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Eray Carbajo wins Honorable Mention award in National Competition for Izmir Transportation Integration Hub

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Eray Carbajo receives honorable mention in national architecture competition to design the transportation and interconnection hub of Izmir, Turkey. The avant-garde design proposal redefines the ground level and creates a new topography through its multi layered elevated parks, urban plazas and interconnecting green paths.

Context

Having to live, work and circulate in a never-ending mobility; the society revolves around the entity of mobility. Relocation of information, services, people and furniture reforms everyday life.

İzmir, the port city of Turkey isn’t very far from this form of kinesis. Throughout the history, the urban development of the city of İzmir has transformed itself into different entities; the state of relocation, the state of reorientation, a transit city and city of final destination.

Cities can be viewed as organisms with vessel systems, their transportation systems connect two different places to each other. On the other hand, cities of separate segments and disconnected layers wouldn’t be able to serve as sustainable cities.  In this regard, the form of urban transportation should consider the needs of public and urban connectivity.

Design

Eray Carbajo’s transportation hub design proposal integrates metro, fast train, tram, bus systems, car park, bicycle roads and pedestrian friendly modes in order to achieve faster urban interconnectivity between populated districts of İzmir. The project investigates the real boundaries of a city and interconnectivity of design. The proposal aims to blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoors spaces, and blends in the building structure with the plazas.

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The urban design puts into use the inefficient urban gaps by analyzing user experience. The environment-friendly design ensures an integrating web between industrial and residential areas, with a strategy of perpetual motion that creates continuous public flow, starting from the coastal promenade of Izmir with a flow back into the city center. The design blends and merges coastline, urban hubs, intercity connections and industrial districts.

The landscraper is on a path of continuous change within it’s very form. Public parks and plazas aim to serve to all kinds of users; all Izmir urbanites and visitors, as well as, users with disabilities. The interlacing structure responds to the three different levels of elevation, providing opportunities for social-cultural interactions.

Therefore, Izmir Transportation Hub is a living and perpetually changing structure with over/underpasses that allow effortless flow.

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SpongeSuit in Top 21 EcoInventions of Formula E

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To mark Earth Day 2016, Formula E surveyed the office to ask for people’s favourite sustainability projects. The answers that came back formed this list, divided into four categories: lifestyle, energy generation, air quality improvement, and transportation.

SpongeSuit has been selected number 1 in the most innovative products category, emphasizing the collective cleaning act while – simply – swimming.

 

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Reshape15 Award Ceremony took place at Maker Faire Rome

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Sponge Suit Prototype

 

Eray Carbajo team was in Rome to exhibit the prototype of Sponge Suit, an environmentally proactive swimwear that cleans water as the user swims, and attend the awarding ceremony of Reshape15‘s International Wearable Technology Competition. The Sponge Suit, which won 1st place in the competition, collected tremendous interests from makers, press and investors.

The ceremony took place at Sapienza University Rome, which hosted the Maker Faire 2015. Noumena, the organizers of the Reshape15 competition, was there to present to present the award. Aldo Sollazzo, Partner of Noumena, said “The jury was fascinated by the concept and potential of the project, we are not surprised that Spogne Suit already started to get great attention from the world.” Since Maker Faire, Sponge Suit has been published globally by more than 200 publications, including Huffington Post, Fast Company, Mashable, Refinery 29, Discovery News, Trend Hunter, Ansa, Hurriyet, Focus, International Business Times and MTV News.

Pinar Guvenc, Managing Partner of Eray Carbajo, received the award on the design team’s behalf. “Sponge Suit may be a small impact on an individual level, but together we can make a change. We are thrilled to see that the world recognized that as well.”

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Reshape15 Awarding Ceremony (from left to right: Efilena Baseta, Aldo Sollazzo, Pinar Guvenc, Marco Mattia Cristofori)

 

Eray Carbajo continues to collaborate with the engineers at UC Riverside to expand the product range using the Sponge material. The team also researches Sponge’s architectural applications, given that the material’s other applications include thermal insulation.

Eray Carbajo to win 2nd Honorable Mention at Bornova Municipality’s National Competition

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Eray Carbajo, along with the team at DB Architects, was chosen as one of the 8 design teams after the pre-election, to compete in the nation-wide competition for Bornova Municipality’s architectural design competition for its town hall. The team received an Honorable Mention for their design.

