Oğuz Emre Bal
Artist · Architect · Researcher · Founder
Understanding reality by altering it through different perspectives.
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.
XR / Spatial · Product · Video Animation · App
2018
Real Estate AR & VR App
Interactive AR & VR mobile application for real estate — a demo built to improve sales by letting buyers experience unbuilt properties immersively.
Architecture
2018
Riva Residences
Residential development with interiors in Riva, Istanbul — 36,000 m² construction on a 106,000 m² site.
Architecture · Interior
2017
Anatolium Marmara Shopping Center
A large-scale shopping center project in Istanbul, Turkey, featuring interior design and architecture.
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.
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.
Art · Product
c. 2016
Miami Scope Artworks — 3D Printed Parametric Sculptures
3D-printed parametric sculptures created as tributes to fluidity in architecture — interlocking parts generated algorithmically from organic shapes like water droplets and vines, exhibited during Art Basel Miami.
Architecture
c. 2016
Balmumcu Residences
Residential project with a parametric facade inspired by ink brush strokes — organic, form-finding flowing lines creating a distinctive visual identity.
Interior · Product
2016
Berlin WAF Stand
A modular exhibition stand that embodies the principles of embodied cognition, allowing visitors to present experience in a tactile and immersive way.
Architecture
c. 2015–2017
Beykonak Residences
Residential project with GAD Architecture.
Architecture · Research
c. 2015–2017
Experimental Tower Studies
Algorithmic form-finding studies for high-rise typologies during GAD's computational design research period.
Interior
c. 2015–2017
Istanbul Incubation Center
Incubation center project in Istanbul with GAD Architecture.
Product · Research · Architecture
c. 2016
Milano Marble Fair Stand
Fair stand design for a marble exhibition in Milan, with GAD Architecture.
Architecture
c. 2016
Monaco Le Meridien Hotel
A hospitality project located in Monaco, currently under development.
Architecture
c. 2015–2017
Noodle Degeneration
Generative design research study at GAD Architecture.
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.
Architecture · Interior · Video Animation
2016
Wepublic experımental SHOPPING center
A commercial space that can transform and renew itself like a living organism, blending art and architecture.
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.
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.
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.
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.