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Independent spatial practice
Istanbul, Türkiye
District / 03Questions before answers

Research as
spatial practice.

Mapping, archival reading, fieldwork and visual documentation.
Research for living cities.

01 / Adaptive reuse / Industrial heritage

Reuse & continuity

Architecture begins with what is already there. Existing structures, material traces and archival readings offer a way to work with continuity rather than erasure.

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02 / Archives / Mapping / Fieldwork

Urban memory

The city can be read through its fragments, thresholds and layers. Mapping, fieldwork and visual documentation sit alongside architectural production.

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03 / Circularity / Spatial justice

Living cities

Research-led spatial work connects cultural and social layers with questions of circularity and spatial justice. It is part of the design process, from reading a place to developing a strategic framework.

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