OMER KANIPAK
England, end of 1800s… The smell of coal in the air, machines operating constantly and shelves have started to be filled with new, appealing and most importantly, cheap objects. One of the most important intellectuals of the period, John Ruskin, is uncomfortable with this situation. For him, industrial production destroys … Read more
The industrial areas once embraced for playing the leading role in the development of cities and providing the people with the very means of survival, are seen after a while as rusty heaps of junk to be cleared away and dirty areas to be wiped out. Reflecting the rest of … Read more
The Gezi Park resistance that caused the country come to a halt, induced the steepest decline in the stock exchange in the last 10 years, decrease in tourism reservations, cancellations of concerts and congresses has become the most important breakdown of the past 10 years as well as a revolution … Read more
Curated by Maurizio Bortolotti the Haliç Center is on display at the main hall of the Galata Greek School as a special project within Adhocracy Exhibition and as homage to Yona Friedman, from whose work the exhibition draws inspiration. Friedman’s first installation for the city of Istanbul, the Haliç Center, … Read more
Taksim Square in Istanbul neither has the shape of square nor it really reflects the classic urban squares defined by the western urbanism terminologies. However, we like to call this node of roads as a ‘square’ maybe because of our longing for a designed real public space. The most ‘public’ … Read more
After a two-hour drive to the West of Istanbul, two smiling security guards welcome us at the gate of the Ipekyol Textile Factory. As we’re waved through, it’s apparent that there is not a single mark or logo to identify this vast, glass-fronted building. Even the flag pole, positioned in … Read more
It’s hard to evaluate a city in which you have resided for years. You get too accustomed to every detail that makes it beautiful as well as evil. As a resident of this huge organic mechanism, you know which things don’t work well but you are also aware that it … Read more
Şevin Yıldız: First of all, I would like to specially ask you about masterplans. As an urban planner do you think that masterplans are still valid in this century where everything is changing so rapidly, so unexpectedly? In our country, we, as architects and planners, have a little bit of … Read more
“Cyprus” may be one of the few words that we hear so much in the negotiation process between Turkey and of European Union. Even though the island became one of the most important political disputes between the EU, Turkey and Greece, life continues on both sides of the island. Northern … Read more
Last November, Han Tumertekin’s elegant but straightforward design for a small summerhouse in Turkey with a total area of 150m2 shared a 500.000 USD award with other six projects from all over the world. One of the other recipients was the world’s second-highest building, the Petronas Towers of Cesar Pelli. … Read more
