Ataturk Cultural Center / Tabanlioglu Architects

Searching for an answer to the question of “how to handle the architecture of the 60s”- especially those having complex functions like opera, dealing with contemporary art, architecture, and urban understanding simultaneously, the new Ataturk Cultural Center project takes special care to preserve the aesthetic, physical and social values inherited from its predecessor projects. Considering its unique place in the memory of the city and for citizens individually, it would not have been possible to develop the Ataturk Cultural Center as a brand-new project. The cultural center, designed as a 21st-century cultural structure with the idea of reviving Taksim Square, evolves in two joint fragments. The new design largely maintains the outer appearance and volumes of the previous structure, complementing it with a sweeping expansion.