YELDEGIRMENI CULTURE CENTER

CSA Architects - Yeldeğirmeni Culture Center - Yeldeğirmeni Kültür Merkezi

YEAR : 2017

PROGRAM : Cultural / Educational

STATUS : Undergraduate Project

Yeldeğirmeni Culture Center is a building offering spaces designed for variety of cultural activities located in Yeldegirmeni district of Kadikoy, a very densely populated area builtup with attached flats connected by narrow streets.

The aim of the design was to provide the habitants of the district with sufficient infrastructure and spaces for recreational, cultural activities and events. By pulling the building back from the corner of the plot, the valuable corner facade was widened and a small recreational square in front of the building was created. Similar pullback was thought on the ground floor to provide an open air sheltered area. A passage through the building from the street to courtyard which connects to the other street the building located next to was designed to provide fludity. The program of the building contains cinema rooms, open space foyer/exhibition halls and buffets on the ground and 1st floors. 3rd and 4th floors were designed for educational purposes. Every space was designed to revolve around the atrium and benefit from the natural light coming from the glazed roof above the atrium. The facades designed in a slanted outwards manner to emulate the old, historical architectural pattern of the area with a contemporary take.

SITE PLAN

2ND BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN                   1ST BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
Underground parking garages were designed on the basement floors with the total capacity of 50 + 4 handicapped parking spaces.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN                                       1ST FLOOR PLAN

   Ground floor is divided to 3 parts. First part is the main entrance part at the corner of the plot and includes the foyer, a recreational area with a stage. 2nd part is the rear end of the building which includes the toilets and a cinema saloon with a little buffet. 3rd part is another space designed as a cafe separated by the main block with a passage connected to the courtyard and to the Tasli Bayir Street from the main access road Iskele Street.

   1st floor is the follow up of the first floor which revolves around an huge atrium looking down to the ground floor. It contains another cinema saloon, toilets and a buffet as well as a moveable partion walled, open space exhibition hall.

2ND FLOOR PLAN 3RD FLOOR PLAN

2nd and 3rd floors are designed work separately from the first 2 public areas as private educational courses. Toilets and changing rooms with showers were designed on the 3rd floor in case they were needed for students. Roof of the public toilets of the first 2 floors were used as terraces and floor gardens which can be used for recreational purposes, yoga and other sport courses, providing a private outdoor area since the courtyard on the ground floor was opened to the public. 4th floor contains different class spaces such as acting class with silent, special study room, a dancing / gymnastics / ballet hall and rooms for the educators and the management.