Güliz Lise Architect
ALSANCAK, IZMIR, TURKEY
X/MAC
X/Mac is the union of real and virtual. The project location is Alsancak Limanarkası and this is an area where pedestrian flow is high and transportation is intense. It cares about the different presence and unity of the user inside. It is a center that examines the media existence of abstract digital arts and the effects of the new reality on space and the human body and perception. It examines the existence of the digital version of art in physical environments and acts as art therapy with digitality for the people stuck in the lively streets of Alsancak. Hologram areas have been created here and there, mostly on the ground floor, and these points are technological communication areas. While research is carried out professionally, the public becomes a part of it. While creating spaces, incidental communications were also brought to the fore. Platforms were also created in the region, which is described as a circulation gap, and interaction areas were created. An attempt was made to increase public interaction with an open-air cinema under the ground floor.