PRESS RELEASE: Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) to launch Studio-X Istanbul.
NEW YORK, 7 November, 2013 - The Studio-X
global network of research laboratories for exploring the future of the built
environment will add a location in Turkey. Mark Wigley, Dean of the Graduate
School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University
(GSAPP) in the City of New York, who initiated the project in 2008, will travel
to Istanbul this week with key faculty members to launch the newest node of the
network: Studio-X Istanbul.
With locations in the lively downtown cores
of Amman, Beijing, Johannesburg, Mumbai, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and
now Istanbul, the Studio-X forms a new kind of architecture for real-time
exchange of projects, people, and ideas between regional leadership cities. It
enables the best minds from Columbia University to think together with the best
minds in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia -
rebooting the global conversation in which Istanbul will play a leadership
role.
“Istanbul is a generous city,” said Dean
Wigley. “Any time you dig a hole in the streets of Istanbul you discover yet
another civilization. In this remarkable multi-layered place generating new
modes of thinking and new ways of sharing ideas about the built environment
with colleagues around the world is not only an opportunity but an act of
responsibility. It is a great honor to be here."
Turkish architect Selva Gürdoğan, the
Director of the Studio-X Istanbul, will develop research projects and free
events such as lectures, workshops, seminars and exhibitions that foster a new
form of discussion on the future of cities. “Studio-X Istanbul is energized by
its given context, and seeks to return the favor by stimulating and inspiring
the local, regional and global communities,” says Selva Gürdoğan.
Studio-X Istanbul has been in development
for over a year and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and
Preservation has been active in Istanbul for the last years conducting events,
research and design projects in the city and organizing lectures and
conferences by Turkish artists and architects in New York. Throughout this
time, the School has developed many partnerships with the community of
Istanbul, which has played an important role in the establishment of Studio-X
Istanbul.
Dean Wigley will lead a delegation of
faculty and staff from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at
Columbia University consisting of Mark Wasiuta, Director of Exhibitions and
co-director of the CCCP Program; Julia Fishkin, Director of Development, Global
Networks; Marina Otero, Director of Global Network Programming; and Nora Akawi,
Curator of the Studio-X Amman Lab. Also participating in the opening events
will be Ipek Cem Taha, Director of Columbia Global Centers in Turkey. Columbia
University’s Global Center in Istanbul will work closely with Studio-X on
developing programs across disciplines, with a focus on the city and
sustainable practices.
Opening events are scheduled to take place
at the Studio-X Istanbul, from November 8 – 9, 2013. In conjunction with the
launch of the newest node in the Studio-X Global Network, Studio-X Istanbul
will host the opening of the exhibition Collecting Architecture Territories on
November 8th and the Istanbul Minutes on November 9th. The schedule of
events is as follows:
SCHEDULE OF OPENING EVENTS AT STUDIO-X
ISTANBUL
November 8-9, 2013
Friday, November 8th:
19:30 Exhibition Opening: Collecting
Architectural Territories
One of the most significant developments
reshaping the intersection of art and architectural practice over the last
three decades is the veritable explosion of institutions and foundations that
have emerged out of private art collections. Collecting Architecture
Territories is a research, and teaching project that attempts to assess the
breadth and diversity of such institutions–they range from experimental new
museums to renovated industrial, commercial, or military buildings–and to map
the effects of these institutions on conventional museological practices and
forms of collecting. A salient feature of these foundations and art centers is
their wide geographic distribution. They are often located far from the
historical centers of power, operating across a new constellation of global
cities, and increasingly, a range of “non-sites.” One of the central hypotheses
of the research is that we are presently witnessing a shift in the historical
relationship between architecture and collecting practices, one that inherited
conceptions of the museum no longer adequately describe.
20:00 Welcome by Selva Gürdoğan, Director of
Studio-X Istanbul.
20:05 Opening speech by Dean Mark Wigley.
21:00 KONTRATALKS presented by KONTRAAKT with
Cem Kozar | Pattu, Cansu Akarsu, Kübra
Saygın | Happy Baby Carrier,
Tangör Tan | İstanbul Yiyecek İçecek Grubu
22:00 Uninvited Jazz Band with Istanbul
Lindy Hoppers
with
delicious food prepared by Didem Şenol. Talks in English and Turkish.
Saturday, November 9th:
13:00 - 17:00 Istanbul Minutes moderated by
Dean Mark Wigley and Mark
Wasiuta.
This conversation will bring together a
group of collectors, architects, artists, historians and theorists, to discuss
architecture, collecting practices and new institutions. This event will be in
English.
VENUE
Studio-X Istanbul
Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi
35A
34433 Salıpazarı
Istanbul, Turkey
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Columbia University Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Mark Wigley, Dean
Founded in 1881, the Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York
City, also known simply as GSAPP, is a vibrant hive of continuous activity
energizing its longstanding world leadership role in the experimental, the
academic, and the global. The school confers Masters Degrees in Architecture, Advanced
Architectural Design, Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Planning, Historic
Preservation, Real Estate Development, and Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual
Practices in Architecture as well as a Doctoral Degrees in Architecture and
Urban Planning. All programs share a commitment to both professional training
and research. The curriculum and philosophy stress the necessity of analyzing
and challenging the underlying history, premises, and future directions of the
design professions, even as students are prepared to become accomplished
practitioners in their respective fields of specialization.
arch.columbia.edu
Columbia Global Centers | Turkey
Ipek Cem Taha, Director
Columbia Global Centers | Turkey, active in
Istanbul since 2011, is one of eight Columbia Global Centers operating around
the world. The Center’s projects aim to engage the University with issues,
ideas and counterparts in Turkey and the region through collaborations across a
number of fields, including sustainable development, cultural heritage and art
history, historical dialogue and reconciliation, gender equality, press
freedom, education, public health and the future of cities.
globalcenters.columbia.edu/istanbul
Studio-X Global Network Initiative
Studio-X is a global network of advanced
research laboratories for exploring the future of cities launched in 2008 by
Mark Wigley, Dean of GSAPP. With Studio-X locations in the historic hearts of
Beijing, Istanbul, Mumbai, New York, Rio de Janeiro and labs in Amman and Tokyo
it is the first truly global network for real-time exchange of projects,
people, and ideas between regional leadership cities in which the best minds
from Columbia University can think together with the best minds in Latin
America, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
arch.columbia.edu/studiox
Studio-X Istanbul is grateful for leadership
support of BORUSAN HOLDING and support from the ENKA
FOUNDATION.
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