and struc ture the idea of wor k ing
For t h i s re a s o n T h i n k i n g t h e E d g e
tirele ssly o n th e li m it .
is an i m p o r t a n t e x p e r i e n c e t o c a r r y
I b elie ve tha t foc us ing on t he
on an d I s t a n b u l i s o n e o f t h e i d e a l
meanin g a nd va lue of border s
cit ies t o d e v e l o p i t . I n 2 0 1 3 , t h e
and limits, of th e p laces bet ween
wor k sh o p w a s a u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y
things, is like tr yin g t o inv es t igat e
t o f in d e a c h o t h e r a n d w o r k t o g e t h e r,
that ph ysica l an d s y m bolic s pace
des pi t e t h e v e r y l i m i t e d t i m e , a n d t h e
unsta ble , bu t ne ce s s ar y, which t ells
f ir s t re s u l t s , a s w e l l a s o p p o r t u n i t i e s
the co nte mpo rar y realit y and it s
f or di re c t e x c h a n g e , h a v e b e e n
radica l tran sfo r mat ion.
v er y e n c o u r a g i n g . I t w a s o n l y t h e
The wo rld is ch an ging dr am at ically
begin n i n g o f a j o u r n e y a n d i t w i l l b e
b efore ou r eyes , and t he
t he t a s k o f t h e n e x t e d i t i o n s t o d i g
inter n atio na l crisis is not hing
ev en d e e p e r a n d o ff e r u s e f u l t h e m e s
more th an on e o f it s m os t ex t rem e
and v i s i o n s .
conseque nc es, bu t it is als o t o
M y co n t r i b u t i o n , a l o n g w i t h A n j a
b e co nside red as a t rem endous
Vis ini , w a s t o t r y t o t u r n t h e
op po r tun ity to ch ange and ev olv e t he
wor k sh o p , i t s c o n t e n t s a n d p ro j e c t s ,
tools with whic h w e t hink and wor k .
in a s t o r y e a s i l y c o m m u n i c a t e d
D edic atin g a se ries of int er nat ional
t hroug h s o c i a l n e t w o r k s , w i t h t h e
w orksho ps tha t co m bine s om e of t he
openi n g o f F a c e b o o k a n d Tw i t t e r
scho ols of a rch itect ure, as well as
chann e l s . T h i s w a s a s w e l l o n e o f
b rillia nt th inkers and des igner s , is a
t he m a n y p o s s i b l e s t r a t e g i e s t o w o r k
g rea t oppo r tun ity f or us all t o dev ot e
on t he l i m i t a n d , t o g e t h e r, t o s h a re
tim e a nd resou rce s t o one of t he
t he re s u l t s w i t h a g ro w i n g m a s s o f
b ig issu es fac ing t he cont em por ar y
peopl e c o m i n g t o b u i l d a c o m m u n i t y
vision s a nd so lutio ns .
unim a g i n a b l e u n t i l a f e w y e a r s a g o .
In a ge ne ralized dim ens ion in which
This i s a n o t h e r w a y t o e x p l o re t h e
the rela tion sh ips bet ween public
t ools a n d t h e f u t u re p o t e n t i a l i t y o f
and priva te, in ter n al and ex t er nal,
archite c t u re a n d l o o k f o r w a rd a s
mate rial a nd digital, ar t if icial and
Thinki n g a s t h e E d g e i s c o n t i n u i n g
natura l, are mingling and changing,
t o do.
arch itec ture is o ne of t hos e d is cipline s in whic h realit y will r ais e more que stio ns an d unus ual is s ues .
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