The Studio-X network, a brainchild of former dean Mark Wigley of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, New York - USA, is an Urban Laboratory housed within the Borusan buildings in Salıpazarı, Beyoğlu. With the first Studio-X space established in NY and later expanded to Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Beijing, Johannesburg and now Istanbul, a network has been established that can carry a global discussion of “What is the future of cities?”
The 600m2 split-level space is planned such that a multitude of exhibitions, workshops, lectures and research can take place in parallel or independently in a variety of configuration. No setup is permanet as the space is continuously rearranged, permanently under transformation.
The space, formerly housed an insurance branch, called for a dramatic change to accommodate and inspire new ideas, thus apart from being stripped from its previously multiple layers of gypsum-board poche, two holes were blown into the concrete deck to allow for better interaction between the different levels of the studio.
Team:
Selva Gürdoğan, Gregers Tang Thomsen, Derya İyikul, Oscar de Bakker, Ruggero Droghetti, Vincent Kaptein, Zuhal Kocan
Type: Commission
Size: 600 m2
Client: GSAPP, Columbia University
Location: Istanbul - Turkey
Status: Completed