Söğütözü Cultural Centre · Cultural · Söğütözü, Ankara
A cultural centre open to the city, with exhibition halls, an auditorium and a public courtyard.


The building is organised around exhibition halls, a multi-purpose auditorium and a public courtyard. The sculptural concrete shell creates changing atmospheres inside as the light shifts through the day.
A courtyard open to the city
The public courtyard links the surrounding streets, creating a meeting place that everyone can use.


Space drawn with light
Rooflights and deep openings bring soft, controlled daylight into the gallery spaces.
Enduring material
Fair-faced concrete was chosen as a surface that improves with age and needs little maintenance.



