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Esma Sultan Palace
Esma Sultan Palace
Silivri, Turkey
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Esma Sultan Palace
Silivri, Turkey
Esma sultan is a multi-purpose event space in Ortakoy, Istanbul, in
the center of the city in a busy entertainment district on the banks of
the Bosphorus.
Planting a glass and steel box inside the ruins of a palace to create a
covered venue that constantly reminds us of the multiple histories
innate in the new design.
The brick palace was built approximately 200 years ago for Esma Sultan,
an Ottoman Sultan’s wife as a summer palace. Destroyed by fire over a
century ago, the exterior brick walls are all that remain of the
building. In 1999 The Marmara Hotel decided to adaptively reuse the
beautiful land-marked ruin, keeping the walls as a framework and support
for a modern interior space inserted within to create an event and
exhibition venue. Commissioned to renovate and redesign the space, GAD
designed a thin but strong stainless steel and glass box that is
suspended within the brick structure.
Glass buildings are often inappropriate in countries that have hot
climates, however, the brick surrounds that remain of the palace made it
possible for GAD to introduce this rarely seen architecture in Turkey,
to Istanbul. The brick walls inadvertently create a shelter for the
transparent glass box from the sun, rain and wind. Multi-leveled, the
new building incorporates a bar and restaurant on the ground floor and a
conference room or event space on the second floor entered by a wooden
and steel curved staircase. The glass box is tethered to the brick walls
with suspension rods, which ensures the two separate structures remain
equidistant from each other and can therefore withstand extreme weather
conditions and earthquakes. From the outside, the building gives the
illusion that the palace remains in its original state. From inside,
guests are reminded of the building’s former incarnation with views of
the Bosphorus made possible though the original arched brick window
frames. The building encourages comparison between modern construction
methods with those of 200 years ago.
the center of the city in a busy entertainment district on the banks of
the Bosphorus.
Planting a glass and steel box inside the ruins of a palace to create a
covered venue that constantly reminds us of the multiple histories
innate in the new design.
The brick palace was built approximately 200 years ago for Esma Sultan,
an Ottoman Sultan’s wife as a summer palace. Destroyed by fire over a
century ago, the exterior brick walls are all that remain of the
building. In 1999 The Marmara Hotel decided to adaptively reuse the
beautiful land-marked ruin, keeping the walls as a framework and support
for a modern interior space inserted within to create an event and
exhibition venue. Commissioned to renovate and redesign the space, GAD
designed a thin but strong stainless steel and glass box that is
suspended within the brick structure.
Glass buildings are often inappropriate in countries that have hot
climates, however, the brick surrounds that remain of the palace made it
possible for GAD to introduce this rarely seen architecture in Turkey,
to Istanbul. The brick walls inadvertently create a shelter for the
transparent glass box from the sun, rain and wind. Multi-leveled, the
new building incorporates a bar and restaurant on the ground floor and a
conference room or event space on the second floor entered by a wooden
and steel curved staircase. The glass box is tethered to the brick walls
with suspension rods, which ensures the two separate structures remain
equidistant from each other and can therefore withstand extreme weather
conditions and earthquakes. From the outside, the building gives the
illusion that the palace remains in its original state. From inside,
guests are reminded of the building’s former incarnation with views of
the Bosphorus made possible though the original arched brick window
frames. The building encourages comparison between modern construction
methods with those of 200 years ago.
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