Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu by Kontra Architecture

Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu by Kontra Architecture is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu d'Interiori Competition Category.

ArgentuInteriori· 2021

Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu

by Kontra Architecture

Client: Denizbank

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Interiori Category

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The Design

About Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu

Denizbank Aquarium hè un centru d'innuvazione è d'imprenditoria situatu dentru una sede bancaria in Istanbul. L'uffiziu occupa un pianu suterraneu induve a luce di ghjornu hè limitata. Pannelli acustichi chì raffiguranu u mare è u muvimentu di l'acqua ricopranu e superficie, è materiali tessiturati ricordanu u mondu suttmarinu culuritu. Culori cuntrastanti sò cumbinati cù materiali naturali per creà un spaziu vivace è equilibratu. Moduli cù soffitti bassi è gruppi di posti a sede separati aghjunghjenu cunfortu. Un sistema d'illuminazione imita a luce di ghjornu per sustene a mutivazione è u ritmu circadianu di l'impiegati.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Design d'Internu d'Uffiziu hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Denizbank Aquarium is an innovation and entrepreneurship center located at Denizbank Headquarters. Defining its journey as a venture with the metaphor of Aquarium, Sea and Ocean, all the needs of Denizbank in this place are combined with Kontra's design vision to create a new generation working environment. Providing a comfortable and unconventional atmosphere to the user in order to increase creativity and productivity in working environments is at the core of this design approach.
Tags: Co-working, Office, Aquarium, Sea
Production Technology: Contrasting colors are mixed with natural materials to create a vibrant and balanced space. Modules with low ceilings and isolated seating groups are designed to make employees feel cozier and more comfortable while increasing their sense of belonging to the company. The movement of the daylight plays an important role in the wellbeing of employees. Considering the fact that they spend majority of their day indoors for long hours; a lighting system that mimics the daylight has been designed in harmony with the motivation and circadian rhythm of the users.
Design Challenge: Office is located in under the basements, therefore daylight was so limited and that is why this project called ''Aquarium''. In office spaces lighting is the core issue due to keeping motivation high.The problem is solved with spatial planning, material choices and innovative lighting systems.
Inspiration: Inspired by the relaxing effect of the water element and the colorful and always surprising world of the sea; It is aimed to create a space that makes users feel comfortable and keeps their motivation high. From the moment you enter the aquarium, you can feel the ocean feeling on all surfaces thanks to the acoustic panels depicting the sea and water movement, textured material choices that reference the colorful world of the submarine.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2019 and finished in November 2020, and located at Denizbank HQ / Istanbul.
Team Members: Gülşah Cantaş, Founder
Cengiz Bozal, Designer
Hacer Dogan, Project Manager
Eda Bozkurt, Interior Designer
Burak Gobut, Interior Designer
Image Credits: Photographer Ibrahim Ozbunar