Oğuz Emre Bal

Founder · Architect · Researcher · Artist

Understanding reality by altering it through different perspectives.

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active

Architecture

2025

Palazzo Nero Social House

A heritage adaptive-reuse concept for a boutique hotel, members’ club, and dining-led social destination in Southern Europe.

co-authored spacePrioritizing cultural durability over trend-driven designBalancing identity, intimacy, and long-term relevance in hospitality projects

Architecture · Interior

2024

Maris Quarter

A luxury waterfront mixed-use district combining shell-wrapped architecture, hospitality-led living, and lush shaded courtyards.

co-authored spaceembodied cognitionHow can a high-value waterfront district move beyond generic branded-residential language?

Architecture

2023

Crescent Courtyard

A luxury mid-rise residential concept shaped by a shaded courtyard oasis—deep loggias, calm water, club amenities, and rigorous planning logic.

co-authored spaceimproving resident experience through climate-aware designcreating a distinctive identity for the development

Architecture · Interior

2023

Saha North

A luxury Riyadh promenade where leasing logic, shaded urban section, premium dining, and invisible operations are shaped into one coherent destination.

co-authored spaceCreating a commercially credible destination in a harsh desert climateBalancing public realm with invisible operations

Architecture · Interior

2022

Maslak Square | Parametric Office Tower Concept

A concept design for a contemporary office tower and public interior environment in Istanbul’s business district, driven by a single spatial idea: a vertical façade system that evolves into an architectural framework.

co-authored spaceintegrated approach to commercial architecturelinking façade, structure, public interface and interior identity

Architecture

2016–2017

Media City Master Plan✦

A self-sufficient, sustainable city and cultural attraction with innovative, interactive planning and structures echoing developments in technology.

computational matterco-authored spacePost-industrial city life redefinition

Interior

c. 2015–2017

Istanbul Incubation Center

Incubation center project in Istanbul with GAD Architecture.

co-authored space

Architecture · Interior · Video Animation

2016

Wepublic experimental SHOPPING center

A commercial space that can transform and renew itself like a living organism, blending art and architecture.

co-authored spaceembodied cognitionExploring the intersection of art and architecture to create a unique experience

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

Art · Product · Video Animation

2011

Freshgate — Interactive Festival Booth

Freshgate: interactive festival booth exploring responsive human-space relations — 3D modeling, prototyping, and on-site production with Salon Architects for the Miller Festival 2011.

embodied cognitionco-authored space