Intelligent Residences
General Formation
The most important feature of the Residence Tower is the residences within are designed as houses with gardens within high blocks. 3 apartments located on each storey are open on three sides. The residences are surrounded with the balconies as extentions of the inner part of the apartments to give a feeling of security and comfort. These wooden covered balconies, especially extending glass floors in the livingroom unites the exterior and interior side of the apartments and also adds a richness and perspective.
Beside these, Balconies have been designed to provide easy window cleaning and window protection.
Residence Types
32 storey Residence Tower consists of 111 apartments. These apts have been designed from 1+1 to 5+1 in different sizes. Small apartments are located between 1 - 10 floors. Between 11-30, the apts are larger in size. The size of the apts varies between 63 m2 and 251m2. all the apts have balconies with the exception of the 8 studio apts. Balconies have been designed with wooden decking, transparent wind screen and interior inner house ‘garden'
222 and 241 m2 size apartments have 190-195 m2 closed and 32m2 and 46m2 open area. On the top floors of the tower, there are two duplex apartments with 410 m2 living area, 5.5 meter high and with 90m2 penthouse garden. And totally, there is a 630m2 triplex apartment with 400m2 closed area and 230m2 garden. The garden on the second floor of the triplex is 133m2. 51m2 garden on the third floor includes a 110m2 swimming pool.
Clever Residences
One of the important features of the residences is that they are intelligent residences. With Intelligent Home Technology and Intelligent Energy saving system provides both maximum comfort, security, convenience and flexibility and also maximum economy. Heating, Cooling, water, electric etc. Are billed on an apartment basis and residents pay for only what they use. This system provides savings for the residents who arent in their apartments during the summer and winter.
The Standard features installed in the apartments are as follows;
- Intelligent home Technology Intelligent energy saving systems / Network systems
- Wireless internet / Central Satellite system / Cable TV
- TV / Telephone and data connection ports in every room
- CCTV system in-apart and lift lounge. In-flat, lift calling.
- Central air-conditioning system (optional usage)
- Mechanical airing in kitchens and bathrooms
- Calorimeter ( pay for the energy that is used system)
Security / Control
Intelligent Home Technology has been utilized in terms of security.
- Flat main doors / finger print reading system
- CCTV for in-flat and lift lounge
- In-flat lift calling
Other Features
The residences also have the following features;
- Ankastre kitchen / Bathroom devices (e.g. Miele)
- Exclusively designed Kitchen / Bathroom
- Floor heating on the wet surfaces
- On the wet floors, lighting with sunshine with fibreoptic.
- Winter gardens in the apartments (floor heating)
- Balcony gardens on the front facing apartments
- Special hinged steel doors
- Automatic sunscreen system (automatic shutters)
- In-wall hidden cupboards
- Chamber maid room (in the large residences)
Storey Lounges with features
As there are 3 apartments on each floor, the storey lounges gains private inner locality characteristic. The storey lounges divided by glassed windows are designed to be private locality for the only residents living on that floor. With fitted carpets and special lightings.
Lifts / Lighting, Lift lounges with landscape
The residence has one 4 people lift and 1 large load lift. The independent status of the load lift enables loadings to be done without other dwellers caused any convenience. 4 lifts operating within the buildings are located on the outer southern facing side. Lifts and storey lounges are designed to be open to direct sunlight and landscape. The hanging gardens located on every 5th storey gives the taste of green garden within the lift lounges. The constant lightings of the lift lounges makes the lifts easy to use and also makes the Outlook of the building magnificent. The music broadcast in the lounges and lifts brings another dimension for those arriving and leaving home.
Social / Sports / Recreation
The entrance ground floor and the 5 floors underneath includes shelter, car park, technical departments and indoor swimming pool, fitness, sauna and other sport activities. The swimming pool is on two levels and has a view over Ankara. The swimming pool's glass roof is designed to be open during the summer months to provide a sunbathing facility within the pool area. Beside the semi-olympic swimming pool, there are also kids pool, jaccuzi's, sauna, finnish bath and cafe. Pool area has been organised to create a natural atmosphere with winter garden / inner garden, natural rock garden, wooden bridge and decks. Fitness floor overlooking the swimming pool gives the opportunity to have a spacious and refreshing environment while exercising. Both swimming pool and fitness centre can benefit from the garden view and natural light.
The cafe in the entrance floor is directly connected to the sport / recreation and spa centres.
To sum up the social/ Sport and recreational facilities on the site;
- Indoor and semi-open swimming pool ( semi-olympic)
- Kids pool, Jaccuzi
- Fitness / Sauna / Turkish Bath / Finnish Bath / SPA / Massage Room
- Beauty Centre
- Cafe / Restaurant
- Lounge / Social Club / Viewing Terrace ( Penthouses)
- Cinema / DVD Room
- Sunbathing / Viewing Terrace ( Pool Floor / Garden Floor / Penthouse)
Roof Garden / Social Lounge
Roof Garden located on the 33rd floor with an area of 320 m2 will be used as an extension to the Social Lounge located on the 34th and 35th floors with a facility of panoromic viewing of Ankara.
The detailed workmanship on the communal areas of the building is also seen in the management facility
- Light storey lounges / Music / Private Lighting / Furniture / etc.
- Music Broadcast in the lounge and lift
- The constant lights in the lift lounges
- Stair lounge lights in 5 sections.
- Special lights on private occasions
General Technical Features
The Residence Tower includes important technical features.
- Outer heat insulation
- Drive way with heating
- Earthing System ( Council approved)
- Lightning conductor (council approved)
- Full capacity electricity generator
- Roof rain water container and usage
- 4 normal and 1 goods high capacity lifts
- Noise insulation between the storeys
- Electric plugs on the storey lounges, water valves, water sensors within the apartment
General Services
The Tower residences has adopted high standards in management systems and concept, variety of the services for residents as well as the technical equipment. For example;
- General Cleaning
- Private Cleaning ( inside the apartments)
- Dry Cleaning / laundry
- Room Service / Restaurant service to the apartments ( Candle light) 24 hour.
- Electrical and plumbing maintanence / Technical Assistance
- Recyclable Rubbish collection (paper, glass etc.)
- Shopping / Service to door / Internet
- Post, student service assistance
- Business Centre / Secretarial Service / Bank
- Health Centre / 24 hours doctor and health services
- Guest Car Park
- And other services will be available within the tower.
Security
Same services are available in terms of security. The residence tower has a convenient and hierarchial (management structure) security system with the latest technology.
- Surrounding wall
- Main entrance control point / Reception / 24 hours controlled entrance
- Card controlled car park entrance (e.g. private coded entrance, vehicle recognition system on car park entrance)
- Separate car park lifts
- Controlled entrance to the storey lounges and fitness centre ( finger/eye/voice sensor or chipped keys)
- Controlled entry to the lift lounges (electronic cards)
- Interphone, dialphone and intercom with video
- Fire alarms and emergency alarm system
- Sprinkler system ( might be with decorative lid)
NB The Residence on the left of the photograph is an Artist Impression of the Intelligent Residences. The building to the right with the helipad is existing.