YAP İSTANBUL MODERN 2012-2013

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 first edition of the program, Sky Spotting Stop, designed by SO? Architecture and Ideas , presented a constantly transforming landscape. Its ever-moving canopies turned the courtyard into a stop in the city where people could rest, gather, play, or look at the sky. The project was selected from among the proposals submitted by the five finalist architecture teams by a selection committee comprising architectural experts and representatives of Istanbul Modern and the other YAP: Young Architects Program partners.

An international exhibition presenting the designs of the finalists invited to the program in 2013, by MoMA PS1, CONSTRUCTO, MAXXI and Istanbul Modern, was also on view in Istanbul Modern’s pop-up exhibition area.