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Gökhan Metal Showroom & Office


CLIENT: Gökhan Metal
LOCATION: Kocaeli, Türkiye
AREA: 5,800 m2
STATUS: Tender
DATE: 2024

PROJECT TEAM: Eren Çıracı, Serdil Yildirim

COLLABORATORS:
Structural Engineering: Baç Engineering
Mechanical Engineering: ABM Engineering
Electrical Engineering: ABM Engineering
The client, a CNC machine distributor wanted to consolidate its operations in their new building. The program consists of a warehouse for imported machines, a showroom to display the machines and offices. The warehouse and showroom functions require relatively large spans due to the size of the machines they house. Although the building is not a production facility, the spatial requirements are still close to one that of a small factory. Combined with the fact that the site is an irregular corner plot reserved for commercial activities in the master plan for the industrial zone, the design called for an industrial aesthetics that is also cost effective.
The warehouse can be accessed separately, but is connected to the showroom on the upper floor by a loading zone where machines can be pulled up to the showroom with a crane. The showroom can only be accessed from the main entrance. The visitors pass through two foyers on separate levels, two large volumes carved out of the center of the office block before entering the showroom and get to see the office operations in the process. This way, the company itself is introduced and put on display for potential customers before they get to see the CNC machines.