Designed at a time when the fixed office layout had lost its relevance, Merkez Plaza presents each floor as an independently configurable unit.
Flexibility Strategy
Each floor can be used as open-plan, subdivided, or hybrid, ranging from 300 to 2,400 m². The structural grid is an 8.4 × 8.4 m module — eliminating partition walls’ dependency on the load-bearing system. Technical spaces (server rooms, archives) are in fixed positions on every floor, independent of tenant changes.
Service Core
A dual-core strategy separated circulation from productive floor area. Each core contains two lift groups, a service lift, a stair, and a fire-escape stair. This separation means a tenant change does not require the full floor to be vacated.
Ground Floor and Public Realm
The ground floor was kept available for commercial tenants. A double-height entrance and a small internal garden reinforce the tower’s identity. A pedestrian promenade and bicycle parking along the perimeter road were included in the building programme.
“Flexibility is not a quality added later — it is a decision made from the very start.”
