Located within the Esenboga Airport boundaries, the new aircraft and helicopter hangar designed for the Prime Ministry and State Airport Authority of Turkey will have the capacity to simultaneously undertake first grade maintenance to 9 aircraft and 5 helicopters. The building also contains personnel offices, technical services, resting rooms for pilots and facilities for VIP’s. With an internal column-free span of 100m, the steel structure is made up of four 10,000sqm modules. Externally the structural columns and inclined walls, which house the technical service spaces, are clad in natural stone. The long elevation facing the approach road is clad in opaque and transparent glass panels in aluminum framing. The large sliding doors on the airside elevation are composed of translucent panels to allow maximum daylight inside. The curved roofs clad in standing seam aluminum roofing system form the all important fifth elevation of the structure.
Location: Esenboga Airport, Ankara, Turkey
Client: Turkish Airports Authority (DHMI)
Use: Aircraft Hangar
Gross floor area: 20,000sqm aircraft hangar assigned to senior government officials Completion: 2010
Service Description: Concept Design, Design Development, Construction Information, Tender Documentation
