![İpera 25 / Alataş Architecture & Consulting - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/509c/4555/b3fc/4b2c/5500/003b/medium_jpg/003_ga.jpg?1375798136)
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Architects: Alataş Architecture & Consulting
- Area: 1 m²
- Year: 2011
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Photographs:Gürkan Akay, Ahmet Alataş, Ali Bekman
Text description provided by the architects. Located in the historic and protected district of Istanbul’s Galata, Ipera is a 10 flat building that goes beyond the conventional codes of the area.
![İpera 25 / Alataş Architecture & Consulting - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/509c/3e0a/b3fc/4b2c/5500/0035/medium_jpg/006ab.jpg?1375798055)
Respecting the current architectural fabric, infrastructure, natural conditions, climate and sun movements, and developing socio-economic conditions of the area, the project prepared by the architect Ahmet Alataş for the 1000 m2 large building is built around a design that uses today’s technology to offer new solutions to respond to well-known architectural problems.
![İpera 25 / Alataş Architecture & Consulting - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/509c/48fe/b3fc/4b2c/5500/0042/medium_jpg/017ga.jpg?1375798224)
To describe it simply, the building is constructed around two blind walls made of fine concrete and a glass façade and wooden shell that cover the fully transparent living quarters.
![İpera 25 / Alataş Architecture & Consulting - Table, Windows](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/509c/4ad0/b3fc/4b2c/5500/004d/medium_jpg/048ab.jpg?1352420048)
Perceived as a giant blind façade from an angle, the wooden surface can be seen as a tulle curtain that filters the light and works as an element that controls the sunlight .
![İpera 25 / Alataş Architecture & Consulting - Windows, Fence, Facade, Handrail, Chair, Deck](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/509c/4bdb/b3fc/4b2c/5500/0052/newsletter/052ab.jpg?1352420315)
The building is made of fine reinforced concrete built around steel an concrete elements that are used in a composite manner.
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