Located between major highways of Istanbul, D-100 and TEM, in the proximity of Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Pendik, Istanbul, the project transforms an old industrial chemical factory land into a technology company campus for one of the most dynamic Turkish banks.
Inspired by the natural topography around the site and the desire of creating a clear contrast to the surroundings’ unorganized urban fabric; a crystal volume as the main working environment is lying gently over several artificial hills sheltering various functions such as two 600 and 200 seats auditoriums, educational meeting spaces, cafeterias, lounges on bridges, data center and many other functions. This horizontal floating volume connects the two plots of the site by the introduction of hanged bridges and glazed screen walls over 30 meters spans.
Flexibility and maximizing the daylight being one of the major criteria for the working spaces, the accessibility to the office spaces has been organized through a set of elevated open courtyards where the users circulate and also have the ability to rest and socialize at lounges placed on bridges allowing many surprising views and vistas. The transparency is used to integrate the working spaces with the city, allowing the users to interact and to create different experiences throughout the year. A strong contrast awaits the user as the elevated horizontal crystal has a sharp and decisive cantilevered appearance from outside reflecting the sky, the landscape and the city yet the inner main axis structured with rather by voids. The user circulates through the outdoor ground levels following a path which undulates like a creek between the artificial hills. As with the ground outdoor levels, the elevated volume has been designed to allow an experience of journey for the every day user. Ponds are designed to enhance the cooling effect on the outdoors as well as on the glazed facades to reduce the temparature gain during hot seasons.
The building implements the sustainability principles overall the building from single and double skin facade systems with dynamic sun shading integrated with lighting, to special heating & cooling systems providing the inner spaces with hundred percent fresh air. The facades have been designed as unitized systems allowing the high quality in terms of heat and acoustic insulation as the building site is surrounded by highways with heavy traffic. The building has received Leed Gold certificate.
With approx.142000 sqm total built area and 51000sqm site are, the campus programme is configured into three major sections: a 53,500 sqm open offices, a 16,000 sqm auditorium, educational spaces and cafeterias, a 72,500 sqm parking area, a Tier 4 data center, a sport center, common spaces, archives and service areas.
The building has received Leed Gold certificate. Most of the materials used within the building are eco-friendly. During the initial stages of design when the site has been acquired, the old chemical factory has been removed. The soil has been checked further for contamination. The negative results eased the process later on. The remainings has been dismantled into several different categories and has been sent for recycling and certified. The exisiting pine trees from the old factory has been kept and some of them displaced into newer locaitons within the site.
The buildings shading devices, artificial lighting and cooling and heating systems are integrated and behaves according the sensors input in order to minimize the energy use and keep the user comfort at a higher level.
Most of the soft landscape is obtained through local plants which doesn't demand a high water consumption. The rain water harvesting is used for the landscape mainly. The green hills were obtained by a system of cables embedded into the sedum surface from the top crown of the artificial hills. It is by far the largest application of green roof system in Turkey of this type.
The main structure of the building is flat slab concrete system on the office areas and exposed frame structure in the lower areas. The auditorium is located within one of the hills. The 4 levels office block stands on a transfer structure to enable the inner space of the hall.
Facade, Structural, Mep, Sustainability, Leed Consultant Werner Sobek
Facade Consultan Tim Macfarlane / Glass Limited
Hasan Mingü / Interior Design / Midek Mingü
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A campus which floats over the landscape
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Sequenced voids compose the campus structure and essential to it's life.
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The bridges not only serve as circulation but they are gathering and meeting places with many vistas over the landscape and other office spaces.
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The user crosses an elevated garden on the way to their workplace, a view from on of the main lobbies
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Auditorium like many different social facilities within the campus is carved out from a hill, view from its foyer space and its relation to the common areas
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Educational spaces are combined with the auditorium foyer. The carved hills skylights allows daylight to penetrate to the spaces below ground.
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A view from the main internal axis of the campus
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View of the entrance and terrace of the cafeteria hill.
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The hills are carved out in different locations to allow the flow of users and connecting them to the main axis of the campus, a cafe under this shell is one of them.
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View from the main axis towards the first courtyard and the ponds leading towards the entrance of the auditorium.
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Garanti Bank Technology Campus floating crystal
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Garanti Bank Technology Campus north view from the highway
Istanbul
Turkey
Garanti Bank
11/2018
143000 sq. m
Ali Hiziroglu
Ertun Hızıroğlu, Faik Barutçu, Fahrettin Çiloğlu, Çiğdem Duman, Serap Aydınel, Gökçen Demirkır, Melis Uysal, Sevgi Paçcı, Çağla Özgen, Elif Taşal, Ekim Orhan İsmi , Süreyya Numanoğlu, Gülizar Bozdoğan, Zuhal Özen, Şafak Kızılırmak, Elif Özil
Facade, Structural, Mep, Sustainability, Leed Consultant: Werner Sobek, Facade Consultant: Tim Macfarlane / Glass Limited, Interior Design: Midek Mingü; Lighting Design: Planlux
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