About projeSGCW
Selma Göker
Christopher Wilson
Christopher Wilson
International Assoc. AIA, RIBA, TMMOB
BA, MArch, (Sheffield)
Selma Göker has an international background having lived in Turkey, Japan, Syria, the UK and now USA. She trained as an architect in the UK and is licensed in both the UK and Turkey. With over 30 years experience working in four countries, she has been involved in projects ran
International Assoc. AIA, RIBA, TMMOB
BA, MArch, (Sheffield)
Selma Göker has an international background having lived in Turkey, Japan, Syria, the UK and now USA. She trained as an architect in the UK and is licensed in both the UK and Turkey. With over 30 years experience working in four countries, she has been involved in projects ranging from private homes to opera houses, with a particular specialisation in performance arts buildings.
Selma embraces her role as an architect to generate change and transformation.
Her cross-cultural background inevitably
results in asking questions, challenging the norm and opening a window from one culture
to another. In this context, she has served the local architecture organisations in each
country she has resided.
Selma believes that practicing architecture is enhanced by academic involvement.
To this end, she has over 6 years teaching experience at university level where she has taught studio design as well as developed
a professional practice course and an elective on performance arts buildings.
She also has various articles published
in journals in Turkey and Japan.
Christopher Wilson
Christopher Wilson
Christopher Wilson
International Assoc. AIA , ARB-UK
BArch (Temple), MA (AA), PhD (METU)
Dr. Christopher S. Wilson is Professor of Architecture and Design at Ringling College
of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
He is also the “Scholar-in Residence” of the non-profit Architecture Sarasota.
Before entering the world of academia,
Dr. Wilson worked as an a
International Assoc. AIA , ARB-UK
BArch (Temple), MA (AA), PhD (METU)
Dr. Christopher S. Wilson is Professor of Architecture and Design at Ringling College
of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
He is also the “Scholar-in Residence” of the non-profit Architecture Sarasota.
Before entering the world of academia,
Dr. Wilson worked as an architect in Philadelphia, Berlin, and London, and is registered with the United Kingdom's architectural registration board, the ARB.
His book, “Beyond Anitkabir: The Construction and Maintenance of National Memory” (Ashgate Press, 2013), narrates the story
of the five architectural constructions that
have housed the dead body of the first president of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Dr. Wilson has also written the Sarasota chapter in a monograph on the life and work of architect Victor Lundy, published by Princeton Architectural Press (2018), and an analysis of the usage of modern architecture in the 1970s TV series The Rockford Files (“Design History Beyond the Canon,” Bloomsbury, 2019).
Most recently, Dr. Wilson has co-authored a book entitled “Reframing Berlin: Architecture, Memory-Making and Film Locations” (Intellect Press/University of Chicago, 2023).
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in the works … LUSTRON HOME …. renovation
In March 2022, projeSGCW purchased Lustron Home #1687 in Sarasota, Florida, thinking to dismantle, restore and re-assemble on another site. When this became financially and practically unfeasible, renovation in-place became the way forward.
Typically, renovations begin with the exterior skin but since the steel structure was stable and [almost] watertight, we decided to begin on the inside and mo
Removal the original 12" x 12" floor tiles, which most likely contained asbestos.
Removing the layers of paint that covered the beautiful porcelain-enamelled interior panels -- a task that is still ongoing. Oh how we wish we could turn the clock back to the first person who thought painting the walls was a good idea.
What a joy it was to discover that our Lustron had the beige interior panels.
in the works … Lustron Home Garden … landscape
Florida Friendly Landscape
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Little Watering Required
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Native Plants Happy
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Pine and Live Oak Hammock
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Butterfly Attractors
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Supporting Wildlife
Neighborhood bunnies, black racer snake, ibis, raccoons, . . . .