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Musa Temel's Winter Refuge presents a masterfully orchestrated residential interior space dominated by a soaring gabled ceiling architecture that functions as the compositional armature, establishing…

The Journey To Nature Winter Refuge by Musa Temel is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.


BronzeInterior· 2025

The Journey To Nature Winter Refuge

by Musa Temel

Client: Musa Temel

Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category

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Verified Award Winner

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The Design

About The Journey To Nature Winter Refuge

The concept is a modern design that aims to create a living space intertwined with nature. Its structure is designed to be built and preserved with features resistant to harsh winter conditions. Large window openings provide plenty of natural light to the interior and carry the snow landscape outside inside. The design offers its residents a comfortable and peaceful living space, while being resistant to harsh natural conditions. Every detail ensures that the users' daily lives are easier and they are comfortable in harmony with nature.

The Recognition

About the Bronze A' Design Award

The Journey To Nature Winter Refuge is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. The Journey To Nature Winter Refuge is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. The Journey To Nature Winter Refuge splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.

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Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
This project is a modern winter house design that aims to create a peaceful living space in the mountains. The structural design of the house is shaped with minimal and functional structures in harmony with the environment. Every detail is designed with both aesthetics and practicality in mind, creating an atmosphere integrated with nature.

The exterior and interior are equipped with wide window widths and light-colored, natural textures to create a warm and inviting environment.

Each room provides a perfect balance between comfort and functionality, allowing you to enjoy the mountain air.

Every detail has been carefully planned to meet the needs of the users and to ensure that they are literally comfortable during their time on the mountain. The mountain winter house gives its residents the feeling of being intertwined with nature.
Dimensions & Packaging
Living room + kitchen, hall: 110 m2
master bedroom: 25 m2
children's room: 12 m2
guest room: 15 m2
WC, bathroom: 5 m2
Tags
Harmony with Nature, Landscape View, Durability with Weather Conditions, Winter Tourism, Camping and Trekking
Production Technology
I designed the frame of my mountain winter house as a completely steel construction. I shaped all the furniture inside completely myself, in accordance with the harmony of the design and the way of use. Everything in the house was thought up and implemented by me, inspired by my own imagination.
Design Challenge
Creative challenges and obstacles in the process of adding, realizing or dissolving the chalet are addressed from different perspectives. This is it
engineering and structural challenges
climatic conditions
Research
Chalet design research is done by considering various features such as aesthetics, functionality, intense impact and user services. Here is a detailed description of this process.
Determining Project Goals.
Site Selection and Environmental Impacts.
Architectural Design.
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability.
Many effects such as Social Effects and a structure proposed as an alternative
Inspiration
I have long dreamed of getting away from the noise and chaos of big cities. As the days melted into the same routine, a voice inside me was calling him; Towards the deep silence of nature, to a simple and serene life... With this very call, we set out towards the snow-covered slopes at the foot of a mountain. The dream of this chalet was not only an escape, but also a search for rediscovery of the soul. Everything started to take shape one afternoon, as the snowy peaks were setting. The structure of the house should be in harmony with the hard but protective body of the mountain. Its solid structure with a steel frame should break the power of nature and reflect every detail, warmth and comfort inside.
Project Duration
The project was designed in january , 2022 and the construction took 8 months to be completed in Turkey.
Operation Flow
This chalet can be tucked away outdoors thanks to the right features and design. Since it has good insulation, it offers comfort in hot and cold weather. Additionally, it has an aesthetic and functional structure to be built in harmony with nature.
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Musa Temel

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