Selva Gürdoğan, Architect (born 1979, Turkey. 2003 graduate from Sci-Arc, USA) and Gregers Tang Thomsen, Architect (born 1974, Denmark. 2003 graduate from Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark) founded Superpool in Istanbul in 2006. They met at Rem Koolhaas’ studio Office for Metropolitan Architecture – OMA – in 2003, where they worked until establishing Superpool. Currently Superpool is engaged in _TailorCrete_, a European Commission funded research for incorporating robotics into concrete construction technology, along with preparations of masterplans and guidelines studies for Kartal and Kagithane neighbourhoods. Superpool has also recently completed _Mapping Istanbul_; a book commissioned by Garanti Gallery with nearly a hundred maps and information graphics creating a valuable resource for architects, planners, and policy-makers invested in the city’s future. Most recently, Superpool has been participating in the Audi Urban Future Award 2012 to research mobility in Istanbul in 2030.
We cannot always quantify change; is Istanbul changing very fast? … too fast? To document and archive in a place that has a habit of describing itself as “in flux” is of immense importance; we rely on the stories we record and tell to create a collective memory. We thank the individuals and institutions that…
