Sizzling Glass Pyramid at Turkey

It is now well-established that glass is a construction material like no other, that imparts aesthetic as well as functional benefits to architecture in general, and to skyscrapers in particular. And within the league of architecture that uses glass, a pyramid-shaped building stands out as one that has taken a step ahead; the Sabancı Congress and Exhibition Centre in Antalya, Turkey does just that. This multi-purpose convention complex is widely known as Glass Pyramid owing to the pyramidal structure of its roof.

Architect Levent Aksüt and Yaşar Marulyalı cast this glass pyramid using metal and glass, surrounded by round-shaped decorative ponds. This structure is located inside the Hasan Subaşı Cultural Park, the complex with a total closed area of 9,000 m² on the basement and ground floor, each floor with 4,500 m² area, with access from four sides. The main hall on the ground floor is covered with a coloured thermo plane space roof, which is 23 m high and is covered with 5,710 m² of coloured titanium blue insulating glass. This titanium blue insulated glass gives a flawless look to the glass building.

Sabanci Congress and Exhibition Centre has five halls with fully air-conditioned, ideally for various national and international congresses, seminars, exhibitions and conferences.

Toros Hall

The largest of the halls has a 2,400-seat capacity with telescopic platforms when used for conferences, and an exhibition area of 2,050 square meters. The hall is equipped with multipurpose audio, lighting, and visual systems and a mobile simultaneous interpretation cabin. On the plasma screens in the hall, various graphical views and animations can be shown. Additionally, Widi Wall visual system, first time in Turkey, is available.

Meltem Hall

It has a total area of 417 square meters and 440-seat capacity and a mobile simultaneous interpretation cabin available for conferences and meetings. State-of-the-art technology is available for meeting and conference organizations.

Duden Hall

It has a total area of 307 square meters and 340-seat capacity and four fixed simultaneous interpretation cabins available for conferences and meetings.

The remaining two halls are at the exhibition centre with ach with 87 square-meter area and 50-seat capacity. These halls may be used as a meeting room, art gallery, press room, or as a cafeteria, and during the activities audio and visual transfer is possible between the halls.

Inside the glass pyramid elevators, telephones, and rest rooms for the disabled are available. The building also includes a foyer, VIP room, doctor's office, food stand, check room, service kitchen and technical units.