Serdar Yeter Orjinal

The project was designed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Directorate of Metropolis Excavation in Izmir province of Turkey. The Visitor Center Project is organized to promote the historical and environmental awareness and to become as a center of attraction and prestigious structure in the region. Basic principles of project are determined such as creating a synergy between archaeological site and nature, monitoring output process of historical data, ensuring the continuation of the existing green area, providing visual continuity and sustainability of environment owing to the semi-closed spaces. All of the buildings detached from the natural ground, have no foundation and were removable structure that does not require physical intervention to the ruins. The main factors of formation are rational opinion of modern architecture, in addition to certain proportions and simple geometries of the ancient architecture. The building complex which contain three different functions such as management, sales and common areas, were placed in connection with the plan of ancient urban ruins. The closed and semi-closed structures tak place in total sq.m in the project area.