Ataköy Primary School

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Construction Year:

1964-1965

Location:

Bakırköy, İstanbul

Ordered By:

Turkish Real Estate and Credit Bank

Architect:

Muhteşem Giray

Changes After Construction:
  • The building’s design was prepared in 1963, and its construction was completed in 1964–1965.
  • Ataköy Primary School was included in the cultural heritage inventory and registered in 2006.
  • The building has undergone extensive repairs through a survey-restitution-restoration project process and is among the examples of modern architecture.
Prominent Features:
  • The building is also known as “Ataköy (Section II/Neighborhood) Primary School”.
  • It is a school building designed in conjunction with the Ataköy settlement in the 1960s and constitutes the education component of the modernist settlement program of the period.
  • The building is among the early examples registered within the scope of 20th-century modern architectural heritage.
  • It is one of the school buildings representing the public building approach developed by architect Muhteşem Giray in 1960s Istanbul.