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MIO |Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
In 402 design studio we were assigned to design a Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography at Antalya on The site of Talya Hotel. While designing the program we were also responsible to have our own way of intervention to already existing Talya Hotel. After a group study of all participants of the studio, we defined our program contents and meter squares of the spaces.
Intervention to the Talya Hotel is one big concern for all of us and at the end it turn out to be our “What if?” question and every answer was unique. Because of historic background of Talya Hotel as knowing that Talya has contemporary manners and being the first five star hotel in Antalya; every citizen have their own memories. In this manner, MIO should have built the connections with city and citizens.
Another concern is to strengthen the sea & land relation because, analysis we made while we were on a site visit show us that there is a boned between cliffs and citizens. So our site will work as a bridge between see and land.
First step was defining axles that come both from city and Talya itself. By the help of these, access points of site were defined and division of the site was occurred. This division provides the program distribution and massing. Green areas at the surrounding also give the leaking paths of the city and citizens to the site. Mimics the surrounding buildings orientations and Talya’s own building were a leading condition for massing. By the help of the positioning and orientation of the new form, connection with the city reinforced and it provides natural ventilation and shading conditions get beneficial both for inside the site and for the surrounding environment. Also by the help of axles and massing, center of the program was defined and became a social center. As a design approach, program divided in to two as private spaces located at the higher and public spaces were located at lower levels which emphasize the continuity of the land to sea relation. Whole spaces were connected by a continuous canopy which defines regions on cliff and sea.
One major aim of the design is to able people to have varied experiences of sea and cliff relation.
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