Palladium Antakya | Gorkem Volkan Design Studio

GVDS adopted a main principle as creating different atmospheres
depending on difference between functional areas, in Palladium
Antakya Mall, which was built around gallery spaces that are enlightened
by natural daylight.An efficient design is always driven by common
sense. Challenging the norms of traditional mall design, we look at ways
that scale, context and streetscape can enhance user experience.
The food court section on the top floor, which covers a large and long
space, was consciously diminished in scale with the help of over-sized
wooden cantilevers inspired from the traditional Antakya houses. The
majority of the columns were covered with colored glass, while wood
was used on the lower parts. The wood also used for covering the ceiling
provided a warm atmosphere for the whole space.
Similar lighting fittings made of acrylic were placed on different floors to
create a relationship among them. The same fitting design was kept on
ceilings but wall lamps were used on upper front parts of the galleries,
with an order reminiscent with arbitrarily distributed stars.Linear
lighting fittings with alternating gaps were used on the vertical surfaces
of the food court to represent speed and motion. Similar linear lighting
fittings were used on the vertical gallery walls, as if they are like Mikado
sticks spread arbitrarily. The same lighting fixtures were placed on the
ceilings representing the projection of the wooden cantilevers on the
top floor