Tona Residence — Case study

Project details

LocationAlacaatlı, Çankaya — Ankara

DeveloperTona Yapı

Scope112 residences, 26 retail units — mixed-use lighting

Tona Residence is a mixed-use development of 112 residences and 26 retail units in Alacaatlı, Çankaya — Ankara, built by Tona Yapı. The lighting scope spans both sides of the programme: residential interiors and the retail frontage.

Mixed-use lighting has to reconcile two briefs in one building: calm, warm, low-glare light in the homes above, and flexible, higher-output light for the retail units below — without the building reading as two unrelated projects. Working from one collection with a shared 3000K warm white across downlight, track, surface and outdoor families keeps the architecture coherent while each programme gets the light it needs.

In the shared lobbies and lift halls, recessed downlights and discreet black surface spots light walnut and book-matched stone, with concealed cove light lifting the ceiling plane away from the wall. The lift lobbies read calm and hotel-like; the circulation cores keep a quiet, even wash so wayfinding is effortless. Outside, tall slim bollard-poles line the retail forecourt and parking, carrying the same warm light down to the street — one material language from the residential entrance to the shopfront.

From the project

Tona Residence — The residential lobby: concealed cove light and recessed downlights across book-matched stone and walnut. — The residential lobby: concealed cove light and recessed downlights across book-matched stone and walnut.

Tona Residence — A lift lobby reads calm and hotel-like — downlights, black surface spots and a wall light on walnut. — A lift lobby reads calm and hotel-like — downlights, black surface spots and a wall light on walnut.

Tona Residence — Circulation cores: a quiet, even wash over stone-clad lift fronts makes wayfinding effortless. — Circulation cores: a quiet, even wash over stone-clad lift fronts makes wayfinding effortless.

Tona Residence — Slim bollard-poles line the retail forecourt and parking, carrying the warm light down to the street. — Slim bollard-poles line the retail forecourt and parking, carrying the warm light down to the street.

Tona Residence — Inside a residence: a bronze cord pendant with a woven diffuser warms the living area. — Inside a residence: a bronze cord pendant with a woven diffuser warms the living area.

Tona Residence — A ring pendant floats over the living room, a single warm circle against the corner glazing. — A ring pendant floats over the living room, a single warm circle against the corner glazing.

Tona Residence — An entrance hall: a recessed downlight and an adjustable surface spot graze the wall and its artwork. — An entrance hall: a recessed downlight and an adjustable surface spot graze the wall and its artwork.