19 / Culture & community · Competition

Ahlat Youth Centre

Ahlat, Bitlis, Türkiye
2017 · Competition proposal

The project

Location: Ahlat, Bitlis, Türkiye
Year: 2017
Context: Competition proposal
Studio: HDRV

A landscape for coming together.

A terraced youth campus that steps with the landscape. Fragmented building volumes, shared outdoor spaces and a continuous ground plane bring the idea of hospitality into a setting overlooking Lake Van.

Winter and summer perspectives place the campus in its seasonal setting. The aerial view reveals the terraced gardens, sports areas and shared spaces between the buildings.

02 / An inhabited landscape overlooking the water

Photographic design study of the youth centre's stepped public landscape with dense mixed planting, broad stairs and people walking between terraces. — 04 / Terraced planting around the public square

Photographic design study of snow-covered terraces, winter planting and people walking below the youth centre's glazed pavilion. — 05 / The square in winter

Photographic design study of a wide stair between planted terraces leading toward a glazed pavilion, with warm landscape lighting and visitors. — 06 / The broad stair after dusk

Photographic design study of a planted promenade beside the youth centre, with trees, flowering borders and warmly lit glazing at night. — 07 / An evening walk through the planting

Photographic design study of a snowy path beside a partly frozen watercourse, with winter grasses, bare trees and walking visitors. — 08 / A winter route beside the water

Photographic design study of an outdoor sports court and pedestrian path beside dense flowering beds and the youth centre's low buildings. — 09 / Activity beside the planted walk

Photographic design study of an elevated view along the youth centre's planted paths and stepped buildings toward a broad waterfront. — 10 / The landscape opening toward the water

Photographic design study of a landscape of mixed trees, flowering beds, low stone edges and paths around water near the youth centre. — 11 / Paths through a planted water garden

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