Flying Garden Address: Ortaköy Square, Beşiktaş Belediyesi, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates 41.047203°, 29.026958°
Team Flying Garden Sevince Bayrak, Oral Göktaş, Sevinç Yüksel, Emre Üngör, Ana Latorre Martinez, Hazal Seval, Julia Tarsten, Arda Bakıryol, Büşra Ekici, Laura Villeret, Chiara Vaccaro and Zeynep Hagur (Plantation)
SO? Founded in 2007 by Sevince Bayrak (PhD, ITU, 2014) and Oral Göktaş (MArch, ITU, 2009), SO? Architecture and Ideas is an Istanbul based studio focusing on design, architecture and urbanism. They won numerous awards in competitions and their articles and projects have been published in a number of magazines. In 2013, they won the Young Architects Program by MOMA/PS1, creating Sky Spotting Stop for Istanbul Modern that was exhibited in MOMA and MAXXI and published in the „Architekturführer Istanbul“ by Hendrik Bohle and Jan Dimog. Other important projects: Urban Age 2009 with LSE Cities, Cityness, Test Tube in Rotterdam, Air Field in Istanbul and Unexpected Hill in London. Most recently, they won the invited competition by Royal Academy of Arts, and their project, which is an installation made by ceramics, Unexpected Hill was open to public in London until the 20th of September 2015. In December 2015, they were invited to Istanbul exhibition in MAXXI, and their installation Lost Barrier was realized in Rome. The duo gave lectures in various symposiums and conferences in different cities such as London, Florence and Rome. Sevince Bayrak recently finished her PhD dissertation titled as “The Square” on Beyazıt Square and evolution of public space and she is currently teaching at MEF University. Oral Göktaş is an adjunct professor at Bilgi University.
Ortaköy A neighbourhood (literally 'Middle Village' in Turkish) within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with communities of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Jews. Today the neighbourhood still hosts many different religious (Muslim, Jewish, Orthodox, and other Christian) structures. It is also a popular spot for locals and tourists alike, with its art galleries, night clubs, cafés, bars, and restaurants. The Neo-Baroque style Ortaköy Mosque is a beautifully ornate structure, right on the jetty of Ortaköy, bordering the waters of the Bosphorus, and thus highly visible from the passing boats. (Wikipedia)
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