Our final presentations will be at 6.45 in the evening at the Fotograf Akademisi (http://fotografakademisi.moonfruit.com/) which is located less than 5 minutes away from the  tower.   The address is  Galata Fotografhanesi Fotograf Akademisi Serdar-1 Ekrem Sokak, No: 5/B Galata Beyoglu, Istanbul.

I’ve been in Istanbul a week, but still haven’t visited the Hagia Sophia or the Blue Mosque.
Sounds crazy?  Well, with my internship at URBZ I’ve had the opportunity to discover the city with a completely different eye. I’ve walked through the same street through the gaze of an architect, photographer and graphic designer at different [...]

The URBZ Mashup crew is in the thick of the Galata-Shishane area of magnificent Istanbul. Everyone is discussing, exploring, drinking beer, chai or turkish coffee and pontificating over the intricacies and nuances of gentrification (old and new), imaginary and real geographies, the fate of the sprawling electric light retail district and the hundreds of artisanal [...]

In preparation for the week-long Mashup workshop at Yildiz University, we started exploring the neighbourhood of Galata-Sishane, one of the oldest parts of Istanbul.
On 26th, we meet at 9AM at the school of Architecture. This is the day we come up the themes of the workshop and self-organize into teams.

It is impossible to mention Galata [...]

Starting in September 2010, URBZ/Urbanology will begin a 9 months long study of Goa’s unique brand of urbanism with the Royal Institute of Fine Art in Stockholm. Excerpts from the studio’s brochure.
An Urban System
Goa is the state in India that has most clearly cultivated its own identity despite almost 500 years of colonialism. Goa [...]