Year
2013
Client
Yıltaş-Buğtaş Ortaklığı
Category
Residential
Area
3.500 m2
Team
Fuat Taşkıranoğlu, Beylem Taşkıranoğlu, Miguel Zapatero, Murat Nizam, Bilgehan Akça
Photographs
Gürkan Akay
The spacious living room and kitchen face south, taking advantage of the view, while the bedrooms and the building's core face north, overlooking the neighboring buildings and Bağdat Avenue.
The plot is a shallow rectangle with its long side running parallel to the shore. It is located at a crossroads where the distance between the Coastal Road and Bağdat Avenue is shortest. At the site scale, the building has been positioned closer to the corner of the plot, allowing it to command a view over the two-story structures in front.
The building’s main silhouette is defined by two white frames on the façade facing the Marmara Sea. Within these frames, wooden and gray strips create horizontal and vertical lines that separate the apartments. Outside the white frames and on the rear façade, slim gray porcelain tiles have been used. Additionally, between the two white frames, an aluminum box-profile curtain wall conceals the staircase. This creates a striking formal contrast, with the white frames standing out prominently.