PROGRAMME DIRECTORS
MEDINE ALTIOK(ZURICH)
Medine Altiok AA Dipl (2000). She is a german-turkish architect based in Zurich and initiator of a series of research projects dealing with cultural, political and economic changes in the Mediterranean. Medine has been teaching Architectural Design Studios at ETH Zurich with Momoyo Kaijima and Felix Claus. Since 2011 she is Programme Director of the AA Mittelmeerland Visiting School.
www.medinealtiok.com
STEPHANIE TUNKA(LONDON)
Stephanie Tunka graduated in 2001. After that she collaborated with Mecanoo Architects and TU Delft in the Netherlands. In 2006 she moved to London to join Foster + Partners. Over 10 years, she designed and realized various projects dealing with a contextual approach, different urban densities and innovative environmental concepts for waterfronts in Europe, North Africa and America. Since 2011 she is Programme Directorr of the AA Visiting School Mittelmeerland series.
www.fosterandpartners.com
TUTORS
TOMAS KLASSNIK (LONDON)
Tomas Klassnik MA(cantab) MA(RCA) ARB is a UK qualified architect and director of The Klassnik Corporation, an interdisciplinary design practice focused on the communication of ideas through architectural speculation. Recent built projects include a Ping Pong Parlour in Soho, studio and gallery spaces in Shoreditch, landscape interventions for the 2012 London Olympics and a Pop Out Shop for Puma. Other projects include proposals to adapt cities affected by climate change, augmenting historic landmarks on London’s skyline and contacting the spirit of Le Corbusier.
www.klassnik.com
LIAM YOUNG (LONDON)
Liam Young is an architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is founder of the think-tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today, a group whose work explores the possibilities of fantastic, perverse and imaginary urbanisms. Their projects develop fictional speculations as critical instruments to survey the consequences of emerging environmental and technological futures. He is a Unit Master at the AA London.
www.tomorrowsthoughtstoday.com,
www.unknownfieldsdivision.com
MERVE ANIL (LONDON)
Merve Anil AA Dipl (2014) a young and fresh graduate full of energy.
IBAI RIGBY (BARCELONA)
Ibai Rigby is a British-Spanish architect, trained at the schools of Geneva and Barcelona. He has curated several exhibitions of the Historic Cities Programme for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, including 2012 Venice Biennale. Ibai has been guest lecturer in Aleppo, Algiers,Barcelona and Sfax.
PHILIPPE SALEH (BEIRUT)
Philip H.Saleh completed his master’s degree in Sustainable Environmental design from the AA. He easily alternate from design to execution. In parallel he started environmental research to understand the interaction of the Lebanon built up fabric with the different climatic zone of the country, and how passive design could reduce the dependence on energy.
LOCAL PARTNER UNIVERSITY
Gediz University Izmir www.gediz.edu.tr
LOCAL COLLABORATORS
Özlem Erkarslan (Gediz University Izmir) www.gediz.edu.tr
Yenal Akgün (Gediz University Izmir) www.gediz.edu.tr
Burcu Kütükcüoglu (Bilgi University Istanbul) www.bilgi.edu.tr
Mehmet Kütükcüoglu (Istanbul) beta.teget.com
Cenk H Dereli (Izmir) www.nobon.net; www.herkesicinmimarlik.org
PROFESSIONALS/ SPEAKERS
Mariam Chabou (EPAU Algiers)
www.epau-alger.edu.dz
Valentin Kunik (Lausanne) www.kunikdemorsier.ch
Gregers Tang Thomsen (Istanbul) www.superpool.org
Mathias Müller (Zurich) www.em2n.ch
Nevzat Sayin (Istanbul) www.nsmh.com
Han Tümertekin (Istanbul) www.mimarlar.com
Murat Tabanlioglu (Istanbul) www.tabanlioglu.com
Bernard Khoury (Beirut) www.bernardkhoury.com
VISITING TEACHERS/ CRITICS
Ross T. Smith (AGU Kayseri) www.agu.edu.tr
Carla Aramouny (AUB Beirut) www.aub.edu.lb
Gunnar Ploner (Innsbruck) www.lurg.org
Aylin Yildirim (Istanbul)
Ursula Tschirren (Zurich)
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Aysegül Sabuktay (Izmir)
Ahmet Baki Türkyilmaz (Izmir)
CURATOR ASSISTANT
Tugce Karatas (Izmir)
MEDINE ALTIOK(ZURICH)
Medine Altiok AA Dipl (2000). She is a german-turkish architect based in Zurich and initiator of a series of research projects dealing with cultural, political and economic changes in the Mediterranean. Medine has been teaching Architectural Design Studios at ETH Zurich with Momoyo Kaijima and Felix Claus. Since 2011 she is Programme Director of the AA Mittelmeerland Visiting School.
www.medinealtiok.com
STEPHANIE TUNKA(LONDON)
Stephanie Tunka graduated in 2001. After that she collaborated with Mecanoo Architects and TU Delft in the Netherlands. In 2006 she moved to London to join Foster + Partners. Over 10 years, she designed and realized various projects dealing with a contextual approach, different urban densities and innovative environmental concepts for waterfronts in Europe, North Africa and America. Since 2011 she is Programme Directorr of the AA Visiting School Mittelmeerland series.
www.fosterandpartners.com
TUTORS
TOMAS KLASSNIK (LONDON)
Tomas Klassnik MA(cantab) MA(RCA) ARB is a UK qualified architect and director of The Klassnik Corporation, an interdisciplinary design practice focused on the communication of ideas through architectural speculation. Recent built projects include a Ping Pong Parlour in Soho, studio and gallery spaces in Shoreditch, landscape interventions for the 2012 London Olympics and a Pop Out Shop for Puma. Other projects include proposals to adapt cities affected by climate change, augmenting historic landmarks on London’s skyline and contacting the spirit of Le Corbusier.
www.klassnik.com
LIAM YOUNG (LONDON)
Liam Young is an architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is founder of the think-tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today, a group whose work explores the possibilities of fantastic, perverse and imaginary urbanisms. Their projects develop fictional speculations as critical instruments to survey the consequences of emerging environmental and technological futures. He is a Unit Master at the AA London.
www.tomorrowsthoughtstoday.com,
www.unknownfieldsdivision.com
MERVE ANIL (LONDON)
Merve Anil AA Dipl (2014) a young and fresh graduate full of energy.
