Yerleşim planı / Settlement plan
1- İzolasyon Bölgesi: 267 m2 , 2- Koruma Bölgesi: 586 m2 , 3- Meyve Bahçesi: 18.324 m2 , 4- Konut Bölgesi: 376 m2 ,
5- Orman Alanı, 6- Ege Denizi
evlerde barınıyordu. Mermer başta olmak üzere, doğal taşları işlemedeki
akılalmaz hünerleri ile bilinen uygarlığın yerleşik hayat sürdüğü
alanlarında yapılan kazılarda, çok sayıda soyut, mermerden yapılmış
kadın heykellerine rastlandı.
MILOS ADASI MORFOLOJISINE SAHIP ÇIKAN KONUT
Proje Milos Adası’nın güney yamaçlarında, toplam 60 hektarlık arsa
içinde, 376 m2 taban alanına sahip olacak şekilde, 2011-2012 yılları
arasında inşa edildi. İnşaat alanı Avrupa Birliği sınırları dâhilinde çevre
koruma alanlarındaki yapılaşmalar üzerine söz sahibi olan Natura
2000 isimli kuruluş tarafından Milos Adası’nın çok özel niteliklere
sahip doğal yapısını korumak amacıyla bu kadarla sınırlı tutulmuş. Bu
nedenle mimarlar güneş ışığı, rüzgar, manzara, denizin sesi, jeolojik
morfoloji ve yerel flora açısından en uygun noktayı bulmak üzere
arazide mikro-çevre arayışına girmişler. Proje mimarlar tarafından
İmersiyon, Meyve Bahçesi, Koruma ve İzolasyon olarak tanımlanan,
etrafı duvarlarla çevrili işlev alanlarını içeriyor. Tasarım ekibi,
yerleşim alanındaki bu dört alanın arsadaki yerlerinin belirlenme
ilkesini ‘kartezyen olmayan grid’ şeklinde ifade ediyor ve bu sebeple
projelerini, 19. yüzyılda yaşamış Rus matematikçi Georgy Voronoi’ye
ithafen ‘Voronoi’nin Ağılları’ anlamına gelen ‘Voronoi’s Corrals’ olarak
isimlendiriyorlar. İlk bakışta gelişigüzel gibi görünse de, bitkilendirme
düzeninden alan yerleştirmesine, hatta zemindeki şekillere kadar tüm
müdahaleler Voronoi giridine göre belirlenmiş.
Much of decaArchitecture’s distinctive work including
their iconic buried house Aloni from 2010 is located
in the Cyclades Islands. The Cyclades, the site of this
featured project Voronoi’s Corrals in Milos Island, is an
archipelago with 220 minor and major islands in the
southwestern Aegean Sea, north of Crete. The name
of the archipelago, Cyclades, originates from the early
Greek Cycladic civilization that ruled the region during
the Bronze Age between 3000 - 2000 BC. Cycladic culture
is mentioned in primary sources due to their trade
connections with other Mediterranean cultures such as
the Minoan to the south and the Anatolian Hattians and
Hittites to the east. Today many of the islands are not
inhabited with only 21 islands including Milos having
settlements. The dwellings of the ancient Cycladic
people were distinctive for their simple organization
of two volumes with internal connections. More recent
vernacular architecture also features homes with natural
stone cladding and the more famous pure white façades
connected to and surrounded by perimeter walls carved
directly into the volcanic rock of the Islands. And lastly
Cycladic civilization is perhaps most well known for
the perfectly cut, abstract sculptures in the local white
marble that are found in museums all around the world.
TOPOGRAPHY AS ARCHITECTURE ON MILOS
Voronoi’s Corrals was built at the edge of the cliffs of the
shoreline of Milos Island in 2012. The total construction
area of 60 hectares with the 376 m2 residential
building was determined by Natura 2000 planning
legislation for the administration of construction in
natural preservation sites in the European Union. The
limitations for the total construction area in the very
unique natural setting of Milos Island considerably
limited the built area of this residential project. Due
to these limitations, the architects carefully considered
the individual micro-environments on the site that
would be the most appropriate in terms of sunlight,
wind, the view and access to the sea while considering
the Islands unique topography and vegetation. Based
on these considerations the project was designed as
four zones surrounded by walls around the concept of
the fenced corral: the Immersion corral, the Orchard
corral, the Preservation corral and the Isolation corral.
decaArchitecture placed these four zones on a ‘nonCartesian grid’ plan based on the geometric theories of
19th century Russian mathematician Georgy Voronoi.
In the plan for Voronoi Corrals the outline of the zones
and the placement of the architectural elements based
on the Voronoi diagram is used to divide space into a
number of regions that defines the plan of the buildings
and the site plan. Topography and architectural
geometry meet through the code of the Voronoi diagram.
The Immersion corral, the main house on the site, is
situated on a plateau at the very south edge of the white
cliffs. The house lies on rocky ground and is characterized
by multiple transformations in its form due to differences
in the sloping topography. In fact the existing topography
was not altered to accommodate the Immersion corral
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