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Bornova Town Hall and Municipality Building design redefines the public space experience with its indoors, outdoors, and semi-open spaces. Setting up a landmark for an advanced and  smart city, the building adapts to its environment, encourages transformation and seeks sustainability. Designed for the people, it aims not only to serve the municipality’s administrative duties, but also become a frequently visited public space with its experiential design and inviting nature. The  flow of the interiors is designed to accommodate most up to date service systems, while promoting transparent governance.

Find more info on the competition on www.kolokyum.com

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Reshape15 Wearable Technology Competition 1st Place awarded to Eray Carbajo

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Eray / Carbajo team – Inanc Eray, Pinar Guvenc, Gonzalo Carbajo and Marco Mattia Cristofori – is awarded first place at RESHAPE15 | wearable technology competition 2015. This competition has been established to promote research, education and production of digital ideas. The goal is to activate a prolific exchange of knowledge and information for the growth of an entire community joined by the love for innovation.

According to selection criteria, the Jury, formed by experts of fashion design, digital fabrication and computation design fields selected 3 winners and 2 honorable mentions. RESHAPE15 received 70 applications from 25 different countries from all continents. The winners were selected for their conceptual idea, understanding of design to production strategies, and market viability.

E/C’s winning design, Sponge Suit, is a swimwear that is environmentally proactive, economically sustainable and intelligently manufactured combining cutting edge 3D printing and nano-scale clean-tech material (super-hydrophobic carbon based material called the Sponge) research. Developed in collaboration with University of California, Riverside labs, the Sponge technology is a super-hydrophobic carbon based material with multi-model porosity which allows it to be a light-weight yet strong absorber. The cage designed with various iterations of the same undulating form, to mimic the Sponge’s nano-scale pattern and is printed in elastic plastic via 3D printing.

The Award Ceremony will be held at Maker Faire Rome 2015, on 16 – 18th October, followed by an exhibition of all the projects submitted to RESHAPE15

World Architecture Community to Shortlist 3 Eray / Carbajo Projects

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20+10+X Architecture Awards -21st Cycle Shortlist has been announced, after receiving many submissions from various countries including United Kingdom, Iran, Mexico, Turkey, Argentina, Poland, Switzerland and Finland. WAC editorial team has chosen 81 projects to be ”voted” by 250+ WAC Honorary members and ”rated” by WA Community Members with a democratic way displaying all the rates on the shortlist page. Among the selected projects three of Eray Carbajo’s projects are included, concept design for Guggenheim Helsinki, Istanbul’s Stay Istinye Hotel and the competition entry for a Social Center in Anamur, Turkey. We kindly invite you to review the projects on WA Cycle Shortlist page and rate. We hope you love ours as much as we do!

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E/C wins Tiny Home Competition Merit Award

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The Tiny Home Competition put together by the Members of the AIA North Carolina Activate14 committee and the Raleigh/Wake Partnership to End and Prevent Homelessness aimed to collect ideas on a new typology for urban housing:  a twelve unit community of tiny homes to help address the problem of homelessness in urban centers. The site is comprised of 4 vacant lots owned by the City of Raleigh, just outside Historic Boylan Heights in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Activate14 announced the winners for the competition and  Eray / Carbajo (Design Team: Gonzalo Carbajo, Inanc Eray, Pinar Guvenc and Marco Mattia Cristofori) received the “Aesthetic Merit Award”, the jury stating our work to be “the most architectural and formally organized project in the competition”

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The jury continued its remarks with “…the units had great clarity. We admired the provision of storage at the ground floor level, which the residents would appreciate.”

There is a pressing need in cities like Raleigh for affordable micro-dwellings to serve people without a stable dwelling place. Tiny home communities cannot eliminate poverty or homelessness, but they can create a more lively, caring, and diverse city. The goal is to generate innovative micro-housing communities that can repair and enliven our social fabric and help people transition out of homelessness.

The winners boards and additional models will be showcased at Transitional Housing Event on Thursday, June 25th. The exhibit and panel discussion will be both a celebration of the Tiny Home Community Competition winners for a hypothetical transitional housing community just outside of downtown Raleigh, and a panel discussion lead by experienced professionals and advocates of transitional housing and alleviating homelessness.

More information on the competition  here.

 

‘SoruSana’ granted TUBITAK National Entrepreneurship Funding

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Cenk Sezgin, Kursad Deniz and Inanc Eray’s application project ‘SoruSana’ granted TUBITAK National Entrepreneurship Funding.

