Türkiye Pavilion
18th International Architecture Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia
20 May–26 November 2023
Sale d’Armi, Arsenale
Venice, Italy
20.05–26.11.2023
Oil station, Bursa, photo: Sena Özfiliz

Ghost Stories:
Small Buildings

Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture, draws strength from the radical changes the world of architecture has undergone in the last two decades and suggests listening to and understanding the stories of abandoned buildings, rather than focusing on more heroic, successful examples. The research for the exhibition included an open call, aimed at compiling recent documentation of unused buildings across Türkiye. Below is a selection from small buildings.

Emlak Bank tennis club, Istanbul, photo: Filiz Ünsal
Yapı Kredi Bank, Konya, photo: Müberra Betül Yalçın
House, Bodrum - Muğla, photo: Münire Sağat
Function unknown, Afyon, photo: Berfin Güzel
Location and function unknown, photo: Yunus Emre Turgut
Garage, Kırıkkale, photo: Öznur Aktaş
Housing, Selçuk - İzmir, photo: İlker Aksoy
Beyce train station, Soma - Manisa, photo: Mehmet Sait Aktay
Function unknown, Ayrancı - Ankara, photo: Meltem Şahin
Gökpınar Electricity Factory, Denizli, photo: Burak Altınışık
Social facilities, Mersin, photo: Altuğ Çırakoğlu

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