ITO PORT INN (Mes’adet Inn)
Building
I. Built according to the project prepared by the chief architect of the period, Vedat Tek, one of the leading representatives of the I. National Architecture style, Mes’adet Han (an Arabic name meaning bliss, happiness, happiness) was built upon the request of Sultan Mehmed Reşad V. to generate income for the princes.
For the building, a project was first prepared for the location of the shops near the vegetable warehouse on Yalı Köşkü Street on an area of 978 m², but due to the cost of construction, a second project was prepared for 504 m² and this project was implemented.
The construction of Mes’adet Han started in 1913 and was completed in 1916 according to the land registry records. The name of the building was later changed to Liman Han.
It is one of the first reinforced concrete buildings of its period. The floor area is 504 m² and it consists of 8 floors and 4.032 m² in total, including basement, ground floor, mezzanine, 4 type floors and attic.
Since the beginning of the 2000s, the building has been tilting from the front façade (Yalı Köşkü Street façade) towards the sea (towards Yalı Köşkü Street) due to static problems caused by the ground. (In the last measurements made before the application started, it was determined that this tilting reached up to 107 cm).
From this date onwards, the building gradually started to empty out and with it, the areas outside the ground floor lost their commercial importance and started to be used as warehouses.
Project Description
After the ownership of the building was transferred to the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, work on its restoration began at the end of 2018. The process of obtaining legal permits with the project design works started in accordance with the new use function of the building, which is the library and institute function, was completed in 2020. In 2020, after obtaining the construction license, the restoration of the building was started and the works were completed in 2023. In this context, the following works were carried out respectively.
1. Establishment of a restoration workshop
Tiles, tiles, marble coatings, wooden door and window joinery, stairs, windows and elevator wrought iron railings, metal door shutters, cast heating coils, elevator cabin, mailbox, etc., all original materials belonging to the period inside the building were moved to the workshop established in the open parking area at the back of the building (300 m² area).
2. Suspension and deconstruction of the façade
The front facade of the building, which is 37.45 meters wide, 24 meters high and has an area of 900m², was suspended using 200 mini piles of 3m length and 15 cm diameter, 320 m³ concrete, 27 tons of ribbed iron and 205 tons of industrial steel. After the suspension process was completed, the floors of the building were cut off from the facade by core cutting in order to prevent damage to the facade during the demolition of the reinforced concrete part.
3. Ground improvement and reconstruction of the structure
The ground of the parcel where the building is located was improved with jet grout method. After the completion of the works on the ground, the building was reconstructed in its original contour and gauge and the facade, which was previously suspended, was reconnected to the building with injection moldings. Electrical, mechanical, finishing works and furniture fabrications inside the building have been completed.
4. Restoration of the facade
After the reinforced concrete works were completed, the hanger steels were removed and the restoration of the façade was started. Within the scope of the works, the facade surface was cleaned with micro sandblasting method, the tiles were maintained and the missing parts were completed. Within the scope of the same works, the wrought iron on the facade, the rusting and decaying parts of the railing and eaves, and the decaying parts of the window joinery were completed and repainted after paint scraping.
5.Restoration of the dismantled materials
At the beginning of the restoration work, all the materials that were dismantled were restored in the workshop established on site and then reused by assembling them in their places inside the building.
6. Making pencil work applications
The surveyed pencil works were applied to the exterior and interior walls in accordance with the restitution and restoration project. After the restoration, the basement floor is used as technical volumes, the ground floor as a book sales house and café, the mezzanine, 1st and 2nd floors as a library, the 3rd and 4th floors as ITOSAM Institute, and the roof floor as a restaurant.
Client : İstanbul Ticaret Odası
Building Area : 4.500 m²
Location : İstanbul, Fatih, Hobyar Mahallesi
Work have been done within the scope of the project:
- Preparation of Building Survey, Restitution, Restoration, Reconstruction, and Engineering Projects.
- Approving projects and obtaining legal permissions from institutions.
- Preparation of Interior Architecture Projects.
- Taking the Technical Implementation Responsibility.
- Making Restoration Applications.
