MY ARCHITECTURE VISION 

Architecture begins with a request: a spatial requirement, necessity or desire. Answering this request begins with an idea, captured in an initial sketch which imagines and represents it, makes the idea tangible and negotiable. What follows is a search for the most suitable, optimal solution within the given physical, social and cultural context. For this reason, every solution is unique... 

In my work I am continually aware of the impact which the choices made in a design will have on its users. After all, every solution changes the natural and cultural landscape, and the quality of a space affects the behaviour of those using it. This demands a great deal of care and precision on the part of the architect. For me, architecture has two sides: the rational and the irrational. First of all, I believe that architecture must be so functional that it works like a 'machine' or an 'organism'. On the other hand, the fascinating thing about architecture is precisely that the creative process is intangible and based on intuition, memories and experience. As an architect trained in Istanbul, I have chosen my own path within this context. I began by immersing myself in the city's ubiquitous history and by valuing (or re-valuing) it through restoration. For architecture forms an important part of one's collective memory: in my view, the past is the foundation for the present, it gives direction to today and so forms the future. My interest lies mainly in tracing this irrational dimension of architecture and, further, the sustainability of historical buildings. For this very reason I aim to transform cultural values into contemporary and current solutions.