Sorusana focuses on peer to peer learning and empowers student to student social scholarship.

With SoruSana, you can ask your question and get answers with the help of your network. This way, you also have the chance to reach all the unsolved questions. No more TOEFL or SAT messaging group! University, Primary or High school student, preparing to an exam can study to these courses asking questions and receiving answers from all over the world including your teachers.

Sorusana has;
25.000 users
70.000 questions
150.000 answers

81 cities are using it !

Check out further details from:
http://sorusana.com/

Download the application from:
SoruSana.com/App

Süha Özkan: “Originality was a major criteria in the selection process”

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The Awards Ceremony of the national architectural ideas competition for the new Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower in Istanbul, jointly organized by the Turkish Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, was held on 24 October 2011.
Screen Shot 2013-09-10 at 18.07.23The new project is meant to replace dozens of irregular and ugly communications towers located on the Çamlıca Hill while also creating a Landmark for contemporary Istanbul.

The internationally acclaimed jury of the competition composed by Şulan Kolatan (Architect), İlhan Zeybekoglu (Architect), Cengiz Yetken (Architect), Prof.Dr.Zekai Celep (Structural Engineer), Niyazi Parlar (Structural Engineer), Doç.Dr.Pelin Pınar Özden (Urban Planner), led by Prof. Suha Özkan, Chairman of World Architecture Medium, awarded the first prize to the project designed by the group led by Arch. Inanç Eray.

Screen Shot 2013-09-10 at 18.07.47At the Awards Ceremony attended by the Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey and the Mayor of Metropolitan Istanbul, Suha Özkan in his statement said urban responsibility formed the basis of the competition. Originality was a major criteria in the selection process, Özkan explained, referring to the original concept of the winning project.

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The five finalists of YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program have been announced

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Inanc Eray along with Evren Basbug, Meric Kara and Engin Ayaz has been shortlisted as one of the five finalists of YAP Istanbul Modern Program for 2013. Here is the announcement release from the gallery;

The finalists of theYAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program, initiated by Istanbul Modern in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and MoMA PS1, under the co-sponsorship ofPolimeks and VitrA have been announced. To be held biannually during the summer, the YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program offers young emerging architects the opportunity to design temporary exterior installations through an innovative approach to architectural design.

The jury consists of Barry Bergdoll (MoMA), Cevdet Erek, Çelenk Bafra (Istanbul Modern), Emre Arolat, Han Tümertekin, Levent Çalıkoğlu (Istanbul Modern), Melkan Tabanlıoğlu, Oya Eczacıbaşı (Istanbul Modern), Pedro Gadanho (MoMA), Pelin Derviş (YAP Istanbul Modern Coordinator) and Suha Özkan (President of the Jury). The jury convened on November 26, 2012 and selected the five finalists from among the young candidates put forth by nominators from across Turkey and the TRNC. Finalists are the design group of Evren Başbuğ, İnanç Eray, Meriç Kara, Engin Ayaz; Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş (SO? Architecture and Ideas); Ömer Selçuk Baz (Yalın Mimarlık); Alper Derinboğaz (Salon2); Onat Öktem and Zeynep Öktem (ONZ Architects).

Opening in 2013, the Yap Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program will be an expansion of the Young Architects Program International carried out at MoMA PS1 in New York, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome, and the cultural organization CONSTRUCTO in Santiago.

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The Young Architects Program International offers young designers and architects the opportunity to design spaces that promote uses such as rest, play, and relaxation as well as host diverse events such as shows, music, dance, exhibitions, and performances. Architects are encouraged to address environmental issues such as sustainability and recycling and to create innovative projects providing elements such as shade, water, and seating that increase the possibilities of use in open-air spaces.

Within the scope of the project, the temporary installation built in Istanbul Modern’s courtyard throughout the summer of 2013 will be used by museum visitors of all ages and will host museum activities addressing especially the young audience.

The designs proposed by the finalists will be assessed by the jury in February 2013. One of these proposals will be selected and launched in Istanbul Modern’s courtyard in June 2013, concurrently with the designs of theYoung Architects Program International at MoMA PS1 and MAXXI. In addition to their respective winners, allYoung Architects Program International locations will feature an exhibition showcasing the designs proposed by finalists of the 2013 summer program.