Street-corner view of the white social services building with timber shading and a perforated brick screen, people crossing the paved plaza in front

Architecture

Muğla Belediyesi Sosyal Hizmet Binası

CategoryArchitecture

Year2026

LocationMenteşe, Muğla, Türkiye

ClientMuğla Municipality

Overview

Muğla Belediyesi Sosyal Hizmet Binası is a competition proposal for a municipal social services building in Muğla's historic Menteşe district. Inspired by local streets, courtyards, and traditional shared living spaces, the design creates a public threshold where architecture and urban life meet through culture, learning, and everyday interaction. Two public routes, Production Street and Art Street, connect workshops, exhibitions, and gathering spaces around a central courtyard. A pocket theatre forms the project's heart, opening toward an outdoor amphitheatre so one stage can serve both indoor and outdoor audiences. Libraries, study spaces, and administrative areas occupy the upper floors, while shared terraces provide places to pause, work, and socialise. White façades and adjustable timber shading reinterpret Muğla's architectural identity. Natural ventilation, daylight, solar energy, and rainwater drainage support environmental performance, shaping an accessible civic building that brings cultural activity and community life into the city's daily rhythm.

Details

ProgramSocial Services Building

ArchitectFurkan Kartekin, Ezgi Kartekin

VisualizationAhmed Alnaseri

Area—

StatusCompetition

Entrance courtyard beneath the bridge linking the two wings, with the pocket theatre's glazed stage visible below and the building name on the façade

Street-level façade of adjustable vertical timber shading panels, with a parent pushing a pram along the paved street

Pocket theatre interior with a grand piano on stage and the rear wall open to the stepped outdoor amphitheatre

Interior corridor lit through a perforated brick screen, with patterns of daylight falling across the timber floor

Site plan placing the building within the street fabric of the historic Menteşe district

First floor plan showing the two wings arranged around the central courtyard

Section through the pocket theatre and the amphitheatre stepping down from street level

Street elevation of the building between its neighbours

Axonometric of the ground floor with the two public routes, Production Street and Art Street, highlighted in yellow

Massing diagram in steps, showing the block divided by two routes and opened around a courtyard

Axonometric of the pocket theatre with its stage opening onto the outdoor amphitheatre

Section perspective of the amphitheatre's planted, stepped seating

Axonometric of a shared terrace with folding timber shading panels and a central planter

Axonometric of a public courtyard with trees, benches and a long seating edge

Axonometric of an enclosed courtyard with a perforated brick wall and space for play

Façade shading diagram tracing the sun path and how the timber panels adjust through the day

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