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Revealing Istanbul - The city between two Continents | Studio-X Rio

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Channel: Columbia GSAPP · 2016 · Education

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Selva Gürdoğan and Gregers Tang Thomsen are partners at Superpool, architecture practice based in Istanbul, and directors of Studio-X. Their experience in both endeavors creates a platform of debate and action through which they are able to explore this city between two continents.

Selva and Gregers first met at Rem Koolhaas’ studio Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 2003, where they worked until establishing their own practice. The work of Superpool has been largely exhibited at outstanding places like the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen, Museum for Angewandte Kunst Köln (MAKK) and Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, as well at various biennales such as the 2009 Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, the 2012 Istanbul Design Biennale and the 2013 3rd Lisbon Architecture Triennale.

The branch of Studio-X in Istanbul explores the city’s state of art enabling knowledge exchange among experts, universities, civil society organizations and local governance; supports everyone who would like to do something on urban issues. It works in coordination with Columbia Global Centers inTurkey.

The lecture invites the audience to face Istanbul’s potentials and challenges through the lenses of practice and research.

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