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Participant in the Bodrum competition

· Bodrum Health Foundation

We entered the National Architectural Project Competition for a Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy Centre, opened by the Bodrum Health Foundation with the Bodrum Representation of the Chamber of Architects’ Muğla Branch. The single-stage national competition was announced on 4 November 2024 for a site at plot 6, block 259, in the Konacık neighbourhood of Bodrum.

Entries were submitted on 14 January 2025. The jury, chaired by Özgür Bingöl, completed its work on 3 February 2025, having assessed 177 projects. The submitted schemes were exhibited at the Bodrum Heredot Cultural Centre from 5 to 15 February 2025, and the colloquium was held there on 15 February.

The entry was prepared by Selen Baş Ağca, Kutbeddin Ağca and Ethem Ünal. Our scheme was not among the prizewinners; it took part as a participant. The design ties recovery not to a single moment but to a process carried through the whole building: the pool hall is one volume with columns on all four sides, the physiotherapy hall looks out over the hills from the floor above, and the treatment rooms are arranged around the inner courtyard.

For the project data, the plans and all the images, see Bodrum Hydrotherapy Centre.

Competition announcement

A detail from the view on the first panel: the open passage cut through the white volume, the courtyard and pines beyond it, two people walking in front
  • First panel: the project title, the concept text on recovery, access and zoning analyses, massing diagrams and an aerial view
  • Second panel: site plan, ground floor plan and interior views with the diagrams explaining the spatial arrangement
  • Third panel: upper floor plans, sections and views of the physiotherapy hall and the pool
  • Fourth panel: elevations, facade decisions and exterior views