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Oğuz Emre Bal

Artist · Architect · Researcher · Founder

Understanding reality by altering it through different perspectives.

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App · Research

2026–present

DocViz APP

Visualize & understand any document with AI — uploads become interactive visual maps of structure and relationships: Classic, Node Map, Mind Map, and Text views, powered by local Ollama models.

information as space

Architecture · Interior

Canyon Shopping Center Concept

A shopping center concept design with fluidity elements especially insipred by slices and smoothed canyons and caves.

App · Product · Research

2026 — in development

Solar Dial APP

The relationship operating system for people who refuse to let the people they love drift away — contacts orbit you, drifting outward as time passes, making relationship decay visible before it becomes permanent loss.

information as spacespatial memory

App · Research

2025–present

Brainie APP

Personal knowledge graph powered by AI — organize information into separate 'brainies', visualize connections in a customizable 3D graph, and let AI extract keywords and process content.

information as spacespatial memory

Research · App · Product

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Trackie APP

A tool that turns any text into an interactive map of its structure, meaning, and connections.

information as spaceHow to visualize and navigate complex information?

Architecture · Video Animation

2024

Abu Dhabi Villa - Concept & Animation

Architecture, 3D Modeling, and Animation project for a villa in Abu Dhabi.

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Video Animation

2024

Diffusion of Emotions

A graphic design project exploring the concept of emotional diffusion.

Product · Video Animation

2024

RTA LABS Animation

Product Design, 3D Modeling, Animation for a project by Oğuz Emre Bal.

Video Animation

2024

un10.design logo animation

A dynamic logo animation showcasing the brand's identity.

Art · XR / Spatial · App · Research · Video Animation

2022–ongoing

Meta Materials // Droplets

An avant-garde digital art project exploring materiality in virtual spaces and questioning the nature of reality.

physical-digital intersectioncomputational matterHow aesthetics of virtual realm alter understanding of physical world

Architecture · Video Animation · App

2021

The Living O'Pod - Concept, 360 Degrees & Animation

A futuristic concept for a living pod with immersive 360-degree animation. https://uniodesignstudio.com/external/tour3/

Research · App · Art · Video Animation

2021

Trouble Market APP aka dertedin

Speculative design installation imagining personal anxieties as tokenized, tradeable financial instruments — exposing the logic of financializing human distress.

speculative futuresdigital identity

Architecture

2020

Kelowna Children's Museum & Family Learning Complex

Museum, children's museum, and family learning complex with interiors in Kelowna, BC — 110,000 m² construction on a 162,000 m² site. Designed with Eti Kastoryano.

learning through spaceembodied cognition

Architecture · Interior

2020

Manly Cove Beach Club

Commercial beach club with restaurant, bar, and interiors at Manly Cove, Sydney — 1,000 m². Designed with Eti Kastoryano.

embodied cognition

Architecture · Interior

2020

Zayed City Residence

Residential project with interiors in Zayed City, Abu Dhabi — 1,200 m² construction on a 3,000 m² site. Designed with Eti Kastoryano.

embodied cognition

Product · Video Animation

2019

BALO Smart Case

A product design concept and animation for a smart case, showcasing innovative features and user experience.

Architecture · Interior

Omzibar — Desert, Wadi & Sea Sanctuary

A regenerative coastal desert destination in Oman shaped by desert adventure, productive ecology, wadi wellness, culture, and hospitality-led luxury.

how a large coastal site can move beyond generic luxury resort planningclimate intelligence, privacy, silence, ecological productivity, cultural continuityclimate intelligence

Research

2019–present

Architectural Design of Multi-Cognitive Reality Generated in Virtual Environment

Ph.D. research at ITU investigating how multi-cognitive realities are generated and designed in virtual environments — the theoretical spine of the entire practice.

embodied cognitionconsciousness as spacephysical-digital intersection

Art · App · Product · Research · Video Animation

2019

Specularism APP

An interactive data sculpture that explores the mutable nature of reality within the contemporary digital landscape.

digital identityphysical-digital intersectionWhat is the nature of individual and collective realities in the social media era?

Art

ongoing

X-Scapes

Animation series exploring consciousness-spaces for experiences that resist recording: dreams, memory, and imagination as time-space constructs.

consciousness as spacespatial memory

Art · XR / Spatial · Video Animation · App

2017–2018

İçlek — AR & VR: Wormholes APP

26 hand-made 3D-printed sculptures + AR app + VR environment. A semi-open structure where any boundary between inner and outer worlds is inherently permeable — a wormhole between urban and cosmic scales. bang. Prix Art Innovation Prize 2017.

physical-digital intersectionpermeable boundariesembodied cognition

Product · Interior

ŞekerBank Sculture Lightings

A commercial bank lobby with various types of lighting design inspired by the bank logo

Product

Lunar Watch Project

A lunar watch project.

Art · Research · Product · XR / Spatial · Video Animation

2014–2017

Space Hackers APP

Participatory platform inviting citizens to identify and 'hack' inaccessible urban spaces — mapping them as sites of latent potential and proposing collaborative interventions.

co-authored spacepermeable boundaries

Product

Wireframe Faucet Design

A faucet minimal faucet design that hide s how the water flows from inside.

Video Animation · Product

MapiArt

Magnetic Pixel Art - Magnetic Sliced colored pieces to create images in the surfaces.

Exploring the intersection of physical and digital mediaInvestigating new ways to create interactive art experiencesExamining the role of materiality in digital art

Research

2013–2015

Instant Space Design by the Experience of Movement

M.Sc. thesis at ITU: designing instant space through the experience of movement — where the practice's body-space-cognition thread began.

embodied cognitionspatial memory

Web · Architecture · Interior · Video Animation

Likör Sosyal Experience Museum

An adaptive reuse project at old Mecidiyeköy Liquor Factory as a Social and Cultural Center.

Product

2011

Crank - Modular Lightening

A modular lighting design concept.

Interior

Outdoor Action

An experimental Outdoor Store, inspired by canyons and river beds. The rocks are stylized to reflect the canyon inspiration and used as a sale module. In the walls it is aimed to create a canyon feeling by using artificial rock texture.

Architecture · Interior

TU-ARC Trakya Universitesi Campus Concept

The dialog between old and new is always controversial. In this project we are stacking spaces with fluidity each other in 3d space and relation with old enclosure.

Architecture · Video Animation · Interior

Tibidabo Twin House

A Luxury Twin House Design that seamlessly blends natural materials with modern architecture.

How can architecture be designed to minimize its impact on the environment?What role do natural materials play in creating sustainable buildings?