HAKAN AGCA

Founder & Managing Director of Cross Works Ltd, an award winning international design and technology firm headquartered in London (UK) & Riyadh (KSA), which specializes in the built environment.

A chartered architect (RIBA / ARB), urban designer, expert city planner and technologist, with 20 years of professional experience in award winning firms.

Project experience in over 25 countries across disciplines & scales; ranging from the design of new cities and regional masterplans through to architectural developments, as well as software and app development.

Trained / qualified in the UK from the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) & UWE.

AWARDS

• WAN Silver Award, IDA Silver Award, and GADA First Prize

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE OFFICE

Cross Works (XW) is an award winning cross-disciplinary design & technology firm, headquartered in London. We formulate technologically advanced solutions to real world challenges in urban environments. The team is made up of architects, urban designers, city planners, computational designers, technologists, web designers and software engineers.

AWARDS OF THE OFFICE

WAN Silver Award, GADA First Prize, NY Architecture Silver Award, IDA Silver Award, IDA Honourable Mention

PROJECTS TO BE PRESENTED DURING THE EVENT

Project #1: New Tashkent Masterplan

Start year: 01.05.2023

New Tashkent is a new ‘twin’ city, to the east of the existing capital of Uzbekistan, the largest city in Central Asia. The new masterplan, led by Cross Works alongside the Directorate of New Tashkent (the government entity in charge of the city’s design and delivery) has been designed on a 25,000 hectare site, with the objective of providing homes, work places, community facilities, commercial buildings and cultural uses for more than 2.5 million new inhabitants. The project aims to be a benchmark for the design, planning and construction of new cities for Central Asia, setting new norms for urban design standards across the region. The first phase made up of 6,000 hectares is already under construction on site.