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Meral Ekincioglu

Meral Ekincioglu

Boston, MA, US

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Architect

I served as a construction site architect for “The Sinan Erdem Dome”, one of the largest and multi-purpose indoor arenas designed under the leadership of FIBA and American RTKL Assoc. Inc. Architecture Company in Atakoy, Istanbul.

In collaboration with other architects on the construction site and working on architectural design project drawings, civil and mechanical engineers, my responsibilities were to perform site visits regularly, meeting and negotiations with contracts and resolve any problems occurring on the construction site.

Designed for international and national sport events with high technology, it has a steel roof structure construction, in a  spherical shell form, with a dimensional span of 112 m × 154 m (367 ft × 505 ft) with its 16,000 seating capacity for basketball matches (16,457 seating capacity for tennis matches, and 22,500 seating capacity for concerts). Architectural design project includes 34 VIP suits, 10 dressing rooms which are furnished in accordance with FIBA standards, 1 fitness center, referee rooms, FIBA observer room, multipurpose offices, 6 elevators and 2 disabled platforms. Awarded by Turkey’s “the Most Successful Real Estate Investments Competition/ Sport Complex” category, the dome is able to be used for volleyball and handball matches, concerts and several shows under favor of the telescopic mobile tribune system.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Istanbul, TR
My Role: Architect