Hydrotopography

• architecture

Hydrotopography is inspired by the historical coastal condition of Salacak in the 1800s and 1900s, where the shoreline was shaped by natural slopes, changing ground levels, soil surfaces, gravel beaches, and a gradual descent toward the sea. Instead of reading the coast as a flat and hard edge, the project interprets it as a changing topographic experience, where people moved up and down before reaching the water. The design does not recreate the past directly. It transforms this lost coastal memory into a contemporary architectural topography. Therefore, the building appears as a floating terrain over the water. Its roof is shaped by rises and depressions that collect and direct rainwater, while the space underneath creates a cave-like atmosphere. Through this relationship, topography, water, and cave experience become the main forces that generate the form of the project.