YCINOX TR Pipe Factory

The objective of the project is to perform the design of the production and management building of the Taiwanese stainless-steel company YCInox investing in Turkey. The main design objectives were to ensure that employees work efficiently and willingly in a high-quality and prestigious environment to facilitate the connections between production and management, and to achieve the criteria of energy efficiency, sustainability, waste management, and optimization of the process flow. Our client attached importance to following the Feng Shui principles so the buildings entrance angles, spatial relations, forms colours and natural elements and materials were chosen accordingly.The design amed to create a prestigious building that encourages productive and good relationsThe fact that the building is a Production facility necessitates the implementation of many standards and process requirements which makes it difficult to design a flexible form. The management and social areas are where we can play with forms to create a difference. The entrance section was designed in anorganic form to soften the rigid corners of the production part. By placing this part in water element architectural interest is drawn to the entrance. Social areas were designed for employees by the garden delineated by the bridge created to reveal the basement, water cascades and the amphitheatre area. The request for creating a perception of high prestige for the building lay under the principle of removing the guests from the hustle of the production area. The entrance canopy that covers the guest parking lot was used as a seperator between the two functions. Placing the electronic reception board on which the arriving guests' names appear over the entrance gate, the guests are directed to the building over a lengthy walkway. In the meanwhile, guests are prepared for surprising effects at each step through the use of landscaping, water and architectural elements. With its spacious and monumental appearance, the entrance of the building was designed to allow the company, which is an art collector, to exhibit its works. The red staircase placed in the gallery space pointing at the deep-perspective view, the garden, and the play of water attracts the gaze on all floors thanks to its monumental appearance. The stainless-steel material, which is what the company products, enriches the details in interior and exterior spaces. The production floor that was designed as a basement floor and thanks to the idea of the viaduct ramp placed at the long facade at the production side was altogether freed from the need to construct revetments and colossal fillings. Thanks to the viaduct that was placed at a distance from the building, the basement turned into a practical solution where production and maintenance is easy, which has a fully visible front, and which receives the daylight. It was also possible to create social areas and open storage areas dedicated to the floor underneath the viaduct. The planning of the access and circulation of blue-white-collar employees in the building, in relation to each other and the production and office areas in the most practical manner was prioritized.