Gölbaşı Villa Ideas Competition

Hidromark Engineering & Consultancy invites young architects to explore a high-quality home in Gölbaşı, Ankara: sensitive to its natural setting, responsive to planning conditions and designed around everyday life.

One site. New ideas for living.

This single-stage architectural ideas competition concerns a 1,685 m² site at block 112320, parcel 6, Hacıhasan, Gölbaşı. The programme is a villa for a family of four or five, with a basement and two storeys, together with a coherent landscape proposal for the entire plot.

The brief sets a maximum counted floor area of 252.75 m², an additional excluded area of 75.83 m² and a total upper limit of 328.58 m². It also specifies a 6.50 m height limit and a hipped roof with a 33% slope. Refer to the brief for basement and planning provisions. The municipal planning extract is for information and is not an approved planning certificate.

Who can participate?

• Undergraduate and postgraduate Architecture students at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, and graduates of that department from 2024–2026.
• Individual entrants or teams of up to three, with all members meeting the conditions.
• Entry is free. Each participant may take part in one project only.

TRY 60,000 total prize fund

• First prize: TRY 30,000
• Second prize: TRY 20,000
• Third prize: TRY 10,000

Prize and assessment provisions are set out in the competition brief.

Design approach

Proposals should demonstrate a coherent original concept, functional planning, spatial quality, a thoughtful relationship to the site and landscape, sustainability and a clear architectural presentation. Energy efficiency, rainwater management, permeable surfaces and low-water local planting are part of the design challenge.

Registration and final submission

The text form on this page records preliminary registration and contact details. Final submission requires separate RUMUZ_proje.zip and RUMUZ_kimlik.zip files. The project file includes up to two A1 boards and an explanatory report of no more than 500 words; the identity file contains eligibility and identity documents.

The brief permits delivery to info@hidromark.com.tr. Use a five-digit code and keep identifying marks off project boards. This registration form does not receive project files or identity documents. Please follow the brief’s requirements for anonymous assessment and separate identity files.

Competition schedule

• 26 October 2026: Competition announcement
• 6 November 2026: Question deadline
• 10 November 2026: Answers published
• 14 December 2026, 17:00: Final project submission deadline
• 19 December 2026: Jury assessment
• 21 December 2026: Results announced
• January 2027: Award ceremony and exhibition

All times are in Türkiye time (UTC+3).

Jury and rapporteurs

Jury: Prof. Dr. Hilal Aycı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ekrem Bahadır Çalışkan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Filiz Karakuş, Görkem Aytekin and Saim Ünlüler. Rapporteurs: Research Assistants Bilgesu Ünalan and Büşra İnce.

Questions must be sent in writing to the rapporteurs listed in the brief. Download the Turkish brief below for the complete terms, intellectual property provisions and submission requirements.