Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Hoahoa Roto Tari by Kontra Architecture is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.
HiriwaRoto Whare· 2021
Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Hoahoa Roto Tari
Client: Denizbank
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Roto Whare Category
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About Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Hoahoa Roto Tari
Book Text: He pokapū auaha me te pakihi te Denizbank Aquarium kei roto i te tari matua o tētahi pēke i Istanbul. Kei te papa raro o te whare te tari, he iti te māramatanga o te rā ki reira. Ka hipoki ngā papa tangi e whakaatu ana i te moana me te nekehanga o te wai i ngā mata, ā, ka whakamaumahara ngā rawa kōterotero ki te ao karakara o raro i te wai. Ka honoa ngā tae rerekē ki ngā rawa taiao hei waihanga i tētahi wāhi ora, ōrite hoki. Ka tāpiri ngā waeine me ngā tuanui pāpaku me ngā rōpū nohonga wehewehe i te whakamārietanga. Ka whakatauira tētahi pūnaha whakamārama i te māramatanga o te rā hei tautoko i te hihiri me te tukituki wā o ngā kaimahi.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Hoahoa Roto Tari te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Hoahoa Roto Tari he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Denizbank Aquarium Primary Function: Hoahoa Roto Tari he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
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
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