ANKARA ARENA MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPORTS HALL
Ankara Arena Sports Hall was built on a 46.000 sqm. land that belongs to the zone being reserved for sports activities through the master planning of the capital city. The 53.000 sqm. building was designed considering the particularities of urban life. The area is well-known for its crowd as it is close to such public spaces as the Main Stadium, Central Train Station, the Cer Modern Art Museum and the Fun Fair. For that, an urban plaza was developed in front of the building. Today, it functions as a meeting point and an event space for the city inhabitants. Moreover, a long pedestrian axis was proposed at the northwest side, which begins from the Ankara Cultural Center and ends at the Youth Park. The design was a candidate for the Mies Awards in 2011 and was awarded at the Cityscape in the same year.
Due to the urban characteristic of the region, an extraverted design was sought rather than accomplishing an introverted typology, which is typical of most sport buildings. The transparent facade helped in this respect. It was designed with clear glass, white colored horizontal and orange colored vertical sunshades. A typical section was created for the facade that surrounds the buildilng in an elliptical direction. Moreover, there are terraces that are placed at different levels and that help to attain this extraverted effect in the design. The users of the terrace develop diverse visual relationships with the city.
Furthermore, a decrease in the volumetric effect was also targeted for the four storey building. Like the glass facade, the 15 m. cantilevered roof that becomes thinner as it approaces the eave helps to decrease the volumetric effect.
The main hall was surrounded with service spaces -such as public toilets and dressing rooms- and the facade in the plan configuration. The entrances to the hall and the service spaces are defined not through doors, but through walls that are placed in parallel with each other and shifted in the x and y direction on the plan. The entrance walls are cladded with green and light orange architectural and signange elements. The visitor, which looks at the facade from the outside, can have different visual experiences when he/she focuses on these colored elements at the inside. He/she can experience an effect of phenomenal transparency -as was defined in the architectural theoretician Colin Rowe's well-known article that was written in the 60s- when he/she visualizes the layered walls.
Ankara Arena was opened in 2010 by hosting the game 5 of World Basketball Championship which was organized by FIBA, the Turkish Basketball Federation and the 2010 Organization Committee. Although the building was designed mainly for sports activities, it provides a space for such cultural activities, like concerts and congresses. The design was accomplisehd by following inclusive design principles; disabled, elderly people and families with children can easily use the building.
DESIGNOGRAPHY
Facade System Section
INTERIOR DESIGN
PLANS
SECTIONS
LANDSCAPE
PROJECT FACTS
LAND
Location Altındağ, Ankara, Turkey
Land Area 46.000 m²
CLIENT
Turkish Basketball Federation
PROJECT DATE
2009-2010
PROJECT DATA
Capacity 10.400 people
Total Construction Area 53.000 m²
Total Landscape Area 32.450 m²
PROJECT TEAMS
Architectural Project Yazgan Design Architecture
Interior Design Project Yazgan Design Architecture
3D Image Credits Yazgan Design Architecture
Structural Project Probi Engineering
Mechanical Project GMD Engineering
Electrical Project GMD Engineering
Infrastructure Project Metehan Engineering
Landscape Design Project Yazgan Design Architecture
CONSULTANTS
Acoustical Design Consultant Prof. Dr. Mehmet Çalışkan - Mezzo Studio Architectural Acoustics
Design Consultant Ersin Ersoy, Sport Concepts London
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Date 2010
Contractor Türkerler Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS
Yunus Özkazanç, Cemal Emden, E. Polat Demirtaş 2010
PROJECT AWARDS
2011 Nominee for European Union Prize Mies van der Rohe Award
2011 Cityscape Awards for Architecture, Dubai - 2nd Prize
EVENTS
2012, Olympic Games Qualifiying for Women
2011, Elton John Concert
2010, FIBA World Championship
PRESENTATIONS
‘A Discussion on Architecture in Today’s Turkey’ Conference
‘Renew Your City, Renew Yourself’ Conference
PRESS
Magazine
Serbest Mimar, December 2009
Turkish Basketball Federation Magazine, Winter 2009
İnşaat ve Yatırım, February 2010
Arredamento Mimarlık, May 2010
4 Duvar Knauf, May-June-July-August 2010
Çatı ve Cephe, September/October 2010
Yapı, January 2011
Raf Product Magazine, January 2011
Konsept Projeler, March 2011
Yapı, March 2011
XXI, March 2011
Arredamento Mimarlık, March 2011
İnşaat & Yatırım, March 2011
Mimarlık Magazine, March – April 2011
Tasarım Magazine, March 2011
İnşaat ve Yatırım, April 2011
TİMKODER Magazine, January - March 2011
Turkish Buildings and Decoration Magazine, April 2011
İnşaat Dünyası, May 2011
Arredamento Mimarlık, June 2011
Anbarapor, July 2011
Çatı ve Cephe Magazine, July - August 2011
4 Duvar Knauf, May-June-July-August 2011
Serbest Mimar, September 2011
Konsept Projeler, October 2011
Anbarapor, November 2011
Arredamento Mimarlık, November 2011
İnşaat & Yatırım, November 2011
Seramik Turkey Magazine, Dec 2011-Feb 2012
Best Dergisi, Feb 2012
Konforum Magazine, September - October 2012
Design Diffusion News, October 2012
XXI, May 2013
Contract Business Magazine, May 2013
+İçmimarlık, 2014
İnşaat Dünyası, August 2014
İntes, September-October 2014
Book
Arkitera Architecture Almanac, 2010
Architecture Competition Works, 2011
Public Cultural Buildings, 2012
Transportation and Sports Building, 2012
Architectural Material & Detail Structure / Glass, 2016
ATLAS* European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 1988-2015, 2016
Architekturführer: Ankara, 2016
Booklet
500-Piece-Booklet, January 2011
Web Site
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24 dakika, http://www.24dakika.com/news_detail.php?id=57282
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PaftaMag, http://paftamag.com/bir-mimar-bir-mekan/
Newspaper
Hürriyet Sport Newspaper, 21 April 2010
Ankara Metropolitan Newspaper, 2-8 June 2010
Ankara Metropolitan Newspaper,1-7 July 2010
Tasarım Newspaper, 29 August 2010
Tasarım Newspaper, 28 February 2011
Hürriyet Gazetesi Ankara Supplement, 24 April 2011
Gazeteparc, No:3, May 2011
Hürriyet Gazetesi Ankara Supplement, 5 October 2011