Article source: Emre Arolat Architects

It is possible to say that cities are made out of different contextual layers which time by time come near each other or on top of each other, even intertwine at times and ground their specific existing states. In the Yalova example peculiar to this city, oppositions between the main layers stand out.

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• Architectural project: emre arolat
• Responsible architect: rıfat yılmaz, kerem piker (concept-preliminary project) ; gonca paşolar, gülseren gerede tecim (final project) ; gonca paşolar, gülseren gerede tecim (construction project)
• Team: aysun devrekanlı, beril serbes, ercan yılmaz, gözde sazak, leyla kori, nil aynalı, olcay özten, orhun ülgen, övünç tar, sezer bahtiyar, şafak kızılırmak, zeki samer
• Location: yalova
• Project date: 2007-2008
• Construction date: 2008-2010
• Built area: 7.900 m²
• Client: akkök grubu (limited competition)
• Structural project: osm engineering
• Mechanical project: mak-el
• Electrical project: sentez

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