Information Center at Sultan Ahmet Square by Emre Arolat

Information Center by Emre Arolat

On 8th of February we have visited Sultan Ahmet area and experienced that there were no useable information center for tourists and also for Turkish visitors who would like to have information about the area and stuff. So we decided to design a information center by using the architects that our instructor Sinan teacher picked for us. My architect was Emre Arolat. 

'Emre Arolat (b. Ankara, 1963) studied architecture at Istanbul Mimar Sinan University and received his Master's degree in 1992. From 1987 to 2004 he worked at Arolat Architects as associate designer with his parents Saziment & Neset Arolat. In 2004 he founded Emre Arolat Architects with Gonca Paşolar. EAA now has a staff of 55 and two offices in Istanbul. Emre Arolat's other activities include teaching, writing and sitting on architecture juries.' (http://www.a10.eu/architects/profiles/emre_arolat/) 

I got inspired from Emre Arolat's 7800 Çeşme houses and did my design based on that project of his. I observed that he is modernist and usually does his projects in a modern and simple way. 

So I have decided to design a simple and modern information center like Emre Arolat's 7800 Çeşme houses. My information center is two floored design which is placed at the center of the Sultan Ahmet's main square. It has information desks and restrooms which are hidden back of the information desks at the first floor. At the second floor it includes a gift store, coffee house and open spaced area. 

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