Update: This event has been suspended due to Covid-19 until further notice. Architect and founder of Melike Altınışık Architects – MAA Melike Altınışık will give a lecture on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at the Bodrum Architecture Library in Bodrum, a port city in Muğla Province, Turkey. 

The architect is behind the projects the iconic Çamlıca TV And Radio Tower, which nears completion in Istanbul, and the world’s first pioneer Robot Science Museum in Seoul. 

The Bodrum Architecture Library includes over 10,000 books and 20,000 documents in the fields of architecture, history, art, urbanism, archeology, engineering - founded by WAC's Founder and President Prof. Suha Ozkan, Hon F AIA. The library also hosts a series of events, workshops and lectures directed by Suha Ozkan. 

Altınışık's lecture is titled "Architecture and The 21st Century Maestros" and starts at 19:00 at the library. 

Introduction of the lecture:

"As the technology of time changed, the maestro of time also changed. The new was always apprehended like this. While robotic technology is used as a tool for the future in architecture and design, it is obvious that a pre-coded plan or program a robot can learn from another machine will not be sufficient in development. The real progress can be achieved when "maestro" comes into play and works on how to use these robotic technologies for a purpose that has not been tried and implemented before.

Altınışık, who studied the philosophy of architecture, nature and technology in his projects and put them into practice, will present the future of architecture and importance of the concept of “maestro” in architecture.

About Melike Altınışık

Melike Altınışık is known for redefining the relationship of architectural practice with new design technologies by using the identity of architect, designer and academician together in her works.

Altınışık started her professional practice in an international platform in 2004 with master-plan and high-rise buildings, as well as a wide range of different projects and scales, from cultural buildings to conference center, from museums to custom-made furniture designs.

She received her Master's Degree in Architecture and Urban Design from Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory in London between 2004-2006, and she completed her undergraduate education in 2003 from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, as the top student of the department.

With her designs, Altınışık was awarded with the Europe 40 under 40 in 2018, alongside the FEIDAD Design Award (Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design Award) and the Swiss Arts Award. 

Melike Altınışık established her own architecture studio Melike Altınışık Architects – MAA in 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. 

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