Forum Istanbul

A new shopping destination for cosmopolitan Istanbul.

The mix of shops, restaurants, leisure and public spaces provides a contemporary city experience, with boulevards, large buildings, piazzas and avenues.

The concepts of a city within a city and a building within a building influenced the design. The architectural intention was to develop the forum to function as an integral part of the city structure, with mall areas read as a series of individual streets rather than malls.

Brief

  • Turkey’s largest mixed-use development
  • respond to local context but also the spirit of the new Turkey

Results

  • a cohesive visual language ties together a wide range of spatial types
  • grand spaces, boulevards and streets create a rich journey both internally and externally

Facts

Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Client: Multi Development
Construction cost: £250m
Completed: 2008

Integrated services

architecture, interior design (concept T&T)