Architectural Design
Volume 80 Issue 1, Pages 84 - 95
Special Issue: Turkey: At the Threshold
Published Online: 27 Jan 2010
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Transforming Turkey: Eight Emerging Practices

Hülya Ertaş

Keywords

Gated communities • consideration of the fabric of a site • Global Architectural Development (GAD) • Gökhan Avcioglu, Özlem Avcioglu • organic approach to architecture • The Kuum Hotel, Spa and Residences complex (2008) in Türkbükü, Mugla • computer modelling • Besiktas Fish Market in Istanbul • concrete structure • TeCe Architects • Tülin Hadi and Cem İlhan • educational and cultural buildings and urban schemes • Vehbi Koç Foundation Culture and Education Complex in Gölcük, Kocaeli • two low-rise building blocks • recreational open and semi-open areas • Trafo Architects • Sena Birsen Otay, Sevim Aslan, Deniz Aslan, Ipek Yürekli and Arda Inceoglu • use of materials • seamlessly interconnects buildings and landscape design • Babylon Alaçati • Tekfen Yal kavak Houses and Hotel (2008) • Teget Architecture • Mehmet Kütükçüoglu and Ertug Uçar • massive forms and the spatial experiences • Besiktas Naval Museum • glass facades and viewing platforms on the water • Yapi Kredi Bank Academy Building (2009) • DB Architects • Bünyamin Derman and Dilek Topuz Derman • DB Architects’ and asp Architekten’s 212 shopping mall • Yazgan Design • Kerem and Begüm Yazgan • Orange House (2008) in Ankara • METU Northern Cyprus Campus (2005) • ddrlp • Bo açhan Dündaralp • new means of production • Urban.annex project, designed with Pelin Tan • social and economic problems • Istanbul’s Tuzla shipyards • private and community spaces • socially sustainable urban area • MeMA/merteyiler, mimar atölyesi • Mert Eyiler • Lunchbox project • evin Y ld z • housing settlement constructed out of shipping containers

Abstract

Over the last decade, Turkey has experienced an unprecedented construction boom. Many architects responded with commercial opportunism, collaborating in the design of gated communities and coastal resorts that did not contribute to the overall quality of the built interior. Hülya Erta focuses on the work of eight emerging practices whose integrity and original design approaches set them apart, and provides an alternative path for the future of architecture in Turkey. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.