page_title: Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center / History
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: model of the Ahmed adnan saygun arts center at the basement art gallery.
context_page_description: The Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center is situated in the Konak district of İzmir, Turkey. It is named after the composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun and was opened to public at December 27, 2008, by Yunus Emre Oratorio's concert. The Center hosts a variety of concerts and festivals. The Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center is accessible via the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Sanat Merkezi stop of the Konak Tram line.
context_section_description: Process of the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center started at 6 January 2000 by İzmir's deceased mayor Ahmet Piriştina, he sent an invitation letter about the topic to 6 distinguished architects from Turkey. He invited them to join the competition for new arts center that they were going to build at the site of old trolley station, Güzelyalı.
  The architectural firms were: Özgür Ecevit, Ersin Pöğün, Erbil Coşkuner, Celal Koç, Tozkoparan Architecture and Doğan Tekelli-Sami Sisa(did not submit). The results were announced at June and the jury chose Tozkoparan Architecture among other 5 teams.
  Almost collapsed and abandoned Old Tram Depots's restoration projects were also included in the requirements of the project. Tozkopara Architecture worked with engineering with the topics of engineering, acoustic and venue planning.
  Project date: 2000–2001
  Construction date: 2006–2009
caption: Model of the Arts Center at basement art gallery
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