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Architects: GAD Architecture, Gokhan Avcioglu
- Area: 26600 m²
- Year: 2015
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Text description provided by the architects. Swissotel Resort Bodrum Beach is a coastal development in Turgutreis, on the Bodrum peninsula, Turkey, located on a gently sloping site with unobstructed sea-views of the Turgutreis marina. The project consists of a hotel with 60 enclosed rooms, 46 apartments, and 27 residential villas as well as a generous spa, gym and pool complex.
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GAD’s design reacts to the most pressing challenges inherent to this site; positioning a high density building on a site with a limited slope whilst providing a direct sea-view for each room.
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The hotel, a twisting structure, is located on the highest point of the site and serves as the entry gateway to the development. A pedestrian path links the hotel lobby to the sea, bridging the light-flooded space to a seaside restaurant & bar at its other end, creating a focal point by the sea. This main axis structures the development and serves as a back-spine of the site’s circulation.
![Swissotel Resort Bodrum Beach / GAD Architecture + Gokhan Avcioglu - Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/55e9/1a8a/e58e/ce8b/2e00/015d/medium_jpg/OSG_3179.jpg?1441340017)
The apartment buildings and residential villas are arranged on a series of platforms, cascading down towards the sea, thus providing the maximum possible vista.
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Conceptually, each villa has two levels with private rooms in the upper and a spacious living room at the garden level, offset fin walls, pushing out to the sides of the buildings, maximizing their facade and offering a sea-view for each room. Wooden screens & canopies add an additional layer of detail and also provide protection from the intense summer sun.
![Swissotel Resort Bodrum Beach / GAD Architecture + Gokhan Avcioglu - Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/55e9/1d12/e58e/cead/2800/016f/newsletter/Swiss25_kopyala.jpg?1441340674)
Swissotel Resort Bodrum Beach, addresses the fundamental challenges inherent to the site and thereby creates a unique solution and architectural flagship for Bodrum.
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