Urban Talks #01 | Quo Vadis?

Urban Talks

Cem Dedekarginoglu

Cemre Gokpinar

17.11.2022, Thursday 19:00

Urban Talks will take place at Ka x Assembly.

Participation is limited to 40 people. You can use the links on this page for free registration.

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The founders of Urbanwalks.ankara continuing its city walks in cooperation with Ka Atölye, Cem & Cemre, are inviting you to a new event series with great happiness.

“We will discuss the urban space that we have experienced on foot till today, through various historical layers of the city, and its important actors and concepts. With our guests who will join us at every event, we will try to discover the built environment and its contributors together, by keeping you on the edge of the seats.

In our first talk, we will not have guests, instead we will host each other. By evaluating the urban walks that we have been doing for four years from where we sit; we will discuss how two young people coming from distant social groups and intellectual backgrounds and who are passionate about Ankara and modern architecture, have been able to continue walking, talking and discussing together for so long. Moreover, we will scrutinize ourselves and what we have done till now through the changes we have seen in the urban space, the problems we have experienced, the mistakes we have made, and the solutions we have found.”

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Cemre Gökpınar

Graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Art History. He founded AnkaraAks in Ankara, a social enterprise producing projects and activities in the field of creative industries in Ankara. His main academic interests are modern Turkish architecture in the 20th century, architectural theories of the Turkish Republican period, and Ankara based urban-cultural studies. Moreover, he continues to work in the field of creative and cultural industries as a young entrepreneur by aiming to be involved in sustainable project processes.

Cem Dedekargınoğlu

Graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture. He voluntarily took part in various student initiatives, non-governmental organizations, local/national events and workshops; worked in professional organizations and architectural design offices. In 2019, he received his master's degree from METU Faculty of Architecture, Architecture History Graduate Program. He continues his education as a PhD student at the same program, and from 2018, organizes city walks in Ankara with Cemre Gökpınar.