LANDSCAPE”. Three known
archi tects presented their own work,
br inging at tent ion to those projects
related to the issue of l imi ts and
water, where the project becomes
something more than a s imple
archi tecture to become an element
of landscape and an element of
interpretat ion of the point of contact
between two di fferent mater ia ls.
Si la Akalp out l ined the act iv i ty
of TAK and T H E I M P O R TA N C E O F T H E PA R T I C I PAT I V E M E T H O D O L O G Y I N S O M E O N G O I N G P R O J E C T S I N V O LV I N G T H E T R A N S F O R M AT I O N O F
I M P O R TA N T A R E A S I N K A D I K Ö Y.
Stefano Boer i presented the project
for the new Regional Centre for
the Mediterranean in Marsei l le
and the mari t ime cluster of “La
Maddalena”, as wel l as other
projects in di fferent scales related
to the theme of the l imi t . Manuel
Aires Mateus decided to select
four smal l projects demonstrat ing
how the projects of th is Por tuguese
archi tect are s igni f icant to the issue
of threshold and the relat ionship
between the two subjects whose
dist inct ive character ist ics are of ten
conceptual ly emphasised in a close
relat ionship between black and
white, empty and ful l , inter ior and
exter ior mater ia ls as clear ly dist inct
but inextr icably protagonists for the
qual i ty of the project.
The intervent ions of the archi tects
were led by Luca Mol inar i , author
and archi tecture cr i t ic, curator of
the I ta l ian Pavi l ion at the Biennale of
Archi tecture in 2011 and consul tant
for the I ta l ian Ministry of Cul tural
Affa i rs, who proposed a provocat ive
introduct ion to the round table.
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R O U N D TA B L E 4 AT TA K K A D I K Ö Y
Luca Mol inar i moderat ing round thable 4
R O U N D TA B L E 4 AT TA K K A D I K Ö Y
Sı la Akalp present ing the act iv i t ies of TAK
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A M A P O F I S TA N B U L AT TA K K A D I K Ö Y
wait ing for round table 4
to the lef t :
Ana Hidalgo and Paolo Bel loni opening TTE
Stefano Boer i in TAK Kadıköy
Manuel Aires Mateus
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A M A P O F I S TA N B U L AT TA K K A D I K Ö Y
wait ing for round table 4
to the lef t :
Ana Hidalgo and Paolo Bel loni opening TTE
Stefano Boer i in TAK Kadıköy
Manuel Aires Mateus
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R O U N D TA B L E 5 - P U B L I C S PA C E
F O R D I F F E R E N T C O M M U N I T I E S -
H O W A B I G E V E N T T R A N S F O R M
A C I T Y
MANUEL GAUSA “Barcelona Urban
Projects”
SUPERPOOL “Mapping Istanbul”
LUCA MOLINARI “Tur in Winter
Olympics-Mi lan Expo 2015”
moderator: Zuhal Ulusoy
A warm Saturday evening, wi th the
smel l of the tear gas coming inside
the windows of Sal t Galata Cul tural
Centre was the atmosphere of the
f i f th round table dedicated to the
design of the publ ic space and i ts
impor tance in the contemporary ci ty
under the dense t i t le “publ ic space
for di fferent communit ies-how big
events can change a ci ty”
The events featured in the news
throughout the wor ld are yet another
clear demonstrat ion of how publ ic
space const i tutes the real and
symbol ic hear t and soul to a ci ty and
for i ts people. T H E O R G A N I S AT I O N O F M A J O R E V E N T S P R E S E N T A U N I Q U E O C C A S I O N , I N A M O M E N T I N W H I C H T H E C I T Y L O O K S AT I T S E L F O N A M I R R O R A N D D E C I D E S T H E L O O K I T W A N T S T O P R E S E N T T O T H E W O R L D A S I D E A A N D I M A G E O F
I T S E L F.
I t gathers the goals of a l i fe
and projects them to an intense
bui lding act iv i ty that reshapes
i ts face, in some cases invest ing
a substant ia l sum to modernise
i tsel f . The protagonist of these
transformat ions is always the publ ic
space. In th is round table they have
been compared the changes which
occurred in Barcelona in relat ion to
the Olympic games of ‘92 unt i l today
through the story of Manuel Gausa.
The transformat ions of Tur in for
the Winter Olympics in 2006 and
Mi lan in v iew of Expo 2015 were
presented by Luca Mol inar i and
an interest ing vis ion of the ci ty of
Istanbul, which was nominated for
the Olympics 2020, was presented by
the young studio Superpool through
a smar t and i ronic representat ion
of some topics, contradict ions and
potent ia l i t ies of the work on publ ic
space in Istanbul. Zuhal Ulusoy the
Dean of the School of Archi tecture
at the Kadir Has Universi ty and
coordinator of one of the teams
working in the strong transformat ion
of the ci ty of Izmir.
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R O U N D TA B L E 5 AT S A LT G A L ATA
Superpool , Luca Mol inar i , Manuel Gausa moderated by Zuhal Ulusoy
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R O U N D TA B L E 6 - I Z M I R P R O J E C T S
Zuhal Ulusoy present ing the strategy for the ci ty of Izmir in Kadir Has Universi ty
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R O U N D TA B L E 6
I Z M I R P R O J E C T S
moderator: Zuhal Ulusoy
The “IZMIR PROJECTS” has been
the topic of interest of the last round
table organized by Zuhal Ulusoy in
the Kadir Has universi ty focused on
the projects in i t iated by the Greater
Izmir Municipal i ty for redesigning the
water front to enhance Izmir ’s relat ion
wi th the sea.
Fol lowing the f ive groups consist ing
of professionals, designers,
academicians from var ious exper t ise
f ie lds to work on the projects,
an off ice was formed within the
municipal i ty to speci f ical ly prepare
the f inal documents for the bidding
and implementat ion stages.
Organizat ion of the process in var ious
stages, star t ing with prel iminary
workshops and meet ings par t ic ipated
by a wide range of stakeholders, a l l
the way to intensive sessions with
comprehensive design teams were
shared. The way the project has been
publ ic ly shared via media and in
di fferent design plat forms, and the
current state of the projects have also
been discussed.
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W E H A V E B E E N T R Y I N G A N E W M O D E L I N K A D I K Ö Y. O U R A I M I S T O I N C R E A S E T H E Q U A L I T Y O F L I F E B Y D E V E L O P I N G
P R O J E C T S A N D E S TA B L I S H B R I D G E S B E T W E E N D I F F E R E N T S E C T O R S .
W E C R E AT E A N E N V I R O N M E N T T O S H A R E I D E A S : I F Y O U H A V E A N I D E A F O R T H E N E I G H B O R H O O D , Y O U C A N C O M E A N D
S H A R E I T .
Sı la Akalp, TAK - Kadıköy
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The workshop act iv i ty was the real
soul of Thinking The Edge with the
par t ic ipat ion of students coming from
the di fferent Internat ional and Turkish
universi t ies. Each group worked
around a le i tmot iv as reference to
invest igate di fferent nuances in the
renewal of an impor tant par t of the
ci ty wi th special at tent ion to i ts open
space.
GROUP 1
“Blurr ing the edge” developed under
the direct ion of Hayr iye Esbah, Yüksel
Demir, Meltem Erdem proposed to
improve some of the def ic iencies
of Istanbul on the str ip next to the
shorel ine. Blurr ing the edge aims at
resolv ing cer tain problems paying
at tent ion to di fferent points of
interest , the topography, the t raff ic
infrastructure and the water front.
