Saklıyaz Hotel is a ten-room boutique luxury hotel located at Datça, Turkey. The two story building sits on top of the cliffs overlooking to the vast Mediterranean sea.

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The rooms are designed for housing couples, in order to create a romantic getaway experience. The open bathroom is seperated from the bed area only by the mirrors. The rooms are planned for everything to face directly the view; the bed, the sofa, the shower and the washbasins. The guests are invited to face the sea, while washing hands, or taking shower. The shower has two rain-shower heads, for couples to shower together. The lighting design is one of the most important aspects that shape the experience, since a variety of custom lighting scenarios can be controlled by smart switches. Each room has its own infinity pool seperated by built-in planters, with in water seats to act like jaccuzis facing the view.

White cement and limewash covers all the surfaces, creating a cave-like atmospere buried in the slope. Wood, and rattan and black metal are other primary materials of the project, creating a contrast between old and new, rawness and fineness.

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Architectural Project by Kıyıda Mimarlık

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Photo by Ilgaz Erel