Bolayır Villas lie in the Bolayır district with high seasonal
climate differences, where winds prevail predominantly
as a settlement comprising 20 villas, a guest
house and a social facilities complex.
Basically, the building complex is designed with the
intent to transform the concept of boundary into an integrating linking
interface by way of the “boundary proliferation method”.
In the villas designed for summer use, due to contrasting climates, it
was sought to spread outdoor use onto a broad time span as much
as possible. Delimited by elements like yards, garden walls or plant
barriers, outdoor spaces are designed integrated with interiors, leading
to the elimination of separations between the interior and the
exterior.
The yard, designed on the entrance space, introduces an alternative
outdoor space for the garden, also used as a passive system to create
air circulation for home air conditioning. The gardens are separated
from common roads using materials like ivy and stone, with the garden
almost designed as the continuation of the interior space.
The topography of the terrain is emphasized on the ground floor.
The floor of the space is terraced to match the level differences of
topography. On the other hand, floor materials, levels and functions
extend to the exterior. The outdoor space is perceived as the continuation
of the living space, thanks to elements like the sitting group
and the fireplace. The social facilities buildings are an expression of the state of the
topographic forms optimized to create a spatial clearance. The social
activity areas are formed by slightly raising the ground surface, the
continuity of which was desired to be conserved.
Layout was considered important as much as design. Instead of a
uniform repetitition, a design accommodating diversity is adopted
in the layout of the homes. The villas are staggered so that each has
an equivalent view value. Levels were chosen to accomplish the least
amount of excavation. This has resulted in an organic road texture…