The idea of the project is to
create ser ies of intervent ions that
enhance mobi l i ty and provide better
connect ions to the water, proposing
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strategies that involve users and
designers. Fol lowing these ideas,
the project focuses on three areas:
the f ishermen bay, Karaköy ar t isans
distr ict and the Galata por t project.
The Galata por t intervent ion
foresees establ ishing a point of
connect ion between land and sea.
After analysing the area, the group
proposes the creat ion of a publ ic
f loat ing plat form that can br ing the
people next to the water generat ing
recreat ional spaces that can over look
the see, but also the ci ty. The
ar t isans distr ict intervent ion seeks
the real isat ion of di fferent act ions
that can give answers to di fferent
col lect ives: fami l ies, students,
professionals and homeless. The
strategy to fo l low consists on
creat ing a ci ty lab reachable f rom
al l the neighbourhood that can
work as a meet ing point where the
di fferent col lect ives can interact. The
connect ions between the lab and
the rest of the neighbourhood would
be done through a sof t intervent ion
of pavements that can guide people
to the ci ty lab. The f ishermen bay
intervent ion goal consists on creat ing
better connect ions inside the
neighbourhood al lowing i ts dwel lers
to more easi ly reach the di fferent
act iv i t ies that take place in i t : spaces
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 1 - Hayr iye Eşbah, Yüksel Demir, Meltem Erdem
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 3 - Fred Levrat
T H E W O R K S H O P
group 2 - Blanca Lleó, Juan Elv i ra
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for social is ing, bazar, product ion
spaces, manufactur ing spaces and
sea l i fe. The strategy to fo l low is
to create a set of urban solut ions
(sur faces, plat forms, shel ters, f rames,
structures and volumes) that can be
spread in the area responding to the
di fferent s i tuat ions.
G R O U P 2
Blanca Lleó and Juan Elv i ra proposed
to their students to work on the topic
“A Rooftop Network” to let the water
reach for and through the present
urban fabr ic of Istanbul up to i ts
older, natural borders to meet wi th
the ci t izens of a ci ty unable to touch
perhaps i ts most valuable asset,
reshaping the shorel ine based on
the needs of today and opening up
much needed space for publ ic and
pedestr ian use where i t might be most
appreciated. A l imi t is set for the cars
as the ground and f i rst f loor of the
enormous car park are emptied for
pedestr ians. A few careful ly chosen
bui ldings give way to a histor ical
mosque r ight at the histor ic sea l ine
and the water comes up to those
borders, wi th a l ight br idge where
i t seems necessary, careful not
to cut the cont inui ty of the water.
The Rooftop Project, belonging to
the Radical Surgery Program, aims
to create a network of punctual
solut ions to Istanbul ’s urban and
archi tectural problems in Karaköy
area. The program’s main object ive,
based on a mult i layer analysis of the
s i te, is the creat ion of a network of
publ ic spaces in the dense urban
t issue of Karaköy, emphasis ing the
relat ion between the ci ty and i ts
water front. The new network wi l l
mainly take advantage of the unused
rooftops of the area and the ver t ical
voids between speci f ic bui ldings.
The project wi l l introduce fresh air
and new l i fe in the chaot ic and busy
Istanbul.
G R O U P 3
Fred Levrat f rom Columbia Universi ty
wi th the suppor t of Jose María
Domínguez def ined their work “Urban
St i tching” proposing a project on
connect ions between the di fferent
urban uni ts of the area of work,
enhancing the roles of the di fferent
publ ic spaces in the metropol is by
providing a greater cohesion.
The project aims at improving the
qual i ty of the open spaces on the
shorel ine creat ing spaces to walk,
spaces to stay, spaces to f ish and
spaces related to the bui ldings,
al l of them having a character ist ic
pavement that ident i f ies the di fferent
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uses and the di fferent connect ing
spaces throughout the area.
As wel l , the project foresees opening
cer tain closed spaces turning
the area into a more permeable
neighbourhood connect ing the
ci ty to the water front through three
new connect ing spaces. These
connect ing spaces wi l l eradicate the
concept ion of barr ier between the
ci ty and the sea that many people
have. In addit ion, the project intends
to create some infrastructure to
assist the di fferent publ ic spaces
creat ing a cer tain ident i ty throughout
are: bars, retai l , integrat ion of o ld
bui ldings, etc.
G R O U P 4
Paolo Bel loni wi th Mariona Benain
and Francisco Rodriguez proposed to
their students to work on the concept
of “Urban Carpet ing”. The ci ty
and the area of study do not have a
unique structure. Where the urban
fabr ic of the Galata Hi l l arr ives to the
water, there, a lot of di fferent th ings
happen. And the ci ty, the streets,
the bui ldings, the monuments, the
infrastructures adapt themselves to
the par t icular i ty of the place.
The given answer to improve these
spaces is publ ic space as space
of connect ion between si tuat ions
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 4 - Paolo Bel loni , Mariona Benain
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 5 - Eduard Bru, Jordi Safont-Tr ia
T H E W O R K S H O P
group 2 - Blanca Lleó, Juan Elv i ra
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and as a space that express the
soul of a ci ty. Relat ing to one of the
most known tradi t ions of Turkish
cul ture and with the r ichness of
stone mater ia ls di ffused in the ent i re
ci ty, Urban Carpet ing propose to
work at the scale of detai l of the
di fferent s i tuat ions. A new f loor, a
new pavement is connect ing al l the
areas and on this f loor the strategy
of the carpet al lows to underl ine the
character of each place and give
mater ia l consistence and qual i ty at
the human scale percept ion.
The carpets have thickness and can
be excavated or extruded: Ground
zero carpets, f loat ing carpets, f ly ing
carpets and ver t ical carpets. The
huge l inear area has been div ided
in four main par ts, each one with a
speci f ic character and ident i ty and
have a basic background mater ia l
that can be the Marmara Marble ( the
Marble! Marm-ara Marmol Marmo
Marble Màrble) or a Basal t stone,
the dark one coming from the black
see or the grey one coming from
Anatol ia, and then a r ich var iety of
stones, woods, grasses and waters
can character ize each place with
the design of the detai ls to make
every place ful ly f requented without
renouncing to the imper fect ion and
var iety of the ci ty.
G R O U P 5
Final ly Eduard Bru and Jordi Safont-
Tr ia worked on the concept “Smal l
act ions, big impacts”.
The exercise is focused on the
understanding of the exist ing urban
condit ions of the ancient Galata
neighbourhood and i ts relat ionships
wi th the water front. The edge has
been worked not as a l ine, but as
state. Galata’s associat ion wi th
the water is i ts reason to exist :
a watchtower over looking the
ar t iculat ion between the Bosphorus
and the Golden Horn.
To regenerate such a dense and
large distr ict is very complex.
Instead of t ry ing to solve general
problems with a master plan, the
group proposed to act on speci f ic
points throughout the area that
al low the thinking of concrete
intervent ions.
The proposal locates speci f ic points
wi th the potent ia l to be transformed
with one act ion, establ ishing new
scenar ios by rethinking the pre-
exist ing. I t is crucial to detect areas
able to induce a t ransformat ion of the
whole distr ict .
The group def ined six points
as examples of how concrete
intervent ions can provoke big
impacts on the neighbourhood.
