Ahmed Adnan Saygun Centre consists of three
major parts: Town Square, Culture Platform and
Centre of Arts. At the Centre are located a hall
seating 243 spectators and exhibition spaces
spreading across three stories and
interconnected by a bridge as well as the great
hall. Architect Tevfik Tozkoparan, who is the
project owner, converted the trolleybus terminal
and maintenance workshop of the past which is
but a memory now into a centre for artistic
activities.
AASSM comes to the forefront with large
galleries which shall host plastic arts and
contemporary arts as well as the concert hall
which has been brought into being with a careful
acoustic plan. The concert hall which is the
jewel of AASSM has proven a grandiose concert
hall from the projecting stage to the
application stage. The acoustic project having
been undertaken by the British company ARUP
which is experienced in its own field, the hall
was built without overlooking any fine details
such as the structure analysed according to the
instruments to be played thereon of the platform
on which the orchestra shall play.
The pre-stage platform with an elevator in the
concert hall seating 1153 spectators reaches a
height equal to the stage at its top-most level,
thus allowing performances attended by a large
number of instrumentalists, and in case it is
lowered down to the level of the spectators, it
may allow for an additional seating capacity.
The platform which functions as an orchestra pit
when it is lowered to its lowest level allows
for the realisation of such performances as
ballet, modern dancing or opera as well.
