BINAA
Building Innovation Arts Architecture
Architecture today is not about singularities but about collective thinking. To think outside of the box, which most architects aim to do, thus means to think outside of the expected circle of architects; it means to engage people from different disciplines: engineers, businessmen, workers, craftsmen, users, in order to understand their unique perspectives. How can one combine all of these different perspectives in the creation of one architectural piece? The way a craftsman perceives an idea, for instance, is different from how an engineer or a manufacturer perceives it. And yet, all of these perspectives somehow do come together in the end... How does that really happen?
We are so used to seeing the final product: the park, the bridge, the building, without ever considering what was the process that helped bring the different perspectives of those involved together into one complete product. How was this final product really made? These were the questions I was asking myself as BINAA - a platform that showcases the architectural process and gives voice to all different disciplines and perspectives involved - was starting to take shape.
Burak Pekoglu
Founder & M. Arch
Burak Pekoğlu was born in 1984 and raised in Turkey, studied architecture in USA and had worked in Denmark, Turkey and USA. Burak is a graduate of Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD) with a MArch degree (2011). He received a BS degree, Cum Laude, in Architecture (2008) at SUNY Buffalo, where he also attended an exchange program at Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. He has worked in international offices such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in New York, Schmidt Hammer Lessen (SHML) in Aarhus, Denmark and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA) in New Haven.
He founded BINAA l Building INnovation Arts Architecture in 2012 with the idea of bringing together innovative and artistic ideas within a collaborative platform. He has won international awards and honors including “Architizer A+ Award in 2017, Young Architects Selection, GEMSS 2019 and Europe 40 Under 40 in 2020”.