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1, Galata Square: Demol ishing just
one bui lding creates a large square
related to the histor ical tower of
Galata, generat ing a new reference
open space
2, In the area besides Istanbul
Modern with the presence of many
scattered parks, mosques and
isolated fountains separated by traff ic
and parking lots the group proposed
to undergrounding a segment of
Kemeral t i Avenue for cars and a
new underground garage, a new
cul tural park relates the ci ty wi th the
water front.
3, Karaköy Hub: The ar t iculat ion
between Galata Br idge and the
neighbourhood is interpreted as an
intermodal place where ci t izens can
access and cross easi ly.
4, In Tersane Street by tear ing down
few bui ldings adjacent to the exist ing
mosque, i t is possible to create a new
open space that ar t iculates the main
coastal street wi th the shorel ine.
5, Sea Hammam: The possibi l i ty
of reducing and relocat ing the
exist ing ferry bui lding provides the
oppor tuni ty to create a new plaza
open to the sea with new uses lost in
the area such as the sea hammams
(bathing pools) .
6, Secret l i f t : The discovery of a
hidden street can provide faster
connect ions and new act iv i t ies on the
publ ic space.
The sum of th is f ive di fferent
approaches and the interact ion
wi th the round tables al lows
an explorat ion on the dynamic
relat ions between water and
cul ture, exempl i f ied by an ever
changing, mult icul tural society
and i ts beloved Bosphorus.
They al lowed an over look to the
border as a dynamic interchange
between real i ty, mater ia ls, cul tures,
ident i t ies and memories. Among
the themes proposed, project ing
at di fferent scales, both urban
and archi tectonical , has been the
prominent issue, together wi th
the relat ion to Istanbul water front,
intended as the most interest ing
and chal lenging generator of design
oppor tuni t ies for the construct ion of
an urban environment in relat ion to
the new real i t ies of the contemporary
Istanbul. The relat ionship between
nature and ar t i f ice, pre-existence
and transformat ion, h istor ical
her i tage and innovat ion were some
of the main themes of the research
developed dur ing Thinking the Edge
- Water & Culture.
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 4 - Paolo Bel loni , Mariona Benain
T H E W O R K S H O P
group 5 - Eduard Bru, Jordi Safont-Tr ia
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group 1 - Hayr iye Esbah, Yüksel Demir, Meltem Erdem
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group 1 - Hayr iye Esbah, Yüksel Demir, Meltem Erdem
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group 1 - Hayr iye Esbah, Yüksel Demir, Meltem Erdem
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 2 - Blanca Lleó, Juan Elv i ra
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 2 - Blanca Lleó, Juan Elv i ra
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 3 - Fred Levrat
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 3 group 3 - Fred Levrat
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 4 - Paolo Bel loni , Mariona Benain
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 4 - Paolo Bel loni , Mariona Benain
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 5 - Eduard Bru, Jordi Safont-Tr ia
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T H E W O R K S H O P
group 5 - Eduard Bru, Jordi Safont-Tr ia
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S O M E T I M E S Y O U H A V E T O G I V E P E O P L E S O M E T H I N G T H E Y D O N ’ T E X P E C T. I T H I N K A R C H I T E C T U R E I S S T I L L
A C R E AT I V E D I S C I P L I N E .
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Thinking The Edge – Water and cul ture was
a test ing ground for many exper iences,
not only about the ci ty and publ ic space.
In fact , i t can be def ined also as a
communicat ion and l iv ing archive project.
Dur ing the ent i re week of act iv i t ies, a
communicat ion desk has been act ive,
register ing in real t ime the academic
act iv i ty and suppor t ing professors and
tutors in their dai ly tasks wi th students.
The story te l l ing has been fol lowing
the ent i re academic week, def in ing an
open archive conf igured through social
networks.
A facebook page and twi t ter account
were opened to share the dai ly
resul ts of the workshop and lectures;
they shor t ly became a network for a
cr i t ical confrontat ion on urban design
methodologies, through publ ishing
ar t ic les, mater ia l and ref lect ions produced
by TTE team and users’ suggest ions
f rom the web. This tools were used as
new mult idiscipl inary models for the
a communication deskANJA VISINI
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development of educat ional ly
or iented projects, organiz ing the
contents to be used easi ly not only
by students or teachers direct ly
involved, but also by the organizers,
inst i tut ional and pr ivate suppor ters
and, of course, by the publ ic.
The resul t was the creat ion of an
informal dialogue between academic
and professional environment and
the shar ing of the resul ts of an
informat ive event for the di fferent
urban communit ies.T H E D I D A C T I C A P P R O A C H T O T H E P R O J E C T I N C O M P L E X S I T U AT I O N S B E C A M E A M U LT I D I S C I P L I N A R Y
P R O G R E S S I O N in the organizat ion
of the event that can fur ther be
developed as a model for the
creat ion of a Research LAB for urban
studies. This communicat ion strategy has been developed in a spontaneous way star t ing from the f i rst day of the workshop. I t can be considered as an element to be integrated into the archi tectural project: more and more the project is a subject of communicat ion. I t can be considered that the proposed archi tecture is increasingly the subject of communicat ion operat ions that give i t an added value. Around the ideas from which the operat ion
archi tectural r ises, not only v i r tual communit ies are created; they help to keep al ive the project i tsel f , enr ich i ts meaning through such act iv i t ies, exchange of informat ion, events and product ion of cul ture in which archi tecture is not only a container but also the protagonist as a generator of possibi l i t ies. A R C H I T E C T U R E I S N O T O N LY A N E N D I N I T S E L F.In the communicat ion plat form we created, f i rst wi th a websi te and then implemented with social networks and a Vimeo channel where al l the v ideos of the lectures can be found, the students were involved, proposing them a design method that includes the shar ing of ideas and informat ion structured around the concept of network: the intent is to recognize the intr insic value of the informat ion that is a corol lary to the project, wi th the convict ion that S H A R I N G O F I N F O R M AT I O N I S N O T O N LY F U N C T I O N A L T O A B E T T E R D E S I G N O U T C O M E , B U T A L S O A S A S E E D F O R N E W F U T U R E P R O J E C T S , for t r igger ing a v i r tuous mechanism of growth of awareness and, consequent ly, of research.
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T H E C O M M U N I C AT I O N D E S K
Luca Mol inar i and Anja Vis in i
T H E C O M M U N I C AT I O N D E S K
Luca Mol inar i interviewing Javier Malo de Mol ina
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T H I N K I N G T H E E D G E
Closing event in Istanbul Chamber of Archi tects
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SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION AND INVITED PROFESSORS
PAOLO BELLONI (Bergamo, I ta ly, 1967), f rom 1989 to 1993 l ives and works in Lisbon and in Barcelona. He obtains master graduat ion wi th honours in Archi tecture in the Pol i tecnic of Mi lan in 1993. He works in New York and Maracaibo from 1993 to 1995. In 1995 he opens his own off ice in Bergamo. In 1996 he found PBEBarchi tects wi th Elena Brazis. From 1994 is involved in teaching act iv i ty in the Pol i tecnic of Mi lan where he is contract professor in archi tecture and landscape archi tecture s ince 2004. In 2002 he founded Archi forum, Associat ion for Archi tecture. In 2000 was invi ted professor in Technical University in Riga, in 2001 and 2002 in ELISAVA school of design in Barcelona, in 2002 in Academy of Archi tecture in Mendris io. He occasional ly wr i tes in nat ional and internat ional magazines and publ icat ions. From 2004 to 2007 is component of the Bui lding Commission in the ci ty of Bergamo. From 2009 to 2012 he has been President of the Archi tects Associat ion in Bergamo. He has been invi ted in several internat ional and nat ional conferences.
