Site
The site is located in the European side of İstanbul close to the Atatürk International Airport. The Trans European Motorway (TEM) runs by the site and makes it easily accessible to a significant residential market and as well highly visible to the millions of people who use TEM everyday. There are easy accesses from the motorway and more is planned for the future. Across the site on the north, the Olympic Park where the newly constructed Olympic Stadium is located. High rise housing developments are already present on the east while others are under construction on the west and north.
Metropolitan Area Master Plans in large scale and District Development Plans in detail delineate the site as a “Special Project Area” that would be able to serve both its nearby and metropolitan areas. Those 
plans set out a wide range of functions to be included in from theme park and fair and exhibition centers to residential and commercial activities.
In the proximity of the project area; in the north 03 Güneyyarıyolu, the service road for TEM highway, in the northeast İBB Logistics Center and Administrative facility area, in the east 4. Street, İBB Halkalı Football Stadium, İMKB Anadolu Vocational High School, Menekşe Steam, in the West Bosphorus City Residential Area, Hospital, Altınşehir Cemetery, Military apartments and Youth Center Residences are located.
Proposals may be made for subway lines and stations that are under construction around the site.
İBB Logistic Center and Administrative Facility area in the northeast, a private property parcel in the southeast and Youth Center Residences in the west should be considered in the design process based on the possibility that they may be included in the planning area in the later stages. The construction areas of these parcels are not included in the “space requirements” of the site. Each parcel has its own construction right. Besides the area in the southern part of the land which is determined as park according the plan decisions, may be considered as a part of the design.
