Article source: Emre Arolat Architects

The architectural artifacts discovered in an excavation in Antakya near St. Pierre Church (an important Christian pilgrimage site;) directed the employer formerly planning to build a five-star hotel, to building a museum-hotel on the site. The dichotomy between the public program of the archeological park and the private use of the hotel becomes a major input in the design process.

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• Architectural project: eaa – emre arolat architects
• Responsible architect: emre arolat, başak akkoyunlu, (concept project) ; şerif süveydan (final project) ; gonca paşolar, şerif süveydan; (construction project) ; sezer bahtiyar, şerif süveydan (municipality approval project)
• Team: nükhet ak, emre tunay, selin gündüz, nurgül yardım, tansel dalgalı, özge ertoptamış, hasan sıtkı gümüşsoy, gülşen gençalp; kaya sert, ünal ali özger, anıl biçer, rıfat yılmaz.
• Location: Antakya, Turkey
• Project date: 2011
• Built area: 34.100 m²
• Client: asf tourism

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