Notes · Beşiktaş · Istanbul
Notes from the studio.
6 notes on rooms, materials and the site. Not a guide; short readings that come out of the work.
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02
Material
Few materials
Inflating the palette does not enrich a room. Three decisions, held in the right place, are enough.
03
Space
Around the courtyard
Where the climate is hard, the house does not open outward; it gathers inward. The courtyard is the name of that gathering.
04
Renovation
Reading the existing building
Renovation is not erasing everything. First we read the light, the thickness and the threshold the building already carries.
05
Site
Keeping the idea on site
A good drawing stays incomplete if it is not held on site with the same care. Build is not a separate job.
06
City
Standing quiet at street level
Leaving a slower tempo inside after the noise of the street is not a luxury; it is a decision.