Above is an illustration that I have created.
On this Video I talk about the current architectural movements that are dominating the architectural world as of today. Continue reading
The Architectural Movements of our Era
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Monthly Archives: August 2016
FICTION – Tomsk 2046, Part 1, On Domestic Life
It was a cold February afternoon at the -20’s celsius in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Lake Tom was fully frozen, and there were no signs of traditional winter swimming festivities around the river—another dying Russian tradition. Spending his 124th day without leaving his home, Arseny spent an hour between the unconscious and subconscious as he slowly woke up in his fully orthopedic bed. The past 4 years he had repetitive dreams of falling, in some dreams he was falling in an airplane and in other dreams he was falling down from a building, but the theme was all the same, a terrifying feeling of rapid descent. On some occasions his dreams haunted him for up to 3 hours after he had woken up. He wanted to get back on a normal sleep schedule, since he promised his newly divorced mom Alexandra that he would go with her to an all inclusive beach resort near the city of Latakia located in the Russian state of western Syria. He took a glance at his alarm clock which read 4:53 from a distance. From the day light outside he couldn’t discern wether it was morning or the afternoon, he had completely lost track of time. The clock for him was nothing more than meaningless numbers.
The Theory of an Evolution Break
We think we can outsmart nature’s rules by constantly creating alternatives to its ways, but she has a secret weapon for taking back what is rightfully hers. It’s called population decline. And its weapon does not utilize a virus or a natural catastrophe like a tsunami or an earthquake, her weapon lingers in our own mind and belief system. if you are a smart independent thinker, chances are high that you are already a victim of it.
One only needs to look at global population growth statics in order to see the larger picture. Is it by luck that developed nation states are not reproducing well enough where some are experiencing population decline? is it by chance that Sergey the computer scientist from Talinn in his late 30s has no kids and waiting patiently for the right match via online dating sites, but Abdul the villager at the age of 32 from kabul has 11 kids from his 2 wives both through arranged marriages? Continue reading
The Presence of Absence
One of the most important lessons i extracted from composing music through many trials and errors was learning the importance of silence in critical parts of a composition. art is not a cake where you can add more and more icing assuming that it will get better and better. Continue reading
The Chosen Generation of Architects
Our generation had a front row seat in the initiation of humanity’s transition from physical to digital. We were the ones who first abandoned real time outdoor interactions and real games for dial up internet connections with mIRC. Continue reading
Why Building Low-Rise Residential Buildings Is The Way of Nature
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Typically, top levels of apartment units are most expensive, due to high demand. But if we were more in sync with nature, the bottom levels would have been priced higher.
Nature has endowed us with an immutable instinctual “fear of heights”, which is an evolutionary gesture that is hard-wired within us and is meant to protect us from falling. This alone should have made it pretty clear to us that mankind was meant to dwell not too high up in the air. But due to fierce societal competition especially among women, high levels are preferred and valued more in most societies especially in Turkey. People think they are more successful if they live higher than others in apartment buildings. Similar to the comparison of driving a BMW M5, as opposed to a Nissan X-Trailer. This desire to exhibit power to one another has alienated more important natural instincts. Continue reading
An Architect must be a Cunning Politician
In Architecture schools talent and skill is not enough, you have to be a cunning politician to make sure that your mentors professors and advisors also take ownership in your work to get a good mark. Continue reading
An Architect’s Biggest Fear
I used to think that it was a good thing that our architecture would be demanded and consumed in the early phases of its construction. But after several completed buildings, my biggest fear has become the early appreciation of a project. Continue reading
The Importance of Editing in Design
A manuscript from Orwell’s 1984 to support my point
To come anything near perfection; Architecture, design, music and all the other visual arts must go through extensive editing processes.
The Art of Selection in The Future
The digital world will replace all artistic media. But it can never replace one thing: Composition making. Because to create compositions similar to how chopin, michelangelo or corbusier had composed you simply must be a sensible non digital organic individual. Continue reading
Şahin K. Arıkoğlu 