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KOC UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL SCIENCES
CAMPUS

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INTRODUCTION
• Koç University is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey.
• Architects: CannonDesign, Kreatif Architects
• Koç University currently consists of Colleges of Social Sciences and
Humanities, Administrative Sciences and Economics, Science,
Engineering, Law, Nursing and Medicine. [2] Koç University offers 22
undergraduate, 29 graduate and 30 PhD programs. [2] The university is
home to around 7,000 students.
• Founded in 1993, Koç University has become one of the most
prestigious universities in Turkey.
• Medical Sciences Campus, located in Istanbul’s Topkapi district, was
prepared in collaboration with Cannon Design.
• In addition to the concept design and medical planning, Kreatif
Architects also carried out the revisions that became necessary as the
planning permission was altered following the completion of the first
stage.
• The project is based on the idea of creating a spatial organization flexible
enough to respond possible future needs and requirements while
functioning as an innovative research centre for the medical industry.
• The design also encourages the integration and collaboration of different
disciplines for a better medical education.
FACILITIES
• The campus consists a medical faculty with research and training programs,
• A university hospital with a capacity of 440 inpatients, a nurse school, an advanced simulation centre, high-security research labs,
dormitories, social facilities and sports halls.
• Accordingly, the design is shaped to create visual and physical connections between the research, training and the hospital blocks.
DESIGN
• The building is formed mainly by two rectangular long blocks aligned on a narrow lot.
• The southern wing is designed lower and is distanced from the other one with a smooth curve to provide more natural light reaching to
the atrium and to the northern wing.
• The opening between the wings creates an inviting entrance to the hospital.
• The terrace above the main entrance provides a secluded and peaceful public space for patients, doctors, students and visitors.
• The forms and materials associated with hints of traditional Turkish architecture. Large eaves and stylised bay windows on the south
wing reflect such concerns.
• The atriums used in the structural design are important
architectural elements that ensure the integrity of the interiors
and exteriors.
• Moreover, the spaces at mezzanines and basement floors can
have access to far more daylight because of the skylights
placed in these open spaces. The first stage of the project
constitutes the medical school and the hospital at the front side
of this complex, while the nurse school and future extensions
such as dormitories, techno-park and social facilities are
located on the north-west side that are completed in the
second stage.
• Due to the sudden changes in the legal building regulations
that occurred during the construction, the blocks in the second
stage could not be built at the same height with the first-stage-
blocks, as it had been previously planned.
• Therefore, the spatial design was revised due to the some of
the cancelled functional programs proposed for the second
stage.
• One of the main challenges of the project was separating the hospital’s circulation routes
from other units. Different user profiles such as patients, students, academicians and visitors
can only encounter each other only at specific designated points to maintain the high
hygienic standards.
• Service roads surrounding the campus and basement floors are reserved for other circulation
scenarios including the emergency access, delivery of goods and waste extraction.
• The main principle of the design was to exclude items and decisions that could raise the cost
of construction and maintenance.
• That is why long-lasting, easy-to-clean and low-maintenance materials and details were
preferred throughout the complex.
• The design also avoids luxury to create a peaceful and unobtrusive architecture that would
become a neutral but comfortable context for both patients, students and employees whose
lives focus on recovery, education and research.
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