Alacati Port Ladera Hotel is located in Alacati, an Aegean town on the western coast of Turkey. Alacati has become known for its architecture, plants, wind mills and vineyards and its history dates back to the 1850’s. Being the third best windsurfing centre in the world thanks to its uninterrupted wind and pure clean sea, Alacati has also become popular more recently for its beaches, cafes and restaurants, stores and night life.
Port Ladera Hotel is set on a hillside located in a position offering charming views of Alacati Port and windsurfing centre. Designed by French Architect François Spoerry, Alacati Port was built to replicate the Grimaud Port on the Cote’d Azur also designed by him and famous worldwide. The villas located in the port are very charming with their small gardens and boats owned by the villa owners and anchored on the sea side. Here there are signs reminiscent of small fishing towns of the Aegean Sea integrated with the style of the Mediterranean.
Having chosen its name meaning “port on the hill” due to its location, Port Ladera Hotel was established by three siblings from a well-known local family of the region and having business places in various parts of Alaçatı for many years. Based on the owner’s familiarity with the region and long experience gained in the service and hospitality sector, high standards and top quality were paramount. In addition to architectural renovation design, internal and external location designs, all details from landscaping to bed sheet selections, hotel logo and printed objects have all been created by interior architect and designer Selina Kazazoglu.
Alacati’s architectural texture and natural diversity have formed the fundamental starting point of the project. Narrow streets of the town, woodwork doors and windows of the houses, local stones of Alaçatı used in the buildings have all been inspiring for the designer. Natural vegetation of the land where the hotel is located has created the background for colour scale. Industrial touches have been designed as reflection of boats at the port. Aiming at highlighting the value attributed to service quality from the start of the design by means of details and materials selection, Selina Kazazoglu has blended her style with two different concepts and aimed at developing a design of hotel where guests will never want to leave. Blending beach and coastal touches with eclectic details, the designer has integrated supplementary points with the industrial symbols of the port.
Having a land area of 1.500 m2 and total construction site of 940 m2, the project consists of 2 deluxe bay window double rooms, 2 deluxe queen double rooms, 10 standard double rooms and 4 garden view triple rooms. Having 4 floors together with the Basement Floor, the first and second floors of the building are designed in an L shape. One of the most important points given priority in the project was to create cool and shaded areas as the guests would like to spend most of their time outside due to hot weather. The outside of the hotel occupying 600 m2, consists of the swimming pool, sun bathing area, yoga area, bar and sitting areas.
The reception was built as an independent structure using a plan combining the entrance and lobby. Being close to the windsurfing centre, has given the designer an inspiration point. Faded colours of the surrounding land come to life with windsurf sail colours and the restaurant and bar section designed as covered areas are shaded with wicker; the same style is maintained for lighting components. When the sun sets, the pool area has been specially designed with the help of suitable lighting effects, to resemble a sandy beach. At the same time the rocks collected from the surrounding area were arranged in the pool in order to represent the local landscape.
Details representing the eclectic style which is the other one of the two concepts forming the design act as indicators of the high standards offered by the hotel. Being an inevitable component for the designer, the industrial objects support masculinity and are emphasised in all areas whilst other softer details, particularly in the rooms, reflect flexible and warm aspects of feminine style.
Whilst important architectural movements up until the present time are referred to by means of furniture from the various periods, the materials used on the floors all become work of art brought for exhibition from their original regions and times.
