IBTECH IT is located in the Gebze/Kocaeli Tübitak MAM (Marmara Research Center) area. The fact that the present operational structure of the company demanded a campus style layout which relies on the coalescence of office space, recreational areas and meeting and service facilities, led us to a more diverse design concept rather than a conventional office building.
Photography: Cemal Emden
When CM Mimarl?k first saw the site, the element that caught our attention and therefore became one of the major design criteria, was the landscape sloping south with a 10% gradient, towards a wooded area and the Marmara Sea (bay). Another important design criterion was the need to divide the construction process into two stages. At the beginning of the design process, both the (requirement program) and the work schedule included a two-stage construction period. Primarily, the larger project was to be designed and built while the second project?s construction was to begin only after the first stage was completed. Photography: Cemal Emden
This way of planning required project plans for both the separate stages of construction as well as for the unified outcome we aimed to reach. There were two major difficulties concerning this scenario. The first problem was the need to isolate the construction of the second stage from the already finished and operating the first stage. The second difficulty was the need to properly integrate the two parts in a way that no seams could be recognized.
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