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LAPIS HAN BUSINESS CENTER
Kartal/İstanbul ︎ 2014︎ Construction Area: 32.000 m2 ︎ Site: 5.000 m2 ︎ Office ︎ Burçin Tunç, Gözde Doğramacılar, Gülenay Erdem, Metehan Kahya, Nevzat Sayın, Pelin Güley, Serheng Dellal, Sibel Özdoğan, Tuğçe Şık



The first input for the business center on the E5 motorway was visibility. Since this visibility was associated with height, the client had asked for the tallest building possible. We thought that staying on the field of vision for as long as possible on a busy highway would support visibility as well. Unlike everyone else’s attempts to design the most interesting building, we also decided that the building should connect with our memories and lend a sense of familiarity even if it is not similar to the surrounding buildings. If we could push as far as the building line boundaries, determine our outer borders, and construct as broad a building as possible, we could stay within the line of vision for much longer. After creating the largest base area, we left, at the center, the property’s area that needed to be left vacant, as an inner courtyard. Carrying its external effect to the upper limit, the building could create an unexpected microcosm inside.
        The sense of familiarity comes from the oldest caravanserais and recent office buildings. The red color, on the other hand, enhances its visibility.