IBAI RIGBY (BARCELONA)
Ibai Rigby is a British-Spanish architect, trained at the schools of Geneva and Barcelona. He has curated several exhibitions of the Historic Cities Programme for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, including 2012 Venice Biennale. Ibai has been guest lecturer in Aleppo, Algiers,Barcelona and Sfax.
PHILIPPE SALEH (BEIRUT)
Philip H.Saleh completed his master’s degree in Sustainable Environmental design from the AA. He easily alternate from design to execution. In parallel he started environmental research to understand the interaction of the Lebanon built up fabric with the different climatic zone of the country, and how passive design could reduce the dependence on energy.
LOCAL PARTNER UNIVERSITY
Gediz University Izmir www.gediz.edu.tr
LOCAL COLLABORATORS
Özlem Erkarslan (Gediz University Izmir) www.gediz.edu.tr
Yenal Akgün (Gediz University Izmir) www.gediz.edu.tr
Burcu Kütükcüoglu (Bilgi University Istanbul) www.bilgi.edu.tr
Mehmet Kütükcüoglu (Istanbul) beta.teget.com
Cenk H Dereli (Izmir) www.nobon.net; www.herkesicinmimarlik.org
PROFESSIONALS/ SPEAKERS
Mariam Chabou (EPAU Algiers)
www.epau-alger.edu.dz
Valentin Kunik (Lausanne) www.kunikdemorsier.ch
Gregers Tang Thomsen (Istanbul) www.superpool.org
Mathias Müller (Zurich) www.em2n.ch
Nevzat Sayin (Istanbul) www.nsmh.com
Han Tümertekin (Istanbul) www.mimarlar.com
Murat Tabanlioglu (Istanbul) www.tabanlioglu.com
Bernard Khoury (Beirut) www.bernardkhoury.com
VISITING TEACHERS/ CRITICS
Ross T. Smith (AGU Kayseri) www.agu.edu.tr
Carla Aramouny (AUB Beirut) www.aub.edu.lb
Gunnar Ploner (Innsbruck) www.lurg.org
Aylin Yildirim (Istanbul)
Ursula Tschirren (Zurich)
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Aysegül Sabuktay (Izmir)
Ahmet Baki Türkyilmaz (Izmir)
CURATOR ASSISTANT
Tugce Karatas (Izmir)
Collaborations
We are always interested in professionals and teachers from other universities doing related research projects- locally and internationally. If you like to get involved or wish to participate with your students, please contact
us:mittelmeerland@gmail.com
Preparation
Cem Ozan
Duygu Öğücü
Mustafa Burak Türkyılmaz
Ramazan Önal
Engin Tayfun Bakış
Fatma Nur Şahin
Sercan Yamalı
Nebahat Mine Tunca
Participant
Giulia Tacchini
Doruk Yildrin
Ahmed Eissa
Jaques Rosdorf
Simon Aboud
Melis Erdogan
Chris Michael Rammouz
Michael Tawk
Cem Ozan
Joe Morkos
Camille Chen
Yonca Gezer
Christian Hammod
Sesin Moubarak
Mustafa Burak Türkyilmaz
Mustafa Sercan Yamali
Pierre Zogbhi
Ross T. Smıth
Özlem Kev Seroglu
Zeynep Huseyın
Ebruz Kılıc
Ramazan Önal
Engin Tayfun Bakis
Nebahat Mine Tunca
Nadeen Safa
Jacky Derounian
Fatma Nur Sahin
Tracy Bassil
Zeynep Danacioglu
Cansu Naz Tekir
Beril Onalan
Eytan Kalmik
Yasemin Aydan
Ece Abdioglu
Duygu Oånguåncuån
We are always interested in professionals and teachers from other universities doing related research projects- locally and internationally. If you like to get involved or wish to participate with your students, please contact
us:mittelmeerland@gmail.com
Preparation
Cem Ozan
Duygu Öğücü
Mustafa Burak Türkyılmaz
Ramazan Önal
Engin Tayfun Bakış
Fatma Nur Şahin
Sercan Yamalı
Nebahat Mine Tunca
Participant
Giulia Tacchini
Doruk Yildrin
Ahmed Eissa
Jaques Rosdorf
Simon Aboud
Melis Erdogan
Chris Michael Rammouz
Michael Tawk
Cem Ozan
Joe Morkos
Camille Chen
Yonca Gezer
Christian Hammod
Sesin Moubarak
Mustafa Burak Türkyilmaz
Mustafa Sercan Yamali
Pierre Zogbhi
Ross T. Smıth
Özlem Kev Seroglu
Zeynep Huseyın
Ebruz Kılıc
Ramazan Önal
Engin Tayfun Bakis
Nebahat Mine Tunca
Nadeen Safa
Jacky Derounian
Fatma Nur Sahin
Tracy Bassil
Zeynep Danacioglu
Cansu Naz Tekir
Beril Onalan
Eytan Kalmik
Yasemin Aydan
Ece Abdioglu
Duygu Oånguåncuån