EAA - Emre Arolat Architect

"...in comparison"

The exhibition titled "...in comparison," prepared by Emre Arolat Architects for the Milli Reasürans Art Gallery, can be viewed from September 12th to October 14th, 2006.

EAA presents a selection of projects from their portfolio in the form of an installation exhibition comprising photographs, short films, models, and drawings. A comprehensive book in Turkish and English was also prepared for the exhibition.

After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, Emre Arolat worked at the Metcalf and Associates office in the United States. He returned to Turkey in 1987 and started working at the Arolat Architecture firm. After approximately 17 years of work, he founded EAA - Emre Arolat Architects with architect Gonca Çırakoğlu.

EAA has a diverse range of projects including airports, residential settlements, museums, concert halls, sports facilities, large management and office buildings, entertainment structures, shopping malls, tourism facilities, urban transformation, and renewal projects. It consists of an approximately 30-person workshop of architects, architecture students, and other assistants, and aims to maintain a "context" oriented architectural design practice, and to develop it based on its own potentials.

Drawing inspiration from various sources, EAA's project referenced in this exhibition is the "Rural Architecture in Eastern Black Sea" exhibition prepared and exhibited by the Milli Reasürans Art Gallery.

The exhibition is intriguing in that it coincides with a period where architecture and design have become highly demanded phenomena in the modern world, yet paradoxically struggle to meaningfully reproduce themselves. It will showcase a total of 28 projects in detail, along with printed materials, workshop-produced models, and short films displayed on 7 small screens.

The EAA - Emre Arolat Architects, "...in comparison," exhibition will be available for viewing from September 12th to October 14th, 2006.