BEYAZIT STATE LIBRARY REBRAND
Branding | Art Direction
Recognition: CommArts 2021 Winner, Graphis New Talent Annual 2021
First founded in 1884, the State Library building was originally the soup kitchen and Caravanserai of a complex that included multiple facilities such as church, hospital, and primary school. The library itself is a section of the Beyazıt Mosque–the oldest surviving imperial mosque in the city that spatially surrounds and defines the historic Beyazıt Square.
The identity design of the State Library involves a sensitive re-organization of the interior and careful restoration of the building exterior. It is a coalition of East and West, New and Old, infused with historical connections of a literary nature. The minimal intervention approach ensures the spirit of the place survives while modern facilities are grafted onto the historic fabric. Ultimately, this identity system aims for the urban regeneration of the public realm by reviving all traces and capacities across the city.
The identity design of the State Library involves a sensitive re-organization of the interior and careful restoration of the building exterior. It is a coalition of East and West, New and Old, infused with historical connections of a literary nature. The minimal intervention approach ensures the spirit of the place survives while modern facilities are grafted onto the historic fabric. Ultimately, this identity system aims for the urban regeneration of the public realm by reviving all traces and capacities across the city.
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BEYAZIT STATE CATALOG
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