Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă by A Tasarim Architect

Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă by A Tasarim Architect is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award de Argint in Design de Arhitectură, Clădiri și Structuri Competition Category.

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Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă

by A Tasarim Architect

Client: A Tasarım Architect

A' Design Award de Argint Winner in Arhitectură Category

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The Design

About Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă

Armada 3 este un complex arhitectural cu utilizare mixtă situat în Ankara, Turcia. Clădirea combină spații comerciale de segment superior, zone de gastronomie și spații de birouri pe mai multe niveluri supraterane, având o suprafață construită de aproximativ 21.000 de metri pătrați. Intrările pe mai multe laturi și un interior conceput asemenea unei străzi mențin complexul deschis către oraș. Terasele retrase în trepte și geometriile cu auto-umbrire susțin controlul solar și lumina naturală. O rețea de stâlpi din beton armat permite dimensiuni flexibile ale unităților și reconfigurări viitoare. Fațada utilizează vitraje de înaltă performanță, panouri izolate și placări metalice.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Argint

Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă a câștigat A' Design Award de Argint, o recunoaștere extraordinar de prestigioasă acordată designurilor de top, superbe și impresionante. Câștigătorii Argintului sunt lucrări extraordinar de strălucite și extrem de creative, care ilustrează expertiza, talentul și perspicacitatea remarcabile ale designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă să fie o lucrare minunată, de referință, remarcabil de profesionistă și profund inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Argint este o invenție foarte notabilă și admirată, care aduce beneficii și împinge limitele artei, științei, designului și tehnologiei. Armada 3 Complex Arhitectural cu Utilizare Mixtă este o creație extrem de invidiată, care trezește dorințe, aduce sentimente pozitive și stârnește uimire și mirare.

Behind the Design

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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