Borsa İstanbul Additional Building
2013
Borsa İstanbul (BIST) had transferred its current building which was located at İstinye in May 1995. Today this piece of land in İstinye has become a massive green area in the city centre. Thus the most critical decision was to select the location of the project in terms of its upcoming impacts on existing trees and interaction with existing buildings. Proposed settlement is located on 40×40 meters area where the tennis court partly interrupts the green area. Surrounded by and rising up through the existing trees, transparent office building can be protected from harsh climatic conditions while takes advantage of natural lighting and highly motivated users of workspace facing magnificent view of İstanbul.
Location
İstanbul, TurkeyConstruction Area
16.500 m²Client
Borsa İstanbul
Six identical office floors having a compact core of services at the centre, on the top of high entrance floor, are designed as open workspaces. Following a fairly simple spatial schema on typical floors as continuous corridor around the core connects workspaces sustains flexibility and legibility. Inner partitions which can be varied in terms of programmatic requirements were made by lightweight walls, exposed ceilings and elevated floors. Adaptability in terms of energy efficiency is iterated in terms of section and façade planning. Located in the middle of a vast green area, double skinned glass cube is naturally ventilated through the gap between façade layers in which sun screens are placed.
