Tasarım Köyü İzmir came back for a second edition in 2016 — no longer tied to the national ÜMOB meeting, just the format standing on its own under the tagline "her yerde ve hiçbir yerde" ("everywhere and nowhere"). It ran 27 Ağustos – 5 Eylül 2016 (August 27 – September 5, 2016) at Turgutköyü, Seferihisar.

Tasarım Köyü İzmir 2016 banner — her yerde ve hiçbir yerde

Hand-painted plywood sign reading Tasarım Köyü İzmir, 3.5 km
The road to the village.

A real program

This time the whole week was mapped out day by day: shared morning and afternoon workshops on the theme "Beden ve Alan" (Body and Space), a trip to Azmak Köyü, sponsor-run sessions from Işıklar Tuğla and AKG Gazbeton, a second workshop track called "Nebula Project," and evening talks from Umut Şumnu, Kenan Güvenç, Tunç Gençer, Ethem Onur Bilgiç, and Hüseyin Egeli.

Printed day-by-day program for Tasarım Köyü İzmir 2016, 27 Ağustos–5 Eylül, Seferihisar/Turgutköyü

Presenter with microphone in front of a screen showing the same daily schedule, chalked onto a blackboard
Walking the group through the day's schedule on-site — the same breakfast / shared workshop / lunch / shared workshop / dinner / evening-talk rhythm as the printed program.

Two presenters on stage introducing a topic to the group
One of the week's evening talks.

Getting the village ready

Same as the year before, none of it ran on ideas alone — sourcing wiring, fixings, and supplies from İzmir's hardware shops in the days before the village opened.

Organizer sorting hardware and wiring supplies in a shop

On site at Turgutköyü

A shared house, hand-built seating and steps, and a mixed group of students, practicing designers, and local hosts working side by side for the length of the program.

The full Tasarım Köyü İzmir 2016 group seated on wooden steps outside the workshop house at Turgutköyü
The group at Turgutköyü — participants, organizers, and hosts together.

Overhead shot of paint palettes and brushes on the ground, surrounded by children's shadows with hands reaching in
A community art workshop, open to neighborhood kids alongside the student participants.

A second overhead shot of the paint palettes, brushes, and children's shadows reaching in from around the circle

Afterward: the exhibition

Two years later, the work from both editions came back together. Tasarım Köyü İzmir 2015–2016 Yılları Çalışmaları Sergisi opened on May 12, 2018 and ran through May 24, 2018 at İzmir Mimarlık Merkezi — a full-circle moment for something that started as a whiteboard sketch.

Illustrated map poster for the Tasarım Köyü İzmir 2015–2016 retrospective exhibition at İzmir Mimarlık Merkezi

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