ITU FACULTY OF BUSINESS ARCHITECTURAL EXPLANATION REPORT

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CONCEPTUAL FICTION

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ITU Faculty of Business Administration is built around three main axes: The first axis, which can be called the public axis, is connected to the land from the ground level of the historical Karakolhane Building, which is designed as the face of the Faculty facing the city.  It is suggested that the Karakolhane Building should be a meeting point where activities such as exhibitions, seminars, conversations and concerts are freely organized, allowing public participation in accordance with the idea of an open university. The axis connected from the Police Station Building to the land at +63.36 elevation will carry the said public use into the new building. This axis, which divides the new building into two, reaches the terrace of the Bosphorus after a look at the interior life of the Faculty. The Conference Hall and its foyer, located on the public axis, are designed for events that will bring the university and the outside of the university together.

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The second axis, which can be called the student axis, connects Süleyman Seba Street, where the entrance of the existing faculty building is located, and the Cafeteria in the other direction. This route, which is used extensively by students during the day, is designed as an atrium / passage that divides the building on all floors. On the side of the arcade on the Karakolhane side, there are large-volume lecture halls and classrooms, while laboratories and lecturers' rooms are located in the north-east and Bosphorus direction. The passage, which divides the building into two wings, is aimed to be the scene of a lively life at different levels, thanks to the transitions between the said wings.

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The third axis, which can be called the landscape axis, is a landscape track that cuts the building diagonally at ground level. The inner courtyard, built around the tree that needs to be protected at +55.50 level within the land, provides a flow by providing access to the garden level with wide steps that amplify inside the building. This axis passes between the Police Station and the Armory and meets with a system of steps that provides access to the dining hall and then to the level where the temporary building currently used as a canteen is located. The meeting point of the two ground flows is designed as a courtyard/square.  

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These three axes or flows, which determine the rhythm of use of the building, also express themselves in the massive setup of the building. The articulation of the mass, which was created according to a rigid modular setup, was created according to these flows.

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The traces of these three axes can be observed in the architectural decisions of the existing building, which was evacuated due to the earthquake risk, albeit with a different interpretation. The axial setup of the existing building is based on the asymmetrical relationship of two axes, one perpendicular to the Karakolhane Building and the other parallel. Two axes that intersect each other at different elevations seem to have provided the mass movement of the building. In this context, architectural decisions such as the disintegration of the high mass on the side of the Armory Building towards the surrounding residential blocks, and the expression of the modular system on the facade of the building have also been guiding for the new building. In this respect, the New Faculty Building can also be read as an interpretation of the existing building adapted to current conditions. While this building, which has been serving as an educational structure for many years, completes its life, it is important that the new building gives its hand to this building with its fictional logic and architectural expression.

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INTERVENTION DECISIONS FOR THE HISTORICAL POLICE BUILDING:

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While determining the new function and spatial arrangements of the Historical Police Station, the original spatial setup of the building dated 1876  The principles of the 1954 interventions, when the building was converted into an educational structure, were adhered to.  According to the biaxially symmetrical setup, the middle hall of the building and the spaces connected to this space are considered as a multi-purpose hall and a library. The small spaces at the front and rear ends of the building and the 1st floor are devoted to administrative functions that organize the multifunctional public use of the building. The basement floor will be used for the support functions of the public axis on the ground floor and the support functions of the Faculty.

 

In the context of these principle decisions, the interventions of 1954 were accepted as a qualified add-on. During this period, interventions to the structural system of the building will be examined in terms of seismic behavior, and if necessary, options such as strengthening or reconstruction will be evaluated. Considering the residue added to the building during its education life of more than 60 years, it will be aimed to continue using the coating materials in the building without spoiling the patina.