Silicon Valley of Turkey

Silicon Valley of Turkey
Türkiye'nin Silikon Vadisi
Location Gebze, Turkey
Coordinates 40°47′10.90″N 29°30′20.00″E / 40.7863611°N 29.5055556°E / 40.7863611; 29.5055556Coordinates: 40°47′10.90″N 29°30′20.00″E / 40.7863611°N 29.5055556°E / 40.7863611; 29.5055556
Area 180 ha (440 acres)
Created 2014 (2014)

Silicon Valley of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye'nin Silikon Vadisi) was a proposed project of Turkish architect Günay Erdem and Turkish landscape architect Sunay Erdem for the Turkish version of the Silicon Valley at San Francisco, United States.[1]

Concept and design

Erdem used cosmos and technology concepts together with traditional Turkish values at design development process. Cosmos reflects as symbolic radial grid of the solar system and planetary forms to the buildings. Technology reflects as digital grid in organization schema of design. Traditional Turkish value star and crescent emerges in the whole Silicon Valley City.

Quick facts

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References

  1. [USA. http://www.haberturk.com/ekonomi/teknoloji/haber/987945-turkiyeye-silikon-vadisi "HaberTürk"] Check |url= value (help) (in Turkish).]
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