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Reference Projects 2021
Reference Projects 2021
Şişecam, a prominent entity in the glass industry for 85 years, underscores the significance of glass in contemporary architecture, focusing on its transparency, sustainability, and adaptability. The company aspires to rank among the top three global glass companies, working alongside architects to foster innovative designs.
This document compiles a series of architectural projects where glass is integral. These projects, located in various countries, include airports, hotels, and museums, demonstrating the versatility and aesthetic appeal of glass in diverse architectural settings.
- Istanbul Airport & Air Traffic Control Tower: Designed by Grimshaw Architects, featuring advanced glass façades by WINTECH and processed by companies like Antcam.
- Istanbul TV & Radio Tower: A project by Melike Altinisik Architects, utilizing glass to enhance natural lighting and create a futuristic design.
- Kumport: Designed by KG Mimarlık, using Yıldız Cam glass to enhance its architectural design.
- The Museum Hotel Antakya: An EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture project, featuring glass processed by Camyapı to integrate with its historical surroundings.
- EURASIA Tunnel Operation & Maintenance Building: Designed by GMW MIMARLIK, using a double-skin façade with Şişecam Temperable Solar Control Low-E Glass for energy efficiency and aesthetics.
The document explores the dual role of glass in architecture, highlighting its capacity to act as both a barrier and a connector, offering transparency while maintaining structural integrity. Glass is depicted as a dynamic material that adapts to its environment and enhances design aesthetics.
Şişecam's "Reference Projects" book illustrates the transformative power of glass in architecture, showcasing its role in creating sustainable, innovative, and visually striking structures worldwide.
- Radisson Blu Hotel & Conference Center: Designed by Avci Architects with Summa as the investor, focusing on façade glass.
- Folkart Hills, Izmir: Dilekci Architects (DDA) designed this project with Folkart as the investor, emphasizing the use of glass processed by Aras Cam.
- Vadi Koru, Istanbul: Designed by Iki Design Group with Invest Group as the investor, utilizing glass processed by Yıldız Cam.
- Tarsus American College TAC-SEV New Campus: Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects designed this campus with a focus on solar energy utilization and safety through tempered and laminated glass.
- Hyatt House, Kocaeli: CM Design and Architecture designed this project with a focus on daylight and heat control using high-performance low reflective glass.
- S2OSB Headquarters & Conference Hall, Sakarya: Designed by BINAA, emphasizing the use of Şişecam Temperable Solar Control Low-E Glass for energy efficiency and visual continuity.
- IAOIZ NU Professional & Technical Private High School, Izmir: M+D Architecture designed this project with a focus on spatial continuity and natural light dynamics using large transparent glass surfaces.
- Climate Adaptation: Projects like the Tarsus American College emphasize orientation and solar energy utilization to adapt to local climates.
- Safety and Security: The use of tempered and laminated glass is highlighted for safety in educational and public buildings.
- Energy Efficiency: Many projects incorporate solar control glass to enhance energy efficiency and reduce heat gain.
- Aesthetic and Functional Integration: Glass is used not only for its transparency but also as a design element that integrates with the building's aesthetic and functional needs.
- Architectural Design and Investors: Each project is associated with specific architectural design firms and investors. For instance, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University is linked with A&A Architects and KG Mimarlık as investors.
- Façade Consultants and Glass Processors: The document lists façade consultants and glass processors for each project, highlighting the collaboration between different companies. For example, the Istanbul Museum of Painting & Sculpture involves Axis Façade and Yıldız Cam as glass processors.
- Geographical Distribution: Projects are spread across various locations, including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, and international sites like Bulgaria and Georgia. This indicates a wide geographical reach of the architectural projects.
- Project Types: The projects range from museums, rehabilitation centers, headquarters, residential buildings, to healthcare campuses, showcasing a diverse portfolio of architectural endeavors.
- Diversity of Projects: The document covers a wide array of project types, indicating the versatility and scope of the architectural firms involved.
- International Collaboration: Several projects involve international collaboration, with investors and architectural firms from different countries working together.
- Use of Glass: A significant focus is placed on the use of glass in construction, with multiple glass processors listed, emphasizing the importance of this material in modern architecture.
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REFERENCE PROJECTS
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FOREWORD Dear Friends of Glass, As Şişecam, thanks to the transparency of glass, we see the invisible - the future of the world - for 85 years and shape the future with our cutting-edge technology, creativity, and global perspective. We seek a pioneering role in the future as in the past, moving forward with the goal of being one of the top three companies in the world. Glass plays one of the most important roles in today’s architectural design approach that we can briefly define as transparent, sustainable, dynamic, flexible, eco-friendly, and establishing a relationship with its surroundings...
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Reference Projects 2021 Şişecam Flat Glass Editor Özgür Konuk T. +90 505 807 63 94 Graphic Design & Layout, Illustrations & Cover Mehmet Onur Akdeniz, Özgür Konuk, Ercan Timuçin Salihoğlu, Hilal Torun Coordinated by Modern Sanatlar Özgür Konuk Photography Credits Ali Bekman 57 Alper Tüzünoğlu 195 (Kuzu Effect) Altkat Architectural Photography 141 Büşra Yeltekin 25, 26, 27 BV Studio 93, 129, 155, 169, 179, 191, (Allegro Rehabilitation Center), 194 (RIU Palace), 196 (Arena Shumen), 200 (Palah Center), 208 (Verde Boyana) Cemal Emden 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 63, 69, 133, 134, 135, 173, 175, 192 (Bodrum...
