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MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH & APPLICATION CENTER

Middle East Technical University Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Research and Application Center is a 2730 sqm office building that is located on Eskişehir Road, Ankara. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Research and Application Center deals with this technology-in-the-nano-scale that is about to shape life patterns of the future. It aims at integrating the electro-mechanical nano forms into our daily lives.

BEFORE RENOVATION

The project is about the renovation of an existing prefabricated building. The single storey office space became a two-storey area through the steel floor that is designed during the renovation process. The façade structure is the main peculiarity that attracts attention in the project. There is a color system that is composed of the random distribution of orange and gray on the glass curtain wall. The grey colors in diverse shades are grounds for the dominant orange color. The colored glasses, which their colors are randomly arranged, develop a systematic façade arrangement through their location on a structure that has ordered intervals. 

The other peculiarity is the skylight structure. Skylights, which are developed through openings on roof cover in regular intervals, provide natural lighting to the main corridor that is used as a social space. This corridor, which was used as storage before it is renovated, is now converted into a multi use area that harbors such functions as main entrance, exhibition space, dining hall and greenhouse. Windows are designed on corridor walls in order to make the production area visible. 

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INTERIOR DESIGN and LANDSCAPING

PLAN & SECTION

PROJECT FACTS

LAND

Location                                                 Ankara, Turkey

CLIENT

                                                                                Middle East Technical University Rectorate

PROJECT DATE

                                                                            2009-2011

PROJECT DATA

Total Construction Area                            2.730 m²

PROJECT TEAMS

Architectural Project                                Yazgan Design Architecture

Interior Design Project                             Yazgan Design Architecture

Structural Project                                    Aydın Pelin - Can Binzet Engineering

Mechanical Project                                   Gürson Engineering

Electrical Project                                      Gürson Engineering

Landscape Design Project                         Yazgan Design Architecture

CONSTRUCTION

Construction Date                                    2010-2011

Contractor                                              Askan Construction

PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

                                                                          Fethi Mağara 2011, Yunus Özkazanç 2012

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PRESS

Magazine

                                                                                İnşaat Dünyası, April 2011

                                                               Anbarapor Magazine, July 2011

                                                               Çatı ve Cephe, July - August 2011

                                                               Best Magazine, February 2012

                                                               Konforum Magazine, September - October 2012

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