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GOKSU OFFICE
GOKSU OFFICE
Kızıl Serçe Sokak, Beykoz, İstanbul, Turkey
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GOKSU OFFICE
Kızıl Serçe Sokak, Beykoz, İstanbul, Turkey
The
Bosphorus is one of the world’s most distinguished places with its unique landscape.
The sea is there, exquisitely placid, the fertile land has suffused the valley
in every shade of green. Its shores, which in the past were used as summer
retreats, preserve this character and atmosphere to a large degree. While the
European side has undergone a greater number of changes, the Anatolian side has
protected itself from the violence of
modernization, with a few exceptions. Architecture’s motto, “you should build
on the ugly part of the site” paralyzes the architect: “then you can’t,” he
thinks, “do it anywhere along the Bosphorus!”…The very beauty of the Bosphorus
does pose a threat for the architect as well as it inspires. Nevertheless,
architecture can sometimes, though very rarely, “bring out the beauty of a
place”…
The
office building is on the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus; not right on the
shore but a little further inland, along the Göksu creek. On the slopes behind
it there is a cemetery, the fishing boats lined up all along the creek contribute
with their faintly discernable rhythm to the tranquility of the spot. Here, a
person forgets that he or she is at
the center of one of the largest metropolises of the world.
The
lot is exceedingly narrow. The building is constructed on the traces of two
tiny dwellings that used to be here: these traces serve as guidelines for the
locations and silhouettes of the building and the open spaces. The building
wants to take advantage of the view as much as possible, it wants to be as
transparent as possible form the interior, but at the same time it should be
sheltered from the sun and maintain its privacy. And when seen from the outside
what it wishes is not to be different from the surroundings, but to dissolve within
them and remain inconspicuous: to blend into the greenery of the slopes, to mingle
with the boats by the shore… For this reason it conceals its interior with a
wooden veil and it surrenders itself to the tranquility of the place. The
decisions regarding the silhouette and materials take shape through a
harmonious dialogue established with the memory and landscape of ‘place’. The
building merely wishes to reveal and bring out, to display what is already there,
latent.
Bosphorus is one of the world’s most distinguished places with its unique landscape.
The sea is there, exquisitely placid, the fertile land has suffused the valley
in every shade of green. Its shores, which in the past were used as summer
retreats, preserve this character and atmosphere to a large degree. While the
European side has undergone a greater number of changes, the Anatolian side has
protected itself from the violence of
modernization, with a few exceptions. Architecture’s motto, “you should build
on the ugly part of the site” paralyzes the architect: “then you can’t,” he
thinks, “do it anywhere along the Bosphorus!”…The very beauty of the Bosphorus
does pose a threat for the architect as well as it inspires. Nevertheless,
architecture can sometimes, though very rarely, “bring out the beauty of a
place”…
The
office building is on the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus; not right on the
shore but a little further inland, along the Göksu creek. On the slopes behind
it there is a cemetery, the fishing boats lined up all along the creek contribute
with their faintly discernable rhythm to the tranquility of the spot. Here, a
person forgets that he or she is at
the center of one of the largest metropolises of the world.
The
lot is exceedingly narrow. The building is constructed on the traces of two
tiny dwellings that used to be here: these traces serve as guidelines for the
locations and silhouettes of the building and the open spaces. The building
wants to take advantage of the view as much as possible, it wants to be as
transparent as possible form the interior, but at the same time it should be
sheltered from the sun and maintain its privacy. And when seen from the outside
what it wishes is not to be different from the surroundings, but to dissolve within
them and remain inconspicuous: to blend into the greenery of the slopes, to mingle
with the boats by the shore… For this reason it conceals its interior with a
wooden veil and it surrenders itself to the tranquility of the place. The
decisions regarding the silhouette and materials take shape through a
harmonious dialogue established with the memory and landscape of ‘place’. The
building merely wishes to reveal and bring out, to display what is already there,
latent.
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