Garden Pavilion of
Private Villa
Sector
Private
Location
Ankara Turkey
Year
2019
Site Area
100 m²
Construction Area
50 m²
Design Team
Yasemin Işık
Mehmet Mert Işık
This tiny construction of 50 m², which is designed for the garden of a private villa in Ankara, has a square plan. The main block in the middle functions as the carrier for the roof, whereas it also separates the space into diverse use areas.
Although in the actual plan, three of the four facades of the formed geometry include fire elements such as a fireplace, a kitchen stove, and a barbecue, when the application started, only the kitchen stove was left inside. The structure having strong geometric lines is composed of only natural stone, solid wood, tile, and iron joinery. Not only the walls but also the layered wooden roof was designed and manufactured with a masonry system. On the other hand, the wooden roof's geometry has been designed so that it functions both as a roof and a light element.
The masonry parts are made of Ahlat stone, which is selected according to their colors and produced by a number system. While the building demonstrates a traditional look due to its design that can be built with traditional construction techniques in which it is aimed to combine the 'new' with its rigid geometric lines and functional architectural design cleaned from ornamentation. Since the use of all materials in their gross form is the most significant expected denominator between traditional and modern architecture, extraordinary attention was given to the detail quality both in the project stage and the craftsmanship phase.
Ahlat stone is one of the magmatic rock types called ignimbrite extracted from the skirts of Mount Nemrut in the Ahlat district of Bitlis province. This stone, which is abundantly available in the region, has been used in historical artifacts and many buildings in the territory due to its easy workability and durability. There are four different colors of Ahlat stone, black, brown, red, and beige. It contains glassy substances providing the stone with strength. This stone, which is not utilized very often as a building material even in the region where it was extracted, absorbs water smoothly due to its tuff structure. It is straightforward to process when it is first removed; it hardens over time by exposure to weather conditions.
As it is a garden structure, all vertical joinery has been chosen in this regard that they function as sliding and folding. The joinery sitting on the complete parapet performs in guillotine type. When the joinery is opened, the continuity of the indoor-outdoor space is enabled flawlessly. Although the building is constructed without heat insulation (except for the partial protection of the double glass iron joinery), it provides a sufficient level of comfort in winter thanks to the heat supplied by the stove and the chimney, without the need for underfloor heating which is a backup plan.