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OZU AB4 FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN ISTANBUL - TURKEY HYATT HOUSE KOCAELI - TURKEY THE NIELS BOHR BUILDING (NBB) COPENHAGEN - DENMARK DALAMAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL II MUGLA - TURKEY TURKISH AIRLINES AVIATION ACADEMY ISTANBUL - TURKEY S2OSB HEDQUARTERS & CONFERENCE HALL SAKARYA - TURKEY SWISSOTEL RESORT BODRUM BEACH MUGLA - TURKEY SEBA OFFICE BOULEVARD ISTANBUL - TURKEY PRISTINA ADEM JASHARI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PRISTINA - KOSOVO IAOIZ NU PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL IZMIR - TURKEY ILBANK REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS ISTANBUL - TURKEY ELLIPSE CENTER SOFIA - BULGARIA TURKUVAZ MEDIA...
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ST. GEORGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL & PRESCHOOL SOFIA - BULGARIA OZU DORM 6 ISTANBUL - TURKEY ÇITLIK HOUSE MUGLA - TURKEY TAŞKESIK HOUSE MUGLA - TURKEY SAMSUN GOLF CLUB SAMSUN - TURKEY BEYLIKDÜZÜ ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER (RENOVATION) ISTANBUL - TURKEY KITE BUILDING SOFIA - BULGARIA 1071 ANKARA ANKARA - TURKEY THE MERCER IZMIR - TURKEY ALI FUAT CEBESOY ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL ISTANBUL - TURKEY SMK TOWER ANKARA - TURKEY FLORA PARK BURGAS - BULGARIA BAŞKENT EMLAK KONUTLARI ANKARA - TURKEY IT VALLEY ISTANBUL - TURKEY DESIGN HOTEL DUHOK - IRAQ THE SMILE ACADEMY DENTAL POLYCLINIC GAZIANTEP - TURKEY ELMAR TOWERS...
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NURSANLAR KARTAL ISTANBUL - TURKEY ESENYURT RIFAT ILGAZ MIDDLE SCHOOL ISTANBUL - TURKEY GREEN TOWER LA PAZ - BOLIVIA TOYA MODA ISTANBUL - TURKEY QUEEN BOMONTI ISTANBUL - TURKEY YDA SÖĞÜTÖZÜ RESIDENCES & OFFICES ANKARA - TURKEY GROZNY STATE OIL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY GROZNY - RUSSIA MERKEZ ANKARA ANKARA - TURKEY ISTANBUL 216 ISTANBUL - TURKEY MOMENT KARTAL ISTANBUL - TURKEY ROMELL AETHER MUMBAI - INDIA NIGER TOWER CONAKRY - REPUBLIC of GUINEA NEF ATAKÖY 22 ISTANBUL - TURKEY TOWER 27 CALIFORNIA - USA KALPATARU AVANA PAREL MUMBAI - INDIA PROF. DR. CEMIL TAŞCIOĞLU CITY HOSPITAL ISTANBUL - TURKEY BAŞAKŞEHIR...
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ISTANBUL AIRPORT & AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER ISTA NB U L FAÇADE GLASS (special production) ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Grimshaw Architects, Haptic Architects, Nordic Office of Architecture AECOM and Pininfarina (Air Traffic Control Tower) INVESTOR DHMI (General Directorate of State Airports Authority of Turkey) Kalyon – Cengiz – Mapa – Limak Joint Venture (IGA) FAÇADE CONSULTANT WINTECH Façade Engineering Consultancy GLASS PROCESSOR Antcam, Ardıç Cam, Camyapı, Yakut Cam, Yıldız Cam | ISTANBUL AIRPORT & AIR TR AFFIC CONTROL
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ISTANBUL TV & RADIO TOWER ISTA NB U L FAÇADE GLASS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Melike Altinisik Architects - MAA INVESTOR UDHB – Ministry of Transportation and Communication FAÇADE CONSULTANT Newtecnic Facade Engineering GLASS PROCESSOR Temka Glass, Trakya Group Glass |
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Melike Altinisik Architects - MAA Melike ALTINIŞIK The art of natural lighting allows the designer to use light as a design material in the design process, as well as shaping the space and designing extraordinary spaces. The relationship between architecture and light is shaped by physical environmental conditions, architectural space is created by limiting the space to surfaces. In this context, glass plays one of the most important roles and the magic of extraordinary elegance in the space is hidden in its transparency. Light spatializes the space while enriching the function of the space besides...
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FAÇADE GLASS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Kumport Port Services and Logistics Industry Trade Co. GLASS PROCESSOR
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THE MUSEUM HOTEL ANTAKYA A NTA K YA FAÇADE GLASS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture INVESTOR ASF Hospitality and Tourism Business FAÇADE CONSULTANT Axis Façade GLASS PROCESSOR
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SIPOPO CONGRESS CENTER EQUATORIAL GUINEA FAÇADE GLASS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Tabanlioglu Architects INVESTOR Oficina Nacional de Planification Y Seguimiento de Proyectos de Guinea Ecuatorial “GE-Proyectos” |
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EURASIA TUNNEL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE BUILDING ISTA NB U L INCLINED FAÇADE SIDE FAÇADES ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Eurasia Tunnel Co. GLASS PROCESSOR
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Pınar İLKİ EMEKÇİ Dicle DEMİRCİOĞLU To address the use of materials in architecture, we need to consider not only their physical properties and technical performances but also their own potential to contribute to design approach, as one of the main design tools and as an active ingredient in design processes. In this context, we think that glass is a material which enhances our design approach that we can briefly define as transparent, sustainable, dynamic, flexible, honest, adapting to its environment, and establishing a relationship with surroundings respectfully and modestly. Although the...
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