Info — Piknik Works

Hello

This is Piknik.
Piknik is Electric Blue.

Piknik Works is an architecture practice based in Istanbul and Vienna, founded in 2017, working across multiple scales and typologies, from buildings to interiors.

The studio adopts a multi-directional approach, engaging with different disciplines and mediums to produce precise and carefully considered design.

Piknik draws from both contemporary culture and accumulated architectural knowledge, operating between the contemprary and the timeless qualities of spatiality.

Piknik aims at spaciousness as a core value; engages with everyday life through concise details, while employing both the narrative and atmospheric capacities of space.

Piknik does not draw a strict boundary between art and architecture, but rather works through their interrelations. Architecture is understood as a performative act, continuously nourished by research and ongoing exploration.

For Piknik, speculation and experimentality is the power behind realisation of truely good ideas.

Piknik’s work has been exhibited internationally and recognized with national and international awards. Projects have been realized in cities including Istanbul, İzmir, Ankara, Paris, Milan, Dubai, and Vienna.

Contact

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Team

Piknik Works operates with an international and multidisciplinary team, bringing together designers from architecture, interior design, graphic design, and related creative fields.

The team is structured flexibly for each project, adapting to different scales and requirements while maintaining a coherent design approach across disciplines and mediums.

Founding partners Atıl Aggündüz and Oğul Can Öztunç are actively involved in every project, overseeing both the creative process and its execution from beginning to end.

Oğul Can ÖztunçFounding Partner
IST

Oğul Can Öztunç graduated from Istanbul Technical University with the Best Graduation Project Award in 2014 and won first prize in Archiprix Türkiye the same year. His work spans architecture, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary design, and has been recognized through multiple national and international awards. He has participated in international exhibitions and has been invited as a speaker at various conferences.
Founding Partner
All Projects

Duygu Nardereli
Senior Architect
Architecture & Interior Design Projects

Burçe Gökhun
Interior Designer
Architecture & Interior Design Projects

Nikola Stojković
Senior Graphic Designer
Graphic Design, Videography & Photography

Atıl Aggündüz Founding Partner
VIE

Atıl Aggündüz graduated from Istanbul Technical University in 2015, receiving numerous awards during his studies. His work focuses on architecture and interdisciplinary design across different scales. In 2024, he established Piknik Works’ Vienna office. He has participated in international exhibitions, contributed to academic environments, and has been invited as a speaker at various conferences.
Founding Partner
All Projects

Selin Erdemirci
Senior Architect
Architecture & Interior Design Projects

Tan Nuhoğlu
Junior Architect
Architecture, Interior Design & Illustration

Ata Baran (Konsol Yapı)
Civil Engineer
Turnkey Project Contracting

References

Piknik Works has collaborated with numerous brands and institutions across a variety of sectors, ranging from architecture, design and creative direction to art, installation, exhibition and event design. These collaborations span local and international markets, reflecting the studio’s ability to adapt its creative approach to diverse cultural and commercial contexts.

Selected Press

Designboom
Home-Art
Genç Mimarlar Seçkisi
VBenzeri
In-Between
Mimarizm
Bigumigu

Kültür.İstanbul
Mercado
'Nobody Cares About Piknik'
Space Pop-Up
Yeni Yaratıcılar
Arkitera
Artful Living

Selected Exhibitions

Maçka Sanat Gallery, SOFRA
2024, Oğul Öztunç & Ece Duran

Performative Drawing / Jerusalem Design Week
2022, Piknik Works

Performative Drawing / Stockholm
2019, Piknik Works

Istanbul Design Biennial / Hope on Water
2018, SO? & Piknik Works

Performative Drawing / Istanbul
2018, Piknik Works

‘Drawing Futures’ Exhibition & Conference, UCL Bartlett / UK

2015, Oğul Öztunç

Selected Talks

Live Arch Master / İzmir
2025, Oğul Öztunç

Live Arch Collective / İstanbul
2025, Oğul Öztunç

Yapı-Turkeybuild Istanbul
2025, Oğul Öztunç
(Co-Curator and Moderator)

Impact Hub Vienna
2025, Atıl Aggündüz

Marmara Urban Forum
2025, Oğul Öztunç

Mercado Podcast Series
2025, Oğul Öztunç

Space @ Zorlu Center
2022, Oğul Öztunç

Ankara Chamber of Architects
Spatial Practices of Piknik Works
2021, Piknik Works

Digilogue 2020 @Sonar +D Talks
2020, Atıl Aggündüz

İzmir Chamber of Architects

Then What: Alternative Architecture
2019, Piknik Works

Istanbul Chamber of Architects
İstanbul Gatherings
2019, Piknik Works

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