Emre Arolat (born 24 June 1963) is a Turkish architect. In 2004, he co-founded EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture with Gonca Paşolar. Arolat is best known for the construction of Sancaklar Mosque.
Early life Arolat was born in Ankara in 1963. After completing his education at Galatasaray High School, he studied at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul where he received his BArch degree in architecture in 1986 and MArch degree in 1992. He then went to work at the Metcalf and Associates Architectural Office in Washington D.C. between 1986 and 1987.
Awards
Arolat has received many national and international awards, including the 2005 Mies van der Rohe award for European Architecture (Highly Commended); 2006 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture (Highly Commended); 2013 WAF (World Architecture Festival) Winner of Religious Buildings category with the Sancaklar Mosque; 2014 WAF Winner of Shopping Category with the Yalıkavak Palmarina; Winner of Leisure-Led Category with the Antakya Museum Hotel; WAF Winner of Infrastructure Category with the Çukurova Airport in 2015 and Winner of Culture Category with the Istanbul Antrepo 5 – MSGSU Painting and Sculpture Museum. He also received the National Architecture Awards in the category of "Design" and "Building" in 1992, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2014. He was awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 with the İpekyol Textile Factory Building. In 2015 Sancaklar Mosque was awarded ArchDaily's Best Building of the Year and Mies van der Rohe award for European Architecture-Best 40 Building of the Year, also nominated for Design Museum-Designs of the Year award. In May 2015, the International Academy of Architecture accorded Emre Arolat the title of professor of the academy in recognition of his achievements in the development of contemporary architecture. Teaching
Since 1998, Emre Arolat has been teaching in architectural schools in Turkey and abroad, including Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Berlage Institute for Architecture, TU Delft and Erciyes University. He was also a visiting lecturer at the Pratt Institute, the Middle East Technical University and Istanbul Technical University. He has been invited to serve as a jury member for numerous architectural design competitions in Turkey and abroad, including the World Architecture Festival (WAF), European 8, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Opera House Architectural Design Competition and the 2014 Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition and the Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE) Student Award for Architectural Excellence in Amman. He was the 2017 Norman R. Foster Visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture.
Exhibitions Arolat was one of two curators of the first Istanbul Design Biennial in 2012. He also curated "Musibet", an exhibition focusing on the social and physical effects of the rapid transformation processes taking place in Istanbul. The EAA curated the exhibitions "Nazaran.../With regard to...” in 2006, "An/Moment" in 2012 and ”Fabrika/The Factory" in 2013.
In 2015, Arolat curated EAA's exhibition, "ist-on situations" at RIBA, London. The exhibition explored a timeline beginning with the mid-19th century showing key events or turning points in the course of the urban stories of London and Istanbul. Through a dual city approach, the practice reveals "situations" that unite and differentiate these two cities at the east and west ends of Europe in their development. Along with the visual material and text focusing on the background of the urban situations, a selection of recent projects and those underway by Emre Arolat Architecture (EAA) in Istanbul were showcased as 'agents' of the current urban scene. The exhibition featured original drawings, models, photographs and films of EAA's projects.
Publication
EAA designs have been described in various publications. "Emre Arolat: Buildings / Projects 1998–2005" is the first monograph by Emre Arolat. It uses thirty projects to explore the studio's architectural approach. The book “Dalaman Airport” explores the experience of producing this large building. EAA was the editor of the books "Nazaran.../With regard to...” and ”Fabrika/The Factory", which was published alongside the exhibitions.
In September 2013, Rizzoli New York published "EAA - Emre Arolat Architects: Context and Plurality", a monograph edited by Philip Jodido and Suha Özkan, covering 34 projects of the office. It was the first Rizzoli book publication for a Turkish architect. The second volume of EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture's monograph with Rizzoli Electa, "Global and Local / New Projects: EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture" was published in 2020. The book highlights thirty-two projects across Turkey, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the United States, UAE, Bahamas, Republic of Tatarstan, Oman and Finland. The book contains multilayered and contextual projects like the award-winning Sancaklar Mosque and the innovative Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, which will historically document and display the largest collection of Turkish art and the Museum Hotel Antakya, in which the hotel floats over archeological artefacts without touching them.
In the same year, another book of EAA was released by ORO Editions with an introduction by Aaron Betsky. The book is an expose of an architect's inner dialogues during the design process. It reveals a detailed and extensive documentation of the internal struggle to conceptually ground and position three different works of architecture: Sancaklar Mosque, Bergama Cultural Center and Yalıkavak Marina.
