Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey
TEGET
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
Situated on the bare slopes of Bodrum Peninsula, the initial awareness arose during the first site visit; that the extensive, wildly beautiful views towards the
Mediterranean unfolded following the
contour lines of the
topography.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
This lead us create a settlement in the form of a giant open air theatre, where each level following the curve of the slopes constituted a continuous retaining wall out of stone. The
detached houses are aligned along these walls, resting on them in a rythm as if single storey structures. In fact each is a two floor house, the bedrooms burried in the
retaining walls. This is a layout where the program of the house opens up to a multi layered garden system: Lower garden for the bedrooms, upper garden for the living.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
Upstairs, it is only a frame suspended in air, projecting towards the Mediterranean. The eye reads the topographical movements clearly following the continuous line of
stone walls, curving as the slopes do, one over the other. As the levels escalate uphill, the houses watch the spectacle without visual interruption.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Hande Köksal |
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| site plan--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
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| floor plans--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
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| elevation 01--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
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| elevation 02--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
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| elevation 03--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
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| elevation 04--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
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| section--drawing Courtesy of TEGET |
The people
Architects: Teget Architectural Office
Location: Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey
Design Team: Mehmet Kütükçüoğlu, Ertuğ Uçar
Project Group: Alev Dağlı, Hande Köksal, Mert Üçer
Owner: Novron İnşaat ve Dış Tic. A.Ş.
Contractor: Novron İnşaat ve Dış Tic. A.Ş.
Interior Architecture: Teğet Mimarlık
Landscape Architecture: Teğet Mimarlık
Structure: Nilgün Cangır
Mechanical: Semai Yaman
Electric: Lerzan Tuncer
Project Year: 2008
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Hande Köksal
