Alper Derinbogaz has been recognized as an "innovative architect, breaking up conventional thinking" *. Founder of architecture practice Salon, selected as one of Archdaily’s Best Young Practices of 2020, his work investigates the possibilities of the physical environment through the relationship between space and time. His designs vary from large-scale cultural institutions, İstanbul Museum to art installations, Augmented Structures with Refik Anadol, united by the desire to uncover and question the essential elements of the site and concept.Derinboğaz graduated from Istanbul Technical University in 2005 and received the Fulbright Scholarship to study at UCLA, where he won the Graduate Award for his master’s studies. After working in Los Angeles until 2011, he founded Salon as an Istanbul-based, international architecture practice. His first built works were selected for the Best Architecture Collection of the year and he received the Arkitera Young Architect Award in 2011. Derinbogaz was shortlisted in the YAP Program of MOMA and Istanbul Modern, and won the Plan Award for Innovative Architecture in 2015. His recent project Antalya Green Hub was awarded the Green Good Design Award by the Chicago Athenaeum in 2018. His work has also won the German Design Award by the German Design Council. In 2019, he was selected as one of the 40 Under 40 architects of Europe by The European Center. He is frequently invited to events as a speaker and his works are widely published and exhibited in global art and architectural publications. He also teaches architectural and urban design studios in several universities as a visiting professor including Pratt, NYC. Derinboğaz represented Turkey in its debut year at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014 with his work Modalities of the Spontaneous, an in-depth study of the urban transformation of Istanbul. His work in Istanbul frequently engages with layers of memory, such as the adaptive reuse project Fitas Passage which gives new life to a historic arcade on Istiklal Street. Derinbogaz’s museum works are characterized by social dialogue and contextual understanding. The most significant of these will be the new Museum of Istanbul, under construction since 2016.* ‘‘Architecture by Alper Derinboğaz breaks up traditional thinking to create innovative and flexible design solutions.’’- Chris van Uffelen, Young Visionaries / The New Generation of Architects