FiL Books & Coffee Interior Design YEAR: 2015 LOCATION: KARAKÖY, TR SIZE: 50 M2 CLIENT: FİLBOOKS PHOTO CREDIT: DEPİKT The employer requested a space which is not only a photography and art books store but also coffeeshop, whose design and application process lasted approximately 6 months. The program that is distributed to 4 floors with a total area of 80m2 included the design of a bookstore, coffeeshop, a kitchen, a workshop and storage areas as well as places for the users to hang out and study or drink coffee. One of the hardest ways to design in such small spacesis that the necessity of thinking each centimeter to meet the required functions. What we tried to achieve in FiL Books was to produce a comfortable and bright / lighted environment without losing the feeling of being at a small space with a closure and familiarity / sincerity. The two main elements in the space organization were to exhibit the books in the best way possible on a single wall that crosses the gallery void and a comfortable use of the bar. In order to make all the functions work, we need to make some reductions. Rather than preserving the existing staircase that connects two floors, we planned the main staircase in a way that would also serve to the upstairs of the store. While doing this, it was necessary to separate the areas of FiL Books from the residences on the upper floors. For this reason we used iron shutters, that almost disappeared when folded in the daytime, and semi-transparently divides the space in the night time when the store is closed. It was aimed to give the feeling of spatial continuity and depth, whether it was open or closed.Maybe the most attractive and defining element in the space is the elephant’s tusk; a calibre pipe, painted in the corporate colour of FiL Books that goes through along the wall and the furnitures. While this pipe tours all the space it becomes a lighting fixture, a hanger, a sofa arm, handrail, a bookshelf staircase or a couch. As the featured element of the concept, we gave importance to chose these pipe profiles from calibre pipe, and make sure they joined with durable and clean details. Toplam 50m2 iki katlı bu alanda, kitap ve kahve satışının yanında kullanıcıların oturup çalışabilecekleri ya da kahve içebilecekleri mekanlar yaratıldı. Fil’de oluşturmak istenilen atmosfer, küçük bir yerde olmanın korunaklı ve samimi duygusunu kaybetmeden konforlu ve aydınlık bir ortam üretebilmekti. Mekan kurgusunda, kitapların tek bir duvar boyunca galeri boşluğundan yükselip iyi bir şekilde sergilenebilmesi ve rahat bir bar kullanımı önemsenilen iki temel unsurdu. Fil Books çok küçük bir metrekareye sahip olduğu için apartmanın genel merdivenini dükkanın üst katına çıkış için kullanmak üzere planlanıldı, bunu yaparken akşam kullanımlarını ayırabilmek gerekiyordu. Gündüz saklanılan akşam açılan makaslı sistemle mekanı yarı geçirgen bir şekilde ayıran demir kepenkler kullanıldı. Mekanda en dikkat çeken ve belirleyici olan diğer öğe ise tüm mekan boyunca devam eden filin kurumsal rengindeki boru; filin borusu. Bu boru tüm mekanı dolaşarak aydınlatma, askı, sedir kenarı, kitaplık merdiveni ya da bir koltuk olabiliyor. Desıgn Gamze İşcan – Bilge Kalfa Team Işık Gülkaynak – Erhan Sevinç