Ardesco / TEGET

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Bodrum, Turkey

Text description provided by the architects. 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.

Ardesco / TEGET - Windows
© 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. 

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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.

Ardesco / TEGET - Windows, Facade
© 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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Address:Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey

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Cite: "Ardesco / TEGET" 03 Feb 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/48288/ardesco-teget> ISSN 0719-8884

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