Project Location: Incek, Ankara, Turkey
Client: ONS Inc.
Project Date: 2013
Construction Date: 2014
Total Construction Area: 1.850 m²
Architectural Project: Yazgan Design Architecture
Landscape Project: Yazgan Design Architecture
Structural Project: Aydın Pelin - Can Binzet Engineering
Mechanical Project: SF Engineering
Electrical Project: Yurdakul Engineering
Fire Safety Project: Karina Design Consultancy
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Photographs: Yunus Özkazanç 2015
As the colored glass moves around
performance element creating visual
time and the orientation of the sun. The
the façade, the gradient moves from
movement around the building. This
landscape is designed as layered ripples
cool colors to warm colors and back to
movement is not only created by the
that descend while following the nat ural
cool colors as the building form moves
color and size of the glass panels, but
topography, as if originating from the
upward with the topography. The
the shadows that are cast. The mat
central amenities complex. The design
longest panels are ten meters in length,
colored glass panels can also be used as
creates a large number of individual
warm in color, and signify the dramatic
a signaling element.
gardens containing a wide variety of
dip in topography. The shortest panels
plants indigenous to Ankara, Turkey.
are cool colored and help to signal the
While the colored panels are muted
entrance to the building.
when is shadow, they are much brighter
Yazgan Design Architecture
in color when exposed to the sun. The
Photo credit: Yunus Özkazanç
With the variety of colors and lengths
shadows that the panels cast within
of the glass panels, color becomes a
the space, also signal the passage of
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www.yazgandesign.com/