ANA HIDALGO is Archi tect by the Polytechnic Universi ty of Madrid (ETSAM) in 1993, Ana has a very strong background in Archi tecture, f rom design stage unt i l construct ion. Founder of Pausa Arqui tectos, exclusive archi tectal group for Sotorgaz in Madrid. She was for 10 years in charge of “design and bui ld“ projects for the Spanish bui lding developers Sotorgaz and Necsohenar. In 2003 she created her own f i rm, hcarqui tectos, commit ted to smal l -scale environmental archi tecture and urban design with the use of sustainable techniques. hcarqui tectos has designed and developed resident ia l bui ldings, as wel l as off ices, restaurants and commercial spaces. Ana moved to Hong Kong in 2007 from where she has been in col laborat ion wi th Banús Archi tecture Studio. In November 2011 organized ICOA, SPAIN – HONG KONG, WATER & CULTURE. Her interest in Spain and Hong Kong’s archi tectural scene had led her to organize f rom scratch the f i rst event that invest igates architectural relationships between these two countries. She moved to Istanbul at the end of 2011. Currently she is collaborating with RTA-DOME architects in Istanbul.
LUCA MOLINARI is associated Professor “History of Contemporary Archi tecture”, facul ty of Archi tecture “L.Vanvi te l l i ” , Seconda Universi tà degl i Studi di Napol i ; curator and cr i t ic in the f ie ld of contemporary archi tecture, design and photography. He is current ly Edi tor of Archi tecture for Skira publshing House. Chief curator of the Tr iennale di Mi lano for archi tecture and urbanism from 2001 and 2005; Curator of the I ta l ian Pavi l l ion at the 12th Internat ional Exhibi t ion of Archi tecture, Biennale of Venice. Actual ly he is the director of Spazio FMG per l ’archi tet tura in Mi lan and col laborates wi th several I ta l ian and Internat ional archi tecture magazine.
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MARIONA BENAIN AGUILERA is an archi tect based in Barcelona and graduated from the School of Archi tecture of Barcelona in 2005. After some years in London she moved back to Barcelona and became the Internat ional Coordinator of Grup Arqui tectura Barcelona, being responsible of the act iv i ty developed by GAB in Turkey. In 2010 she co-coordinated the” In i t iat ing Projects: Internat ional Symposium of young Archi tecture” organised by AJAC and Wonderland, wi th the object ive to establ ish a cr i t ical approach towards archi tectural pract ice for young archi tects and also to establ ish synergies on an internat ional level that def ine the cul tural ident i ty of the profession. Since 2011, as the President of the Young Archi tects Associat ion of Catalonia, she has act ively par t ic ipated in the defence and the promot ion of young Catalan archi tects, having been invi ted to several round tables and lectures related to both archi tecture and the archi tectural profession.
EDUARD BRU BISTUER is an archi tect and professor of Archi tectural Design at the School of Archi tecture of Barcelona. Licensed to the School of Archi tecture, is professor and director f rom 1977 from 1998 to 2001. With Josep Lluís Mateo Community Col lege bui l t the La Bast ide in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (1985-1989). Then got projects l ike the Center for Juveni le Plegamans Palau (1984-1986), var ious modif icat ions Zoo Cordoba (1991-1993), the House of Hug cabin Castel lar (1992-1994) and the Doctoral School the Autonomous Universi ty of Barcelona Bel laterra (1996-1999). The relat ionship between the ar t i f ic ia l and the natural publ ic spaces determines the projects as the Olympic Val l d’Hebron (1989-92) and the campus of the Autonomous Universi ty of Barcelona (1996-1997). In 1997 he publ ished Three in place for the Museum of Contemporary Ar t .
YÜKSEL DEM İR studied Archi tecture in Istanbul Technical Universi ty, Facul ty of Archi tecture (1983-1987), got his master (1990) and PhD (2000) degrees from ITU Inst i tute of Science & Technology Archi tectural Design Program. Since 1989 he has been working as teaching assistant and Assistant Prof . (2002-2012) in ITU Depar tment of Archi tecture. Current ly he is Associate Professor in ITU Depar tment of Archi tecture and since 2007 head of the depar tment of F ine Ar ts in ITU. He was guest professor in Politecnico Di Milano (2010-2013) and vis i t ing professor in Anadolu Universi ty Facul ty of Engineer ing and Archi tecture. He is co-founding director of ITU Mardint Interdisciplinary Research and Development Center (2005-present). Managed several urban and archi tectural design projects including some universi ty campuses within th is inst i tute. His works and interviews were publ ished in several nat ional and
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internat ional publ icat ions; par t ic ipated in several nat ional and internat ional scient i f ic meet ings, gave lectures in many nat ional and internat ional inst i tut ions.
HAYRIYE EŞBAH is a landscape archi tect . She completed her master studies on Integrated Coastal Zone Planning at the Universi ty of Ar izona, and received a doctoral degree on Environmental Design and Planning from Arizona State Universi ty. Her academic and professional pract ice involves coastal zones, more speci f ical ly the environmental and aesthet ic issues in such environments. She is the author of many scient i f ic ar t ic les and the winner of nat ional design awards. She is current ly the head of the Landscape Archi tecture Depar tment and also the Director of the Environment and Urban Research Center at Istanbul Technical Universi ty.
FRED LEVRAT is a Professor at Columbia Universi ty Graduate School of Archi tecture and Planning since 1994 and a v is i t ing Associate Professor at Prat t Inst i tute. Teaching offers an ideal test ing ground for his archi tectural explorat ions whi le the product ion of bui ldings is complemented by an intense research through, compet i t ions, theoret ical projects, wr i t ings and lectures. Professor Levrat has given lectures concerning his design strategies in New York, Paris, Lausanne, Kabul, Dubai and Tokyo. Freder ic Levrat has set up his archi tectural off ice ArX New York in 1994, and two subsidiar ies in 1997 ArX Geneve in Switzer land, and in 2004 ArX Kabul in Afghanistan. ArX represent the intersect ion between Ar t and Archi tecture, where his projects thr ive to be located. Recent ly Levrat renamed his off ice Levrat Design Consul tants l lc, ref lect ing his desire to cont inue i ts design on a global scale, independent ly of the ci ty locat ion.
BLANCA LLEÓ is Chaired Professor of the Design Studio and Vice Dean for External and Internat ional Relat ions at the School of Archi tecture in Madrid (ETSAM) where she has been a lecturer s ince 1990. Her research on Modern and Contemporary Housing (Pr inceton Universi ty, USA and ETSAM, Madrid) has been publ ished in the books under the t i t le INFORME HABITAR (Madrid, ed. EMVS 2006) and SUEÑO DE HABITAR (1st ed. Barcelona, Caja de Arqui tectos 1998, 2nd ed. Barcelona, Gustavo Gi l i 2005) wi th which she was awarded the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis 1996 from the Universidad Pol i técnica de Madrid, the First Doctoral Theses Pr ize for Archi tecture by the Caja de Arqui tectos Foundat ion (1997), COAM Prize (1998) and Honorary Ment ion at the 6th Ibero- American Archi tecture Biennial (2002).
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JORDI SAFONT-TRIA graduated as an archi tect at the ETSAB of the Technical Universi ty of Catalonia in 2004. He is current ly a PhD candidate at the Depar tment of Archi tectural Projects in Barcelona, where he obtained the Advanced Research Diploma in 2007. He also pursued his thesis research at Columbia Universi ty as a v is i t ing scholar, col laborat ing with Steven Hol l on the publ icat ion of “Color Light Time”. He is current ly based in Barcelona working on a var iety of professional and academic projects.
