Wed April-18 6pm @ EMPAC:

Pause Play Play Prev | Next

EMRE AROLAT_

Emre Arolat received a B.Arch. and Master of Architecture degree both from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. In 2004, he established EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture together with Gonca Pasolar. The firm has professionally grown to over 70 employees, based in New York, London and Istanbul. EAA is highly regarded for its ability to reconcile the identity and rootedness of the context and the place within its cultural, historical and geographic conditions. While staying true to these conditions, the firm stands as an international presence succeeding in producing compelling design in the contemporary world.

The practice has received international attention very early with the Minicity Theme Park in 2014 which was recognized as Selected Work by the Mies van der Rohe Awards for European Architecture in 2005. A great number of international awards followed including Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 with the Ipekyol Textile Factory Building. Latest breakthrough project Sancaklar Mosque, a building that blends perfectly with the landscape, is again honored by the selection of Mies van der Rohe Award in 2015, along many others.

Emre Arolat is an internationally sought-after lecturer. He taught at the Advanced Studio at Yale School of Architecture as Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor in the 2017 Fall Semester. Arolat was the co-curator of the first Istanbul Design Biennale in 2012. He was granted with a professorship by International Academy of Architecture in 2015.

For more information about Emre Arolat, please click here.