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U House

U House
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U HOUSE

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ARCHITECTS
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ELECTRICAL
Prota Müh

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
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DESIGN TEAM
Emir Uras, Cenk Toyhan, Selim Atalar, Handan Yalkı, Liora Danon, Ayşenur Karaaslan

MECHANICAL
Venta + Alfa Müh

CONTRACTOR
Evv Yapı

LANDSCAPE
Labofem + Ilgın

STRUCTURAL
Adım

PHOTOGRAPHS
İbrahim Özbunar

AREA
160 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Ula, Turkey

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by the architects. U house consists of two turned over concrete shells that create a multiple array of spaces.

U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar

The larger shell contains the main living area, kitchen and a mezzanine work space. That smaller shell consists of two identical bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms.

The central connecting space opens to both front and back of the house to create a multifunctional covered courtyard with an open counter bar.

U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar

The lager volume counter-levers over the country plain, lightening the concrete mass.

The crafted proportions of the building create a sensitive, almost sacred relationship with the human scale.

3 materials are used in the composition, concrete, local conglomerate stone and oak.

U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar

The broken layout of the building mirrors and pays respect to the traditional vernacular structures of the region.

The building mainly uses natural airflow for ventilation, a hybrid solar system for electricity and natural water from an artesian well.

U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar

One could perhaps say it's a contemporary, vernacular, holistic, home, office solution for the living space of our times.


U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar
U House
© İbrahim Özbunar


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