In the first edition of “PNR.istanbul: Exchange”, new technologies that have been changing the world of design and the emerging markets of the architectural practice have been discussed by globally recognized architects David Gianotten and Melike Altınışık.
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MELIKE ALTINISIK
Melike Altınısık is the Founder and Design Principal of Melike Altınısık Architects – MAA.
She is an award-winning architect, designer and educator, who is dedicated to develop an innovative approach towards architecture, urbanism and design. Her work aims to develop the relational thinking capacities of the architecture in its relation with design technologies.
Since 2006, she has developed her wide range international professional architectural experience by working on significant projects of varying scales from high-rise buildings, masterplans , cultural centres and museums to bespoke furniture designs. Her design work received a number of prestigious design awards including EUROPE 40 under 40, FEIDAD Design Award 07’ and Swiss Art Award. She participated in various national, international and invited architectural competitions, exhibitions and publications. Her work includes prize winning projects such as Istanbul Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower (Istanbul, Turkey – Underconstruction).
Prior to forming her practice in Istanbul, she has worked in London as a Lead Architect with Zaha Hadid Architects (2006-2013).
Besides her professional architectural practice, she has been an invited critic, guest lecturer, speaker and jury member at various institutions such as AA (Architectural Association, London), SAC (Staedelschule of Architecture, Frankfurt), LAU (Lebanese American University, Beirut), ITU (Istanbul Technical University), BU (Bilgi University, Istanbul).
She received a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory, AADRL (2006) in London and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Istanbul Technical University, ITU (2003) in Istanbul with her High Honours.
DAVID GIANOTTEN
David Gianotten is the Managing Partner – Architect of OMA globally, responsible for the overall organizational and financial management, business strategy, and growth of the company in all markets, in addition to his own architectural portfolio.
As Partner-in-Charge, David currently oversees the design and construction of various projects including the Taipei Performing Arts Centre; the Prince Plaza Building in Shenzhen; the KataOMA resort in Bali; the New Museum for Western Australia in Perth; the masterplan of Rotterdam’s Feyenoord City and the design of the new 63,000 seat Stadium Feijenoord; and Amsterdam’s Bajes Kwartier, a conversion of a large 1960s prison complex into a new neighborhood with 1,350 apartments.
David led the design and realization of the MPavilion 2017 in Melbourne and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange headquarters. He was also responsible for the end stages of the CCTV headquarters in Beijing. David’s work has been published worldwide and several of his projects have received international awards, including the 2017 Melbourne Design Awards and the CTBUH Awards in 2013. David gives lectures around the world mainly related to his projects and on topics such as the future development of the architectural profession, the role of context within projects, and speed and risk in architecture.
David joined OMA in 2008, launched OMA’s Hong Kong office in 2009, and became partner in 2010. He became OMA’s global Managing Partner – Architect in 2015 upon his return to the Netherlands after having led OMA’s portfolio in Asia for seven years. Before joining OMA, he was Principal Architect at SeARCH in the Netherlands.
David studied Architecture and Architectural Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, where he has also served as a professor in the Architectural Urban Design and Engineering department since 2016. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Netherlands Asia Honors Summer School.
Bart van Bolhuis
Bart is Consul General for the Netherlands in Istanbul since August 2017.
From 2013 to 2017, Bart was Director for European and International Affairs at the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. During the EU-presidency in 2016 and beyond, he was actively involved areas as climate policy and adaptation, water management, circular economy and smart and green mobility.
From 2009 to 2013, being based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, he was Consul General for Netherlands in the 13 westernmost states of the United States, focusing on mutual investments in innovation, water management, renewable energy, food, nutrition, life science, health and creative industries.
From 2003 to 2009, Bart was Director for Foreign Trade and Investment at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Secretary of the Dutch Trade Board, being at the forefront of private-public cooperation designed to increase Dutch competitiveness in globalizing markets.
Throughout his career in the eighties and nineties Bart held several functions at the Netherlands Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economic Affairs and Finance. He has been involved in the creation of the European Market and the Economic and Monetary Union, in assisting new member states in Eastern Europe to adapt to EU requirements and in positioning Dutch business in these developing markets.
From 1998 to 2002, Bart was head of the Euroteam and secretary of the National Forum for the Introduction of the Euro. In this position, he gave direction to the successful introduction of this new currency in the Netherlands.
Mr Bart van Bolhuis holds a Master’s Degree in European and International Law from the University of Amsterdam.
Banu Binat
Banu Binat is Co-Founder of Binat Communication and Consultancy
Banu graduated from the Austrian St. Georgs College in Istanbul to pursue education in architecture at the Istanbul Technical University. She received her MSc degree from the deparment of industrial design at the same university with a dissertation project on ‘Office Ergonomics’. Having worked as an architect for five years, she later became one of the three founding members of Arkitera Architectural Centre –Turkey’s first digital platform on architecture- and directed the corporate communication and marketing strategies of the centre as an executive editor for six years while at the same time innovating new ideas in sectoral organization. Following to this, she acted as an executive editor at the Building Information Centre (YEM) for two years and then founded Binat Communications and Consultancy in the pursuit of offering consultancy for companies in the construction sector, based on her experience in communications, publishing and marketing. She still takes part in the advisory board of numerous publications and organizations in the industry while also assuming the role of general coordinator at the TAG Platform.
April 3, 2019, Wednesday | 17:30 – 19:30
Salt Galata, Auditorium
17:30-18:00
Registration
18:00-18:05
“What is PNR.istanbul” – Banu Binat | Founder / Binat Communication and
Consultancy
18:05-18.15
“The Vision of Netherlands” – Bart van Bolhuis | Consul General / Consulate General of The Netherlands
18:15-18:45
“New Technologies” – Melike Altınışık | Founder / MAA
18:45-19:15
“Local Impact: The Initiative of the Architect” – David Gianotten | Managing Partner / OMA
19:15-19:30
Q&A
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