INFO

The proposal for Turkish Hunting and Shooting Federation (THSF) 90th Anniversary Capital Complex combines sports’ functions with social, cultural and commercial activities that ensure the liveliness of the zone during both high and low seasons. In that sense, the main challenge of the project lies in understanding and implementing a range of “scale”s that are consistent both during olympic events (highdensity) and regular weekend trips (low density). 

The project utilizes a spiral promenade that wraps the shooting polygons around a central focus: the final polygon. The spiral organization encourages interaction between various sports and social functions around a central “garden”. The promenade thus turns the travel between two polygons into a weekend trip activity, providing views of the central garden and social activities in the zone. 

The project is developed through a meditation on the problem of keeping olympic complexes alive after major events are completed. In that sense, the 90th Anniversary Capital Polygon Complex offers an alternative approach to the changing densities in the lifetime of olympic complexes. 

CREDITS

Location: Ankara, Turkey

Year: 2013

Program: Sports + Recreation

Area: 63504m²

Client: Turkish Federation of Shooting and Hunting in colloboration with Middle East Technical University (Invited Competition)

Partners in Charge: Onur Ozkoc, Heves Beseli

Design Team: Duygu Tuntas, Tamara Nazari, Hakan Sanli, Gokhan Yildirim, Osman Sumer

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