Natura September - October 2013 | Page 45

Maket / Model 1- Eğitim ve Spor Merkezi / Education and Sports Center 1 2 concept design by TeCe, an architecture firm established in 1992 and known for their work in public buildings, is also important as it shows the firm’s continuing interest in the use of natural stone. The design team recently won the first prize in a competition titled ‘Education Campuses Architectural Design Competition’ announced by the Ministry of Education. Their entry titled Urfa Sırrın Education Campus, Şanlıurfa, 2013 uses a local limestone, Urfa stone, as the major architectural material. TeCe, throughout its work in Turkey in the past 20 years, has focused on local construction techniqes, materials, color and climatic features with attention to user needs and economic solutions. One of the more advanced practices in Turkey designing in a modernist idiom, they have also shown a consistent sensitivity to environmental matters. The Ünalan Cultural Center is located on the D-100 highway in Üsküdar’s periphery. The center, located on a steep side of the highway adjacent to the Ünalan Park is the only open space in this confused district. The Üsküdar Municipality decided to demolish the previous cultural center on the same lot due to its retrograde architecture and structural issues. A very extended architectural program for the new cultural center was required by the municipality to be able to meet existing and future PROJE AYNI NOKTADA BULUNAN FİZİKSEL ÖMRÜNÜ TAMAMLAMIŞ KÜLTÜR MERKEZİNIN YERİNİ ALMAK ÜZERE TASARLANDI. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO REPLACE THE OLD CULTURAL CENTER AT THE SAME SPOT. 2- Kültür Merkezi ve Balo Salonu Culture Center and Ballroom Kesit diyagramları / Section diagrams Workshop rooms | Primary health care center | Library | Fitness center | Swimming pool EYLÜL - EKİM 2013 / SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2013 • NATURA 45