DESIGN APPROACH

Eaa Emre Arolat Architecture; Fatih; On-site; TRY 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job description

For some time now, new impulses of the modern world have started to vaporize all that was solid and physical, loosening our frameworks of perception and conception in this transformation. For example, new modes of communication articulated by the latest innovations in technology, developing at an incredible speed, have changed the notion of “distance” that has been around for hundreds of years. Today, there is no distance too far to be reached, and no place inaccessible. These transformations, which transcend the limits of pre-modern comprehension, make daily life easier, yet they also degrade and reduce feelings of place, locality, and regionalism.

One of the mediums most affected by these changes is architecture. Especially in societies governed by neo-liberal politics, notions of local identity and regionalism—once important design criteria—have increasingly narrowed in practice. Instead, there is a hegemony of an orientation that derives its power from a universally accepted social compact, focused on producing new, rich, and impressive means and methods.

In this context, EAA, located in Istanbul and London—two major metropolitan centers at the eastern and western edges of Europe—values the importance of deliberations on region, area, local patterns, and cultural and physical resources at the start of each project. A multilayered effort of reading, researching, and understanding is undertaken to reveal the collective and psychological features of the project, including social, economic, and ideological factors. In an architecture studio setting, with projects at various scales and topics, it is crucial to identify specific questions, analyze conditions, and seek responses through a multilayered understanding of each unique situation.

In the next design phase, traditional styles, contemporary architectural movements, and current design habits are suspended. Instead, the focus is on the process's expandable appeal, driven by the subject's conditions—namely, the individual designer’s interpretations and rediscovered imaginations. This consciousness shapes a multi-layered, ambivalent discursive process situated between material and intellect, within the framework of passion, intuition, knowledge, and experience. Consequently, each design emerges as a unique solution, responding to the specific questions posed by each situation.

“I like to look at a place, understand it, feel the traces, and then everything about the form and practicality starts to emerge in an intuitive process together with my colleagues in the studio.”

Emre Arolat

“Our teams work on projects from start to finish. This is very important for us. We aim to create quality spaces for people, driven by love of detail and relevant technologies.”

“They are able to find just enough coherence, fit just enough into tradition, norms, and building standards to sustain themselves, to slip into small gathering spaces, and to integrate into the urban or natural landscape—creating places to sit, watch the view, or feel a sense of divinity.”