Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ

Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ

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  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
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  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Novawood, YDÇ
  • 'İzmir Sea' Karşıyaka Segment Project Coordinator: Mehmet Kütükçüoğlu
  • Lead Firm: Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects
  • Design: Evren Başbuğ, Umut Başbuğ, Hüseyin Komşuoğlu, Can Özcan, Oğuzhan Zeytinoğlu, Can Kaya, Tuba Çakıroğlu, Erdem Yıldırım, Meriç Kara, Ebru Bingöl, Korhan Şişman
  • Project Team: İpek Baklacı, Elif Ayalp, Hande Ciğerli, Caner Bilgin, Ramazan Avcı, Seden Cinasal Avci, Özlem Arvas, Düşra Korkmaz, Nedim Can Karyaldız, Sinan Demirel, İklim Topaloğlu, Beyza Karasu, Sümeyye Komşuoğlu
  • Design Consultants: Yusuf Okçuoğlu, Güven İncirlioğlu, Özcan Kaygısız, Ersin Pöğün, Vedat Tokyay, Tamer Başbuğ, Dilşad Kurtoğlu
  • Technical Consultants: Cemal Çoşak, Mustafa Şahin, Levent Ahmet Ünal, Önder Demirdöven
  • Footbridge Design: Evren Başbuğ
  • Footbridge Project Team: Hüseyin Komşuoğlu, Umut Başbuğ, Can Özcan, Dilşad Kurtoğlu
  • Footbridge Technical Consultants: Cemal Coşak, Mustafa Şahin, Korhan Şişman
  • Footbridge Construction Drawings Team Leader: Aylin Göknur (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate)
  • Footbridge Construction Drawings: Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects + İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate
  • Sunset Lounge Design: Evren Başbuğ
  • Sunset Lounge Project Team: Can Özcan, Dilşad Kurtoğlu
  • Sunset Lounge Construction Drawings Team Leader: Aylin Göknur (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate)
  • Sunset Lounge Construction Drawings: İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate
  • City: Karşıyaka
  • Country: Turkey
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Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Coast
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Text description provided by the architects. Bostanlı Footbridge and Bostanlı Sunset Lounge have been designed by Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects as part of the 'Karşıkıyı' concept created for 'İzmirSea' coastal regeneration project. These two architectural interventions that are positioned in close proximity and in reference to each other, have generated a new, integrated coastal attraction together, where Bostanlı Creek flows into the bay, on a very special and unique spot due to the geometric form of the coastline, and the urban memory possessed. The site has become one of the favorite public attraction points in Karşıyaka, İzmir and has been embraced and visited by the residents from all around the city since the opening in July 2016.

Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Cityscape
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Site Plan
Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Beam
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In alignment with the masterplan decisions of 'Karşıkıyı' concept, 'Bostanlı Footbridge', was proposed to connect two sides of Bostanlı Creek and thus to complete one of the missing pieces of the continuous coastal promenade. With its slightly bow shaped longitudinal-section and specially designed girder geometry, the bridge allows the passage of small boats underneath and provides access to the floating pontoon located in the creek. This new urban structure, oriented according to its unique position which provides a view of the bay on one side and the city on the other, has therefore been designed with an asymmetrical cross-section. This special section is formed by several cascading thermo-wood surfaces installed on a steel frame, allowing users to enjoy the view of the bay either sitting or sprawling. Thus, the bridge goes beyond being an infra-structural urban element which is solely used for passing through, and defines a public leisure and attraction point in a sensitive relation with its environment.

Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Handrail
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'Bostanlı Sunset Lounge', which lays on one of the few coastal fragments facing directly west in Karşıyaka, is a set of cascading thermo-wood covered platforms which form an inviting urban surface, streching between the artificial slope covered with trees and the embankment itself. The simplicity and fluence in the surface geometry, encourage the user to experience a more direct relationship with the setting sun and the sea. Just as in the case of the footbridge, this wide ash wood covered surface also has a welcoming sensation which is mostly an influence of the natural texture of the material. 'Sunset Lounge' helps users to re-discover a long forgotten İzmir ritual which is still present in the urban memory, and invites city residents to watch the sunset and spend quality time together every evening.

Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Waterfront, Coast, Deck
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Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Wood, Deck
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These two urban installations, facing each other on the same spot, sustain the general framework defined in 'Karşıkıyı' proposal, the master plan for Karşıyaka coastline. Natural, independent, ingenuous and inclusive; both of the designs serve as genuine 'counter-spaces' in Lefebvre's terms. Footbridge and Sunset Lounge, both promise a new urban space to experience different forms of 'idleness', by employing the social, geographical and historical backgrounds of this unique location. These new coastal interventions also fit perfectly with the 'Easy Way of Living' vision established for the city of İzmir, by 'İzmirSea' coastal regeneration project.

Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ - Coast
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Address:Bostanlı Mahallesi, Park İçi Yolu, 35590 Karşıyaka/İzmir, Turkey

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Cite: "Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge / Studio Evren Başbuğ" 13 Mar 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/866903/bostanli-footbridge-and-sunset-lounge-steb> ISSN 0719-8884

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