Kadir Has Architecture Presents:
İstanbul Talks | FAD 122 | TWO GLOBAL WANDERERS

April 14, 2021 | Wednesday | 14:00
Venue: KhasArch Youtube Channel

In the second of our 2021 Spring “Istanbul Talks” series, Yelda Gin and Yelta Köm will discuss the underlying structures and interdependent components that constitute the “system” of the travel routes, which they organized in the scope of “systems thinking.”

This talk is a joint event with the FAD122 Systems Thinking course. It will be moderated by Sait Ali Köknar from KHAS Architecture Department and will be broadcast live on KhasArch Youtube channel.

Yelda Gin

Yelda Gin is an architect and currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation where she is a Cambridge Trust and EPSRC scholar. Prior to Cambridge, she has worked as an architect for ten years primarily on international projects for critically-acclaimed practices such as Zaha Hadid Architects, ARUP and Cecil Balmond Studio in London. Yelda has tutored design studios and lectured as an adjunct faculty at distinctive universities in Istanbul while collaborating with various practices as a design director. Her interest in teaching, research and practice continues by supervising students and joining design studio reviews as an invited critic in Cambridge and Istanbul while pursuing her PhD and design research projects. Yelda Gin received her B.Arch degree from Istanbul Technical University in 2005 and M.Arch degree from Istanbul Bilgi University in 2007.

Yelta Köm
Yelta Köm was born in Istanbul and continues his studies and life in Berlin. He conducts his practice in the scope of art, architecture, and research. He graduated from Städelschule Architecture Class. He works as a researcher at the Topological Atlas project within TU Delft and as a Visiting Scholar at Berlin International University of Applied Sciences. His works focus on how the environment is perceived, how neoliberal policies form the urban image, and how the surveillance and mapping technologies construct narratives. He contemplates on practices of commoning, landforms, and spatial practices in conflict zones. His works range from spatial installations to fictional texts, objects, and drawings. He participated in the curatorial team of Kerem Piker at the 16th International Venice Architecture Biennale.