Article source: Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects

Shaped as a long and narrow rectangle, the project area is situated in the south of Bilgi University’s Silahtarağa Campus, which has been transformed into an educational institution from the Silahtarağa Power Plant, the first power plant of Turkey. The southern part of the area contains lodging buildings dated to the 1^st National Architecture Period and once allocated to the accommodation, recreation, and social activities of power plant employees. The 180 m by 20 m plot dimensions designated in the master plan required the building mass to be shaped as a long and narrow rectangle as well. Taking into consideration the surrounding fabric and historic buildings, the block effect of the building was lessened with terrace gardens repeating on the vertical level. The nearly 50-meter length of lodging and school buildings were determinative in the division of the 150 meter-length building by three terrace gardens, so they could be perceived as four blocks, the longest of which is 42 meters.

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• Architects: Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects
• Project: Studio Santral
• Location: Eyüp, İstanbul
• Project Group: İ. Kerem Erginoğlu, Hasan C. Çalışlar, Ayça Taylan, Emre Cestel, İdil S. Yücel, Yasemin Hacıkura, Ülkücan Turhan
• Owner: Silahtarağa Gayrimenkul A.Ş.
• Construction System: Steel Structure
• Project Management
  
  • Static Project: TEM Mühendislik
  • Mechanical Project:  MEP Mühendislik
  • Electric Project: Tasarım Proje

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