The Back Lab

The Back Lab, founded in 2020 in Istanbul, is an interdisciplinary collaboration formed by 5 designers. We have extensive experience and are specialized in a wide range of computational tools, digital fabrication techniques and novel materials. Our team consists of 4 architects and an interior designer with Masters degrees in Robotic and Advanced Construction, and Masters degree in Advanced Architecture. As a team, we have completed numerous projects around the world including Denmark, Nepal, Spain, Italy and Turkey where we were involved in projects of various scales from wearables to installations, from robotic fabrication to architectural scale. We envision to push the boundaries of architecture and the built environment to a more sustainable future. We are developing projects and fabrication techniques through computational design, digital fabrication methods and automation that are conscious of material usage with the focus of decreasing the footprint of the built environment while optimizing the cost and the time involved. Our passion for innovation and research into new technologies and materials means we never stop learning, adapting and improving as we push the boundaries of architecture.