Architects:Uygur Architects

Area :11669 m²

Year :2021

Photographs :Cemal Emden

Lead Architects :Semra Uygur, Özcan Uygur

City : Küçükçekmece

Country : Turkey

Akşemsettin Primary School is just one of the schools built within the scope of the package project “45 Public Buildings in Istanbul“ designed by Uygur Architects. The schools, which were decided to be demolished and rebuilt in Istanbul within the scope of ISMEP (Istanbul's Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Project), are designed in a unique way in their own context, on the same plot by increasing their capacity. Architects considered this project as an important opportunity for the modernization of the educational spaces.

From an architects’ standpoint, it is important to reconstitute the architectural and social significance of Akşemsettin Primary School, located in Küçükcekmece, where the dense slum areas are now transforming into mass housing projects, and the population is still increasing. Considering the rapidly developing, unplanned, and evasive construction in this neighborhood, designing a qualified image of a "new" building for an educational institution in a way that is contemporary and socially sustainable, is considered as a significant architectural emphasis.