Aqua Ke Kālai ʻĀina by Gungor Gozegir is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Nānā ʻĀina a me Māla Competition Category.

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Aqua Ke Kālai ʻĀina

by Gungor Gozegir

Client: Alp Esin İç Mimarlik

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Hoʻolālā Nānā ʻĀina Category

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The Design

About Aqua Ke Kālai ʻĀina

He kālai ʻāina ʻo Aqua no kahi kahua noho hou ma Izmir, Turkey. Ua uhi ka papahana i kahi 12,800 mika huinahā a ua māhele ʻia i ʻekolu ʻāpana: kahi wahi waena, kahi wahi pali kū pololei, a me kahi wahi kālepa ma ka ʻaoʻao mua. Kākoʻo ka hoʻolālā i ka hoʻohana ʻana no nā hana like ʻole a hoʻokipa i nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini o nā makahiki like ʻole. Ua koho ʻia nā mea like ʻole ma ke kūlana paʻa e kūpono ai i nā hana i hoʻolālā ʻia no kēlā me kēia ʻāpana. Hoʻokaʻawale nā ʻano hōʻike ʻokoʻa, nā waihoʻoluʻu, a me nā ʻili i nā wahi like ʻole a hoʻonui i nā hiʻohiʻona kālai ʻāina. Hoʻohana ʻia ka wai i mea kikoʻī waena o ka wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Aqua Ke Kālai ʻĀina i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Aqua Ke Kālai ʻĀina he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Aqua Ke Kālai ʻĀina no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Aqua is a Lanscape Project of a new residential site located in İzmir, Turkey. İn this area, social diversity is a great opportunity for bringing a different joy to people of different age.The ambition has been to create an inclusive and democratic space, welcoming the residents and visitors alike. One of the main aspect is to have multifunctional use and divide the area in a useful way.The design brightens the space with using vivid colors and organically combines the characteristic landscape.
Dimensions & Packaging: Aqua is a Project which has approxemetly 12 thousand 800 square meters of landscape area. It’s divided into 3 different parts. Such as; middle part, the cliffy prow part and the commercial part in the front facade.
Tags: Landscape Design, Garden Design, Landscape planning, green space, aqua
Production Technology: As materials; we designed different hardnesses of materials in different types of usage to fit the activities planned to take place on them. With using contrast forms, colors and textures we divided the area and it also gave richness to the landcape scenes.
Design Challenge: Our Aqua project is mostly designed according to customers’ needs while adding a plus value to what realty offered. So it has to be suitable for diverse age groups and social status. Designing different parts of the site and dividing them into types of usage was our main challenge.
Inspiration: Our ultimate goal is to change the area to a living space with combining also company’s ideals by turning them into inviting, inclusive green area where site residents can gather together. For us, people are the most important presence in the communal landscape. The project was designed with the wishes and needs of the people who will live on the site in mind. Our Aqua project is divided into different sections accoring to needs of people who will use the area.
Project Duration: The architectural project started in April 2017, but landcape and garden part still under construction. Aqua located in the west of Turkey, İzmir. İzmir is a city which is surronded by the sea, unfortunately , aqua project isn't near to the sea at all. So, we tried to create a space which has water element as a feeling and also in reality.
Team Members: Designer: Alp Esin