A façade system that becomes space.
For Maslak Square, the tower envelope is not treated as surface decoration, but as a continuous architectural language that extends into the ground plane, lobby, ceiling, columns and interior circulation.
Maslak Square is a concept design for a contemporary office tower and public interior environment in Istanbul’s business district. The project is driven by a single spatial idea: a vertical façade system that evolves into an architectural framework for arrival, movement and public life inside the building.
Rather than separating exterior image from interior experience, the proposal develops both through one continuous parametric logic. Slender vertical fins define the tower’s urban identity, then bend and transform at the base to shape the entrance canopy, threshold spaces, lobby ceilings, column conditions and circulation moments.
The project treats the façade as an active generator of architecture. It is not an applied skin, but a system capable of producing form, rhythm, shadow, spatial continuity and atmosphere across multiple scales.
Key design principles
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One continuous architectural language from tower to interior
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Vertical rhythm balanced by softened transitions at public touchpoints
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A premium but restrained material palette
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Strong threshold design at the ground level
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Public interiors shaped through continuity rather than visual excess
Programme summary
The concept combines a landmark office tower with a public-facing arrival sequence, large-scale lobby spaces, core circulation areas, foodcourt and interior feature moments such as sculptural stair and column-integrated spatial elements.
Material & atmosphere
Low-iron glass, pale stone, champagne-toned metal and selective timber accents create a calm corporate-luxury atmosphere. The project avoids overstatement and instead relies on proportion, rhythm, shadow and continuity.
Maslak Square proposes a more integrated approach to commercial architecture. By linking façade, structure, public interface and interior identity, it turns a high-rise development into a coherent spatial experience rather than a collection of disconnected design decisions.
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