Mecaplast R&D Center in Gebze, Turkey by IGLO ARCHITECTS

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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Mecaplast R&D Center in Gebze, Turkey by IGLO ARCHITECTS

November 29th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: IGLO ARCHITECTS

Our client Mecaplast which is a french automative company asked us to design a research and development building for them. They wanted a building which could be built in a short period of time with an economical budget. The building should house 60 people in the beginning but it should be suitable for growing in the future. An outdoors smoking area was also asked for.

Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

Architects: IGLO ARCHITECTS
Project: Mecaplast R&D Center
Location: Gebze, Turkey
Photography: Fethi İzan
Project Team: Yıldırım Gigi, Mert Cığızoğlu,, Esra Yağdır Çeliker
Client: Mecaplast A.Ş.,Türkiye
Project Date: 2010 Aralık-2011 Mart
Building Date: 2011 Temmuz – 2011 Ekim
Site Area: 20.000 Sqm
Building Area: 1.650 m²
Structural Project: Bilmar Mühendislik
Electrical Project: Elpan Mühendislik
Mechanical Project: Tamay Mühendislik
Lighting Project: İglo Mimarlı

Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

We designed a modular building to be made of containers as a solution to the restriciton of limited construction time and budget.

An iconic arch was designed to break the monotony of the containers on the facade.On the other facade the smoking balcony helped to break the monotony.

The transparent surfaces of the building were wrapped with a metal mesh to provide heat and acoustic insulation in addition to the dinamism it brought to the facade.

Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

: Image Courtesy © Fethi İzan

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Tags: Gebze, Turkey

Category: Research & Development Centre

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