Façade calculations and an additional skylight on a 5,000-decare campus.
MİT Headquarters Complex — Kale
MBY carried out façade engineering calculations for the new MİT (National Intelligence Organization) headquarters complex, known as “Kale”, in Etimesgut, Ankara. Developed on a 5,000-decare site, the project presented a highly controlled institutional setting and required a façade solution appropriate to the scale and architectural character of the new campus.
The scope also included the design of an additional skylight above the building. The engineering work addressed the skylight's structural behaviour and its interface with the roof and façade systems, developing a coordinated solution for the integration of the new element within the overall envelope design.
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