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Oğuz Emre Bal

Artist · Architect · Researcher · Founder

Understanding reality by altering it through different perspectives.

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Architecture · Interior · Research · Video Animation

2021

The Living O’Pod

A minimal, decentralized, and connected housing concept that nurtures the habitant's soul, mind, and resilience for social, environmental, and technological challenges.

computational matterpermeable boundariesResearching new possibilities for better living

Architecture

2018

Courtyard House Manama

A private villa in Manama defined by carved courtyards, deep shade, restrained greenery, and quiet water elements within a calm, mineral architecture.

permeable boundariesembodied cognitionHow a contemporary villa in Manama can feel both regionally grounded and globally refined, offering a form of high-end living defined by calm, enclosure, and enduring material presence.

Architecture

2017

Abu Dhabi Passive Courtyard Villa

A climate-responsive luxury residence defined by inward-facing courtyards, passive cooling, filtered light, and a private oasis for modern family living.

permeable boundariesrethinking the contemporary family villausing environmental logic to create a more durable and comfortable villa typology

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

Architecture · Research

2016

Waffle Structure — WAF Future Vision

Biomimicry-driven study of future architectural space: a flexible structure that unfolds and adapts to boundary conditions — light, view, landscape, climate. Presented as WAF Future Vision 2016; 25,000 m² mixed-use study for Berlin.

permeable boundariesspeculative futures

Architecture

2014

Narköy Eco Hotel & Training Center

A built eco-hospitality and training campus combining accommodation, training spaces, and an organic farm within a forest valley environment.

permeable boundariesPositioning sustainability as a system rather than treating 'green' as a visual theme

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