Extraordinary Black Sea houses become master thesis in Italy

RİZE - Anatolia News Agency

Rize local Bilal Atasoy’s house on a hillside has become a master’s thesis. DHA photo

A Turkish student studying in Italy for a master’s degree has completed a thesis on “extraordinary landscape architecture” in the Black Sea region of Turkey, receiving 101 marks out of 110 full marks.

Özden Kaya, a graduate of the Istanbul University, was studying at Italy’s Politechico Di Milano University, came to the Black Sea province of Rize to start working on the interesting structures in the region.
Kaya visited the Rize Architects Chamber Chairman Mustafa Mahmutoğlu and Bilal Atasoy, a local of Güneysu district. He examined the house that Atasoy built on a hillside using steel ropes, as well as a summer pergola that rotates with the wind direction.

“This year my Italian teachers will come to Rize to examine Atasoy’s structures. They want to see these extraordinary structures closely,” he said.