EGO-LEGACY / Hasibe Feyza Şahin
Mustafapaşa has become a tourism-focused center over time. It still preserves its culture, but it has a high potential to lose this culture over time. That’s why I wanted to design a place where people would experience and learn Mustafapaşa’s agricultural culture and viticulture rather than just staying away from tourism. The project envisions transforming this historical village into a sustainable heritage tourism model where cultural preservation, environmentally friendly practices and community empowerment come together. The project blends the rich agricultural and architectural heritage of the region with modern sustainability principles, creating a destination that respects both tradition and nature.
With eco-accommodation units, artisan workshops and experiential viticulture activities, visitors will immerse themselves in Mustafapaşa’s unique heritage. The sustainability-guided initiative promotes local economic growth through organic farming, handicrafts and small-scale tourism while preserving the village’s peaceful character.
In my form, I showed Mustafapaşa’s traditional architecture and modern architecture together. In this way, I can show that Mustafapaşa can be a place to stay where its culture is preserved with both modern and traditional approaches, without large-scale tourism. There is a road in the middle of my area and this road is very similar to Mustafapaşa Bridge because Mustafapaşa Bridge also divides Mustafapaşa in two. One side of the bridge has newer houses, and the other side protects the old Mustafapaşa. In my project, one side has more traditional architecture of Mustafapaşa, and the other side has more modern and contemporary architecture. In this way, I invite everyone to experience the viticulture heritage of Mustafapaşa by offering a harmonious balance between the past and the future. My accommodation units are in the traditional architecture because it is located further from the main road and privacy can be provided better. The part with contemporary and modern architecture includes more public areas. Since it is closer to the main road and combines needs such as educational areas and exhibition areas with large openings, it becomes more functional.
