Sibel Zandi-Sayek examines how urban space, institutional structures, and everyday practices shaped one another in Izmir, a thriving Eastern Mediterranean seaport between 1840 and 1880. She investigates local populations who were actively engaged in restructuring the city and shows how Izmir’s various stakeholders contested its built environment, offering a new view of the dynamics of urban modernization.
Sibel Zandi-Sayek has experience in architectural and urban design practice in Turkey, Japan, and the US. She is interested in the material dimensions of cross-cultural exchange, specifically, exploring how the built environment mediates encounters resulting from trade, colonialism and transnational migration.
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