Datça Summer time Workshop Reinterprets the Vernacular Çardak
Datça Summer time Workshop 2025, titled Light-weight Buildings in Vernacular Agroscapes II, was organized by Istanbul Bilgi College, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman College, and İzmir Ekonomi College, in collaboration with Erazo Pugliese and Erginoglu & Çalışlar Architects. The 2-week design-build program resulted in a light-weight timber construction put in within the village sq. of Hızırşah on the Datça Peninsula, Turkey. The intervention references the vernacular ‘çardak,’ a brief agricultural construction as soon as frequent throughout the area, and repositions it inside a recent rural public setting.
The 2025 workshop prolonged analysis initiated in 2024 on Mediterranean rural landscapes and light-weight agricultural typologies. Throughout the first week, held at Istanbul Bilgi College’s Santral Campus, contributors revisited archival materials, drawings, and lectures associated to the historic çardak. Oral histories collected from Datça villagers contributed further perception into the construction’s spatial group, development logic, and seasonal use.
all photos courtesy of Erazo Pugliese
Reinterpreting Misplaced Vernacular Buildings in Hızırşah Village
Traditionally, the çardak functioned as a reversible and demountable timber construction erected instantly in agricultural fields. It accommodated a number of makes use of inside a compact footprint, serving concurrently as shelter, workspace, and storage. Positioned between cultivated land and home life, it offered shade and climatic safety via minimal materials means. These traits knowledgeable the 2025 design workshop organized by Istanbul Bilgi College, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman College, and İzmir Ekonomi College, in collaboration with architect Erazo Pugliese and Erginoglu & Çalışlar Architects. The design train emphasised low-tech development, tectonic readability, and flexibility.
The second week of the workshop passed off in Hızırşah, an agriculture-based settlement the place the schoolyard operates as the first public sq.. Supported by Datça Municipality, which allotted the positioning, and Asmaz Ahşap Karkas Yapılar, which equipped timber supplies, the group prefabricated and assembled a 22-square-meter picket construction on the fringe of the sq..
Organized round a protracted built-in desk, stepped seating platforms, and shaded thresholds, the construction introduces an open-air room that helps a number of actions, together with gatherings, play, casual instructing, and celebrations. The repetitive timber body, reed infill panels, and agricultural material shading reference the fabric logic of the historic çardak whereas permitting for future modification. Its open configuration maintains flexibility for evolving makes use of inside the village.
Datça Summer time Workshop 2025 resulted in a light-weight timber construction in Hızırşah village sq.
The workshop introduced collectively college students and up to date graduates from the collaborating universities, alongside collaborators from Wentworth Institute of Expertise. Led by school members Burcu Kütükçüoğlu and Elif Kendir Beraha from Istanbul Bilgi College’s School of Structure, this system built-in analysis, design improvement, and hands-on development.
All through the constructing course of, villagers, notably youngsters, interacted with the positioning, observing and fascinating with the rising construction. The workshop format positioned the mission as each academic train and community-oriented intervention. As with the vernacular çardak, the long-term relevance of the construction will depend upon how it’s appropriated, tailored, and maintained by Hızırşah’s residents over time.
the intervention reinterprets the vernacular agricultural construction often known as the çardak
traditionally, the çardak functioned as a reversible timber shelter in agricultural fields
the pavilion is organized round a protracted built-in desk and stepped seating platforms
reed infill panels and agricultural material reference vernacular materials logic
the repetitive timber body permits for future modification and adaptation
the open configuration helps gatherings, play, and casual instructing
