Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Uluslararası Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı
The Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Uluslararası Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı (dt. Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center , English Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center , shortly Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar ICEC ) is a congress and exhibition center in the district of Harbiye in the district of Şişli in Istanbul . In addition to the large main building, there is the "Rumeli Fair and Exhibition Center". The ICEC is owned by the city of Istanbul.
history
After the great success of the Turkish wrestlers at the European Wrestling Championships in 1947 , which they were able to expand at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, it was decided to host the European Wrestling Championships in Istanbul in 1949 . Since the city did not have a sports hall for such major sporting events, the Italian architect Paolo Vietti-Violi (1882–1965) and the Turkish architects Şinasi Şahingiray and Fazıl Aysu were commissioned to develop plans for a “sports and exhibition center” ( Turkish İstanbul Spor ve Sergi Sarayı ).
The groundbreaking ceremony took place on January 30, 1948 in the presence of Mayor Lütfi Kırdar (1887–1961). Kırdar opposed the proposal made at the ceremony by the chairman of the Istanbul Football and Athletics Association to name the building after him.
Shortly after completion, the building was inaugurated on June 3, 1949 and was then the venue for the European wrestling championships. The Istanbul International Trade and Industry Fair started on October 2nd of the same year.
Since the hall was the only event hall of this size for many years and offered around 7,000 seats, many international sporting events were held here, as well as concerts, trade fairs, conferences and exhibitions.
On February 17, 1988, the hall was renamed in memory of Lütfi Kırdar on the 27th anniversary of his death. In 1996 the hall was converted into a convention center to host the Habitat II conference , the second United Nations conference on housing and human settlements. The new center was renamed "Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Congress and Exhibition Center" (ICEC).
In order to meet the growing demands in this area, the conference venue was expanded in 2000 to include a building that was named “Rumeli Trade Fair and Exhibition Center”.
In 2009, Istanbul was to host the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank . To this end, nine basement floors with a total area of 120,000 m² were built in just one year.
Furnishing
The largest hall in the main building is the Anadolu Auditorium with around 2,000 seats. There are also 17 other conference halls and several VIP rooms. There is also a restaurant with 250 seats.
The two-storey Rumeli Center offers 7,000 m². There is space for 3,500 guests on the upper floor. The 2,100 square meters can be divided into four areas. There is also a 1,900 m² foyer. The building also includes the Hisar conference room, several meeting rooms and a terrace.
The building complex is connected to the Istanbul Congress Center and the Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Theater across the street via a car-free square . The congress center also offers 1,000 parking spaces in its underground car park.
architecture
The rectangular main building rises up from the central plaza as a monolith with a flat roof. Originally clad with square tiles, today's appearance is determined by stone slabs. The mighty window fronts are subdivided by concrete grids. A single-storey glazed entrance area is in front of the building.
In the north is the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, in the southwest the Istanbul Congress Center. In the east, down the slope below the main ICEC building, the Rumeli Center joins. There is a large theater complex in the southeast.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 8. Contemporary İstanbul açıldı , Hürriyet , November 7, 2013
- ↑ Idil Demirel: Sabah kalkıp 'modacı olayım bari' denmez! , Sabah, November 30, 2013
- ↑ a b c d e f History of the ICEC ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ICEC
- ↑ Burak Pekoğlu: Lütfi Kırdar Uluslararası Kongre & Sergi Sarayı , Istanbul Design Guide, ZERO, accessed on April 3, 2018
- ↑ Halls of the ICEC ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ICEC
- ↑ a b Restaurant ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ICEC
- ↑ Hasan Ay: İşte yeni Muhsin Ertuğrul Sahnesi , Hürriyet
Coordinates: 41 ° 2 ′ 52 ″ N , 28 ° 59 ′ 22 ″ E