Projeler/Projects: Antalya
mekanları ve dükkanlar gibi işlev alanlarıyla gündelik hayatın önemli
bir parçası olmayı hedefliyor. Çok çeşitli ticari işlevlerin yanında Belediye
Binası, doğu-batı aksı boyunca bağımsız bir birim olarak yükseliyor.
Öneride, arsanın önünden geçen Mehmet Oğuz Bulvarı’nın karşı yakası
ile +4.50 kotundaki ticaret mekanlarını birbirine bağlayan bir de yaya
üst geçiti de yer alıyor. Sıcak iklime rağmen ticari, idari ve kamusal
mekanlarda doğacak günışığı ile aydınlanma gereksiniminden dolayı
geniş cam yüzeylerle geçilen kısımlarda, alüminyum güneş kırıcılar ile
enerji kaybının azaltılması sağlanıyor. Tahsis edilen arsanın yerleşik
alan sınırında kaldığından, projenin ilerleyen yıllarda yakın çevresine
inşa edilecek olan yapıların da mimari açıdan niteliğini artırması
beklenebilir. Öyle ki, Beyaz Atölye’nin Antalya Gazipaşa Belediye
Hizmet Binası önerisi yerel Akdeniz mimarisi ve kamusal alan tasarımı
üzerinden; ticari, idari mekanlar ile yerel yöneticilerin ortak bir paydada
buluştuğu süreçte, ölçek ve mekan zenginliği ile akılcı bir mimari tasarı.
MİMAR / ARCHITECT: Beyaz Atölye
YER / LOCATION: Gazipaşa, Antalya, Türkiye / Turkey
YIL / YEAR: Tasarım / Design, 2013
PROGRAM / PROGRAMME: Kapalı otopark, belediye binası, yeme-içme-alışveriş mekanları,
kütüphane / Underground parking, city hall, restaurants, shops, library
MALZEMELER / MATERIALS: Taş, cam ve beton / Stone, glass and concrete
ALAN / AREA: 5530 m2
TASARIM EKİBİ / DESIGN TEAM: Seçil Yavuz, Mehmet Can Günay, Selim Tabak, Çiğdem
Tabak, Ahmet Özakcan, Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Murat Durmaz
36 NATURA • EYLÜL - EKİM 2013 / SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2013
of local architectural cultures making choices for forms and material an
important parameter in design development.
Beyaz Atölye’s Gazipaşa City Hall proposal brings together elements of
history, material, public space and the required administrative and public
functions. Their design while proposing wide modern spaces also importantly
re-evaluates the locally sourced Travertine stone used in Mediterranean
architecture in this area for ages. The design team explicitly states that the
reason they used the Travertine stone is for its simplicity and low maintenance
costs. With this selection the architects thus realize a strong local touch based
on vernacular values by the simple selection of Travertine that has also close
associations to contemporary use and modern architecture.
In their previous work Beyaz Atölye has focused on the development of a
vernacular yet modern Mediterranean architecture in Travertine stone similar
in approach to other recently completed projects in Turkey. Especially notable
example of modern architecture in Travertine in Turkey is the work of Emre
Arolat Architects such as the design for the Bergama Culture Center, İzmir,
2010 (Natura January-February 2010 issue) and Yalıkavak Palmarina, Bodrum,
Muğla, 2012 (Natura May-June 2012 issue).
Beyaz Atölye’s Gazipaşa City Hall project site is an empty lot located on
Uğur Mumcu Avenue that opens to the coast and the marina. The design
teams were asked to transform this inactive land into administrative and
commercial zones as well as to regenerate its immediate surroundings. Beyaz
Atölye’s proposal calls for a distribution of multiple units and open spaces at
low human scale oriented in part to the adjacent green spaces and a major
orientation factor that is always important in the Medite rranean towards the
prevailing winds and sun. The Beyaz Atölye design team states that the units’
orientation allows the prevailing wind from the northwest and southeast
directions to flow through the open spaces and courtyard improving the
quality of the public areas.
The Beyaz Atölye design team attempted to create two different characters on
the exterior facades with those oriented to the neighboring urban zone’s clad
in Travertine stone while the facades in the internal courtyard-like spaces is
clad in glass. In this way they generated a contrast between the ‘transparency’
symbolic of the local government’s desired image and an ‘opacity’ dictated
by climate. Stone related to the local geography provides the opaque surfaces
while the transparency of modern architecture is given by glass. To be able
to mediate this transparency metal surfaces were used in some parts of the
façade. The coordination of these three materials (stone, glass and metal)
creates a simple and natural architecture that is at its base modern yet tied to
the local geography and Mediterranean traditions of space. Also importantly
the organization of volumes and spaces towards the wind, sunlight and
shade requires a minimum amount of powered cooling and heating features.
Aluminum panels will be implemented on the glass clad façades to reduce
energy consumption in commercial, administrative and public spaces.
Lastly, Beyaz Atölye’s design proposes this complex as a major urban spot
connecting the private and the public. The City Hall’s commercial center
includes a cinema, library, food court, shops and a courtyard that opens
to all four directions. Apart from these diverse functions, the City Hall itself
is a major element existing as a single large unit on the east-west axis.
A footbridge contained in the proposal is also intended to connect the
commercial zone on the +4.50 m level and the open spaces on the Mehmet
Oğuz Boulevard in front of the project site.
The lot given for the competition is today located on the periphery of the
city. With this competition and the anticipated construction it is expected
that future construction projected for the district will be motivated by the
advanced techniques and architecture of the new City Hall. In this way the
Gazipaşa City Hall proposal is a logical step by local authorities to motivate
new local Mediterranean architecture and the equally important need for
new public spaces for these quickly developing cities.