Arkadia

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Goztepe is a southern neighborhood in the Asian side of Istanbul. The area is a densely arranged fabric of isolated towers made in the last 50 years usually in close proximity to each other.

The prospect of added volume and improved building standards has mutually attracted current residents and developers. Together with the involvement of architects residents negotiate.

The condition of the new towers in terms of building quality, layout and facilities, while the developer maximizes his business scheme by reaching the new maximum legal envelope.

The new tower seen from afar shows a sober volume wrapped in a grid like structure.

As one approaches the building the envelope reveals the second layer of the façades, which differentiate in character.

The façade rhythm of the grid improvises its character on top of a regular grid structure, which in turn follows strictly the concrete structure of the tower. The façade grid is a modular tertiary system made of steel, aluminum and plastics composites.

The landing of the tower to the ground uses this permeability and the landscape as a way to articulate the horizontal and vertical surfaces by extending the grid like philosophy into seemingly loose patches of grass, stone and water.