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The new centre will be a large development in Istanbul spread over a single plotof approximately 85,000 Square meters having accounted for the ring road andgreen buffer zones. The remaining footprint above ground is approximately 66,000Square meters. The centre will be a mixed use urban development with typicalfunctionalities that include residential, cultural, tourist, commercial and managementsectors, with buildings up to 150m high. More specifically, the project shall providespaces for a much needed convention centre, hotels piazzas and art centres. Theseismic nature of the site has required special consideration and thus significancewas given to complex non-linear time history assessment of the structures.Disciplines involvedAcoustics • Computational Analysis • Façades • Lighting • Structures • Sustainability