Olivelo
Selective Permeability for Resilient Landscapes: Integrating Ecology, Culture, and Design in the OliVelo Competition Area
Type:
Eco Campus
Location:
Izmir, Turkiye
Year:
2019
Client:
Izmir Municipality
Area:
1600 sqm. / 570000 sqm.
Continuity at Multiple Scales
The competition site’s position and its relationships with its immediate surroundings demand a holistic strategy that generates spatial, sociocultural, economic, and ecological continuities at various scales. Located in a region experiencing the intense pressures of urbanization, the site is also poised to confront the far-reaching consequences of imminent climate change. These challenges threaten agricultural production, cultural continuity, and the preservation of the area’s unique character. In this context, sustaining the biological, genetic, and productive processes of the competition area is critical for the integrity and future viability of the landscape.
The design prioritizes the protection and restoration of ecological values, creating a resilient and productive landscape that can adapt to evolving environmental conditions, including climate change and population growth.
Variations in the regional wind direction, temperature, and precipitation patterns.
Olivelo sections of meeting, connecting, and acting.
Selective Permeability
The proposals for the competition area are grounded in a conceptual framework defined by selective permeability. This approach envisions the site as a dynamic, semi-permeable system—integrated with its immediate environment—designed to enable beneficial activities, processes, and inputs that sustain the biological, genetic, and productive cycles of the landscape, while blocking or mitigating negative factors that could disrupt these cycles. The aim is to maintain a balanced exchange between the site and its context, ensuring the resilience of both natural and human-driven systems.
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