SALT Galata
SALT Galata opened on November 22, 2011, on Bankalar Caddesi.
French Levantine architect Alexandre Vallauri designed the original building of SALT Galata to house the Ottoman Bank as inaugurated in 1892. The building is a landmark unique to İstanbul with surprisingly distinct architectural styles—neoclassical and oriental—applied on opposite façades.
The redesign of the building, also undertaken by Mimarlar Tasarım, involves the introduction of major new structural interventions, while the office’s architectural approach clears the building of later surface additions to reveal original contemporary features.
SALT Galata is organized to enable a challenging, multi-layered program that includes SALT Research, which offers public access to thousands of print and digital resources; a 219-capacity Auditorium; the renovated Ottoman Bank Museum; Workshop spaces; an Open Archive where archival research projects are interpreted and discussed; a temporary exhibition space; as well as a Café, Restaurant and Bookstore.
tue, wed, thu, fri, sat 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm; sun 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
mon
M: salt@saltonline.org
W: SALT Galata
ADDRESS
Bankalar Caddesi 11
ESTABLISHED
2011
