Academic graduation project · Landscape architecture
NOSTOS
RETURN · WATER · PUBLIC SHORE
A continuous coastal landscape in Kepez, connecting arrival, hotel grounds, water gardens, recreation and public shore.
- Location
- Kepez · Çanakkale
- Site
- ≈80,000 m²
- Hotel
- 96 rooms
- Capacity
- 380 guests
- Access
- Public shore
Project premise
A shoreline
in sequence.
The return route begins at the city-side threshold, crosses the hotel landscape and reaches the shore as one connected public sequence.
Zümra Timur · Landscape Architect
Site reading
Between city
and strait.
The long coastal parcel is read through access, shore and planting frame. The public route stays legible from D550/E87 to the Dardanelles edge.
01
Access
D550 / E87 · Atatürk Caddesi
02
Coast
Continuous public shore connection
03
Planting frame
Wind filtering and shaded thresholds
Design strategy
Four systems.
One ground.
Movement, water, programme and planting are the four primary systems. Vehicle separation and coastal commons support them without competing for equal status.
- 01
Return route
Connects arrival, hotel grounds and the public shore.
- 02
Water rooms
Pools and gardens hold the sequence together.
- 03
Programme bands
Hospitality, culture, sport and support form clear zones.
- 04
Planting filters
Windbreaks and shade trees define the edges.
Supporting conditions
05
Vehicle separation
Service and arrival movement remain legible without interrupting the public route.
06
Coastal commons
The shore is treated as shared ground rather than a private resort edge.
Masterplan
Programme distributed
by water.
The hotel core connects to the public shore through pools, gardens, sports grounds and cultural spaces.
- 01Coastal public edge
- 02Culture + family
- 03Food + water
- 04Hotel core
- 05Sports + support
- 06Arrival + parking
- 07Planting structure
Technical geometry is retained from the supplied AutoCAD vector source. Programme and route markers are editorial presentation layers, not construction information.
Site systems
Read each layer.
Recombine the site.
Four technical readings make the combined landscape legible without turning the case study into a construction set.
01
Pedestrian sequence
The return route links arrival, hotel grounds and shore.
02
Vehicle access
Arrival and service movement remain separate from the public spine.
03
Water system
Pools and gardens pace the journey toward the coast.
04
Planting structure
Windbreaks, shade trees and lower planting frame the ground.
Spatial sequence
From road
to water.
Arrival court, pool terrace and water edge form a three-part journey with one consistent ground language.
01Arrival court
02Pool terrace
03Water edge
Shared grounds
Platform.
Water.
Sport.
The central platform anchors the public realm, linking the pool landscape and sports grounds to the coastal promenade.
Planting strategy
Filtering wind.
Building shade.
Evergreen screens filter coastal wind; shade trees define arrival and social grounds. Dry structural species establish the lower layer.
Support layer
Aromatic shrubs, dry structural masses and seasonal groundcover reinforce the six primary species without competing with their spatial roles.
Cupressus sempervirens
Vertical rhythm / wind filter
Laurus nobilis
Evergreen screen
Magnolia grandiflora
Sheltered entrance canopy
Agave americana
Dry sculptural accent
Phormium tenax
Sword-leaf mass
Lavandula angustifolia
Aromatic lower layer
Material language
Mineral ground.
Bronze edge.
Pale mineral surfaces, dark deck planes, bronze details and turquoise water form the visible material language. These are visual families, not product specifications.
Light mineral paving
Pale mineral facade
Dark outdoor deck
Bronze-toned edge
Bronze-tinted glazing
Turquoise water surface
Sports-court coating
Dark metal elements
Academic graduation project · Landscape architecture
City to
shore.
A return route held together by water, shade and public ground.
Images are concept visualisations; technical diagrams are editorial representations derived from supplied project sources.
