Eco-Techno Park in Turkey

Green building showcase and enterprise hub

Eco-Techno Park in Turkey

Green building showcase and enterprise hub

  • 1 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Exterior view.

  • 2 / 17

    Holcim Awards 2014 Africa Middle East ceremony, Beirut, Lebanon

    Presentation of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for “Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey” (l-r): Howayda Al-Harithy, Head of the Holcim Awards jury for Africa Middle East and Professor of Architecture, American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Javier de Benito, Area Manager of Holcim for Africa Middle East; winners Onat and Zeynep Öktem, ONZ Architects, Turkey; and Bernard Fontana, CEO of Holcim Ltd.

  • 3 / 17

    Global finalist entry 2015 - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub

    Scale model.

  • 4 / 17

    Global finalist entry 2015 - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub

    Scale model: View of the interior community space.

  • 5 / 17

    Global finalist entry 2015 - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub

    Night view of the lighting scheme.

  • 6 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Aerial view.

  • 7 / 17

    Holcim Awards Africa Middle East ceremony, Beirut, Lebanon

    Winners of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for “Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey” (l-r): Onat and Zeynep Öktem, ONZ Architects, Turkey.

  • 8 / 17

    Holcim Awards Africa Middle East media briefing, Beirut, Lebanon

    Onat Öktem of ONZ Architects, Turkey, winner of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for “Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey”.

  • 9 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Plan.

  • 10 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Aerial view and façade detail.

  • 11 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Perspective view.

  • 12 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Section perspective.

  • 13 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Lighting Scheme.

  • 14 / 17

    Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Perspective.

  • 15 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Sustainability Section.

  • 16 / 17

    Holcim Awards 2014 Africa Middle East ceremony, Beirut, Lebanon

    Accolades for all Holcim Awards main prize winners (l-r): Brook Haileselassie, Dirk Donath and Asgedom Berhe (Bronze), Zeynep and Onat Öktem (Gold), and Raëd Abillama, Youssef Abillama, Yasmina Khalifé and Sawsan Bou Fakhreddine (Silver).

  • 17 / 17

    Project entry 2014 Africa Middle East - Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

    Onat Öktem, Zeynep Öktem and team.

  • Awards Gold 2014–2015 Middle East Africa

Set within one of Turkey’s largest industrial zones, the OSTIM Eco-Park in Ankara aspires to redefine the relationship between industry, innovation, and the environment. Envisioned as a hub for sustainable research and clean technology, the project aims to elevate local enterprises to a global stage by fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the development of export-ready energy and environmental solutions.

By Onat Öktem, Zeynep Öktem - ONZ Architects, Ankara, Turkey

At its core, the Eco-Park is designed to be a shared space that enhances the wellbeing of its users while preserving and integrating the surrounding landscape. The 85,000m² complex is carefully embedded into the sloped terrain of the site, with terraced wings that house workshops, warehouses, and testing laboratories.

These spaces support small- and medium-sized enterprises with flexible facilities for experimentation and production. Green roofs blanket the structures, offering natural insulation, stormwater management, and spaces for outdoor research and recreation. This holistic approach combines architectural sensitivity with environmental performance to meet the diverse needs of a contemporary industrial ecosystem.

Eco-Techno Park

Project authors

  • Onat Öktem

    ONZ Architects

  • Zeynep Öktem

    ONZ Architects

Jury Appraisal

An Eco-Park for sustainable research and technology that will promote small and middle-sized enterprises is planned for Ortadoğu Sanayi ve Ticaret Merkezi (OSTİM), an industrial zone located in Ankara, Turkey. The project aims to maintain the site’s landscape. Offices, conference and workshop spaces are embedded within the terraced landscape. The building – situated at the edge of the site – constitutes a landmark for the area and connects with the terraces at different levels. Designed to create a pleasant communal space for its users with minimum interference to the natural context, the project incorporates various sustainable features including natural lighting, geothermal heat pumps, green roofs, passive ventilation and water efficiency/irrigation systems.

Eco-Techno Park: Green building showcase and enterprise hub, Ankara, Turkey

Perspective.

The jury greatly appreciated the project’s objective to promote economic growth in the region through innovation in environmental technologies. The building is accordingly conceived as a test bed for sustainable research exploring new techniques pertaining to the use of renewable resources – energy for heating and cooling, rainwater retention, temperature control, daylight, and natural ventilation. At the core of the scheme is the intention to establish a careful balance between the natural and fabricated realm – an objective most clearly expressed in the project’s landscape strategy, which aims to integrate the building in its natural setting.

The jury greatly appreciated the project’s objective to promote economic growth in the region through innovation in environmental technologies. Holcim Awards 2014 jury for Middle East Africa

Project Overview - Holcim Foundation Awards 2014 Gold - Middle East & Africa

A sustainable eco-park in Ankara’s OSTIM zone, designed by ONZ Architects, won top honours for its green design and minimal impact on nature.

Project updates

Sustainability Concept

The project, designed in the intersection of man-made and natural, aims to leave most of the site to the green therefore the hill in the site is used for housing offices, conference and workshop spaces in terraces underneath the green texture. The building situated on the south of the site is designed as a landmark for the area and is in close contact with the terrace structures in different levels. The terrace buildings offer a working environment intertwined with nature. Ostim Eco-Park project incorporates various sustainable features in its design as well as measures for improved lighting, ventilation, heating, visual comfort and indoor air quality to ensure user satisfaction and efficacy.

  • The lighting and temperature control in the buildings are provided by sensors placed on the façade. The system is not fully automated since studies show that having control over the indoor environment quality increases working efficiency. Nevertheless this can lead to unnecessary energy consumption. Consequently special attention will be given for the installed system to balance these two requirements. Lighting and temperature control is also achieved through vegetation.

  • Geothermal Heat Pumps are considered for the heating and cooling of the Eco-park. In this system, pipes buried underground containing liquids with approximately 10oC temperature difference, transfer heat to or from the ground. Solar energy gain may not be efficient for heating or cooling however they can provide enough energy for geothermal heat pumps to function. Consequently a hybrid system will resolve heating and cooling without any additional energy consumption.

  • The green roofs of the terrace buildings contribute to the isolation of the building and to improved air quality, helping as well to lower air temperatures and combat the heat island effect. This design also creates a continuation of natural texture throughout the site.

  • For the ventilation and heating of the building, the corridor system on both sides of the office block creates a greenhouse effect in winter thus contribute to heating of the environment.

  • The rain water and grey water collected on the site will be reused for the complex. This water will be purified by a simple mechanical filter and will be used for the irrigation of the landscape with a high efficiency drip irrigation system.