DMTV Milkshake: Architect Koray Duman on Making Space for Art ? and Everyone Else
Architect Koray Duman ? born in Turkey and based in New York City ? knows about creating spaces for art ? both appreciating it and creating it. As the founder and principal of Buro Koray Duman, he converted an 11,000-square-foot manufacturing space into a gallery and studio space for artist Richard Prince in Harlem. That experience and others have taught him how to negotiate our expectations of spaces dedicated ?to art? and the actual elements of a rewarding architectural experience. ?There’s a common thread in designing art spaces ? people always want the space to be ?natural,?? he says. ?It is important that space doesn’t compete with the artwork ? but it?s very important for the space to elevate you. To get you ready [for the fact] that you are going to be faced with a great work of art. I always see the space for artwork as a threshold [between] everyday life and the special moment where you are faced with the artwork.? ??????"""""""""""""""""
In this week?s Milkshake, Duman talks to us about the special demands of designing these spaces, as well as the most inspirational experience he?s had recently ? that would be Simone Leigh?s work within the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which he says was ?just unbelievable, very inspiring and very moving? ? and ?decentralizing? brick-and-mortar buildings within the context of the institution ? a topic he recently explored a...
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