A Manifesto for The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture
Story
Theory
Addiction
Ghosts
Entropy
Expiry Date
Why Demolish?
CSI
Concrescere
Repair Shop
Venice Charter – Revisited
Learning from
Test Drive
Transformers
The Pool
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Supporters
Türkiye Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia is organised by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye. The co-sponsors of the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition are Schüco and VitrA. Turkish Airlines supports the Türkiye Pavilion as the airline partner.
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A short exhibition tour with the curators
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Supporters
Türkiye Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia is organised by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye. The co-sponsors of the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition are Schüco and VitrA. Turkish Airlines supports the Türkiye Pavilion as the airline partner.
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Shout out to SO? in Places Journal
Jorge Otero-Pailos in conversation with Nancy Levinson and Frances Richard: “Repairing Architecture Schools”
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Supporters
Türkiye Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia is organised by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye. The co-sponsors of the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition are Schüco and VitrA. Turkish Airlines supports the Türkiye Pavilion as the airline partner.
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- UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
- CO-SPONSORS
- AIRLINE PARTNER
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Vencıslav Kurtcelın
“Toplotsentrala” event at the RCSI
An international panel, composed of the curators of the Bulgarian, French, Scottish and Turkish pavilions, discussed their approach and logistics of the pavilions.
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Supporters
Türkiye Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia is organised by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), with support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye. The co-sponsors of the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition are Schüco and VitrA. Turkish Airlines supports the Türkiye Pavilion as the airline partner.
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- WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF
- UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
- CO-SPONSORS
- AIRLINE PARTNER
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Ghost Stories:
Small Buildings
A selection of small buildings documented via the open call.
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Ghost Stories:
Medium Sized Buildings
A selection of medium sized buildings documented via the open call.
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“Architecture is passing through a period where its history is becoming a collaborative life story.”
KoozArch interviewed Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş.
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Nour Fakharany
A Mindset of Revival: Exploring Reuse in Urban Biennales and Pavilions
“In light of the looming climate crisis and the pursuit of sustainability, the concepts of revival and reuse have emerged as crucial strategies in the quest for decarbonization in the architecture industry.”
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2023 – The best pavilions
Ghost Stories is among the pavilions Federica Lusiardi found most interesting.
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“It’s the People Who Keep Buildings Alive”
Article written by Maria-Cristina Florian.
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In Conversation with SO?
ArchDaily talked to Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş about their intervention Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture.
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Images from the exhibition
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The book accompanying the project is published
The book bearing the same title as the exhibition is a source of inspiration and information not only for architects, but also for anyone who enjoys contemplating the built environment around them.
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Sevince is a guest on Talking Architecture
Talking Architecture is a podcast on architectural narrative, buildings, and the stories they tell.
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Ghost Stories: Istanbul
A selection of unused buildings in Istanbul documented via the open call.
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2023: Indignation without architecture
“Some national exhibitions interpret the theme of sustainability in different and wonderfully complementary ways. This is the case of the Turkish Pavilion, which shows great intellectual honesty in denouncing the excess of building, functional to the country’s unbridled economy and political regime, and expounds methods and techniques for reusing abandoned or apparently obsolete buildings.”
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Ghost Stories:
Large Buildings
A selection of large buildings documented via the open call.
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Ghost Stories: Accommodation Buildings
A selection of unused accommodation buildings documented via the open call.
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What is architecture?
Sevince and Oral respond to WIA’s questions.
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Ghost Stories: Muğla
A selection of unused buildings in Muğla documented via the open call.
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INTERVIEW BY SERRA UTKUM IKIZ
Discussion with curators of Türkiye Pavilion
“The exhibition aims to foster discussions on innovative approaches to repurposing and reinforcing existing structures, showcasing examples of technological advancements.”
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Türkiye Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Turkey presents Ghost Stories of abandoned buildings at Venice Architecture Biennale
Tom Ravenscroft’s report.
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15 Must-Sees at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023
Türkiye Pavilion is among the selection.
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Ghost Stories: İzmir
A selection of unused buildings in İzmir documented via the open call.
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Images from the installation process of the exhibition
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Ghost Stories: Education Buildings
A selection of unused education buildings documented via the open call.
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Ghost Stories: Factories
A selection of unused factory buildings documented via the open call.
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Türkiye Pavilion is on the Wallpaper magazine’s list of ‘what to look forward to’
‘[Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture] takes a more theoretical path with its display…’
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The first presentation of the project was at ‘The Pool’
The project was introduced to the public with a presentation by the curators at the pool area of Istanbul Planning Agency’s Florya campus, which was transformed by the curators into an event hall.
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You are invited to the first presentation of the project
The first press conference of the project will take place on Wednesday, 5 April 2023, at the Pool area of Istanbul Planning Agency’s Florya Campus.
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WORKSHOP + LECTURE
Rethink the Courtyard / Test Drive in Brno
At the Faculty of Architecture of Brno University of Technology, SO? will be asking: Can we redefine architecture to respond to the ongoing economic, political, and sociological crisis? Can we rethink our priorities while designing a space by using the courtyard as a case study?
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Ghost Stories: Residential Buildings
A selection of unused residential buildings documented via the open call.
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Announcement
Open Call for the Ghost Stories
You are invited!
‘In an environment where construction is done not for spatial needs but for the continuity of economic cycles, our priority has to be to transform the vacant structures instead of building new ones.’
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What is The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture?
Elizabeth Fisher argues that, rather than hunting tools, the first cultural device of humans was probably a carrier bag, which let them transport the vegetables they gathered. A weapon-wielding man, however, is apparently a more captivating image to depict on the walls of a cave than a food-carrying scene. …
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What is this exhibition about?
This exhibition is about transforming the existing structures.
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Biennial tickets are purchasable
The early bird tickets for the 18th International Architecture Exhibition are available until 30 March 2023.
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Who is working for the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia?
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Follow the project and the outcome of the open call:
SO? Selected as Curators of the Pavilion of Turkey at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Named Ghost Stories: Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture, the installation questions how architects can transform buildings instead of demolishing or leaving them to their fate to reveal hopeful proposals for the future.
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Private Swimming Pool Becomes Public Hall
The starting point was to transform the existing with minimum budget and intervention.
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CURATORS
Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş
Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş founded SO? Architecture and Ideas in 2007 after they got their bachelor’s degree in architecture in 2005 from Istanbul Technical University. In 2013, they won the Young Architects Program awarded by MoMA PS1, creating Sky Spotting Stop for Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, which was exhibited in MoMA and MAXXI. …
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NEWS
Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
The two-stage open call to determine the project has been finalised. The Selection Committee consisting of Aslı Çiçek, Prof. Dr. Ayşen Savaş, Neyran Turan, Han Tümertekin and Ertuğ Uçar announced the result of their evaluation to the public.
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Türkiye Pavilion
Türkiye Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia is organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV).