URBAN ATRIUM

Urban Atrium

The project site is the terminus of both landmarks: Kordon and Alsancak Rail Station. In the current situation, there is poor urban connectivity. To promote a sustainable urban life, several approaches to the building area and two registered buildings are significant inputs for the project concept. Different urban programs on the ground floor such as public education center, cafe, dress-book exchange, and culinary workshop are combined with those inputs. The platform on the first floor leads to the sculpted part of the facade where the building opens itself to the city. Behind, there is the atrium that hybridizes urban and cluster programs. The atrium creates a contrast between the two facades. One side with regular multipurpose rooms and seminar rooms related to the cluster programs which get more private through the West direction and the other side with a more flexible floor plan proposed to provide innovative ideas, cross-disciplinary knowledge, and creative practice.