Iki design group was established in 1995 by Murat Kader and Sema Eser Ozsaruhan as an architecture and design platform, and since then it has been contributing to modern architecture. No matter scale and scope, whether urban or rural, the solutions are conceived to be functional, inspiring and “timeless”. iki design group addresses a holistic design understanding and forges a multidisciplinary working environment where individual capacities complement and energize each other. Owing to a systematic approach it is aimed that powerful and creative spatial articulations would be compatible with context and function, well detailed, cost efficient and eco-friendly.
Going beyond just delivering information and document for the building process, iki design group holds the enthusiasm to develop new interpretations to the interrelations in between future, nature, human, environment and urban. iki design group holds the belief that delivering better buildings and spaces to society has a direct influence on the happiness of people. Architecture is an integral part of everyday life as it constantly seeks new ways and solutions to bring quality to the physical environment.
Architecture directly serves this by means of appropriate, affordable and sufficient spaces where life is experienced and lived. Iki design group is driven with a simple understanding that combined knowledge enriches architectural design. Not just because of increasing difficulties and complexity of contemporary architectural challenges, but as radically changed social system requires architecture to collaborate more with specialized professions.
To put forward a new interpretation to the interrelationship between human, nature and cities within highly dynamic, mobilized and urbanized society, architecture in a position to reach and to embrace diverse capacities. iki design groupincorporates different teams and develops skills to deepen its resources in order to deliver a comprehensive service to meet the aspirations of the clients. A number of strategic group chaired by the partners reviews the project, sets design targets and determines the overall methods to be followed. Research and development plays a crucial role to remain up-to-date and develops new capacities to resolve the complexity of assignments.
As architecture gets more involved in urban aspects, due to the large scales and complex scopes of contemporary commissions, planning and design abilities needs to interact and interplay. Urban design is becoming indispensable to organize and regulate the design development process. Rather than single buildings enclosing to its surrounding and do not have communication with the urban context, space making and rendering the built environment integral part of social and cultural life are the main objectives of today’s architectural practice. iki design groupbelieves that combining creativity and realism makes sure to capture all values of the project itself and accelerates to reach an consensus with the singular identity of each commission.
