The main theme of the project is based on the idea of creating an open-air museum that will host several lightweight and undetectable buildings, structures, and functions coupled with activities set inside a project area.
Nestled in the heart of the enchanting Cappadocian region, the GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM project stands as a testament to the remarkable synthesis of nature and human creativity. The project unveils the innovat ive approach, showcasing how the design is harmoniously integrating modern architecture with the ancient landscape. The story starts with the endeavor of human beings taking shelter in natural caves, competing for them against wild animals, storing the food from scavenging and hunting, or benefiting from rocky spurs to use them as a shield against the harshness of the weather. However, nature is not only a threat to humans but also a countless and ceaseless source of life.This is the basic relationship between architecture and humans. Cappadocia is garnished with the most intriguing scenarios where architecture and humans reconnect for supernatural fascinations, and sustain this relationship. With its distinctive rupestrian habitat, culturally diverse but also geographically and architecturally marveling, Cappadocia offers possibilities that contemporary humanity can “quarry” something more valuable and find that sense of peace and harmony in contemporary society has somehow been jeopardized. In this sense, Goreme Open Air Museum project aims to procure ideas of geological and contextual masterpieces into a dynamic dialogue and experience destination for people searching formeaningful experiences away from contemporaneity and immersed in the mystic beauty of a timeless nature.
GAD Foundation works to positively affect practice and theory in architecture and urbanism with a focus on education, society and their intersection with architecture and urbanism.
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