Naz City Hotel Taksim

Project Name: Naz City Hotel Taksim

Project Location: İstanbul, Beyoğlu 

Project Office: Metex Design Group

Design Team: Kağan Erk, Sinan Kafadar

Client: Naz İnşaat Gayrimenkul San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.

Interior Design Project: Kağan Erk, Burcu Arkut

Project Team: Burcu Arkut, İpek Bankeroğlu, Canan Güntürkün Bilgiç, Selen Gürsoy, Tamer İnan, Özgür Karakılıç, Murat Saner, Gökhan Tüzinoğlu, Meltem Yılmaz Yıldırım, Duygu Aksu, Evren Başık

Contractor: Regnum Gayrimenkul Geliştirme İnşaat Sanayi ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş.

Design Office Chief: Çiğdem Yula

Statical Project: Meinhardt Engineering

Mechanical Project: Vemeks Engineering

Electrical Project: Key Engineering

Site Area: 500 m²

Total Construction Area: 6,000 m²

The hotel is located at the main district of Dolapdere going to Taksim.  It is the new developing area. There are other hotels as well as the Bilgi University and the Koç Museum that is under construction. It is the meeting point of the tourists, artlovers, businessmen.

We have tried to relate the architecture and design with the hotel’s environment. As it is in the middle of a developing area of Istanbul, we wanted to show its difference from the other buildings around it. However, we did not want it to be in contrast with them. Therefore, we have interpreted the enviorment’s variety, irregularity and randomness. It is seen in the facade with the same square zinc metal element to be used at each rooms facade. The square’s distorted faces change as the main square shape placed for each of the room. The need of either a divan or armchairs at the interior of the particular room is decided accordingly. 

As for the interior design, we have mostly used natural materials like marble, metal, timber. The visitors can easily feel the stylish glow and the coziness of being a part of the nature at the same time. The 3 words of the concept (variety, irregularity and randomness) are also created by the plan and the patterns of the materials. We have pushed the limits of the materials with the latest technologies at the production phase to reach the feel that we have wanted to create within the hotel. The craftsmanship has done by the local firms as well as the 90% of the materials and products.

The artworks that we have been chosen for this hotel, are also inspired by the idea of these three terms: variety, irregularity and randomness. In the rooms, we have decided to place a 3D artwork. The shapes were irregular and matched with the general colors of the standart room. The artworks in the standart rooms were not supposed to stand out. They should give the feeling of being a part of the wall panels. For the suit rooms, the choice of artwork technique were rather different. We would like to see more color in these room types for taking the rooms to another level.

In the hotel there are a total of 79 rooms; 70 Executive Rooms, 1 Handicapped Room, 1 Executive Senior Suite, 3 Junior Suites, 4 Deluxe Suites.