Cose Turche

Thursday 3 July, at Rome's MAXXI Museum, a conversation of 6 voices about Istanbul, organised by Insula with Based Architecture, tells the metamorphosis of the Turkish metropolis.

MAXXI and Insula architettura e ingegneria with Based Architecture present “Cose Turche”, a conversation of six voices about Istanbul, aimed to recognize and trace the pulsating identity of a metropolis, which is able, with its current metamorphosis, to tell us about significant pieces of the third millennium urban culture.

In apertura: Emre Arolat Architects, Moschea Sancaklar, Istanbul, Turchia, 2012. Qui sopra: Emre Arolat Architects. Zorlu Center, Istanbul, Turchia, 2008 — Top: Emre Arolat Architects, Sancaklar Mosque, Istanbul (Turkey) 2012. Above: Emre Arolat Architects, Zorlu Center. Istanbul (Turkey) 2008. Photos © Emre Arolat Architects

Memory Architecture and public space in the XXI century. Now more than ever, Turkey in general and in particular Istanbul are undergoing a major cultural and economic change, that is closely implicated with urban development and territorial morphological transformation, in a tight twine between the urban politics, the rewriting history, economic expansion and collective partecipation – that are paradigmatic issues of contemporary metropolis.

Insula architettura e ingegneria, Francesco Cellini and Atelye 70, Yenikapi transfer point e Archaeo Park (Turkey), 2012 (competition first prize). Photo © Insula architettura e ingegneria

The conference is held by eminent names in the culture architectural and urban culture scene, and it is intended to be the occasion for a diffuse reflection about Istanbul urban development and the impressive transformation the city has been deeply involving in.

Atelye 70, Nuovo Masterplan per la città di Bursa Nilüfer, Turchia, 2012 (progetto in corso). Photo © Atelye 70 — Atelye 70, New Bursa Nilüfer Masterplan (Turkey), 2013 (ongoing project). Photo © Atelye 70

Thursday 3 July 2014, h 20
Cose Turche/ARCHITECTURE IN ISTANBUL. Implications and meaning of a changing metropolis
A project by: Insula architettura e ingegneria with BasedArchitecture
Museo MAXXI, Spazio Yap

Participants:
Serhan Ada, Istanbul Bilgi University
Emre Arolat, Emre Arolat Architects
Eugenio Cipollone, Insula architettura e ingegneria
Doğu Kaptan, Atelye70
Ömer Yılmaz, Arkitera

Moderator:
Francesco Garofalo, Università di Chieti-Pescara e Cornell University

Cose Turche

Thursday 3 July, at Rome's MAXXI Museum, a conversation of 6 voices about Istanbul, organised by Insula with Based Architecture, tells the metamorphosis of the Turkish metropolis.

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