Projeler/Projects: Nevşehir
Ayşe Defne Önen, Avanos 5D projesi ile, böylesine bir coğrafya ve
mekan kültürüne sahip bir yörede, yerel mekan yapma yöntemi olan
‘eksiltme’nin tersi ‘ekleme’ yöntemini kullanarak, fakat eksiltme ruhu
ile, bir ‘ilk mimari yapı’ tasarlamış. Avanos ilçesiyle mevcut topografyayı
çağdaş bir mimari yapıda buluşturmayı amaçlayan Önen, Kapadokya
yerleşimlerinin geomorfolojik ve mekansal özellikleri göz önünde
bulundurarark yapıdaki form, malzeme ve mekan araştırmalarına
temel oluşturuyor. Özünde, yapılıp satılmak üzere planlanan Avanos
5D, farklı kurgulara olanak tanıyan ve ihtiyaçlara göre dönüşebilecek,
açık planlı, bağımsız ya da geçişli, birbiri ve çevresiyle iç içe beş ünite
olarak tasarlanmış. Bu beş ünitenin olası kullanımları arasında doğal
ışık ile aydınlanan ve doğal olarak havalandırılan bodrum katlarda,
çömlekçilik, el dokuması, kilimcilik gibi yerel el sanatları atölyeleri;
giriş ve üst katlarda beş bağımsız veya bağlantılı dükkan ya da işyerleri
ve son olarak da Kapadokya Milli Parkı ve Avanos ilçesi manzaralı çatı
katı restoranları planlanmış. Avanos ilçesinin ağırlıklı olarak konutların
yer aldığı bölgesinde konumlanan Avanos 5D projesinin yolculara
ve turistlere yönelik yapılandırılmasının en önemli sebebi, imar
İÇ VE DIŞ
MEKANLARIN TAŞ
İLE KAPLANMASI,
GÜÇLÜ BİR
YAPI DUYGUSU
OLUŞTURUYOR.
INTERIOR AND
EXTERIORS CLAD
WITH STONE
EXUDE A STRONG
SENSE OF
STRUCTURE.
These caverns and the authentic stone formations
seen all around the area have been the site of human
habitation since the 4th century B.C. significant as
people have carved into the hills to create living spaces.
The soft volcanic stones, with their easily shapeable
characteristic have been used as human settlements,
above and below ground level, for centuries especially in
the early Christian area.
Not a region known for its contemporary architecture,
Avanos 5D stands out amongst the area’s topography
and undistinguished town architecture. The architect
Ayşe Defne Önen is a graduate of the prestigious Middle
East Technical University in Ankara in 1991 and later was
an awarded an MBA from LBS University in London in
1995 and an advanced architectural degree from Pratt
Institute, New York in 2000. Since then, active in Turkey
from a base in Istanbul she has won several awards
including Arkiv Seçkisi (Arkiv Choice Award awarded by
the Arkitera Center for Architecture in Istanbul) and 2010
World Architecture Community award.
She today pursues her art, design, architecture and
various urban projects in different scales, teaches at
Kadir Has University Department of Interior and Urban
Design in Istanbul and works on architectural projects at
a.defne önen architecture Istanbul atölye d4.
With the Avanos 5D, Ayşe Defne Önen has created a
‘primary architectural structure’ with a method of
‘addition’ as opposed to the area’s general method of
subtraction from the stone substrate, which defines
Cappadocia and its distinctive geography and spatial
characteristics. In her architectural strategy Önen aims
to connect the existing topography of Avanos with her
drive to create a contemporary architectural language. In
this way she utilizes Cappadocia’s geomorphologic and
spatial characteristics as a basis for the Avanos 5Ds form
and choice of material.
Situated in a residential area of Avanos town, the siting
for the Avanos 5D complex was determined by the
imminent construction of a bus terminal for visitors right
next to the complex. Alongside the bus terminal, Avanos
5D aims to provide a vibrant public space, increasing
access as well as commercial opportunities in the area
while creating an architecture tied to local, regional
factors with an eye towards the globalism of the tourism
industry.
Originally planned to be built and sold in units, the
Avanos 5D complex is composed of five flexible, open,
free-standing and connected polygonal volumes
allowing for the realization of different functions, easily
adapted according to the owner’s needs. These five main
‘stone’ towers composed as a series of free standing
walls, fragmented and interconnected, organizes the
interior and exterior spaces. The structural grid of these
walls is sited adjacent to the highway on a northsouth axis next to Avanos National Park. Various service
volumes are added on parts of these primary polygonal
masses whose surfaces are punctured by small window
gaps in the stone system of the façade by an inventive
system of stone boxes built inside the infill of these large
gaps in the reinforced concrete structure. Despite being
constructed from reinforced concrete, the continuous
stone cladding of the exterior and interior gives the
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