Books Scent of The Trace, Emre Arolat, Oro Editions (2020) Global and Local / New Projects: EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture, Philip Jodidio & Suha Özkan, Rizzoli Electa (2020) EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture / Context And Plurality, Philip Jodidio & Suha Özkan, Rizzoli NY (2013) Fabrika, Milli Reasürans A.Ş. (2012) Dalaman, Yem Yayınevi (2007) Nazaran, Milli Reasurans A.S. (2006) Emre Arolat, Buildings/Projects 1998–2005, Literatür (2005)
Selected projects Date Type Building Location Country 2002 Residential Aomori Housing Complex Aomori 2003 Hotel Hotel in Mahdia Mahdia 2003 Hotel Lara Kervansaray Hotel and Convention Center Antalya 2004 Recreational Minicity Theme Park Antalya 2005 Office Tour & Taxis, Renovation of Antrepot Royal Brussels 2006 Transportation Dalaman International Airport Terminal Muğla 2006 Industrial Ipekyol Textile Factory Edirne 2007 Residential Kemerlife XXI Istanbul 2008 Hotel 7800 Çeşme Residences and Hotel İzmir 2009 Residential Folkart Narlidere Housing İzmir 2009 Museum Santral Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum Istanbul 2010 Hotel The Museum Hotel Antakya Antakya 2010 Residential Arketip Housing Istanbul 2010 Cultural Eyüp Cultural Center and Marriage Hall Istanbul 2011 Master Planning Cendere Valley Master Planning Istanbul 2011 Transportation Çukurova Regional Airport Complex Adana 2011 Cultural Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture Istanbul 2011 Government Prague Turkish Embassy Prague 2011 Cultural Raif Dinçkök Cultural Center Yalova 2012 Mixed Use Baku Mixed Use Complex Baku 2012 Hotel Hotel in Batumi Batumi 2012 Office Kağıthane Ofispark Istanbul 2012 Hotel Le Meridien Istanbul Istanbul 2012 Education METU Research Center Ankara 2012 Residential Yalikavak Elements Bodrum 2013 Cultural Expo Milano Turkish Pavilion Milan 2013 Mixed Use Kuzu Effect Ankara 2013 Religion Sancaklar Mosque Istanbul 2013 Residential Ulus Savoy Residences Istanbul 2013 Residential Vicem Bodrum Houses Muğla 2014 Education AGU Sümer Campus Kayseri 2014 Cultural Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Helsinki 2014 Mixed Use Heyat Park Mixed Use Complex Baku 2014 Office Maslak No.1 Office Tower Istanbul 2014 Cultural Udarnik Contemporary Art Museum Moscow 2014 Leisure Yalikavak Palmarina Istanbul 2014 Mixed Use Zorlu Center Mixed Use Complex Istanbul 2015 Mixed Use Gelendzhik Marina Gelendzhik 2015 Government Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Complex Manisa 2015 Office Office Tower in Istanbul Istanbul 2015 Hotel Rixos Abu Dhabi Resort Hotel Dubai 2015 Hotel Royalton Hotel and Residences London 2015 Hotel St. Regis Istanbul Istanbul 2016 Cultural Abdullah Gül Presidential Museum and Library Kayseri 2016 Residential Bahamas Houses Cat Cay 2016 Cultural BerKM – Bergama Cultural Center İzmir 2016 Residential Güral Suadiye Residences Istanbul 2016 Cultural Liget Budapest Museum of Ethnography Budapest 2016 Residential Muscat 1129 Commercial and Residential Complex Muscat 2016 Residential 5975 Reading London 2017 Mixed Use Ege Perla İzmir 2017 Residential Golkoy Residences Muğla 2017 Residential Kandilli Residences Istanbul 2017 Mixed Use Kazan Mixed Use Complex Kazan 2017 Mixed Use Mecidiyekoy Mixed Use Complex Istanbul 2017 Restaurant Munya Restaurant Miami Miami 2017 Museum Qatar Art Mill Competition Doha 2017 Mixed Use Tehran Mixed Use Complex Tehran 2018 Residential Bay Point Villas Miami 2018 Cultural Nora Cultural Center Ajman 2018 Hotel Savoy Hotel Miami 2018ResidentialSabal Palm Road HouseMiami2019CommercialTeknopark IstanbulIstanbul2019ResidentialAlcantara GardensLisbon2019ResidentialRiverside CentralLondon2019OfficeNishat OfficeLahorePakistan2019TransportationSabiha Gökçen Airport International Terminal III CompetitionIstanbul2019ResidentialNef GölköyBodrum2019Residential19 Jumeirah Palm VillaDubai2019R&D CenterCAFU Research CenterSharjah2020Mixed UseLura 5 Hotel and ResidencesLalzit Bay2020OfficeGöktekin Adana MixAdana
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