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Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Ankara
30 Sep 2021
Design: Uygur Architects
Location: Ankara, Turkey

Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall
Ankara has a new landmark with an international appeal; The Presidential Symphony Concert Hall which lies in the heart of the city , right in the middle of the axis going between the historic Ankara Castle and An?tkabir (mosuleum of Atatürk). The cutting- edge building with its focus on culture aims to prove an asset to both local and global music scene while being the product and instigator of interaction and exchange among citizens.

In May 1992, national architectural project competition for the building of ACC (Atatürk Cultural Center) Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall was announced. The proposed project, submitted by Semra Uygur and Özcan Uygur, was chosen over forty-five other entries.
Design principal of the first prize winner project of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall started as a urban unification process in order to merge the divisions of area designated as Atatürk Cultural Center in 1981. The music center complex is embedded in the relatively abandoned city-landscape within a field which is the only gap looking through An?tkabir from Ataturk Boulevard which functions as the main avenue since the first urban plans of Ankara.

The winning project became prominent amo...