Project 1.2 - Kultur Platform Kulah, Karaköy, Istanbul

 

Project 1.2 (one bond two lines)

In Karaköy, one of the oldest and most historic districts of Istanbul, a new “Kultur Platform”, Kulah, has landed. Next to the ferry terminals amongst warehouses, shops, intense activity, ancient buildings and narrow streets characteristic of the Istanbul history, a new space dedicated to music and art will open an aperture into the future.

The owner and manager of this new culture platform has been commissioned to French artist Bertrand Ivanoff, a permanent artwork that will bring a specific identity to both the space and the neighborhood.

The result is a pure and clear neon light installation made of straight lines that are going through the walls from the inside to the outside. These lines are concretely designed to attach and link this new art space to the old surrounding architecture. Like the mooring for a boat, the lines symbolize the ropes that are fastening to the environment this newcomer ready to unload its multicultural cargo. 

 View from the inside left

 View from the inside right

Details of the anchorage and the pilar

 View from the street 1

 View from the street 2