Tobb Etü Technology Center
Tobb Economy and Technology University that has been established in Ankara is an urban-scale architectural transformation and development project. Once used for secondary education, the existing buildings have been given new functions as the core of the university. Within the scope of the master plan work, in time, neighboring new areas have been added to the campus and new areas of development have been planned. This development phase has focused on the formation of an urban texture, aiming for the transformation of the immediate periphery into an education-and-student-intensive urban quarter.
Photography by © Fethi Ma?ara
Tobb Etü that has come to life with the transformation project has seen its very first graduates in 2007; and in time, for the University, new requirements have emerged. Under these circumstances, it was decided that a Technology Center must be built. All campus buildings have been planned in a gridiron settlement mode. The new buildings that are to be added to the University within the scope of this program have been handled with an effort to ensure continuity and the plan envisaged the development of the texture in this direction. Also, at the same time, the building blocks reveal design hints that enable them to link to one another on different elevations. Main circulation routes have been designed so as to enable bridge connections in the future.
It was decided that, inside the Technology Center, a 2 MW hydro-turbine a...