Gebze Government Office
Government Street (popularly known as Old Bazaar), which is consıdered one of the main roads that runs through the heart of urban traffic and includes various functional service areas such as management and trade, extends from the city center along the side of the Istanbul-Izmit Highway, and passes through the southern portion of the site. The section of the street that passes along the southern border of the site is adjacent to the Izmit Highway (D-100 Highway) and hosts a large portion of the industry in Gebze. In addition, Yeni Bağdat Street, another commercial axis in the city, passes along the northern portion of the site, leaving the land use around it to the residential fabric. Although the site seems to be far from the city center and central services, it is located within the middle of the city's two major commercial axes.
The site is one of the official areas located between the industrial zones and the residential areas of the city's land use pattern. As mentioned above, in order to strengthen the relationship between the city and the government office, the road axes of the residential fabric were considered to be the entrances into the project site. These axes direct the user to the entrance of the building.
The fragmented organization of the building consists of the structural mass and green masses dancing on a grid plan. The green masses, sometimes located among the fragmented building blocks and sometimes on the roofs of the building blocks, turn into a pure green grove, free from any structural masses, in the southern portion of the site. Thus, it was preferred to create a clear distinction between structured land and green land. The large green mass in front of the building will serve both government office employees and those living in the neighboring residential area. This green mass will consist of local beech and oak trees, which are currently in decline.
