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ERDOĞAN HOUSE
Urla/İzmir ︎ 2014 ︎ Construction Area: 200 m2 ︎Site: 285 m2 ︎ Housing ︎ Azize Andıç, Nevzat Sayın, Serhat Akbay





Due to the metropolitan law, which turned villages into urban neighborhoods, the construction of buildings in these areas has been made subject to urban zoning regulations. However, villages are fundamentally different from urban areas both spatially and socially. It is erroneous to view villages as neighborhoods, as they operate on a different spatial and social paradigm. The disappearance of villages implies the loss of peasant life. And the loss of peasant life means the disappearance of a way of life deeply connected to agriculture, farming, animal husbandry, cultivation, and the natural cycles of the world. Peasants embody a patient, contented, and non-materialistic lifestyle rooted in their connection to nature, and this way of life is disappearing…
        Instead of creating something entirely new in the village, this can be seen as an effort to preserve the existing structure as much as possible and prepare it for a new life using enhanced traditional methods. We attempted to address all functionalities and their relationships, considering spatial decisions—both open and enclosed—through these relationships, and we resolved the entire project with the participation of the homeowners. This house served as a research and development platform, representing the initial example of a simple proposal for revitalizing villages that are gradually depopulating despite their physically favorable but socially unfavorable conditions.
        We started with the question of whether there could be another tourism option if we added one or two rooms to each village house and if these rooms were in hotel standard, and we built three rooms in this house in this way. We care about the development of rural areas by improving their own conditions and making them livable places for both those who come here and those who are here.