los angeles CALIFORNIA

SCI-Arc
critic: Andrew ZAGO with special advisor Jeffrey KIPNIS

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Duygun INAL: Recent architectural discourse has been offered a novel means to engage spatial relationships by the sectional object while keeping the sectional object as a pure interior condition in the equation. This thesis explores the shifting sense of identity through the incongruity between the body and the loose-fit by making the interior body directly a part of the exterior by creating a thickened contemporary couture for it.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA & new york NEW YORK

SCI-Arc Future Initiatives (SCIFI)
critics: Peter ZELLNER & Alfonso MEDINA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Duygun INAL: Cities have never been singular entities as they do have molecular compositions based on interactions in between diverse & active constellations that unite to co-habit the city. Looking at the urban pattern of LA, the project takes on the idea of map figurations and a different position towards densifying Los Angeles. Rather than ideal & existing forms with closed shapes, rigid boundaries and defined figures, the basic building blocks have irregular shapes with maximized porosity within the field.

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