Metro Ofis

The Kartal–Pendik corridor along the E-5 highway has seen a significant surge in development in recent years. Kartal's designation as a Central Business District, the opening of the Kadıköy–Kartal metro line, and the construction of a major courthouse have collectively driven demand for quality residential towers and housing complexes. On the supply side, the area's industrial past has left behind large plots with few or single owners — making land assembly considerably more straightforward than in the city centre. Favorable political and economic conditions have further accelerated this growth.

As a result, large plots on both sides of the E-5 began to accommodate buildings that rose well above their surroundings. The earliest of these naturally became landmarks — standing out against the low-rise fabric around them and, by virtue of their height alone, beginning to define reference points for the neighbourhood taking shape around them.
Over time, as development intensified, these individual landmarks consolidated into a cluster of tall buildings. With Metro Ofis, we wanted to question what that landmark character actually means in this context.

Metro Ofis is a twenty-storey office building where zoning conditions render one façade blind. The constrained footprint led to a scheme in which the core is pressed against this sealed edge, leaving three façades fully active. The floor plates are designed with flexibility in mind — each level divisible into two, three, or five separate units, allowing the building to accommodate a wide range of tenants and configurations.