PROJECT DESCRIPTION / Context

The last project of the second year architecture studio is the design of 
a Music Therapy Center in a rural area in Izmir Urla.Urla sees itself as 
a prosperous and forward-thinking municipality who is aware of the 
accepted benefits of music therapy and is promoting this project. The 
centre will offer a range of services to the community as mentioned 
above. This may be a one to one consultation or participation in a 
group session. There will also be residential courses where people 
can benefit from the ‘glamping’ area within the gardens. It will offer 
various music/ sound therapy interventions, with varying spatial 
requirements. It is important to recognise that the surrounding landscape 
forms part of the healing environment and should be designed accordingly. 
In this therapy, sound is used as a healing device so it is important that the 
‘aural landscape’ that you are creating both inside the building and in the 
landscape is optimised.