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A parking structure has been re-imagined to accommodate a performing arts center. By utilizing the ramping floor plates for the parking, the building is seamlessly connected to the urban streets.
OCX lecture at Bilgi Univesity for Eren Ciraci's studio and Ali Onat Türker's structural class. We talked about our recent works as well as experiences working on large scale construction sites in China including the CCTV and TVCC towers.
Last year's protests sparked by the plans of the Turkish Government to turn Gezi Park in Istanbul into a shopping mall, were partly due to the fact that Gezi Park is one of the few green areas in the city. Istanbul is extremely lacking in terms of accessible, well-managed and well-maintained public parks.
When one exits Taksim Metro station they are typically lost, not knowing left nor right. A series of tunnels and escalators meander until finally leading up to a set of stairs to an open space that is Taksim Square. The Square is characterized by a large Turkish flag, a dilapidated modernist building, a single towering hotel, a small memorial sculpture, and a park hiding behind a set of stairs.
At 1 : 200,000 scale, Taksim Square and Gezi Park appear as a speck of dust in comparison to the vast expanse of 5,343 square kilometers that is Istanbul. However, the significance of the square and park can be highlighted when mapping out key information from the city...
Over the past several months we have witnessed outside of our office window facing Taksim Square the repeated confrontations between the protestors and government riot police. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the destruction of Gezi Park by a few hundred environmentalists on May 30th of 2013, soon turned into a nationwide protest ...
MNBAQ structure is almost all up! Next up the cantilevering Grand Hall!!
Very exciting to see it come up so fast.
Courtesy to OMA & construction site webcam.