About this Event
We are delighted to invite you to our first MIM TALKS event of the year titled "Contemporary Turkish Architecture in Stone" featuring renowned artist Gökhan Karakuş. Mr. Karakus will explore the diverse typologies of natural stone from Turkey, showcasing various options such as marble, travertine, volcanic stone (basalt, andesite, Kayseri, Unye), limestone, Cappadocian stones, hard stones like dolomite (Marmara Island), and transparent onyx.
With examples from contemporary Turkish architecture highlighting the utilization of these stones by prominent architects such as Nevzat Sayın, Han Tümertekin, Gokhan Avcioglu, Emre Arolat, and Boran Ekinci.
Mr. Karakus will spotlight a striking architectural marvel in New York City, the Brooklyn Tower designed by Shop Architects, which prominently features Ademoglu marbles on its exterior facade. Mr. Karakus will also be highlighting his research in structuiral stone architecture. This serves as a remarkable example of the fusion of Turkish stones with international architecture. Finally he will talk about archaeology and his own designs archaeotecture in Stone in Turkey.
Event Program:
6.00 - 6.30 pm: Registration
7.00 - 8.00 pm: Presentation
8.00 - 10.00 pm: Networking Cocktail Service
We extend our gratitude to our sponsor, Alimoglu Marble, whose support has made this event possible.
Special thanks to the Turkish Consulate General in New York for their ongoing support and for providing the event venue.
We are proud to announce that this event is eligible for AIA credit, providing an enriching opportunity for professional development.
About Gökhan Karakuş
Gökhan Karakuş is an Istanbul-based designer, curator, historian, architecture critic and theorist who focuses on the indigenous in modern architecture and design. He studied architectural history and theory at the Columbia University and Vassar College in New York. He is the founder and director of Emedya Design, an interactive and environmental design studio that has completed a number of large scale wayfinding projects in Turkey that have been published internationally. He has taught design and architecture at Istanbul Technical University (1999-2014), Politecnico di Milano, and Bilgi University, Istanbul.Mr. Karakuş is a regular contributor to leading global architecture publications such as The Architect’s Journal, Architectural Record, Dwell, and Wallpaper; he was Editorial Director of Natura, Stone Architecture and Interiors from 2011-2015. He is also a curator of exhibitions on architecture and design such as Hyperarchaic Tectonics at the London Design Festival 2014, The Smooth and the Striated Digital Art by Architects at the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair 2013 (focused on computational design as art) and most recently Atölye Maslak (2015) on Istanbul’s craft and maker community in the Maslak industrial district. He is reviewer and nominator for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. He has been on the Advisory Board for the Turkish National Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennial (2014) and the Istanbul Design Biennial (2016).
About The Brooklyn Tower
Designed by the award-winning SHoP Architects, the Tower is a multi-faceted building, rich in materiality, its shimmering bronzes, marble whites and deep blacks at once dramatic and playful. The cascading setbacks and soaring columns take inspiration from the beautiful Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, lifting that historic building’s hexagonal form to pierce the sky in a dazzling new way.
The Brooklyn Tower is a monumental achievement. A testament to the power of history, to the beauty of geometry and the art of the possible.
The Brooklyn Tower is an inspired response to a unique site in the center of the borough’s commercial district, occupying a triangular block facing Albee Square and bound by DeKalb Avenue, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Fleet Street. The influence of the landmarked Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn can be seen in both the silhouette, geometries, and materiality of the Tower.
About Alimoglu Marble
Alimoğlu Marble, which has become a world brand in the marble industry since 1940, started its activities as a small marble-mosaic workshop 84 years ago, today using the advanced mining and natural stone processing technologies required by the era with its quarries in different regions of Turkey and integrated factories in Afyonkarahisar.
Alimoğlu Marble takes marble, travertine and natural stones, which are the precious gifts of nature, from nature's lap and processes them in international standard sizes and special project-based sizes in its modern facilities with its expert staff. It offers its products with registered quality to all countries of the world, especially the USA, Europe and the Far East, according to the current trends and needs of architects and the construction industry. Alimoğlu Marble, with its professional and corporate structure under the leadership of İbrahim ALIMOĞLU, is proud of its contribution to the Turkish economy and the beauties it offers to the people of the world, while continuing its increasing success and progress towards the future as an exemplary business with an environmental awareness and social responsibility awareness.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Turkevi Center, 823 United Nations Plaza, New York, United States
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