Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey, and according to a 2013
poll on tourism around the world, is the most frequently visited touristic city
after Paris and London. The project site is located in Kundu, near an area with
great potential for tourism, with a distance of 20 km to the city center, and
12 km to the Antalya Airport. Antalya’s seaside is highly active, with many
five-star hotels and residential buildings along its coast.
The project aims to work with nature with design principles of sustainability.
Each housing unit includes photovoltaic panels for the production of energy, with
housing units oriented so that maximum sun exposure can be benefited from efficiently.
The general masterplan has the housing units arranged in a South-North direction
for this reason. All openings of the units are designed in accordance with the
principals for natural ventilation. Total sustainable design strategy consists of the following: natural
ventilation through strategic openings, maximum daylight usage and capturing
due to the shape of the floorplan, sunlight collection and control as a
renewable energy source, plus a green and public space for social-sustainability
use.
The exterior timber
cladding design acts as a shell for the housing units. It helps to balance the
quality of daylight inside the unit, and
controls the interior climate at night. A
green environment for the ground plane of the project site allows for free
circulation of pedestrians. Each housing unit has its own garage and cars will only
be provided underground access in order to fully create a space that blends
into the nature surrounding it. The project includes 17 large, 56 medium, and 50
small housing units.
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