A City in Motion — Istanbul as an Architectural Laboratory

How is a city shaped when past, present, and future constantly collide? Istanbul is a metropolis in perpetual motion - a place where migration, sustainability, and cultural encounters continuously rewrite the language of architecture. Here, tradition and modernity stand side by side, and it is in this tension that new ways of thinking about the city and identity emerge.

In this edition of Davids Bazar, we invite you to a conversation on the role of architecture in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. A panel will explore how Istanbul’s urban transformations can inspire new ways of understanding the city’s social and aesthetic dimensions and what lessons Danish cities can draw from a constant state of change.

The panel features Ane Cortzen, Anne Marie Galmstrup (Director), and Naime Esra Akin (Teaching Associate Professor, Architect MAA, PhD, Aarhus School of Architecture). The conversation unfolds at the intersection of culture, architecture, and society, asking the central question: What happens when the city itself becomes a laboratory for future forms of community?

The talk will be held in English.