YAP İSTANBUL MODERN
Initiated by Istanbul Modern in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and MoMA PS1 in 2012, the YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program was held biannually during the summer; and offered young, emerging architects the opportunity to design a temporary installation in Istanbul Modern’s courtyard. The program’s aim was to encourage architects to address environmental issues such as sustainability, re-use, and re-cycling, and to explore innovative design ideas providing elements of shade, water, and seating that would increase the possibilities of use in open-air spaces.
In the second edition of the program, ALL THAT IS SOLID, designed by PATTU (Cem Kozar and Işıl Ünal), drew on the industrial heritage of the area, serving both as a reminder of the past and as a statement about the future of an area on the verge of change once again. It was selected from among the proposals submitted by the five finalist teams by a jury comprising architectural experts and representatives of Istanbul Modern and the other YAP: Young Architects Programs.
An international exhibition presenting the designs of the finalists invited to the program in 2014 and 2015, by MoMA PS1, CONSTRUCTO, MAXXI, MMCA, and Istanbul Modern, was also on view in Istanbul Modern’s pop-up exhibition area.
| Program Coordinators & Finalists Exhibition Curators | Çelenk Bafra, Pelin Derviş |
| YAP Istanbul Modern 2014-2015 Finalists and Projects | |
| PATTU (Istanbul), ALL THAT IS SOLID | |
| Ali Sinan & Hasan Okan Çetin (Ankara), Whisper of Trees | |
| FLAT C (London-Istanbul), House of Ropes | |
| Herkes İçin Mimarlık (Istanbul), Collective Ground | |
| Young & Ayata (New York), The Bosphorus Grove | |
| Selection Committee | |
| Suha Özkan (Architect, President of the Jury) | |
| Oya Eczacıbaşı (Chair of the Board, İstanbul Modern) | |
| Emre Arolat (Architect) | |
| Melkan Gürsel Tabanlıoğlu (Mimar) | |
| Han Tümertekin (Architect) | |
| Çelenk Bafra (Curator, İstanbul Modern) | |
| Levent Çalıkoğlu (Director and Chief Curator, İstanbul Modern) | |
| Pelin Derviş (YAP İstanbul Modern Coordinator) | |
| Barry Bergdoll (Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA) | |
| Pedro Gadanho (Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA) | |
| Pippo Ciorra (Senior Curator, MAXXI Architettura) | |
| Geuntae Park (Curator, MMCA) | |
| Jeannette Plaut (Director, CONSTRUCTO) | |
| Marcelo Sarovic (Director, CONSTRUCTO) |
Back To Top