Agdaş Headquarters

Adapazarı, Türkiye

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Agdaş Headquarters

Adapazarı, Türkiye

Firm

Duygu Çetin Architecture

Type

Commercial › Office

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2014

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

In order not to break the relationship of the building located in the non-residential urban study area with the public space and to make the building a part of the urban life, it was decided not to build garden walls and the building perimeter was designed accordingly.

The building entrances are divided into three as main entrance, customer entrance and administrative entrance to prevent any possible chaos. The main entrance and customer entrance of the building were made from the 40-meter Sabahattin Zaim Boulevard, taking into account factors such as ease of transportation, vehicle entry and exit status and user density. The building entrances are designed inward and 2 storeys high with a certain orientation.

On the basement floor there is a shelter, storage room and a prayer room; on the ground floor there are subscriber works, mapping works, human resources, IT department, maintenance and repair room, internal installation room and on the first floor there is the chairman of the board of directors room, financial affairs room, meeting room, general manager and deputy general manager rooms.

The building has 2336.72 m² of floor area, including the emsale, and the voids occupy an important place.

The design of the building is based on the themes of sustainability and livability. In the design, while aiming to make maximum use of natural light in the context of sustainability, attention was also paid to the choice of materials.

The materials and equipment used in the building have been determined with energy saving in mind. The circulation areas on the floors are designed to create habitable spaces. The inward-oriented building draws attention to the gallery spaces and the circulation areas around these spaces.

Designed in the context of sustainability and livability themes, the gallery spaces increase the use of natural light and strengthen the visual relationship between the floors, while creating a homogeneous atmosphere between all floors. The gallery spaces are also covered with a glass cover as skylights on the terrace roof. The minimally designed building is made of exposed concrete and glass. The facades are designed as glass to benefit from daylight. In order to control the amount of light coming in from the facade, wood colored movable aluminum sun shading panels are used. Thanks to the movement of these sun shading panels, a variable facade image can be created and various light and shadow plays will be seen in the interior.

The polyurethane material applied to the exposed concrete inside and outside of this reinforced concrete building for simplicity and ease of use physically strengthens the concrete texture and visually emphasizes it. Exposed column and beam surfaces are also protected by applying epoxy to the exposed concrete and it is aimed to be felt predominantly in the interior spaces.

In the application, the natural color of the material, gray, was used by taking advantage of the coating material feature of exposed concrete.

In order to obtain a flat surface in the application of exposed concrete, flat plywood sheets will be used in the molds.

Heat insulated aluminum joinery on the facade will be applied in light gray color to be compatible with the concrete texture. Facade cladding with compact laminate motif will be applied in dark gray color on the front facade of the building and the company logo will be placed on it.