Time Sheet - Time Scale

The book for the exhibition “Time Scale / Zaman Cetveli,” which presented Erginoğlu & Çalışlar’s thirty years of architectural production in parallel with the memory of its era, has been published. This special book, which focuses on “Time Scale,” an exhibition held last year at the MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Culture and Arts Center's Single Dome Hall, documents the office's architectural practice while also sharing its intellectual foundation and design approach with readers.

Meriç Öner, who also curated the exhibition, edited the book, which presents Erginoğlu & Çalışlar's thirty years of experience through the team, their works, and the traces of the period. Published within the Pelin Derviş Publishing Project, the book's design was carried out by Ali Emre Doğramacı, and its English translation by Melis Çalışlar. 

While adapting the exhibition content, curated from a selection of digital and physical objects from the office's archive, to the book, fidelity was maintained to the dimensions and layout of the space. This aimed to reflect in print the exhibition's approach, which captured the variety in architectural representation production and the stops in its transformation.

The discussions that transformed Tophane-i Amire into a meeting place for architects during the program are included as texts in the book. These conversations, in which designers from different age groups, as well as clients, curators, researchers, and photographers, evaluated the changes in the architectural environment from the 90s to the present, elevate the book from being merely a visual archive to a profound intellectual platform.

The book contains rich content ranging from sketches to photographs, concept notes to office albums, interviews to articles about Erginoğlu & Çalışlar's projects.

The publication is an important resource not only for the architectural community but also for anyone interested in design, urban planning practices, and contemporary cultural production.