AGU Presidential Museum and Library / EAA – Emre Arolat Structure
Textual content description offered by the architects. The buildings that have been renovated because the Presidential Museum and Library are simply two of the various items that fashioned Sumerbank Textile Manufacturing unit, in Kayseri, Turkey. Constructed between 1933-1935 and designed by Russian architect Ivan Nikolaev, this manufacturing facility has been one of the crucial vital symbols of industrialization and modernization within the Republican interval of Turkey.
After its shut down in 1999, the economic advanced, containing distinctive examples of Russian Constructivist Structure, has gained trendy monument standing and in 2012 registered to AGU, a newly established college to be its principal campus space. The identical 12 months Emre Arolat was invited by President Abdullah Gul to execute the architectural design and re-use technique for the entire Advanced. In 2013 two buildings inside the Campus, the Energy Station and Steam Plant have been determined to be regenerated because the Presidential Museum and Library, and EAA was assigned to execute the architectural design.
Every constructing, surviving years of neglect and decay, boasted beneficiant volumes of house whereas preserving a few of the genuine patina. The overall strategy was to preserve no matter substance has survived over time and protect the unique options. The architectural technique of mixing outdated with new was not making an attempt to emphasise the distinction between elements that belonged to totally different eras however relatively to create a coherent architectural complete.
On this sense, a substantial amount of effort was paid to sustaining current parts and discovering one of the best ways of coping with the constructing providers whereas assembly the mandatory security and accessibility codes. The precept of preserving the buildings to the very best extent attainable is depicted within the number of the supplies. The interiors of the Energy Plant have been organized based on its new use as a museum and concurrently designed to let the guests expertise the origins of the constructing. Hidden beneath a number of layers of cladding have been discovered the unique ash pits which have been left seen to turn out to be a big a part of the exhibition expertise.
The Steam Plant was renovated as a contemporary data heart with library and archive sections which might be in sturdy relation with the museum. With a bolder intervention, a 3 story bookshelf construction is positioned neatly in the principle corridor of the Steam Plant, combining plausibly with what’s already there, each in kind and spatially. Much like the ash chambers within the energy station, current concrete silo bases have been preserved, now in relaxed studying rooms accentuating the amount of the house.
The exhibition design was led by utilizing semi-discrete areas to create a thematic customer journey, the exhibition design took inspiration from parts of Turkish values, custom, and tradition with a good stance for the constructing’s inherent options, similar to its volumes, texture, and pure gentle. Accomplished in 2016, Abdullah Gül Presidential Museum and Library is a singular and international instance of a welcoming city heart.
