A facade of shimmering metal panels envelops this management centre that Istanbul studio Bilgin Architects has created within the plains of Karapinar, Turkey, for one in all Europe’s largest photo voltaic farms.
Named Central Management Constructing, it’s designed by Bilgin Architects to behave as a centralised location from which to observe and management the expansive subject of three.2 million photo voltaic panels.
The solar energy station is positioned in a area of Turkey with a desert-like local weather, rendering it unsuitable for agriculture. As an alternative, it’s being utilised as a photo voltaic farm to capitalise on its publicity to daylight.
In keeping with Bilgin Architects, Central Management Constructing is designed as a examine of contrasts, with its shimmering metallic facade meant to juxtapose the textures of its arid environment.
The facade consists of seven,200 stainless-steel panels, a few of which have a sophisticated, mirrored end to replicate the environment and assist the constructing mix in.
“Due to the excessive reflectance ranges of the facades, the constructing turns into built-in with the geography it inhabits,” founding associate Caner Bilgin informed Dezeen.
“The silhouette of the horizon continues on the facades,” he stated.
The panels have various transparency ranges attributable to perforations of their surfaces and they’re organized in an irregular and layered formation decided by parametrics.
When considered from the within, this design means the panels act as a semi-transparent display veiling the skin panorama. As daylight fades into evening, the facade seems to show “inside out” and divulges the inner areas to these outdoors.
The association of panels additionally creates a dynamic play of sunshine and shadow inside, whereas optimising airflow, stopping extreme warmth absorption and enhancing the constructing’s climatic consolation.
In the meantime, their irregular placement generates a definite and non-repetitive sample on the facade, interacting with altering lighting and climate situations.
Central Management Constructing has an oblong kind to echo the grid format of the encircling photo voltaic panel subject. It’s single-storey and positioned at a distance to stop overshadowing.
In keeping with the studio, its low peak additionally goals to minimise fowl collisions with the reflective facade, with the assistance of the irregularities and ranging transparency ranges within the cladding.
Inside, Central Management Constructing homes workplaces and assembly areas for the engineering and administration groups.
It additionally takes on a semi-public function, with public areas to host instructional occasions and exhibitions to have interaction folks in photo voltaic know-how.
The inside is organised round a central courtyard to assist information circulation and delineate personal and customary areas.
This courtyard is meant as a refuge from the tough local weather, offering tranquil areas for rest. It has been planted with endemic plant and tree species that require minimal irrigation and upkeep.
The bushes are organized to shade the interiors from direct daylight in the summertime. Nevertheless, within the winter once they shed their leaves, daylight can nonetheless penetrate the constructing to contribute to its heating.
“It is virtually like an actual oasis,” Bilgin stated. “It’s a wind-receiving, non-dusty and shaded space. It virtually acts as a machine that contributes to the power effectivity of the constructing.”
In distinction to the expansive subject of artificial photo voltaic panels, the courtyard and interiors goal to carry a way of human scale and nature to the panorama.
Finishing the constructing is a inexperienced roof that gives insulation and incorporates a rainwater assortment system that’s filtered for plant irrigation and landscaping.
Established in 2014, Bilgin Architects is an structure studio led by Bilgin and Begüm Yılmaz Bilgin in Istanbul.
Different mirrored buildings in arid landscapes embody Invisible Home in Joshua Tree Nationwide Park desert and the Casa Etérea cabin ​​perched on the slopes of the Palo Huérfano volcano in Mexico.
The images is by Egemen Karakaya.
Mission credit:
Architect: Bilgin Architects
Architectural challenge workforce: Caner Bilgin, Begüm Yılmaz Bilgin, Cem Katkat, Serenay Gürkan, Elif Özüçağlıyan, Yıldırım Erbaz
Shopper: Kalyon Vitality
Fundamental contractor: Kalyon Development
Inside designer: Bilgin Architects
Structural design: Attec Design
Mechanical design: Okutan Engineering
Electrical design: Erke Sustainable Constructing Design Consulting
Panorama design: Bilgin Architects and MY Panorama
Infrastructure design: Diyap Mission
Facade consultancy: CWG Consultancy
Parametric design marketing consultant: Cemal Koray Bingöl
Lighting design: UKON Lighting Consultancy
Acoustics: Mezzo Studio
Fireplace security marketing consultant: Mercek Fireplace Consultancy
Graphic design: Dilara Sezgin
Architectural marketing consultant: İdil Erkol Bingöl
3d print reception desk design and manufacturing: Rolab Studio
Architectural mannequin: Serdar Albaz
Digital artwork works: Süleyman Yılmaz, Hakan Yılmaz, Ali Tan Uçer, Ecem Dilan Köse
