İstinye Park is a

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in the

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quarter of

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with 291 stores, of retail area, and four levels of underground parking. The center features both enclosed and open-air sections. The open-air section has a green central park and offers street-side shopping. The center includes an authentic Turkish food bazaar- a traditional market place, inspired by Turkish architecture and history.

Design and layout

Istinye Park has a gross area of . There are three distinct sections present in the building: *The Grand Rotunda is a central entertainment space, consisting of a four level arena-like space beneath a scalloped/segmented shell. It is supported by a central exterior mast over 3

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elevators. The 75-meter-diameter hard-shell

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encloses a 9 m diameter vertically moving stage. The Rotunda also features kinetic water sculptures animated with lights and music. *The Lifestyle Center is an open-air town square incorporating a green central park and Fashion District – the glass-roofed indoor retail area. * The Bazaar area is distinguished from the rest of the center with its historical Turkish styling- each facade has been inspired by Turkish architecture and history. The US architect, BCT Design Group Inc., based in

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, designed the project. The design period -from conceptual, and schematic, to development- lasted for about a year. Ömerler Mimarlik, based in

, drafted construction drawings and handled implementation. The construction took 26 months from the first lay of the foundation until the grand opening. From the first sketch to the completion of the project, it took (2004–2007) 3 years in total. File:Interior of İstinye Park.jpg, Interior of the shopping center File:Istinye Park at night.jpg, Entrance of the shopping center in Winter

Transportation

City buses number 29, 29B, 29P, 29S, 40B, 42, EL1, EL2 provides access to the center, and the center is a short walk east of İ.T.Ü.—Ayazağa metro station."İ.T.Ü.—Ayazağa" on Google Maps
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References

IstinyePark Official Website

External links

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Design and layout

Transportation

See also

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