Dolapdere Campus, Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul, Türkiye

There are three linked buildings in this expanded urban campus - a tall new construction containing teaching spaces, a squat renovated administrative block, and an indoor swimming pool. And there are three principles guiding the design - maximising internal light, creating open meeting-places, and responding to context. To achieve this last aim, the material qualities of the steel structure are laid bare, wherever possible, and combined with aluminium, glass and ceramics to create a fragmented appearance deemed to be in keeping with the urban surroundings. The interior design is based on the university's 'well-established utilitarian policy', favouring basic, inexpensive details and materials.

Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Location

Istanbul, Türkiye

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2003

Dimensions

Ground floor area: 2,790 m²; combined floor area: 14,500 m²; total site area: 5,640 m²

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Dolapdere Kampusu, Bilgi Üniversitesi
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educational