addressing social and urban problems

Post-Disaster Urban Regeneration through Community Co-creation

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An Inclusive Personal Care Experience

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We are researchers, architects, designers & strategists, co-creating a future that sustains for people and the planet.

Community Co-creation

Our research and design processes incorporate community engagement methods to ensure authentic outcomes co-created by people with diverse professional and lived experiences.

Process Innovation

Adoption, implementation, scale and change are all human challenges.

We apply human-centered mixed-methods research, facilitate innovation workshops and create interactive tools to enable and accelerate progress toward mid/long term goals.

Computational Design

We create architecture and urban spaces through algorithmic problem-solving methods that allow us to generate advanced geometries in the built environment.

Prototyping & Fabrication

Every design solution - from product to policy - is a prototype that shall iterate and evolve. We use internal capabilities to provide rapid prototyping in digital and physical realms, empowering co-creation and enabling safe-to-fail experimentation.

FRAMEWORK

A Digest on Co-Design

SOUR

New York, USA

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PUBLICATION

The 5th Order of Design

NEWS

SOUR Talks: Exploring Generative AI in Design Education and Practice

School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York
‍New York, USA

FRAMEWORK

AI With and For Inclusion

SOUR

New York, USA

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TOOLKIT

Rethinking Recycling

SOUR

New York, USA

WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THE PODCAST

125 - AI for Social Good ft. Dr. Lauri Goldkind

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WHO WE ARE?

Inanc Eray

Partner

Pinar Guvenc

Partner

Marianne de Zeeuw

Director, Global Relationships

Merve Guven

Architect

Derin Sahin

Design Researcher & Illustrator

Pinar Gursoy

Architect

Nicholas Doghlass

Architect & Illustrator

Merve Akbay

Architect

Gamze Gurgenc

Studio Coordinator

Irem Gocmenoglu

Communication Designer

FEATURED TOOL

Rethinking Recycling

How might we use behavioral insights to design better waste management systems?

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Featured Clients

Awards

Izmir Sustainability Center National Competition

Honourable Mention

SXSW Innovation Awards

Winner

Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards

Best Design North America
Best Packaging
General Excellence

Cannes Lions
Innovation Grand Prix

Winner

EIT Climate-KIC
Green Business Ideas

Winner of National Prize
2nd Place in Global Finals

Venice Bienalle di Architettura

Exhibited

Incheon Geomdan Museum Library Cultural Complex International Competition

4th Prize

YAP: Young Architects Program MOMA & Istanbul Modern

Finalist

Istanbul Telecommunication Tower, International Design Competition

Winner

Taksim Square International Urban Design Competition

Finalist

Dezeen Awards

Longlist

Architectural Review Future Project Awards

Winner