Nurol Tower is situated Sisli district of Istanbul, next to the highway connecting the two banks of city via the Bosporus Bridge. The tower designed with a flexibility to allocate offices in different scales has 30 floors rising above a base of five floors. The entrance and the first floor of this base is reserved for a small-scale shopping centre and commercial units that serve the daily needs of the offices above.
After the initial studies and analysis, the main design principle was based on the flexibility of varied functions. Thanks to this flexible planning scheme, it became possible to allocate small, medium or large office spaces in each floor. The entrance floor serves as a lobby to the main office floors in addition to independent entrances for the executive offices.
The analysis of sunlight, wind and view formed the shape of the tower thus south-southeast arc has been chosen as the primal direction for view whereas the south-southwest acts as a secondary viewing direction. The tower is rotated with 45 degrees above the base which is parallel to the neighbouring highway. This rotation helps to perceive the tower slenderer when viewed from the highway above the base level.
The circulation cores with six lifts and two independent executive entrances are placed on the North side of the tower to let the southeast and southwest facades determine the character of the building. This also helped to receive more daylight to the offices and to create a prestigious appearance on the highway side.
The terrace of the base containing the commercial units has been designed as a communal terrace garden for the use of the office employees.
