Location: Konya
Year: 2021-2023
Employer: Konya Metropolitan Municipality
Category: Building, Museum, Exhibition, Culture, Historical Heritage, Restoration
Project Area: 1.027 m²
Project Office: SCRA + Yalın Architecture
Team: Seden Cinasal, Ramazan Avcı, Ömer Selçuk Baz (Yalın Architecture), Ece Özdür (Yalın Architecture), Atakan Koca (Yalın Architecture), Cansu Usta Bolat, Merve Özduman, Aliye Temizci, Esra Adak, Nil Özkır, Ece Kavafoğlu, Aydan Ataç, Özge Süvari, Neda Haşemi, Burçin Kantaş
Consultants: Okan Bal (Yalın Architecture)
Business Partners: Edcraft Studio-Deniz Yıldırım-Erbil Algan, Tarkan Coşan Industrial Design, Arke Engineering, Karacan Engineering, Promete Engineering, Birim Altyapı, Mego Yangın-Akustik
Location: Konya
Year: 2021-2023
Employer: Konya Metropolitan Municipality
Category: Building, Museum, Exhibition, Culture, Historical Heritage, Restoration
Project Area: 1.027 m²
Project Office: SCRA + Yalın Architecture
Team: Seden Cinasal, Ramazan Avcı, Ömer Selçuk Baz (Lean Architecture), Ece Özdür (Lean Architecture), Atakan Koca (Lean Architecture), Cansu Usta Bolat, Merve Özduman, Aliye Temizci, Esra Adak, Nil Özkır, Ece Kavafoğlu, Aydan Ataç, Özge Süvari, Neda Haşemi, Burçin Kantaş
Consultants: Okan Bal (Lean Architecture)
Business Partners: Edcraft Studio-Deniz Yıldırım-Erbil Algan, Tarkan Coşan Industrial Design, Arke Engineering, Karacan Engineering, Promete Engineering, Birim Altyapı, Mego Mego Yangın-Akustik

Tekel, which was built in 1935 facing Mevlana Street right next to Konya Alaadin Hill; the office and warehouse structure, lost its function in the early 2000s. The building, which has been idle for a while, came to the fore with the registration of the Council of Monuments as a cultural asset, with the idea of adaptive re-use.

 

For the structure; it can be said that it is a small-scale representative of very characteristic early period architecture of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is an appealing, interesting period structure with a high ground floor, atypical 1st floor office layouts, a symmetrical and partially curvilinear façade.

 

The function that was suggested for the idea of re-use is a flexible art and exhibition gallery space. The structure, which is located in busy city life, seems to be closed to the outside due to its function and period character. In this context, for the re-functioning and restoration of the structure, we are going on the idea of a kind of reconstructed 'imperfection' that will reveal the traces of time and period. This is a choice to reveal the brick layers, paint layers and traces of the structure, the plumbing elements of various periods again and at the same time.