JUAN ELVIRA Archi tect and master degree at Columbia Universi ty. Project Design Associated professor at the ETSAM, and vis i t ing professor at nat ional and internat ional schools. His projects have been exhibi ted at Freshmadrid and the 11 Mostra Internazionale de Archi tet tura di Venecia among others. F inal ist at the norwegian nat ional archi tecture pr ize Staten Byggeskikkpr is 2012. Along with his academic and professional career, he also runs a cr i t ical and edi tor ia l task, begun as edi tor of Oeste archi tecture magazine, fo l lowed by the publ icat ion of numerous essays in special ized books and journals. He current ly is complet ing his Final Thesis on ‘Ghost Archi tecture’ .
MELTEM ERDEM is a lecturer at Istanbul Technical Universi ty, School of Archi tecture, Depar tment of Landscape Archi tecture. She received her bachelor ’s degree from Istanbul Universi ty, Facul ty of Forestry, Depar tment of Landscape Archi tecture wi th dist inct ion as the f i rst degree graduate of the Facul ty in 2002. She received her master degree on Landscape Design from ITU, Inst i tute of Sciences and Technology, Graduate Program of Landscape Archi tecture in 2005. She has a PhD Degree on Rural Landscape Ident i ty and Design from ITU, Inst i tute of Sciences and Technology, Landscape Archi tecture PhD program. She worked as a v is i t ing scholar at Landscape Ecology, Percept ion and Design Lab. at Universi ty of Michigan, USA, throughout 2010. Her research interests are focused on contemporary approaches in landscape archi tecture, natural systems and design, rural landscape planning and design. She is also pract ic ing designer who takes par t in var ious design compet i t ions and holds nat ional awards.
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ANJA VISINI studied archi tecture in Mi lan and Lisbon and graduated at the Pol i tecnico of Mi lan in 2007. From 2003 to 2006 she has been par t of studio ghigos (now Ghigos Ideas) real iz ing several exhibi t ions and instal lat ion projects, among which: “Gest icolando - Cenni sul le diversi tà”, “Vis i ta a domici l io - 7° Fest ival Internazionale Beyond Media/Oltre i Media”, “Serendipi ty”, “Alber to Rossel l i designer archi tet to”. From 2005 to 2007 she par t ic ipated to the restorat ion program “Projecto de inventar iação e recuperação do patr imónio”, organized by Forum Unesco and Inst i tuto Piaget, in Southern Por tugal and Madeira Is land. After col laborat ing since 2007 with internat ional studios such as Estudio Mariscal , MiAS Arqui tectes, Barreca & La Varra and Teğet Mimarl ık for several projects and compet i t ions, she current ly works between Istanbul and Mi lan on professional projects about archi tecture and communicat ion.
FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ received the BSc. Arch. at the ETSAG Alcalá de Henares af ter studying four years, one of which was completed in Poland in the universi t ies Pol i technika Gdanska (Gdansk) and Pol i technika Krakowska (Cracow) holding a grant by ‘Caja de Madrid’ . On 2008, released the auto-produced and shor t- l i fe ‘aggregator ’ magazine ‘The Weekly Plot ’ distr ibuted at the ETSAG on a weekly basis. Francisco complemented the bachelor in archi tecture studies wi th a one year exper ience in London working for ‘Aust in Smith Lord’ archi tects and in Cracow working for ‘Biuro Projektow Lewicki Latak’ . Dur ing 2008-2012, Francisco was the Nat ional Contact for Spain of the internat ional students network EASA (the European Archi tecture Students Assembly), having par t ic ipated in several edi t ions. On 2009, won an internat ional compet i t ion for the organisat ion of EASA 2011 in Cadiz together wi th a group of students of archi tecture and archi tects f rom Spain. Dur ing 2009-2012, Francisco studied the internat ional MSc. Arch. at Pol i tecnico di Mi lano. After that , star ted working for Sciveres/Libr izzi archi tects as archi tect and at Pol i tecnico di Mi lano as researcher.
JOSE MARIA DOMINGUEZ Archi tect and master degree at the Universidad de Sevi l la. Master in Heal th and Safety Coordinat ion at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. He has been working in di fferent off ices of urban planning, structural engineer ing and resident ia l projects as wel l as suppor t ing some studios in model l ing with 3DMax. Now he is l iv ing in Istanbul and taking par t in landscape projects making 3d models.
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MANUEL AIRES MATEUS was born in Lisbon, Por tugal in 1963. He graduatee as an archi tect in F.A./U.T.L. , L isbon Por tugal in 1986 and col laborated with Gonçalo Byrne since 1983. Since 1988 col laborated with Francisco Aires Mateus.He has been professor in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard Universi ty, USA, in 2002 and 2005; invi ted teacher in Fakul teta za Arhi tekturo,Universa v Ljubl jani , L jubl jana, Slovenia in 2003/2004, teacher in Accademia di Archi tectura,Mendríz io, Switzer land, s ince 2001, professor in Universidade Autónoma,Lisbon, s ince 1998, professor in Universidade Lusíada,Lisbon, s ince 1997, invi ted for several seminars and conferences in several countr ies.
STEFANO BOERI, born in 1956, is a Mi lan-based archi tect and since June 2011 he is Counci l lor for Cul ture, Design and Fashion for the Municipal i ty of Mi lan. From 2004 to 2007 he was edi tor in chief of “Domus” internat ional magazine. From 2007 to 2011 he was edi tor in chief of the internat ional magazine “Abitare”. Recent ly he has curated “Sao Paulo Cal l ing” a project about informal set t lements, promoted by the Segretar ia de Habitaçao of Sao Paulo.His studies on the contemporary urban condit ion, pay par t icular at tent ion to observing and taxonomical ly descr ibing the “real t ime” dynamics of mutat ion surrounding urban facts.
PERE BUIL graduated from ETSAB in 2000. He combines his professional work wi th teaching, curat ing and cul tural act iv ism. In 2000 he created with Toni Riba VORA, an archi tecture studio located in Barcelona. Current ly teaching project design at ETSALS (URL, Barcelona). Teacher at the Tal ler Ver t ical Workshop at ESARQ (UIC, Barcelona) in 2010 and 2012. Former assistant professor at the Masters Program in BIArch (Barcelona) in 2010-11. Member of var ious academic jur ies in catalan universi t ies. Member of “aproximacions” col lect ive, edi t ing a quar ter ly fanzine on urban intervent ion proposals.
JAVIER MALO DE MOLINA - BURGOS Y GARRIDO wi l l lecture present ing their work ‘Madrid Rio’ , deeply connected to the theme of the event. The off ice, based in Madrid, has an open structure wi th f requent col laborat ions wi th other archi tects in Spain and abroad. I t is a pract ice wi th exper ience in nat ional and internat ional housing projects, cul tural and administrat ive faci l i t ies and urban design. They have just f in ished a large urban intervent ion in Madrid, the Manzanares River Park.
