Sunset facing the sea. Bostanli Footbridge and Bostanli Sunset Lounge by Evren Başbuğ Architects

26/05/2017. [Smyrna] Turkey
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
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"Bostanli Footbridge" and "Bostanli Sunset Lounge" offer a new urban space to experience different ways to enjoy free time. Watching a beautiful sunset by the sea.
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The architecture studio Evren Başbuğ Architects has made these two new urban structures as a construction that resolves a problem of mobility while providing a poetic image of sunset in Smyrna.
 

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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.

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 infrastructural 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 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.

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.

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Architects
Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects
Project Team
Can Özcan y Dilşad Kurtoğlu (Bostanlı Sunset Lounge). Hüseyin Komşuoğlu, Umut Başbuğ, Can Özcan, Dilşad Kurtoğlu (Bostanlı Footbridge)
Technical Consultants
Cemal Coşak, Mustafa Şahin, Korhan Şişman (Bostanlı Footbridge)
Construction Drawings
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate (Bostanlı Sunset Lounge). Aylin Göknur (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate), Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality / Urban Design and Urban Aesthetics Branch Directorate (Bostanlı Footbridge)
Client
Smyrna Council
Dates
Completed in July 2016

Evren Başbuğ Architects STEB

Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects, founded in 2012, is providing services for all fields and measures of architecture, urban scale and all disciplines of design. In the studio all design work is developed with a collective process. The young design team forms a critical balance between the experience and the experimental; thus keeping the design mindset fresh at all times. 

Evren Başbuğ (M. Arch.), the co-founder of the office, holds a professional record of 25 national and international architectural competition awards including 4 first prizes and 2 WAF (World Architecture Festival) category nominations. Beside his professional career, Evren Başbuğ teaches as a part-time instructor in İzmir University of Economics, Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Architecture.
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