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Facilities : Concert hall for 731, arena theater
for 200, classrooms, seminar rooms,
music studios, student practice
academic and administrative staff
offices, canteen and staff housing.
Architects : İlhan Kural
Erkut Şahinbaş.
Status : Built.
Date : 1993-94.
Owner : Bilkent University
Acoustics Consultant : Matti Heikkinen
Publications : "Bir Sanat Yapısı: Bilkent Müzik
Fakültesi", Arrademento Dekorasyon
no. 70, Mayıs 1995, sf. 82-87.
Architectural Guide 2002,
T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı/TSMMD,
Ankara 2002, sf.180.
Awards : 5th National Architecture Grand
Prize - Award Nominee in Building
Category.
Bilkent Music Faculty has been planned as a part of a larger complex comprising of a concert hall, a theater building and a music faculty building. The complexity of the program has been concealed behind the solemn and dignified facades of the building.
The plan structure of the building is a 'central hall type'. On the east and west facades, spaces which require natural light, such as classrooms, seminar rooms and offices have been placed. Within the building, where it is darker, spaces which require larger spans, such as the concert hall, the theater, rehearsal halls and bigger studios have been placed. The separation of functions create a natural buffer zone separating the 'silent' and 'noisy' areas.
Special care has been given to the design of the concert hall, the major concern being achieving good acoustics, while also creating a visiually rich and satisfying space. The music faculty is an increadible accomplishment resulting from team work, where the joint efforts of various disciplines have come together to produce a building in a record time of 9 months.
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