Project Description
‘We believe that architecture is never neutral but rather carries heavy implications of racial and gender dynamics,’ say Cisem Saglam and Nancy Ai, co-designers of this collaborative project titled ‘Meditations on the Harem’. together with Burak Celik, the designers have filled a plain room with interior detailing of stylized mandalas. The transformed room is intended as a space of cultural importance and as a place to initiate conversations on architecture’s influence on social and gender norms.