CARLES ENRICH graduated at the School of Archi tecture of Barcelona (ETSAB) in 2005. He col laborates wi th the research group Habitar, directed by Xavier Monteys, in the recent project for the Recercaixa (2013). Since 2008 he is Assistant Professor at the School of Archi tecture of Reus (URV) AND Vis i t ing Lecturer at the ETSAB, the Masana School of Ar ts and ESARQ (2011-2012). Since 2009 owned his studio focusing on domest ic archi tecture receiv ing several recognit ions such as the XI Hispal i t awards (2011) or most recent ly the VI I I Ajac Awards (2012). His work has been exposed in the XI I I Archi tecture Biennale of Venice (2012) and has been publ ished in di fferent journals such as On Diseño, Conarqui tectura and Domusxl .
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MANUEL GAUSA Under the name RAVEAU actarqui tectura GAUSA + conforms a professional team or iented ref lect ion, research and pract ice in the f ie ld of archi tecture, terr i tory and environment. With over 15 years of exper ience and a renowned theoret ical and pract ical , thanks to i ts special prof i le “mult i -scale” Actarqui tectura RAVEAU GAUSA + is def ined as the core backbone of a whole ser ies of proposals aimed at encouraging new l ines of act ion related to the understanding, conf igur ing and qual i tat ive redef in i t ion of contemporary space and i ts connect ion wi th those new formal condit ions, cul tural , technical , economic and environmental now def ine the contemporary landscape and habitat . An act iv i ty suppor ted permanent t ransfer processes between research, design and development – between vocat ion professional and wi l l conceptual ly concret ized in proposals and accompl ishments raised – and shared – always in team.
LUCA ORLANDI l ives in Istanbul where he teaches History of European Archi tecture, History of Landscape Archi tecture and Contemporary Archi tecture as Assistant Professor in the Depar tment of Archi tecture at Istanbul Technical Universi ty. He of ten par t ic ipates in lectures, seminars and workshops in other universi t ies l ike Marmara Universi ty and Mimar Sinan Fine Ar ts Universi ty. His f ie lds of interest are: History of Archi tecture, Ottoman Archi tecture, Contemporary Archi tecture and Design, Modernism in Turkey and I ta ly, Travelers and memoires of t ravels in the Orient.
SO? is a design and research based studio pract ic ing archi tecture and urbanism, founded in 2007 by Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş .SEV İNCE BAYRAK graduated from Istanbul Technical Universi ty in 2005. Her ar t ic les about var ious subjects such as Istanbul, urbanism, t ravel , archi tecture etc. are publ ished in books, magazines and websi tes. She was at Universi ty of Westminster in fa l l 2010 for her PhD research. She worked in several off ices in Istanbul and Sant iago de Chi le. She lectured in var ious panels, at tended design studios as v is i t ing cr i t ic. Current ly, she is doing a PhD in archi tecture at ITU and works at SO?.ORAL GÖKTAŞ graduated from Istanbul Technical Universi ty in 2005, where he also received his master ’s degree in 2009. He worked at several archi tecture off ices in Antalya, Istanbul and Sant iago de Chi le s ince 2000. He taught at Beykent Universi ty in 2010. In spr ing 2012, he was a v is i t ing cr i t ic for Archi tectural Design Studio IV in Istanbul Technical Universi ty. In fa l l 2012, he was a member of Graduat ion Project Jury Commit tee in ITU. Current ly, he works at SO?.
SUPERPOOL - SELVA GÜRDOĞAN, Archi tect (2003 graduate f rom Sci-Arc, USA) and GREGERS TANG THOMSEN, Archi tect (2003 graduate f rom Aarhus School of Archi tecture, Denmark) founded Superpool in Istanbul in 2006. They met at Rem Koolhaas’ studio Off ice for Metropol i tan Archi tecture - OMA- in 2003, where they worked unt i l establ ishing Superpool . Current ly Superpool is engaged in Tai lorCrete, a European Commission funded research for incorporat ing robot ics into concrete construct ion technology, along with preparat ions of masterplans and guidel ines studies for Kar tal and Kagithane neighbourhoods. Superpool has also recent ly completed Mapping Istanbul; a book commissioned by Garant i Gal lery wi th near ly a hundred maps and informat ion graphics creat ing a valuable resource for archi tects, planners, and pol icy-makers invested in the ci ty ’s future. Most recent Superpool has been par t ic ipat ing in the Audi Urban Future Award 2012 to research mobi l i ty in Istanbul in 2030.
HAN TÜMERTEK İN is a pract ic ing archi tect based in Istanbul and pr incipal of the f i rm Mimarlar Tasar im Danismanl ik Ltd that he establ ished in 1986. Previously, he worked in
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Paris in the archi tectural studios of Ahmet Gulgonen and of Bernstein, Chempet ier, Vidal . His bui l t works include resident ia l , commercial and inst i tut ional projects pr imari ly in Turkey, as wel l as in the Nether lands, Japan, Canada, the Uni ted Kingdom and France. Mr. Tümer tekin was trained in archi tecture at Istanbul Technical Universi ty. He lectured at the Technical Universi ty of Del f t , at the 6th mAAN Internat ional Conference in Tokyo “Our Modern – Re-appropriat ing Asia’s Urban Heri tage” as wel l as at Harvard. Mr. Tümer tekin’s works have been widely publ ished in internat ional archi tectural journals, including Domus, Abitare, AV and in the World At las of Contemporary Archi tecture; Included in the 2006 Venice Biennale, he also won Turkey’s Nat ional Archi tecture Award in 1998 and 2000. A monograph of h is recent work was publ ished by Harvard Universi ty Press in 2006. Mr. Tümer tekin was presented a 2004 Aga Khan Award for Archi tecture. He served on the 2007 Master Jury. Actual ly he is a member of the awards steer ing commit tee.
MURAT TABANLIOĞLU, af ter graduat ing from IEL, studied archi tecture at Vienna Technical Universi ty. He founded Tabanl ıoğ lu Archi tects in cooperat ion wi th Dr. Hayat i Tabanl ıoğ lu in Istanbul in 1990. Besides his atel ier program at Bi lgi Universi ty, he lectures at universi t ies and var ious internat ional plat forms and serves as a juror at academic programs and compet i t ions. Murat Tabanl ıoğ lu is a Char tered Member of RIBA.
ZUHAL ULUSOY graduated with B.Arch and M.Arch. degrees from the Middle East Technical Universi ty, Ankara, Turkey. Receiv ing a Fulbr ight scholarship, she was accepted to the graduate program in the School of Archi tecture at Carnegie Mel lon Universi ty (Pi t tsburgh, PA, USA), where she completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in archi tecture and urban regenerat ion. In 1992, Dr. Ulusoy jo ined Bi lkent Universi ty (Ankara, Turkey) as the founding chairperson of the Landscape Archi tecture and Urban Design Depar tment. She was a v is i t ing professor at Carnegie Mel lon Universi ty ’s School of Archi tecture in 2003-2004. In 2005 she jo ined the Archi tecture Depar tment of Izmir Universi ty of Economics. Since 2008, she has been working at Kadir Has Universi ty, Istanbul, Turkey, as the Dean of Facul ty of Ar t and Design. Her research interests include urban studies, par t icular ly urban regenerat ion and transformat ion, as wel l as design educat ion at var ious levels. Her ar t ic les and chapters in these areas have been publ ished in var ious refereed journals and in books. She has taught courses on urban design, concepts in archi tecture, took par t in foundat ion design studios and urban design studios, and supervised Master ’s and Ph.D. theses.
