A Performative Space for Imaginations in Flux - An Experimental Avant-Garde Theatre in Phocaea
Curvestone Phocaea , which is a multi-layered town dated to Pre-historical, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Genoese and Ottoman periods, is one of the oldest and historical districts in İzmir. It hosts to high number of archeological sites, and the historical and natural texture of the city is preserved. The most important architectural element is stone in Phocaea since the archaic period to the present. The oldest stone structure is ovoid houses in the Phocaea and in Anatolia in the 14th century BC. Another old stone structure is city walls from the ancient world in the beginning of the 6th century BC. Moreover, tower houses are another stone structure from Ottoman period . In addition to tower houses, there are examples of civil architecture from the 19th century, and construction material of these houses is Lithos Phokaikos that is a special stone to Phocaea. The porous texture of that stone increases the durability and level of insulation. That’s why I us...