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İstanbul, Turkey
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Other Projects by SANALarc
Otis Istanbul Headquarters
İstanbul, Turkey
Adaptive re-use in 1950's radiator factory to office space
Figures Washed in Light
The design of an interior of a workplace for an international company in a particular location in the world requires a balance between local knowledge and the companies global vision. This balance not only focuses on issues of design and architecture but of workplace and organization and its communication to staff, clients and peers. Specifically the workplace as an advanced standard for the interior design of offices entails the negotiation of a set of organizational values focusing on the relations between the functional roles of the employees and the larger question of the nature of work itself. Today the design of the workplace, the balance between work and life, and the critical role designers play in conceiving effective strategies for our ever-changing work paradigms becomes a larger challenge of architecture and the role of organization, knowledge and information in our working environments.
It was with this combination of organization and design concepts that SANAL of Istanbul, Turkey approached the task of designing the interior for Istanbul headquarters of Otis Elevator Company, the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products including elevators, escalators and moving walkways. Otis having a long history of working in Turkey specifically wanted a workplace that communicated their global corporate and organizational values but at the same time integrated local knowledge. The project entailed the adaptive re-use of an existing industrial building in the Istinye district of the upper Bosphorus strait area of this vast city. The factory building, located in a mixed area of residential, industrial and office buildings typical of Istanbul's heterogeneous urbanism, required the architects to focus on the simple and utilitarian architectural setting as a corporate workplace for the 21st century.
SANAL primary strategy was to focus on the concept of spatial interaction within a discrete yet visible workplace organization. The clear definition of place and identity became the driving concepts of the design. The vast open space of the factory interior was conceived as the setting for another steel construction that echoed the earlier industrial vocabulary. This building with-in building provided the stage for a number of “figures” arranged as a series of colored oblique volumes set off from the orthogonal superstructure creating a defined urban intersection or 'commons'. These volumes cut in dynamic vertical trajectories reaching up into the old factory skylights; this allowed reflection of light off surfaces to give changing ambiance to the open office environment.
FIGURES WASHED IN LIGHTSeeing the city through the clouds, moving people worldwide, sincerity of quality, pioneering engineering excellence, and teamwork for knowledge in service drove the formal expressions and workplace organization. A vibrant work environment is created with high visibility between departments, concentrated team spaces and a place that communicate the organization is a leader in the 21st Century. Key was the communication of the corporate culture, commitment to customer service and timeless values of the greater global company. The graphic designer, Esen Karol worked intimately within the design team to realize a place that is both is subtle and bold in its visual language. Graphic Design by Esen Karol
Figures Washed in Light
The design of an interior of a workplace for an international company in a particular location in the world requires a balance between local knowledge and the companies global vision. This balance not only focuses on issues of design and architecture but of workplace and organization and its communication to staff, clients and peers. Specifically the workplace as an advanced standard for the interior design of offices entails the negotiation of a set of organizational values focusing on the relations between the functional roles of the employees and the larger question of the nature of work itself. Today the design of the workplace, the balance between work and life, and the critical role designers play in conceiving effective strategies for our ever-changing work paradigms becomes a larger challenge of architecture and the role of organization, knowledge and information in our working environments.
It was with this combination of organization and design concepts that SANAL of Istanbul, Turkey approached the task of designing the interior for Istanbul headquarters of Otis Elevator Company, the world's largest manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products including elevators, escalators and moving walkways. Otis having a long history of working in Turkey specifically wanted a workplace that communicated their global corporate and organizational values but at the same time integrated local knowledge. The project entailed the adaptive re-use of an existing industrial building in the Istinye district of the upper Bosphorus strait area of this vast city. The factory building, located in a mixed area of residential, industrial and office buildings typical of Istanbul's heterogeneous urbanism, required the architects to focus on the simple and utilitarian architectural setting as a corporate workplace for the 21st century.
SANAL primary strategy was to focus on the concept of spatial interaction within a discrete yet visible workplace organization. The clear definition of place and identity became the driving concepts of the design. The vast open space of the factory interior was conceived as the setting for another steel construction that echoed the earlier industrial vocabulary. This building with-in building provided the stage for a number of “figures” arranged as a series of colored oblique volumes set off from the orthogonal superstructure creating a defined urban intersection or 'commons'. These volumes cut in dynamic vertical trajectories reaching up into the old factory skylights; this allowed reflection of light off surfaces to give changing ambiance to the open office environment.
FIGURES WASHED IN LIGHTSeeing the city through the clouds, moving people worldwide, sincerity of quality, pioneering engineering excellence, and teamwork for knowledge in service drove the formal expressions and workplace organization. A vibrant work environment is created with high visibility between departments, concentrated team spaces and a place that communicate the organization is a leader in the 21st Century. Key was the communication of the corporate culture, commitment to customer service and timeless values of the greater global company. The graphic designer, Esen Karol worked intimately within the design team to realize a place that is both is subtle and bold in its visual language. Graphic Design by Esen Karol
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