Eşdeğer Mansiyon, Living Ruins 2024 Competition

Recep Çetin ve Ayşe Feyza Karakoç'un "Living Ruins 2024 Competition" için tasarladığı proje, eşdeğer mansiyon ödülü kazandı.

Proje Raporu:

PALİMPSEST

Kayaköy, its unique identity is showcased by integrating layers of history, culture, and traditions with nature. The proposed project aims to explore and interpret the historical traces of the multi-layered Kayaköy, bringing the essence of the place to light. The project seeks to enhance the visibility of elements that form spatial memory, such as ruins, chimney imagery, garden walls, stone paths, sections of houses, and cisterns. The goal is to recall, commemorate, and preserve Kayaköy through these traces. Kayaköy is compared to a palimpsest because each new layer adds to the historical memory without erasing the previous one. This characteristic is believed to carry the traces of the past while also providing a foundation for the future. By evaluating Kayaköy as an open-air museum, the project aims to create a space where the past, present, and future coexist. The open-air museum allows for the addition of new experiences while preserving the old traces within the multi-layered structure. The project considers streets, abandoned buildings, gaps surrounded by fig trees, and the experiences etched into the topography as guides for its design. A holistic preservation approach has been applied across the entire area.

The design of the visitor center is influenced by the surrounding garden wall traces and the positioning of fig and fruit trees in the landscape. The visitor center is planned using local materials, human-scale design, and a cohesive architectural style, in harmony with Kayaköy’s spatial identity.

One of the focal points of the project is the revitalization of the Upper Church and the church square surrounded by Stumbo. The Stumbo area is designed as a memory pit, a space for events. The Upper Church has been refunctionalized as a memory museum, displaying traces and documents of past experiences. The goal is to revive the historical use of the churchyard as a gathering space in Greek culture. To achieve this, a structure designed as a roof and viewing terrace has been planned, turning the churchyard into a venue for various activities.

The Turabi Fountain, located on Kayaköy’s main street and which had lost its visibility, has been reestablished as an entrance point. Public buildings in Kayaköy have been reactivated with social and cultural functions. The Girls’ School is transformed into a city library, the Boys’ School into educational workshops, the Upper Church into a memory museum, and the Lower Church into a social event space.

The Kayaköy project also proposes a route that connects to the Lycian Way. Various paths have been suggested for culture, fig trees, trekking, gastronomy, and both short and long walking routes. The potential of abandoned buildings (palimpsest areas) along these routes has been revealed, offering users different experiences in these spaces.

In summary, the project examines the historical and spatial traces of Kayaköy, using parameters such as geography, topography, architectural spaces, and landscape, in order to uncover the area’s potential.