NATURAL HEALING AND WELLBEING CENTER

Project idea

Project site is in Tuzla, İçmeler housing severaln thermal resorts and the largest shipyards of the Turkey.
Kamil Abduş Lagoon is the only one wet space in the field that contains various bird specious especially at the time of migration. 46 species birds are recorded in the lake during the year.This Lagoon was a birth’s paradise until 1969.

The project site is next to the natural reserve lagoon and there are two islands in of the lagoon. These two islands were created for birds. The birds use these islands for breeding and while migrating. In such a natural place, our instructor decided to design a natural healing and wellbeing center. The aim was to design a building and its landscape as a part of that unique lagoon and to create a dynamic suitable the spirit of the surroundings.

Project description

First of all , when i started thinking about the concept , this design should be a reflection and continuation of the lagoon and the islands.
The main concept idea is to integrate architecture, water, trees, landscape and visitors to map them onto each other. Courtyards becomes part of the center experience.In every spaces it is seen water, greneery and natural light. Another issue is transparency. Glass were used in the building mostly , visitors can see lagoon much more corner of building they can observe the nature efficiently. Restaurant, fitness and yoga orientited directly to the lagoon. Also most of the rooms look to courtyards and lagoon .

Concept comes from lagoon itself, lagoon oriented the project . The building is seen as a reflection of lagoon and islands. Integrating water, greenery and pedestrian ways are seen in courtyards and landscape design.

Technical information

Architectural program includes the following zones; entrance; clinical zone; life style zone; kitchen zone; education zone; public zone; fitness and yoga zone; well-aging zone; SPA and beauty zone; swimming pool;business center; accomodation ; back of house; car parking and technical spaces.
While solving the program , for restaurant , fitness, yoga and accomodation is provided seeing the vista of lagoon. For spa and beauty zone, first issue was to provide privacy so Spa is put to basement floor and massage rooms look courtyard but with high and small windows. Also in search of privacy of men and women, their Spa areas are seperated with following back corridors in basement floor.
Fitness and yoga halls are adjacent and they share same shower and changing rooms.
In horizontal circulation , the spaces flow is provided with bridges . Also creating semi-open area , wood studs were used.
In search of structural system circular colums were prefered for being suitable organic-shaped of the building. Cork flooring is selected in the slabs because it was hard to install regular beam system.
The columns are gathered in the different centers.