25 Jun 2013

YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program

YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program
25 June - 20 October 2013

YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program is held biannually during the summer and offers young emerging architects the opportunity to design a temporary installation in the courtyard of Istanbul Modern. Architects are encouraged to address environmental issues, such as sustainability, re-use, and re-cycling, and to explore design ideas providing elements of shade, water, and seating that would increase the possibilities of use in open-air spaces. Providing an attractive urban venue for the summer, these designs are expected to host diverse events, and create intimate social spaces for city-dwellers—all within a modest budget and through reasonable architectural solutions. The YAP: Young Architects Program began in 1998 in MoMA PS1's courtyard in New York and became international with the participation of CONSTRUCTO in Santiago, Chile in 2010 and the National Museum of XXI Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome, Italy in 2011. Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul, Turkey joined the program as of 2012. The sculpture garden and the gravel area on the courtyard of Istanbul Modern—itself situated in one of the warehouses designed by Sedad Hakkı Eldem—was selected as the project site for YAP Istanbul Modern. The jury, which came together to select the winning project, was formed of architectural experts and of representatives from Istanbul Modern and the other YAP: Young Architects Programs. From among the proposals of the five finalists the jury selected the project Sky Spotting Stop designed by SO? Architecture and Ideas. An international show presenting the designs of the 20 finalists invited to the program in 2013 by MoMA PS1, MAXXI, CONSTRUCTO, and Istanbul Modern, as well as the 15-year history of the YAP: Young Architects Program are on view in Istanbul Modern's Pop-up exhibition area.

YAP Istanbul Modern is carried out by Istanbul Modern in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 under the co-sponsorship of Garanti, Polimeks and VitrA.


SKY SPOTTING STOP
SO? Architecture and Ideas (Sevince Bayrak, Oral Göktaş)
Sky Spotting Stop shades the courtyard of Istanbul Modern while floating gently on the hidden waters of the Bosphorus, projecting its host space upon the city. Thanks to the structural characteristics of the courtyard and the warehouse in which the museum is located, the motion of the waves is transferred to the movement of the architectural elements. The courtyard, which, though situated right by the shore, is disconnected from it by a customs zone, is defined anew thanks to shading elements supported by buoys floating in the water right beneath the courtyard ground. The courtyard becomes part of the skyline thanks to this ephemeral, albeit lively addition, which thus becomes visible both from the Bosphorus and the highest points of the city. Visitors in the courtyard can spend time under the undulating shade during the day and among the varying reflections after nightfall. The various uses of the courtyard are shaped by elements made from re-used materials; re-used vehicle tires covered with fishnets become lightweight, sturdy, portable units. The altering landscape that emerges and the constantly moving canopies transform the courtyard into a new stop in the city for resting, gathering, playing, or 'sky spotting.'

YAP Istanbul Modern 2013 Finalists

HAZE
Salon2 (Alper Derinboğaz)

TEARING THE GROUND
ONZ Architects (Onat Öktem, Zeynep Öktem)

IM / DEBRIS
Yalın Mimarlık (Ömer Selçuk Baz)

seapeaker
Evren Başbuğ, İnanç Eray, Meriç Kara, Engin Ayaz (YAP Istanbul Modern Design Group)


YAP Istanbul Modern Jury: Prof. Dr. Suha Özkan (President), Emre Arolat, Çelenk Bafra, Barry Bergdoll, Pippo Ciorra, Levent Çalıkoğlu, Pelin Derviş, Oya Eczacıbaşı, Cevdet Erek, Pedro Gadanho, Melkan Tabanlıoğlu, Han Tümertekin

Program Coordinators & Finalists Exhibition Curators: Çelenk Bafra, Pelin Derviş

Istanbul Modern website: www.istanbulmodern.org
YAP International website: www.moma.org/yap