Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi by A Tasarim Architect

Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi by A Tasarim Architect is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.

QullqiWasichiy· 2026

Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi

by A Tasarim Architect

Client: A Tasarım Architect

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi

Armada 3 nisqaqa huk askha ruwayniyoq arquitectura hatun wasim, Ankara llaqtapi, Turquía suyupi kaq. Kay wasiqa hanaq nivelkunapi allin rantina tiendakunata, mikhuna wasikunata, oficina cheqaskunatawan huñun, yaqa 21,000 metro cuadrado hatun ruwasqa cheqayoq. Askha ladokunamanta yaykunakunaqa hinaspa ukhu ñan hina cheqaqa hatun wasita llaqtaman kicharisqa hina waqaychan. Pata-patapi kutiriq terrazakuna hinaspa kikin llantuchakuq formakunaqa intipa k'anchayninta kamachiyta yanapan, p'unchay k'anchaytapas. Fierrowan kallpachasqa concretomanta columnakunaq huñuyninqa sapa cheqaq hatunkayninta tikrachiyta, hamuq pachapi musuqmanta wakichiytapas saqin. Wasiq hawa uyanqa allin llamk'aq qespikunata, q'oñichaq panelkunata, metal p'achakunatawan apaykachan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Armada 3 Askha Ruwayniyoq Arquitectura Hatun Wasi achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.

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