FRANCESCA POMPEI
The house of arts-Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum

After more than a decade, the new Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum opened in October 2022 with a project by Emre Arolat Architecture studio.
The superimposition of the new function on the existing entrepot building of Sedad Hakkı Eldem gave a rise to a permeable and transitive public space located at the heart of the city to public use that was restricted since 1960.
The new structure is in a visual dialogue with the context and the memory, the old and the new city.
The 3-dimensional concrete grid of Eldem’s original building has been preserved with a rational yet fresh approach of spatial arrangement.
Within this grid, the fragmental art galleries will provide a silent atmosphere for the visitors that, rather than disconnecting the perception from the outside world, will experience an unalloyed relationship with the art pieces.

Author
A Philosophy graduate, Francesca Pompei is specialised in Art and Architecture Photography and her professional collaborations include projects for AD-Italia, the Vatican City State, Emre Arolat Architecture, Jaca Book, Living Corriere della Sera, Artribune, Venaria Reale, the Cultural Heritage Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Doha.
Artist selected to celebrate Italy’s Republic Day 2020 and 2021, she is winner of prestigious competitions such as Architecture MasterPrize 2022 and The Art of Building. Her work is included in the Annuario d'Arte Italiana 2022 promoted by Quadriennale di Roma and published by Treccani.
Her projects have been published on an international level and exhibited as part of solo and group exhibitions.
She is a member of PhotoVogue, in addition to her role as a Professor of Photography in the Image and Storytelling Studio course of the Faculty of Architecture in La Sapienza University in Rome.
Since 2025 she has been member of the Freelancers Network of The

Website
https://www.francescapompei.it/

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