2024-12-22T03:05:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/140018293/a-visit-to-all-that-is-solid-winner-of-the-young-architects-program-at-the-istanbul-modern Ellen Hancock 2015-10-30T05:12:00-04:00 >2015-11-05T20:47:57-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/tm/tmli8s4920eol459.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Istanbul is a city constantly evolving and forever feeling the pull of east and west, of tradition and modernity, and defined by its contrasts. Poised at the edge of the Bosphorus on the European side of the city, the Istanbul Modern museum situates itself at the center of it all.</p><p>Currently the gallery is hosting part of the Istanbul Biennial, which this year is divided between six locations across the city, stretching as far as the Princess Islands and Northern Bosphorus. Named &ldquo;Saltwater,&rdquo; the Biennial asks the viewer to take a much more leisurely approach to viewing and consider the context of its in situ context.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/4n/4nrehzxtyb1g1yz5.jpg"></p><p>Like much of Istanbul, the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/242742/istanbul-modern" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Istanbul Modern</a> and surrounding site is currently undergoing a transformation into a tourist hub. &ldquo;ALL THAT IS SOLID&rdquo; by Istanbul-based PATTU, the winning installation for this year&rsquo;s <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/47555/young-architects-program" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Young Architects Program</a> at the Istanbul Modern (a direct collaboration with the MoMA PS1 program of the same name), is inspired by this constant, cyclical change ...</p>