MURAT VEFK İOĞLU graduated from the Depar tment of Archi tecture, Istanbul Fine Ar ts Academy in 1972. And then went to Edinburgh, Her iot-Watt Universi ty for h is Urban Design Master ’s degree (M.Sc), working as assistant archi tect at the Law-Dunbar Nasmith Archi tect , Edinburgh. Back in his country, he star ted working as an Assistant at the Depar tment of Istanbul Fine Ar ts Academy, then at Ci ty Planning Depar tment of Archi tecture Facul ty. Between 1983-89 he pract ice and jo int the nat ional compet i t ions in Scot land unt i l 1989. He founded his own off ice in 1990 and pract ice for Archi tecture and Urban Design Concept Projects, Publ ic Space Design, Environmental Design and projects , Tour ism Resor t complex Project. In 2005, he was nominated as Urban Design Compet i t ions Group Co-ordinator at Istanbul Metropol i tan Planing and Urban Design Center,( IMP) by the execut ives. He run Nat ional Urban Design Compet i t ions, Internat ional level Urban Design Projects f rom Invated Archi tects, organiz ing and openning Nat ional Urban Design Compet i t ion Exhibi t ion in the center, and In 2008, he star ted to co-ordinate the Urban Design and Compet i t ions Group in the center. Af ter 8 years, h is mission completed in Apri l , 2013.
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T H I N K I N G T H E E D G E -
W AT E R A N D C U LT U R E
P R O G R A M 0 2 / 0 7 - 0 9 / 0 7
0 2 / 0 7 T U E
10.00 @ I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ’ S
C O U R T Y A R D
welcome and registrat ion of par t ic ipants
10.30 @ I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ’ S
C O U R T Y A R D
OPENING with:
Paolo Bel loni - Ana Hidalgo scient i f ic
directors of TTE Water And Culture.
Presentat ion of the universi t ies, professors
and people. Presentat ion of the areas and
topics. The Spanish Ambassador in Turkey
and the I ta l ian Ambassador in Turkey wi l l
at tend.
11.00 @ I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ’ S
C O U R T Y A R D
ROUND TABLE 1
ISTANBUL - A CITY ON THE EDGE
MURAT VEFKIOĞLU “Istanbul Recent
Projects”
LUCA ORLANDI “ Istanbul Water front - An
histor ical perspect ive”
SO? “YAP - Instal lat ion In Istanbul Modern
Pat io”
moderator: Yüksel Demir
16.00 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i t ies, div is ion of groups,
distr ibut ion of mater ia ls, organizat ion of
places of work
0 3 / 0 7 W E D
9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
14.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
16.00 @ I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ’ S
C O U R T Y A R D
ROUND TABLE 2 - URBAN TOPOGRAPHIES
EDUARD BRU “Urban Topographies”
MURAT TABANLIOĞLU “Water front
projects”
JAVIER MALO DE MOLINA - BURGOS
&GARRIDO ARCHITECTS “Madrid Rio”
moderator: Blanca Lleó
19.00 @ D E P O
“INEXPERIENCE”: AJAC AWARDS VII I
presentat ion: Mariona Benain
0 4 / 0 7 T H U
9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
14.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
18.00 @ I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ’ S
C O U R T Y A R D
ROUND TABLE 3 - THE SCALE OF
ARCHITECTURE 5+5 PROJECTS
HAN TÜMERTEK İN “Recent projects”
PBEB ARCHITECTS
BLANCA LLEÒ
FRED LEVRAT
moderator: SO?
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0 5 / 0 7 F R I
9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
11.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
Lunch Time Lecture
Fred Levrat “The Edge: between Vir tual
and Physical Spaces”
14.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
18.30 @ TA K - K A D I K O Y
ROUND TABLE 4 - WATER AND
LANDSCAPE
SILA AKALP
STEFANO BOERI
MANUEL AIRES MATEUS
moderator: Luca Mol inar i
0 6 / 0 7 S AT
9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
14.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
18.00 @ S A LT- G A L ATA
ROUND TABLE 5- PUBLIC SPACE FOR
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES-HOW A BIG
EVENT TRANSFORM A CITY
MANUEL GAUSA “Barcelona Urban
Projects”
SUPERPOOL “Mapping Istanbul”
LUCA MOLINARI “Tur in Winter Olympics-
Mi lan Expo 2015”
moderator: Zuhal Ulusoy
0 7 / 0 7 S U N
from 9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
free workshop act iv i ty
0 8 / 0 7 M O N
9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
14.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
18.30 @ K A D I R H A S U N I V E R S I T Y
welcome coffee
19.00 @ K A D I R H A S U N I V E R S I T Y
ROUND TABLE 6 - IZMIR PROJECTS
moderator: Zuhal Ulusoy
0 9 / 0 7 T U E
9.30 @ I S TA N B U L C H A M B E R O F
A R C H I T E C T S
workshop act iv i ty
15.00 @ I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ’ S
C O U R T Y A R D
FINAL PRESENTATION
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Turquia.com / Delicias Travel & Incentives is a Destination Management Company based in Istanbul, specializing in looking after leisure and MICE business from Europe and South America. We offer truly tailor made, inspiring and professional service to our clients who are looking for a unique experiences. Our team of Event Designers and Managers will work with you on every details and on personal level to ensure all the objectives of your events are accomplished. Delicias Travel & Incentives specializes in assisting you with the following types of travel in Turkey (Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, Bodrum….): turquia.com, online reservation (hotel & services), Incentive Travel, Leisure Travel, Corporate Events, Product Launches, Sporting Event Support Services (Team / Board & Sponsors / Supporter Groups), Conference Support Services (e.g. transfers, social program, restaurants).
Doğuş Real Estate Investment & Management Co.
As the newest, youngest and dynamic establishment owned 100% by the Doğuş Group, Doğuş Real Estate Investment and Management Company was founded in 2006. Doğuş Real Estate aims to be one of the key players in the sector with its strong team and expertise in the areas of real estate development, construction management, sales and marketing, without compromising on Reliability, Honesty and High-Quality Service understanding. Doğuş Real Estate’s mission is to increase its investments through stable growth in the years to come and to provide the highest customer satisfaction by carrying the Doğuş brand and its professionalism into real estate projects. Doğuş Real Estate Company is closely monitoring the dynamics of the real estate industry throughout Turkey and continuing its work on developing projects including residential and commercial buildings as well as hospitals and logistics facilities by utilizing the large real estate portfolio owned by Doğuş Group. Today; as the owner of 13 pieces of real estate assets within Turkey; Doğuş Real Estate is continuing to work with passion and care to evaluate its assets.
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IDO İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. was founded in 1987 in Istanbul by the Greater Metropolitan Council for the purpose of promoting sea transport and helping to ease traffic jams. Istanbul’s sea transport was largely carried out by Turkish Maritime Operations City Lines before 1987. In that year, İstanbul Ulaşım and Ticaret A.Ş. (Istanbul Transport and Trade Ltd) was founded by the Greater Metropolitan Council, bringing a second marine transportation organization into existence. Later in 1988 the organization underwent a title change, becoming IDO - İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (Istanbul Sea Buses Industry and Commerce), Ltd. Sea crossings are an important transportation alternative in Istanbul, since it is surrounded by water. With the traffic getting more chaotic by the day in Istanbul, you will be saving time every day you ride the sea buses, which have a history that goes back 22 years.IDO is introducing new routes to meet increased demand and is slashing prices even more with the aim of providing cheaper travel for Istanbul residents. Hopes are rising that, with capacity utilization increasing by the day, prices will soon be competitive with other transport alternatives. By combining human services with technology, Istanbul Sea Buses is advancing quickly and resolutely towards a brighter future. In February 2005, the Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Council expressed its desire to take over Türkiye Şehir Hatları İşletmesi by submitting a protocol to the High Board of Privatization (HBP). The takeover operations were carried out by IDO on behalf of the Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Council. Following the takeover, the Greater Istanbul Metropolitan Council became the sole authority responsible for marine transportation in Istanbul and this responsibility was largely transferred to IDO. In June 2011, IDO was privatized and started to be steered by Tepe-Akfen-Souter-Sera Joint Venture management. In the Project Finance Awards 2011, which organized by Euromoney, the privatization of IDO has been granted the award of “European Transport Privatization Deal of the Year.”
