IT Valley ( tr, Bilişim Vadisi), formerly known as Silicon Valley of Turkey (

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: ''Türkiye'nin Silikon Vadisi'') was a proposed project of Turkish architect

Günay Erdem Günay Erdem (born 18 April 1978) is a Turkish Architect (graduated) and self-taught landscape architect. Günay Erdem together with his brother Sunay Erdem leads architectural and urban design practice Erdem Architects which they founded in 199 ...

and Turkish

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Sunay Erdem Sunay Erdem (born 17 March 1971) is a Turkish landscape architect (by degree) and self-taught architect. He is one of Turkey's most prolific and best Landscape architects of his generation. Sunay Erdem founded Erdem Architects with his brother, G ...

for the

version of the

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, United States.]

Concept and design

Erdem used

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and technology concepts together with traditional Turkish values at design development process. Cosmos reflects as symbolic radial grid of the

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and planetary forms to the buildings. Technology reflects as digital grid in organization schema of design. Traditional Turkish value star and crescent emerges in the whole Silicon Valley City.

Quick facts

* Total Plot Area: 1,800,000 m² * Total Buildings Area: 900,000 m² * Buildings: Administrative, Research & Development Centers (small, medium and large scaled), City Center (Mall, Restaurants, Cinemas etc.), Congress & Convention Center, Hotel, Housing, Sports Center, Schools (Elementary & High), Health Center, Mosque * Marina * Valley * Park * Circulations: Traffic, Cycle Lane, Light Rail Road * Accesses: Ankara Istanbul Highway,

Marmara Sea The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the B ...

, North, South * Project Cost: $400 million

External links

Official web site

Erdem Architects official Facebook page

Gunay Erdem-Arkitera

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References

{{Reflist Gebze Buildings and structures in Kocaeli Province