Oral Göktaş

Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş founded SO? in 2007 after studying Architecture at Istanbul Technical University, graduating in 2005. In 2013, they won the Young Architects Programme by MoMA/PS1, creating Sky Spotting Stop for the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, which was exhibited in MoMA and MAXXI. In 2015, they won the invited competition at the Royal Academy of Arts, and their project, Unexpected Hill was realized in London. Right after that, their installation Lost Barrier was mounted in Rome. Their project for the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, Fold and Float, traveled to MAXXI and Designmuseum Denmark. Both Lost Barrier and Fold and Float were acquired by MAXXI for their permanent collection. Their work has been published internationally, won numerous awards, and was nominated for the Mies and Aga Khan Awards. They were among the finalists of the Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award 2019. Recently, following an open call, they won the competition for the curation of the Pavilion of Turkey at Biennale di Venezia.