Client: AKAS Yapı
Project overview
In this corporate project delivered for AKAS Yapı, a mirror stretch ceiling was installed in the entrance hall and management floors of Odakule, one of İstiklal Avenue's landmark buildings. The ultra-lightweight mirror panel system gave the entrance hall a modern, reflective surface without touching the historic building's structure.
Case study
Odakule is one of the landmark buildings on İstiklal Avenue and an operating institutional headquarters. In a historic building, adding load to the existing structural system is undesirable, and any intervention is expected to be reversible. At the same time, the entrance hall and management floors needed a surface quality matching the weight of what the institution represents.
Because the glass-free panel system weighs 1–1.8 kg per square metre — one-thirtieth of a traditional glass mirror — it added no meaningful load to the structure. We used a dry installation method: the system can be dismantled and reinstalled, requiring no permanent intervention to the building.
A 170 m² reflective surface was installed across the entrance hall and management floors, achieving a contemporary look befitting the institution's standing without touching the historic building's character.
Area installed
170 m²
Added structural load
1–1.8 kg/m²
Installation
Dry system, reversible
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Kickoff
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Process
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