In the coastal town of Cesme, large curved geometries that blend with the terrain multiply the space available at the Tetusa Oasis Thermal Resort, creating a new natural landscape.
Cesme is a tourist destination with a well-established focus on wellness, thanks to its thermal waters. The Tetusa Oasis Thermal Resort is part of the city's tourist portfolio, enriching it with its diverse functional program: among other services, there is a new spa, a water park, a hotel, a medical center, and a facility for the elderly. In the chosen lot for the project, it is challenging to find space for all functions.
Given the size of the lot and the extensive functional program of the Tetusa Oasis Thermal Resort, the challenge for the ENOTA studio, tasked with the project, was to find a solution to optimize the available space. This intervention stands out among the most innovative architectural projects, thanks to a design that utilizes circular structures hollowed out inside. This design choice not only effectively solves the space management issue but also contributes to the creation of planted oases, a characteristic element of the thermal center. Furthermore, the lowering of the ground level in the oases has allowed for the construction of semi-basement levels, generously illuminated by natural light, ensuring harmony between architecture and landscape.
The architecture of the thermal center is defined by these circular and semicircular structures, each including within them a specific function oasis. Another fundamental compositional characteristic of the Tetusa Oasis Thermal Resort is its almost complete fusion with the landscape, achieved through the modeling of volumes also in the third dimension: the roofs of the hollow cylinders that make up the buildings are not flat but follow an organic/hilly pattern. Furthermore, being treated as green roofs and connected to each other or to ground level, they create a natural, strongly defining yet optimally integrated design.
