MAS

MAS is an award winning architecture and design practice based in Istanbul, established in 2018 by Kerim Miskavi. Through an iterative, concept-driven approach, the studio engages in projects of various scales and media ranging from custom-made furniture design to large-scale urban transformations. MAS continues to develop its local and international architecture projects through all design stages from concept to construction administration and has completed several interior design projects with residential, office and retail programs in the past five years. The design proposal for Izmir University of Economics Guzelbahce Campus has been awarded First Prize by the Izmir Chamber of Commerce as a result of a national design competition that collected 54 entries. Project is in progress for the first 110.000 m2 of academic, administrative, social and sports programs with an aim to start construction in 2024. A 240-unit mid-rise residential development in Mersin, Turkey undertaken from master-plan concept through construction administration is currently under construction while an workshop and office building complex in Basra, Iraq, a 60- unit residential tower in Istanbul’s business district, Levent, a residential expansion in Berkeley, California and a villa in Baghdad, Iraq are planned to break ground in 2023. In addition to its project practice, MAS values the discipline’s theoretical framework and aims to engage in the international dialogue via various platforms. The studio’s architectural installation titled “Barjeel”, inspired by the traditional wind towers of the Gulf, showed at Dubai Design Week 2019. MAS has been featured in Turkey's Architecture Yearbook by Arkitera for three consecutive years with NAYA Studio, PH7800 and Ilıca Residence. PH7800 has been further recognized internationally as a finalist for the World Architecture Festival 2022 and nationally by the DAC Space Best of Interior Design Selection.