Established in 1946, Garanti Bank is Turkey’s second largest private bank with consolidated assets exceeding US$ 104 billion. Having a leading position in all business lines it operates including corporate, commercial, SME, private, retail, investment banking and payment systems, Garanti is an integrated financial services group with its eight subsidiaries offering services in pension and life insurance, leasing, factoring, brokerage and asset management besides the international subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Russia and Romania. Garanti has an extensive distribution network of 960 branches, 3,600 ATMs, an award-winning Call Center, state-of-the-art internet, mobile and social banking platforms.
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THINKING THE EDGEWATER & CULTURE
IS AN EVENT PROMOTED BYArchi forumICOA IstanbulPol i tecnico di Mi lano
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTIONPaolo Bel loniAna Hidalgo
INVOLVED UNIVERSITIESPol i tecnico di Mi lano – Mi lanoBi lgi Universi ty – IstanbulEscuela Tecnica Superior de Arqui tectura de Madrid (ETSAM) – MadridKadir Has Universi ty – IstanbulMimar Sinan Universi ty – Istanbulİstanbul Teknik Üniversi tesi İTÜ – IstanbulInst i tuto de Arqui tectura Avanzada de Cataluña ( IAAC) – BarcelonaColumbia Universi ty – New YorkEscuela Tecnica Superior de Arqui tectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) – Barcelona
INTERNATIONAL INVITED PROFESSORS AND LECTURERS Manuel Aires Mateus (Mateus Architects - Lisbon) Paolo Belloni (Polytechnic of Milan)Mariona Benain (AJAC Catalonia)Stefano Boeri (Architect and editor - Milan)Eduard Bru Bistuer (ETSAB Barcelona)Yüksel Demir (Istanbul Teknik University)Remo Dorigati (Polytechnic of Milan)Hayriye Eşbah (Istanbul Teknik University)Manuel Gausa (UNIGE-Genoa / Dean-IAAC Barcelona)Sı la Akalp (Architect -TAK Kadiköy)Ana Hidalgo (ICOA Istanbul)Deniz İncedayı (Mimar Sinan
University)Burcu Kütükcüoğ lu (Bi lgi University)Frederic Levrat (Columbia University - NY)Blanca Lleó (ETSAM - Madrid)Javier Malo de Molina (Burgos & Garrido - Madrid) Luca Molinari (Crit ic and curator - Second University of Naples)Luca Orlandi (Architect-Istanbul)SO? Mimarl ık (Istanbul)Superpool Mimarl ık (Istanbul)Murat Tabanlıoğ lu (Tabanlıoğ lu Mimarl ık - Istanbul)Han Tümertekin (Architect - Istanbul)Zuhal Ulusoy (Kadir Has University - Istanbul)Murat Vefkioğ lu (Architect-Urban Designer - Istanbul)
WITH THE PATRONAGE AND COLLABORATION OFTMMOB Istanbul Mimarlar Odası - Istanbul Chamber of Archi tectsIstanbul Modern Istanbul Museum of Modern Ar t – Istanbul [wi th in the scope of YAP ISTANBUL MODERN]Inst i tuto Cervantes – IstanbulThe I ta l ian Inst i tute of Cul ture – IstanbulSpanish Inst i tute of Foreign Commerce ICEX – IstanbulAJAC Asociación Jóvenes Arqui tectos de Cataluña – CataloniaCOAC Colegio de Arqui tectos de Cataluña – CataloniaDEPO - Tütün DeposuTasarım Atölyesi Kadiköy -TAK
SPONSORED BYGarant iDoğuş GrubuIDO
SPECIFIC EVENT SPONSORSInst i tuto CervantesThe I ta l ian Inst i tute of Cul tureTurquia.comEscofetThe Haze
MEDIA PARTNERSArki teraXXI
MEDIA COLLABORATORSArqui tectura VivaCumediaeArchi lovers
ORGANISATIONPaolo Bel loniAna HidalgoBlanca LleóMariona BenainBurcu Kütükçüoğ luHayr iye Eşbah Yüksel DemirGürol Baroncel l i Sağ ı roğ luAnja Vis in iFrancisco J. Rodriguez PerezJosé María Domínguez PérezÖzge TütenyurdSerengül Seçmen
COMMUNICATIONAnja Vis in iFrancisco J. Rodriguez PerezSerengül Seçmen
GRAPHICAnja Vis in i – TangramLAB
WEBFrancisco J. Rodriguez PerezEnr ico Cor t inovis Ecograph
Workshop act iv i t ies took place in TMMOB Istanbul Mimarlar Odası - Istanbul Chamber of Archi tects.
Lectures and round tables were hosted in:Istanbul ModernSALT – GalataTütün Deposu – DEPOKadir Has Universi tyTasarım Atölyesi Kadiköy-TAK
for fur ther informat ion wr i te toinfo@thinkingtheedge.com
www.thinkingtheedge.comfacebook.com/thinkingtheedgeistanbul2013twit ter.com/thinkingtheedgevimeo.com/user19723130
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INVOLVED UNIVERSITIES
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Thinking The Edge – Water & Culture was born as a resul t of the previous
successes of Thinking The Edge Mi lano 2010 and Water Front Hong Kong
2011. Istanbul provides the per fect set t ing for A N A R C H I T E C T U R A L E V E N T T H AT E X P L O R E D T H E D Y N A M I C R E L AT I O N S
B E T W E E N W AT E R A N D C U LT U R E , E X E M P L I F I E D B Y A N E V E R C H A N G I N G , M U LT I C U LT U R A L S O C I E T Y A N D I T S
B E L O V E D B O S P H O R U S . Thinking The Edge – Water & Culture events
included: workshops at tended by students f rom twelve universi t ies al l over
the wor ld, seminars and round tables chaired by prominent representat ives
of the archi tectural and interdiscipl inary f ie lds, as wel l as an exhibi t ion. The
event provided a forum and oppor tuni ty to meet a var iety of wel l - renowned
archi tects f romTurkey and from abroad.
Thinking The Edge - Water & Culture focused on the not ion of the border as
a dynamic interchange between real i ty, mater ia ls, cul tures, ident i t ies and
memories. Among the themes proposed, project ing at di fferent scales -both
urban and archi tectonical- has been the prominent issue, together wi th the
relat ion wi th I S TA N B U L’ S W AT E R F R O N T, I N T E N D E D A S T H E M O S T I N T E R E S T I N G A N D C H A L L E N G I N G G E N E R AT O R O F
D E S I G N O P P O R T U N I T I E S F O R T H E C O N S T R U C T I O N O F A N U R B A N E N V I R O N M E N T I N R E L AT I O N W I T H T H E N E W
I N S TA N C E S O F T H E C O N T E M P O R A R Y I S TA N B U L . The relat ionship between nature and ar t i f ice, preexistence and transformat ion,
h istor ical her i tage and innovat ion are some of the main themes of the
research developed During Thinking The Edge - Water & Culture.
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