Salon Alber Derenbogaz, an architecture practitioner in Berlin,
Istanbul and Los Angeles, has released a book that explores the idea of “Earthing Empathy”.
The book is titled Geospaces, and it consists of 224 pages.
To reveal the relationship between the basic components of land, topography and geology with the use of technology in architecture.
The founder of the salon, Albert Derenbogaz, who believes in the continuous relationship between topography and architecture,
has stated that in some cases a deeper relationship must be created between the topography context and the cultural context.
According to the architect, the idea should permeate all geological layers of the site as well as the building.
Published by Actar Publishers in September 2022,
the book serves as an expanded visual essay of ideas, photos, drawings, and projects.
Focusing on the work of Alper Derinboğaz over the past decade.
It was introduced with a foreword by architect and critic Luca Molinari, writing that
“we find ourselves in a circular state in which every living being influences the formation of the lands in which we live”.
“In this context, the architectural project is entrusted with a greater responsibility than simply negotiating the relationships between resources, sustainability and future habitats.”
As Molinari writes: “This additional sensitivity required is evident in the work of the neo-renewal disillusioned,
both domestically and internationally, with the aim of neo-capitalist globalization,
while recognizing its role in the contexts in which it operates.”
Selective permeability in architecture
The book also presents an essay by Graham Harman, philosopher, academic,
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of the Liberal Arts Program at SCI-Arc.
In his article entitled Selective Permeability in Architecture, Harman discusses the existential-objective (OOO) theory,
a theory that re-examines human existence around the existence of non-human entities,
such as objects, animals, and other non-humans. At first glance, this may appear to be quite the opposite of the Objective ontology (OOO) views.
OOO is not so much a theory of things as they are unrelated to each other.
And hidden in formal independence from all relationships, which Harman referred to in the book.
OOO insists that we consider the independent status of entities in them,
as something separate from all their connections to other things.
He also wrote:
“This is simply an OOO effort to prove that things are not reducible to the sum total of their effects (or even potential effects) on other things.”
The book is divided into four main sections; Earth forms, iterations, evolutions, and future hybrids.
The book presents a selection of salon projects under each section,
such as Villa Topos in Turkey, Kuri in Finland, a post-pandemic flexible and flexible workspace in Istanbul,
the Fitas Passage adaptive reuse project in Istanbul and the Istanbul City Museum project.
Relationships between topography, geology, genetics, environment, and building technologies
In his book, Derinboğaz traces the relationships between topography, geology, genetics,
environment and building technologies, arguing that a hybrid approach to making will shape our future habitats.
“Understanding the city as home, we propose that hybrid and flexible manufacturing technologies can form a common urban and architectural language that shapes a new nature,” the book says.
“In practice, the location of buildings is often dictated by the available materials and construction methods,
structural needs such as soil composition and earthquake hazard,
or cultural conditions such as the social significance of a particular landscape,” he added.
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