Istanbul ā Weāre excited to reveal our first project in Istanbul!Ā Ā After a selection process, developer Feryapi invited UN Studio (NL),Ā Massimiliano Fuksas (IT) and Julien De Smedt Architects to compete for aĀ new 100,000 m2 mix business campus in Kagithane, Istanbul.Ā JDS wasĀ awarded the contract in January 2013. Construction will start in JuneĀ 2013.
The Premier Campus Office in Kagithane is a business district thatĀ focuses on the users working and living qualities and addresses itsĀ presence in Istanbul as a new form of contextual and urban approach: TheĀ building is formed by our desire to make it interact with itsĀ environment. It opens itself up to the neighbourhood and offers spacesĀ to the users and the passers by such as plazas, intimate gardens andĀ generous terraces.
The volume of the block is literally carved out to invite theĀ surroundings in. The local hilly landscape, characteristic to Istanbul,Ā is continued in the meandering of the volume both in plan, adapting toĀ the siteās edges, and in section, weaving into itself in a series ofĀ gentle curving slopes, echoing the nearby Bosphorus waves. The vibrantĀ commercial life of the ground floor burst out onto the plazas and theĀ landscape. Upstairs the offices open out onto the green terraces,Ā populated with lush vegetation, tempering the hot Springs and Summers.Ā The volume reads clearly while still opening itself generously to theĀ city from the far. As one gets closer the interiors become moreĀ discreet, protected by louvers that help shade from the sun.
The project acts as a catalyst of business life for a new Istanbul,Ā that promotes contemporary culture, architecture and lifestyle. WeāveĀ thought of a building where inside interacts with outside, where theĀ plan is flexible to allow for anyone to find its desired space andĀ place, whether it be a small one man show company or a large corporateĀ office employing hundreds. We believe life is plural and variousĀ entities should coexist and exchange their experiences. The PremierĀ Campus Office is where such a rich diversity can find its place.
Istanbul ā Weāre excited to reveal our first project in Istanbul!Ā Ā After a selection process, developer Feryapi invited UN Studio (NL),Ā Massimiliano Fuksas (IT) and Julien De Smedt Architects to compete for aĀ new 100,000 m2 mix business campus in Kagithane, Istanbul.Ā JDS wasĀ awarded the contract in January 2013. Construction will start in JuneĀ 2013.
The Premier Campus Office in Kagithane is a business district thatĀ focuses on the users working and living qualities and addresses itsĀ presence in Istanbul as a new form of contextual and urban approach: TheĀ building is formed by our desire to make it interact with itsĀ environment. It opens itself up to the neighbourhood and offers spacesĀ to the users and the passers by such as plazas, intimate gardens andĀ generous terraces.
The volume of the block is literally carved out to invite theĀ surroundings in. The local hilly landscape, characteristic to Istanbul,Ā is continued in the meandering of the volume both in plan, adapting toĀ the siteās edges, and in section, weaving into itself in a series ofĀ gentle curving slopes, echoing the nearby Bosphorus waves. The vibrantĀ commercial life of the ground floor burst out onto the plazas and theĀ landscape. Upstairs the offices open out onto the green terraces,Ā populated with lush vegetation, tempering the hot Springs and Summers.Ā The volume reads clearly while still opening itself generously to theĀ city from the far. As one gets closer the interiors become moreĀ discreet, protected by louvers that help shade from the sun.
The project acts as a catalyst of business life for a new Istanbul,Ā that promotes contemporary culture, architecture and lifestyle. WeāveĀ thought of a building where inside interacts with outside, where theĀ plan is flexible to allow for anyone to find its desired space andĀ place, whether it be a small one man show company or a large corporateĀ office employing hundreds. We believe life is plural and variousĀ entities should coexist and exchange their experiences. The PremierĀ Campus Office is where such a rich diversity can find its place.
See the project here.Ā See a video of the Brussels crew building up the model here and a television commercial for the project here.