At this year's International Architecture Biennale of Antalya (IABA 2025), the exhibition Sergei Tchoban: Between Timelayers presents selected projects and architectural drawings. The specially developed format reflects the contrasting interplay of historical and modern architecture, the dialogue between history and the present as it is pronounced in modern cities. Tchoban understands the city with its architectural layers as a walk-in history book. In his works, he puts visualised and constructed ideas on paper and relates them to each other.
The two-part exhibition presents a selection of projects and architectural fantasies that explore the contrast between contemporary and historical, iconic and background architecture, showing how new layers play a role in the creation of the contemporary city.
The centrepiece of the interior drawing section consists of three genuine engravings by Piranesi, into which a new contemporary layer has been engraved. Does this destroy a masterpiece? Or could it give the city a new contemporary touch?
The ‘built part’ of the exhibition focuses on projects that deal, sometimes controversially, with the historical context in which they are located. Reuse and social and cultural integration are important sustainability issues here.
Opening of the Biennale: 03 November 2025
Exhibitions: 03 until 09 November 2025
Venue: Antalya Battery Factory
Address: Fabrikalar, 07090 Kepez/Antalya,Turkey