Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle by A Tasarim Architect

Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle by A Tasarim Architect is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Hale, Kūkulu a me Hōʻuluʻulu Competition Category.

KalaHoʻolālā Hale· 2026

Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle

by A Tasarim Architect

Client: A Tasarım Architect

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Hoʻolālā Hale Category

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The Design

About Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle

ʻO Armada 3 he hale hoʻohana like ʻole ma Ankara, Tureke. Hui pū kēia hale i nā hale kūʻai kiʻekiʻe, nā wahi ʻai, a me nā keʻena hana ma nā papa he nui ma luna o ka honua, me kahi ākea kūkulu he 21,000 mika huinahā. ʻO nā puka komo ma nā ʻaoʻao he nui a me kahi loko e like me ke alanui e mālama i ka hāmama o ka hale i ke kūlanakauhale. Kōkua nā lānai i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i hope a me nā ʻano geometria hoʻomalumalu iā ia iho i ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka lā a me ka mālamalama o ke ao. Hiki i ka pae kia paʻa hao me ka simeni ke ʻae i nā nui like ʻole o nā keʻena a me ka hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hoʻohana ka ʻaoʻao o waho i ke aniani hana kiʻekiʻe, nā papa hoʻomehana ʻia, a me ka uhi metala.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Armada 3 Ka Hale Hoʻohana Like ʻOle e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Armada 3 operates as an urban connector rather than a closed commercial object. Its uniqueness lies in transforming a conventional mixed-use development into a piece of civic infrastructure that stitches together pedestrian flows, transportation networks, and public life.
Dimensions & Packaging: Construction area of approximately 21,000 square meters, organized in multiple above-ground levels with integrated terraces and semi-open public platforms. Regular reinforced concrete column grid allows flexible unit sizing and future reconfiguration. Step-back massing optimizes solar control and daylight performance. Mixed-use program includes upper-segment retail, gastronomy areas, and office spaces, supported by integrated vertical circulation, service cores, and environmental performance strategies suitable for dense urban conditions.
Tags: Urban Integration, Mixed-Use Architecture,Retail Architecture, Public Space, Permeable Façade, Climate-Responsive Design, Urban Continuity,
Production Technology: The project is realized through a reinforced concrete structural system with a regular column grid, enabling modular flexibility and long-term adaptability. The façade combines high-performance glazing, opaque insulated panels, and metal cladding, supported by passive environmental strategies such as step-back terraces and self-shading geometries. Landscape elements, integrated lighting, and durable urban materials reinforce both climatic performance and public use.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge was to transform a conventional retail-led mixed-use program into an open, adaptable urban system without losing commercial viability. The project had to reconcile large-scale architectural presence with human-scale experience, integrate public circulation with private program, and respond to climate and daylight constraints. Balancing permeability, environmental performance, and long-term flexibility within a dense metropolitan context defined the core research and design challenge.
Research: This project investigates how large-scale commercial architecture can function as civic infrastructure within a metropolitan context. Through spatial continuity, environmental responsiveness, and mixed-use integration, the research explores permeability, adaptability, and urban connectivity as design drivers. Armada 3 serves as a case study demonstrating how contemporary retail-led developments can evolve into flexible urban frameworks that support public life, mobility, and long-term resilience rather than operating as isolated building objects.
Inspiration: The project was inspired by the need to reinterpret the shopping mall as an active component of urban infrastructure rather than an isolated object. Research into urban permeability, mixed-use hybridity, climate-responsive envelopes, and evolving retail behaviors informed a design approach that integrates civic space, environmental performance, and long-term spatial adaptability within a dense metropolitan context.
Project Duration: 2023–2027, Ankara, Turkey
Operation Flow: The building works by staying open to the city. People can enter from multiple sides, move naturally along a street-like interior, and shift easily between indoor and outdoor spaces. Terraces, passages, and transparent façades guide movement, bring in light, and invite public use, allowing the project to adapt smoothly to daily urban life rather than controlling it.
Team Members: Architectural Design Team: Ali Osman Ozturk, Canan Arslan, Niyazi Ayvaz, Kutlay Batur, Pelin Oztoklu, Sinan Ozkan, Gokçe Sahin, Mina Nur Uraloglu Duman, Mehmet Ozturk, Cuneyt Ozturk, Zeynep Yıldırım, Idil Erkan, Hasan Yigit Sari, Ilayda Ozturk
Project Date: 2023-
Construction Area: 21,000 square meters
Location: Ankara
Structural Design: High Level Project
Mechanical Design: Protes Engineering
Electrical Design: Akay Engineering
Landscape Design: Promim
Fire Consultant: Karina
Construction Application Coordinator: Sonay Ozar
Contractor: Sogutozu Construction
3D Visualization: Libra Frank