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Blue Vibrations: Aytac Architects to Break Ground on Award-

Winning Museum Design for Devrim Erbil

Bodrum, Turkey

ytac Architects, an award-winning waters of the Aegean Sea, the design Bodrum Museum is located just minutes

architecture and research was recognized as a WA Award Cycle away from Erbil’s existing studio in the
Apractice based in Istanbul, 40 winner in 2021 as part of the World town of Ortakent. The primary objective
Turkey, is proud to proceed with its Architecture Community Awards. of the project is to provide a physical site
development of DE Bodrum Museum, a capable of embracing the vast cerebral
custom design for contemporary Turkish A Mediterranean oasis horizons of the artist’s diverse works,
artist, Devrim Erbil. Located in the city Defined by a beautiful garden filled ranging from oil paintings to carpets,
of Bodrum, and set against the blue with tangerine trees, the site of the DE mosaics, stained glass, and more.
“In considering a variety of typological
museum models, we chose to design a
Museum spiral entrance ramp from the museum square project that would be defined by the sum
of its many parts, in contrast to a single,
monolithic structure,” explains Alper
Aytac, Founder and Lead Architect of
the firm bearing his name. “We chose to
create a series of individual galleries that
will be embraced as pieces of the existing
city fabric, blending seamlessly into the
surrounding landscape of Bodrum’s
whitewashed stucco homes.”

A hybrid experience
Each of the galleries stands on separate
supports, creating ample space for visitors
to roam the grounds of the museum and
the cool, shady area of its stunning garden.
Amenities will include a temporary
exhibition space, a workshop, a café, and
a bookshop, essentially becoming a new
meeting place in the City of Bodrum.
The floating permanent galleries are
arranged in a loop, beginning and ending

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