Amerikan Mimarlar Enstitüsü (AIA) Avrupa Birimi tarafından, Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi, Mimarlar Odası Genel Merkezi ve Yapı-Endüstri Merkezi’nin (YEM) desteğiyle gerçekleştirilen “İstanbul: Tarih, Kültür, Mimarlık Katmanları†toplantısı, Peter Cook’un nefis sunumu ile başladı.
“Yüksek Mühendis Mektebi’nden Ä°stanbul Teknik Ãœniversitesi’ne – Bir Dönüşümün Öyküsü ve Anılarâ€, mimarlar ve mimarlık mesleÄŸine ilgi duyanlar için keyifle okunacak bir anı kitabı olarak hazırlandı.
As you may know, Istanbul is designated as 2010 European Capital of Culture together with Essen-Germany, Pecs-Hungary by European Union. The American Institute of Architects / Continental Europe (AIACE) will hold its annual conference in April 2010 in Istanbul with support from Yildiz Technical University, Turkish Chamber of Architects and Building Information Centre. The theme of the conference is Istanbul: Layers of History, Culture, Architecture. The conference program focuses on the urban and architectural issues of the city coupled with tours to spots of architectural importance. The program also includes a workshop to produce ideas on Istanbul. The updated information on the conference takes place at http://aiaeurope.org.
An exhibition titled PLATFORM FOR ARCHITECTURE is being organized to bring together works of world architects, at Building Information Centre between the dates 08-12 April 2010 paralleling the AIACE Conference. We will be honored to invite you to join the exhibition with your work that meets the criteria outlined below. The exhibition will be viewed by members of AIA and Turkish Chamber of Architects, industry leaders, participants from related disciplines and students. A catalog of displayed projects is planned to be published and distributed to exhibitors. Marmara Professionals Federation is the coordinator of the exhibition and architectureplatform acts as scientific and professional advisor.
Calender
1-Â Â Â Please complete Exhibition Participation Form and email it to info@architectureplatform.com together with a copy of bank receipt showing the payment of exhibition fee by 04 January 2010.
2-Â Â Â Your CD/DVD should be delivered to the address below by 01 February 2010.
Criteria for displayed work
The projects sent should be built within the past 10 years and should display experimental architectural features.
Board specifications
Please see the attached drawing for board specifications. Participants should send their work only in DIGITAL format (Board size 60×160 cm – equals to 24 inches by 64 inches, 300 dpi resolution and saved at TIFF / JPEG / EPS formats). Other formats can not be accepted.
Information on CD/DVD
AÂ CD or DVD can be send. CD/DVD should include,
- Board/boards should be prepared based on the format explained above and should be saved (TIFF / JPEG / EPS) ready for plot.
- All material on the boards (Photographs, drawings and text) should also be saved in a folder for each Project submitted (300 dpi). Text should be in Word (DOC) format, photographs and drawings should be in TIFF / JPEG / EPS format. Autocad, Archicad and or other formats will not be accepted.
Mailing address for CD/DVD
CD/DVD should be send via courier to the address below and must be received by 01 February 2010. Deliveries after this date can not be accepted.
Address:
Office of Platform for Architecture
Marmara Calisanlar Federasyonu
Marmara Professionals Federation
Molla Gurani Cd. No.28
Findikzade, Istanbul
Turkey
Exhibition Coordination Group
Burcu C. Celik (Architect, Istanbul), Serkan Palabiyik (Architect, YTU Faculty of Architecture), Niyazi Sahin (Secretary General, Marmara Professionals Federation), Serkan Uysal (Architect, YTU Faculty of Architecture),
Exhibition Advisors Group
Cengiz Bektas (Architect, Bektas Architectural Workshop), Durmus Dilekci (Architect, Uras + Dilekci Architects), Murat Soygenis (Architect, YTU Faculty of Architecture), Bora Soykut (Architect, Istanbul)
Contact: info@architectureplatform.com
