Bio Istanbul
Istanbul (Turkey)
Many places claim to being a ‘crossroads’ of cultures and civilizations, but none probably has greater claim to that than Turkey.
Turkey is home to the only city that straddles two continents, whose many names – Byzantium, Nova Roma, Constantinople, and Istanbul – testify to the country’s occidental and oriental cultural influences. However, it is instead the other way round: it is the history of that region that has defined the continents as we know them today.
From this perspective, we propose our selection of materials with the aim of creating a new ecological landscape system, result of a natural, cultural and economic balance.
We look at materials, that somehow, they have been for centuries and they are still in site and we carry them to effectiveness extreme, to get a smart design, construction and use.
Client
BIO ISTANBUL
Location
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Status
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Date
2012
Team Leaders
Pablo Oriol, Fernando Rodríguez
Collaborators
Carmen Paz, Mara Sánchez,
Pastora Cotero, Paul Schägner,
Inés Olavarrieta
Consultants
Prointec