Murat Germen, member of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, has been awarded the Photography MasterPrize (APMP) " Winner in Public Exterior " award at the 2024 Architecture Photography Awards.
Murat Germen won the award with the photo set of Melek Zeynep Bulut's public art installation Open Work.
OpenWork is a performative space which is a theatrical exhibit of transitions. It is all about this rigidity we call the world. Definitions, with corners and walls to be crashed. All the teachings and perceptions that squeeze human beings into a concrete mentality only. The abstract gates and the plan created by the resonating audible surfaces that work just like a musical instrument turn into a game of 'exchange' with the touch of the visitor. The photo set portrays the work publicly installed in front of the Ataturk Cultural Center in Taksim Square at the heart of magical city of Istanbul.
The Architecture MasterPrize™ (AMP) aims to advance the appreciation of architecture worldwide by honoring designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design and landscape architecture.