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DEMİRKÖY VISITOR CENTER AND KINAY HOUSE

Demirköy is a small town located on the forests of Yıldız Mountains in the Black Sea coast, within Kırklareli Province, in the north-western side of Turkey. The city is famous with its nature and iron mine which gives the town its name (“Demir” means in Turkish: iron).

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Demirkoy Visitor Center and Kinay House-

Natural beauty was the source of inspiration during the design process. The main idea is to integrate the landscape view into the project.

The visitor center and the house are designed as two separate masses; visitor center is placed on the upper side of the sloping land connected to the road and in the lower part, the house is located that is integrated into the topography.

The visitor center is developed with a simple geometrical language. with the of putting the view into a frame.

The client’s house, is designed by integrating into the topography and landscape, in order not to cut the view from the visitor center. The house can be opened to the landscape with its foldable windows on the front facade.The living room and infinity pool extending inside are separated by an inner garden which allows the natural light in and provides direct relation with nature.