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The Nef Primary School building is a 40-classroom school constructed as
an expanded replacement for a 19-classroom state school in Ortabayir/
Kagithane in Turkey.
T
he school is within the intense and lowquality housing patterns of Ortabayır,
adjacent to the renowned financial centre of Büyükdere Avenue on
Istanbul’s European side, an area that has frequently been the subject of
discussions of “urban regeneration” during the 2000s.
The school is located next to a district mosque, and besides its education
purpose, aims to constitute a social centre for the neighbourhood.
Completed despite significant financial constraints, the building was
designed with a consciousness of its functional and social role. Within the
intense urban fabric, the three rectangular blocks that make up the school
have been recessed towards the edges of the plot, creating an open sports courtyard in
the middle. The fourth and empty side of the plot is a semi-transparent boundary and
green zone that prevents enclosure of the school behind high walls.
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PROJECT: Nef Primary School, Istanbul, Turkey
ARCHITECTS: Cinici Architects
DESIGN TEAM: Can Cinici, Ozlem Ates, Baris Eren, Mert
Gokturk, Cem Katkat, Ali Koc, Selim Koytak, Tunc Saracoglu,
Cemre Teomete
SIZE: 7 284m2
PHOTOGRAPHER: Cemal Emden
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