Inspired by the building scale, texture, and landscape of surrounding Istanbul, Ozyegin University’s Student Center is composed as a “University Village” of cubic volumes stepping down the sloping site.
This building is the second phase of fast track construction of the academic campus for Ozyegin University (OZU), a new private Turkish university started in 2008. The Student Center is a LEED Gold certified project. The first LEED certified building at any university in Turkey.
Design Team: Roger L. Klein AIA (Project Designer), Bulent Ergin Gungor (Architect of Record), Andreas Buettner, John DaCruz, Greg Taylor, Chris Shusta, Baris Basat, Emre Gursoy, Can Dagarslani, Nuran Erdogan, Sila Siva, Selin Ezanoglu, Veciye Ozturk, Cenk Aykut.
In the heart of Ozyegin University’s campus, the SELI building is composed as a “hinge” to allow a pivotal shift in the axial organized structures and pedestrian movement within the campus. The building’s internal and external organization reinforces the transition from the high levels of the main educational campus down to the lower levels of the sports and residential campus.
To mitigate the high density of accommodations required on the site, the design adopts a strategy of a tri-parte form and discontinuous stepped silhouette. These formal ideas are complimented by the unique polychrome façade that merges the large building with the surrounding landscape.
Design Team: Roger L. Klein AIA (Project Designer), BulentErginGungor (Architect of Record), Can Dagarslani (Project Architect), BarisBasat, EmreGursoy, NuranErdogan, Ergun Kutluturk, EceSeref, TurkanDogan,Greg Taylor.
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