METU GRADUATE STUDENTS
GUESTHOUSE
DESIGN
- Semra Uygur
- Özcan Uygur
PROJECT TEAM
- Necati Seren
- Güliz Erkan
- Dicle Uzunyayla
- Emine Kirman
- İrem Erdinç
- Eser Köken İşleyici
- Zümral Aygüler Kartal
- Sevda Özkan İmamoğlu
The dormitory building in METU Campus is built for accommodating graduate students during their studies. The building is designed by Uygur Architects based in Ankara, Turkey, as a living environment for academicians of different age groups and professions.
The project’s core unit is designed as a singular cell for one person that includes a sleeping
and study
space. This core cell is repeated in the five-story building with angular articulations
reminiscent of
different streets. The organization of different cells for single, twin or quadruple use and
their
articulation creates the linear planning of the building. The living units are not placed in a
hierarchical or consecutive order. Therefore different living practices and layers can be
experienced
within the building.
The blocks of the building that include the living units are placed in an angular order, with
regard to
the size of the lot, direction of the sun path and the prevailing wind. Those linear blocks meet
up in
the center as a knot, creating the common shared spaces that people can encounter with each
other. The
linear blocks housing the living units divert from this knot creating angular distances between
each
other in an increasing level of privacy.
One enters the building through this knot that is placed almost in the middle of the lot
allowing the
residents to examine the building while approaching it. The ground floor includes a reception
counter, a
main circulation core, an elevator with its visible mechanical components and a panoramic view
and a
welcoming central stairs in red color. The linear blocks have alternative staircases in various
colors
on both ends.
A shallow pool next to the long promenade heading from the parking lot accompanies the
residents’
approach to the building, which is a subtle reference to the METU Architecture Faculty entrance
hall
designed almost 50 years ago. The linear building blocks create dynamic angles and sudden
perspectives
for the users during access. On the other hand, bridges binding the two blocks on different
levels and
the red colored fire escape staircase in the main courtyard enrich those perspectives with their
powerful plastic forms.
The intention was to create a low-cost construction with minimum maintenance requirements.
Therefore,
simple and strong materials such as raw concrete and undulated metal panels are used with their
own
colors, while some of the doors and the windows on the corridors of living spaces and vertical
circulation units are painted in vivid colors or have semi-transparent colored sheet
applications.
- Location
- Competition
- Project
- Construction
- Structural Eng. Project
- Mechanical Eng. Project
- Electrical Eng. Project
- Infrastructure Eng. Project
- Client
- Construction Area
- Photos
- METU Campus, Ankara, Turkey
- 2011 - 1st Prize
- 2011
- 2012 - 2015
- Orhan Sarıkaya
- Bahri Türkmen, Bahri Türkmen Engineering
- Kemal Ovacık, Ovacık Engineering
- H. Barbaros Bıçakçı
- METU Foundation for Amelioration
- 11.870m2
- Yerçekim Architectural Photography
