Karatekin University Library Building
Çankırı / Turkey, 2010
The building is located in a central location at the intersection of Cankırı Karatekin University’s main pedestrian allee and the social faculties’ allee. In the building where BIM functions and Library functions are carried out together, the elevation differences occurring as a result of the land’s natural slope have been used, and different entry points and user / material circulations have been created. Library section is entered from the main pedestrian axis. The prismatic body placed on the atrium in an angular manner continues its effects indoors with inclined columns.
In addition to different reading rooms in the library, there are also private study rooms, multimedia rooms, PC lab for internet access purposes. There Lara and book sales units.
The BIM entry is from the exposed basement entrance. There are technical offices, computer classes in front sections, while there are technical areas such as data centers in the embedded areas.
The administrative units of Library and BIM functions are also separated and stand out as another 3rd body. Also, there is another entry from alle for the administrative block.
Project facts
Architectural design: R.Güneş Gökçek
Architectural office: YPM
Project team: Evrim Özlem Kale, Rinat Balapanov, Anna Golobokava, Bora Yıldırım, Birkan Sevinç, Mustafa Taşdemir
Project date: 2010
Construction area: 9.500 m2
Structural project: Dr. Gökhan Tunç
Electrical project: Dilek Akmeşe
Mechanical project: Gökhan Bulut
Landscape architect: Erkan Erdoğan