Aleyna Turgut

As an interior architect, I’m interested in the moments that exist between things. The moments of arrival before entering a space, the hesitation before crossing a doorway, the small actions that prepare us for a change in condition.

My graduation project began with a simple question: what are thresholds in a world of constant accessibility?

Today, we remain connected regardless of where we are. Messages, information and social interactions move freely across walls, rooms and buildings. We cross physical boundaries while remaining mentally present elsewhere. This led me to question whether thresholds still function as moments of separation or whether they have taken on a different form.

Through a series of experiments, installations and observations, the research gradually shifted away from understanding thresholds as architectural objects and toward understanding them as acts. Waiting, filtering, hanging a coat, putting away a phone, washing hands or simply taking time before entering a space all became forms of threshold-making.

Drawing from performance art, ritual theory and everyday life, Thresholds as Acts proposes that contemporary thresholds are no longer found only in doors, walls or corridors. Instead, they emerge through time, attention and participation.