AAP

When there is a radical shift in society or a groundbreaking innovation in technology, the workplace is among the first to be redesigned. From giant factories to translucent towers, segregated cubicles to cool venues for co-working, there has been a wide variety of solutions in the last centuries, triggered by either social thresholds or technological breakthroughs.

Unlike living spaces, the workplace has evolved radically throughout history. However, emerging ideas for new working environments are hardly long-term solutions. Open-plan office, aspired mostly by employers, was blamed to decrease the performance of employees. Cubicles that are revisited today for COVID-safe offices were mostly criticised in the last decade, right after they were boomed as a simple solution to create personal space in open-plan offices. Co-working venues that had been supported by big investors in the last decade, start to expire as the increasing common expense annoys the users. Remote working which was a trending topic at the beginning of this century with the spread of the world wide web has to be reconfigured with the effect of Pandemics since it is obligatory rather than a choice. Like innovations, economic crisis, or social transformation, Pandemic becomes another threshold that prompts new ideas in the workspace.

In this cycle, AAP will focus on work environments. Continuing with the theme “Small Scale Decent Change”, the program will investigate how small scale design can contribute to the places we work. Small scale has always been a strong tool to generate solutions for the workplace, not only to integrate office facility to our homes but also to customise outsize work environments. It was 1885 when Sarah Goode designed a cabinet bed, which becomes a writing desk to transform a part of the house into office space when necessary. Considering new technologies, social change, the economic crisis which is multiplied by Pandemics, AAP will investigate how small scale design once again could be explored for new possibilities workplace requires.

The industrial partners of this cycle are and , where the professional partner is

On-site inspection for Volu-te!
This semester AAP team will build Volu-te in collaboration with

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In Alternative Architectural Practices program, we develop methods for imagining and building new paths to discover small scale architecture. In partnership with companies from the construction industry of Istanbul, the program aims to use the potential of the industry that has long been engaged with the global real estate market, as a tool to design and make new architectures/structures for the emerging conditions of our world.

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Applications for MEF University Master's Program in Architecture "Alternative Architectural Practices" has begun. For scholarships and more information please visit aap.mef.edu.tr

MEF Üniversitesi İngilizce Tezli Yüksek Lisans Programı "Alternatif Mimarlık Pratikleri" 2020-2021 yılı başvuruları başladı. Detaylı bilgi ve burs imkanları için aap.mef.edu.tr adresini ziyaret edebilirsiniz.
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