Akadia İncek is a mixed-use development located in the İncek district of Ankara. Project consists of 11 blocks, where 4 high-rise blocks are allocated for residential use and the rest are reserved for home-offices and commercial units.

The residential part of the project consists of 910 apartments in 4 high-rise towers. Low-rise blocks include 56 home-office units and 13 shops on the ground floor. Total height of the buildings are ranging from 30 meters to 130 meters. Total construction area is just above 200.000 sqm on a 40.000 sqm land.

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Project area is in a recently developed suburb – but very close to city center thanks to the main roads – of Ankara called İncek, which is the most popular and favored area nowadays. Recently, the building height permits are increased in the area as in this project and there are many mixed-use projects under construction or recently completed around it.

All the design is produced within the same studio with a holistic approach from the master-planning stage to the interior architecture and landscaping. This allowed different teams to directly collaborate with each other and avoids the loss of time and misunderstanding between different disciplines.

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The masterplan and the buildings' layout are directly connected to surroundings with its commercial strip while the internal residences are preserving their privacy. Bicycle paths, green areas, swimming and reflection pools, social areas and gym center in the center of the project is designed for the use of the residents in the private area.

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 Through the Eyes of Architects : Akadia Incek

Housing is inherently different from other architectural typologies. The slightest line on paper will directly affect the lives of the entire household every day and perhaps for years to come. This characteristic imposes a very different sensitivity on the residential typology.

This sensitivity turns into a "responsibility" on the part of the architect, and this responsibility should be taken one step further in today's large-scale mixed-use buildings, taking into account many concepts such as self-sufficiency, maximizing sunlight and green space, the separation of public and private space, and user comfort. As in every project, the freedom given to the architect by the investor plays a key role in the success of the design.

The main theme of Akadia Incek's architectural design is to create a green "oasis" in the middle, reserved exclusively for the use of residential users, thanks to the residential units above the commercial block on the North and East facades and the residential blocks on the South and West facades, which are positioned to surround the square-shaped parcel. In these days, when the recent pandemic has once again emphasized the importance of the housing-landscape relationship, this oasis is vital for establishing the human-nature relationship at a high level.

In the end, the sole objective is to design, build and maintain a "home" where the household can feel good and happy inside and out. In the realization of Akadia İncek, the investor, the architect and all the key figures fulfilled their part and came together to create this "home".

Architect Salih Z. Salalı - Architect Doruk Salalı

Project Details: 

Architects : Salih Z. Salalı - Doruk Salalı
Total Construction Area: 230.000 m2
Location: Ankara / Turkey
Services: Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documentation, Tender Documents