Karabük University Square (Turkish: ''Karabük Üniversitesi Meydanı'') is the first

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Karabük Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District.Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

Geography

The University Square is located at the edge of Araç Çayı, very close to the main entrance of the Karabük University

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connects the whole university buildings and provides environment for the social life at campus.

History

At 2010

projects were prepared. Application of the projects was executed by the Karabük University at 2011 and opened to the public the same year.

Design

Designers of the University Square are Turkish architects

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 ...

Sunay Erdem Sunay Erdem (born 17 March 1971) is a Turkish people, Turkish landscape architect (by degree) and self-taught architect. Sunay Erdem founded Erdem Architects with his brother, Günay Erdem, in 1998. Sunay Erdem designed many urban design projec ...

and Serpil Öztekin Erdem.

References

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