kapakson (Converted)-1 - Nurus
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10<br />
ESMA SULTAN pallazio<br />
kiss exhibition<br />
A once abandoned ruin has returned to the 21st-century as a<br />
multipurpose event space in a busy entertainment district on the banks<br />
of the Bosphorus Strait in Ortakoy, Istanbul. Global Architectural<br />
Development () has designed a glass and steel box tucked inside the<br />
masonry remains. The original brick structure was built approximately<br />
200 years ago as a summer retreat for Esma Sultan, the wife of an<br />
Ottoman Sultan. A century later, it was gutted by fire, and the exterior<br />
walls were all that survived.<br />
In the 1990s, the building was leased from the government by The<br />
Marmara Hotel Group. They cleaned out the debris filled plot and<br />
began to use the space for summertime open-air concerts and<br />
receptions. In response to the venue's growing popularity, The Marmara<br />
Group decided in 1999 to make the beautiful landmark ruin usable<br />
throughout the year.<br />
They commissioned GAD Architecture, a firm founded in Turkey, that<br />
has since moved to New York. Partners Gokhan Avcioglu and Ozlem<br />
Ercil have a special interest in merging the cultural and technological.<br />
They understand architecture as a practice that values both modern<br />
experiment and historical precedent.<br />
The architects decided to leave the existing walls, which express the<br />
palace's former nobility, and design within them a thin but strong<br />
stainless steel and glass box. This juxtaposition, they say, "constantly<br />
reminds us of the multiple histories reflected in the new design."<br />
18. yüzy›lda 1. Abdülhamit'in k›z› Esma Sultan ad›na infla edilen ve bir<br />
zamanlar ‹stanbul Bo¤az›’n›n en bilinen ve görkemli yap›lar›ndan biri<br />
olan Ortaköy Esma Sultan yal›s› çok amaçl› aktivite mekan› olarak<br />
yeniden hayata döndürüldü. GAD Mimarl›k (Global Architectural<br />
Development) taraf›ndan, yeniden fonksiyonland›r›lan binan›n 19. tüzy›lda<br />
geçirmifl oldu¤u a¤›r yang›ndan geriye kalan y›¤ma tafl duvarlar› içerisinde<br />
çelik ve camdan oluflan bir strüktür oluflturuldu.<br />
1990’lar›n bafl›nda Marmara Grubu taraf›ndan devletten kiralanan ve<br />
tüm enkaz› temizlenen bina önceleri yaz aylar›nda konser ve resepsiyonlar›n<br />
düzenlendi¤i bir mekan olarak kullan›lmaktayd›. Giderek artan potansiyeli<br />
ve yükselen popülaritesi paralelinde, Marmara grubu 1999 y›l›nda bu heykelsi<br />
yap›y› y›l boyunca kullan›labilece¤i bir duruma getirme karar› ald›.<br />
Proje kapsam›nda, daha önceleri bu tür tarihsel yap›lar›n kültürel ve<br />
teknolojik renovasyonu ile özel olarak ilgilenmifl ve flu anda New York<br />
ofisinde çal›flmalar›n› sürdüren GAD Mimarl›k ortaklar›ndan Mimar<br />
Gökhan Avc›o¤lu ve Mimar Özlem Ercil görevlendirildi. ‹kilinin mimari<br />
anlay›fl› hem geçmifli örnek alan hem de modern deneyimleri irdeleyen<br />
bir tutum içerisinde idi.<br />
Mimarlar, yap›n›n tarihi asaletini vurgulayan mevcut duvarlar›n korunarak,<br />
içerisine çelik ve cam›n birlikte kullan›ld›¤› hafif fakat sa¤lam bir<br />
konstrüksiyon infla etmeyi uygun buldu. Mimarlar›n deyifliyle bu kurgulama<br />
“Yeni tasar›m› içerisinde binan›n zengin geçmiflinin sürekli olarak<br />
haf›zalarda kalmas›n› sa¤layacakt›r.”