Designed by Onat Öktem and Ziya Imren, the proposal for the Çanakkale Municipality “Green” Cultural Center & Municipality Building, which won an honorable mention, aims to create a new focal point located at the intersection of two busy pedestrian and vehicle axes, that strengthens the urban identity. The project intends to achieve a sharing/networking space that supports the everyday life of urban dwellers with social and cultural activities/facilities/uses, and a human-centered urban space that is also respectful to environmental values. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The open and semi open spaces that enable pedestrian access to the public square are designed as a sequence of the recreational spaces within the urban fabric. While this approach contributes to the integration of the urban landscape with the public space, green platforms created on different levels enable the physical continuity of surrounding open, green spaces. Open and semi-open spaces and green platforms are designed so that visitors and urban dwellers could move away and breathe from the busy urban life. In this sense these spaces are complemented with landscape elements such as water, greenery and seating units.
