Crystallized Shops
Ankara / Turkey
The project is located on Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Boulevard linking Umitkoy and Incek, becoming a more and more important axis of the city. The building consists of 9 independent shops. Shops without certain users have always constituted a problematic area, whose function is not clear yet. They can be a market in no need of a front facade, a showroom in need of converting its front facade into a showcase, or a restaurant that may produce different demands from all those.
Each tenant comes with front facade or even body suggestions in relation to their own brand identity strategy beyond their own use strategy. The projects have been handled by focusing on creating a crystal envelope to its possible users by using extra clear glasses in front of the retail units and poly-carbonate panels as a cladding system. Building shape derived from the inclined boulevard with an innovative way and it will be the light box of the important trade axis of Ankara.
Project facts:
Date: 2017
Site area: 2,700sqm
Construction Area: 4,800sqm
Design: R.Güneş Gökçek
Project team: R. Güneş Gökçek, Ahmet Çağlar, Mustafa Taşdemir, Ozan Güzey