WW Glass Studio

ITU - Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture - İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Project idea

WW Glass Studio that is a glass production office is a project aiming to create different approach to office culture.Office purposes to make people happy when people spend their time in that studio.So that,working system is organized according to people.

Project description

Glass Studio consists of three main part."Production Zone" is located in enter of building and that zone includes glass art production areas,stores and balcony where people can watch production and can rest.Original building was a factory that produces beer,therefore production zone is designed as factory.Each office department is divided into two part that is private and semi private.It is used ropes for partition between each office department. In this way,it is avoided disconnect between departments.Triangle installation on corridor connects "Office Zone" and "Happiness Zone". Installation creates different experiences according to angle of sunlight.In the happiness zone,there are rest areas,winter garden,dinning area and cafe.Dinning area is covered with installation as continuation of installation on corridor.

Technical information

Production Zone;original masonry walls are covered with panelboards. Glass stores on sides of area create a yard in the middle of territory where glass production and workshops were organized.In this way,people will be able to visit here and they can see how glass is produced while they were looking at art glass productions.
Office Zone;office departments are divided with metal frame structure and there are corridors between frame structures.Ropes inside of metal frame create partition by knotted randomly.
Happiness Zone;installation on corridor consists of triangles.Glass triangles connect to each other via metal frame.Metal frame is mounted on ground and wall,also frame is hanged on metal structure on ceiling with thin ropes.
Winter garden is placed on the most sunless area of building,so that area is prevented to be darkest and useless.In the center of zone,there is dinning area under installation.Dinning area can be transformed to meeting area when movable partition walls closed.Metal frame of movable walls are attached on metal structure of roof.