The flat glass products of Şişecam, Europe’s leading flat glass manufacturer, were preferred in the Hyatt House project in Gebze, Kocaeli. In order to reduce the effects of excessive heat and sunlight in the south direction where the hotel rooms are located, Şişecam Temperable Solar Low-E Glass Neutral 70/37 product is used, which offers a perfect view pleasure with transparency and low reflectivity values while creating bright interiors with high light transmittance.
The project is located in Gebze region, facing the south-north direction. Therefore, daylight and heat control become very important. 180 hotel rooms are placed on the south side of the building to take advantage of the open view. Horizontal circulation on hotel floors is designed as a linear corridor on the north side. Functions on ground and mezzanine floors are designed as common/social areas in an open-plan typology. Hotel floors’ corridors are placed on the north side, facing the shopping center’s mechanical area, so that the rooms face the south direction and the open view. To prevent excessive heat and sunlight on the south façade, the rooms are set back by user-accessible balconies.
Glass selection of the south direction was important in order to prevent the negative effects of the direction. Due to this reason a high performance low reflective glass Şişecam Temperable Solar Low-E Glass Neutral 70/37 was chosen in the south direction. A solid / enamel painted glass surface was designed and applied to prevent both circulation and unpleasant views in the north direction.
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