SEKIZ ARTI MIMARLIK VE SO? MIMARLIK
BITLIS’IN YEREL VE TARIHI DEĞERLERINE
UYUMLU BIR TASARIM ÖNERIYOR.
SEKIZ ARTI ARCHITECTURE AND SO? ARCHITECTURE
OFFER A DESIGN RESPECTING THE LOCAL AND
HISTORIC VALUES OF BITLIS.
composed of boutique restaurants offering traditional tastes, local
workshops, production and retail units, an information center for
visitors and a multi-purpose hall for the municipality are all included
within the design. These functions are proposed for integrating the
town square with the environmental and architectural context and
for offering an infrastructure for sustainable yet innovative economic
transformation of the area.
The project, respecting the topographical and geographical context
of the site, safeguards the existing architectural fabric primarily in
stone and offers new building blocks in a contemporary language
that encourage public and commercial use of the area. Bridges and
water elements integrated in the design refer to the Bitlis River
running through the city that gives Bitlis its character. The newly
conceived radial building units that are oriented towards the valley
and terraces, facing the historic Armenian village, represents the
strong relation that the project establishes with the natural and
historic context.
This consciousness is emphasized with the use of natural local stone
as the main building material. While Basalt stone is used for the
pavement other natural stones originating in Turkey’s east such as
the local Urfa stone and Ahlat stone are used for the new buildings
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