PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

ORGANISING UNIVERSITIES INVOLVED UNIVERSITIES

MEDIA PARTNER

DATESThe event will take place in Istanbul from the 2nd - 9th of July 2013.

INVITED PROFESSORS AND PROFESSIONALSEmre Arolat EAA - Mimarlık - Istanbul, Stefano Boeri Architect and editor – Milan,

Eduard Bru Bistuer ETSAB – Barcelona, Giancarlo Mazzanti Mazzanti architects - Bogotá, Manuel Mateus , Mateus Architects – Lisbon, Han Tumertekin Han Tumertekin, Architect –

Istanbul, Manuel Gausa UNIGE-Genova/ Dean IAAC-Barcelona, Mehmet Kütücküoğlü Teğet Mimarlık - Istanbul, Francisco Burgos ETSAM - Burgos y Garrido, Luca Molinari, critic and curator - Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Frederic Levrat Columbia

University - NY, Gennaro Postiglione Politecnico di Milano, Remo Dorigati Politecnico di Milano, Murat Vefkioğlu Architect-Urban Designer – Istanbul, Burcu Kütücküoğlü Bilgi

University, Deniz Inceday Mimar Sinan University, Hayriye Esbah Istanbul Teknik University, Nezih Aysel Mimar Sinan University , Yüksel Demir Istanbul Teknik University,

Blanca Lleó ETSAM – Madrid, Flavio Barbini UAL-Lisbon, SO? Mimarlık - Istanbul, SuperPool Mimarlık - Istanbul, Buket Bas Architect, Paolo Belloni Politecnico di Milano,

Ana Hidalgo ICOA Istanbul, Mariona Benain AJAC Catalonia

PROGRAM Eight days workshop in a small working groups about a project with urban relevance.

Lectures by tutors and professors. Lectures hold by invited professors with international relevance. Final presentation and exhibition of the projects with invited institutions. Private

architectural offices invited to participate with their projects. Cultural Institutions will be involved in the program.

LOCATIONThe lectures and seminars will be hosted in the Istanbul Modern within the scope of YAP

Istanbul Modern. The workshops with students will take place at the Chamber of Architects, Tütün Deposu-DEPO.The final presentation will take place at Istanbul Modern Museum.

ADMISSIONThe participation to the workshop involves the payment of a fee for an amount of 300 euros, including tutoring and the participation to all the activities, lectures, documentation. Travel,

room and board are excluded. To formalize the entry candidates have to send their request to the organization with a synthetic portfolio and, after the acceptance, they have to finalize

the entry with the payment of the fee. Fellowships or any other economical support has to be asked to the universities or institutions of origin. People interested in participating has to

send an e-mail to info@thinkingtheedge.com to receive the relative information. The deadline for the submission is fixed for May the 31st 2013.

CREDITS The recognition of academic credits is demanded to each University. At the end of the

workshop all the participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

PROMOTED BYArchiforum, ICOA Istanbul, Politecnico di Milano.

WITH THE PATRONAGE AND COLLABORATION OF Istanbul Chamber of Architects, Istanbul Modern within the scope of YAP ISTANBUL

MODERN, ARKITERA, YEM – Yapi Endustri Merkezi, Instituto Cervantes – Istanbul, The Italian Institute of Culture – Istanbul, Spanish Institute of Foreign Commerce ICEX - Ankara,

AJAC Asociación Jóvenes Arquitectos de Cataluña, COAC Colegio de Arquitectos de Cataluña ETSAM Madrid, Bilgi University, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul Teknik

University, Kadir Has University.

For more information please visit www.thinkingtheedge.com

THINKING THE EDGE – WATER & CULTURE Istanbul July 2013 is an internat ional , mult idiscipl inary archi tectural event that wi l l take place in Istanbul, focusing on bui lding a natural environment and the not ion of edge as a dynamic interchange among real i t ies, mater ia ls, cul tures, ident i t ies and memories.

THINKING THE EDGE – WATER & CULTURE was born as a resul t of the previous successes of Thinking The Edge Mi lano 2010 and Water Front Hong Kong 2011. Istanbul provides the per fect set t ing for an archi tectural event that explores the dynamic relat ions between water and cul ture, exempl i f ied by an ever changing, mult icul tural society and i ts beloved Bosphorus.

THINKING THE EDGE – WATER & CULTURE events wi l l include: WORKSHOPS at tended by students f rom twelve universi t ies al l over the wor ld, SEMINARS and ROUND TABLES chaired by prominent representat ives of the archi tectural and interdiscipl inary f ie lds, as wel l as EXHIBITIONS and a COMPETITION opened to students and professionals. The event wi l l provide a forum and oppor tuni ty to meet a var iety of wel l - renowned archi tects f romTurkey and from abroad.

WATER AND CULTURE

THINKING THEEDGE

0 2 - 0 9 | 0 7 | 2 0 1 3 I S TA N B U L

an archi tecture internat ional meet ing

in ISTANBUL - TURKEY

workshops

lectures and round tables

exhibi t ions