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BÜYÜKADA HOUSE
Büyükada/İstanbul ︎ 2014 ︎ Construction Area: 490 m2 ︎ Site: 960 m2 ︎ Housing ︎ Pelin Güley, Nevzat Sayın, Tuğçe Şık







When we study the earliest projects of this buildings designed by Edmond Sarfati in 1978 and review the other ones from 1987 that served as the basis of the current building, we realized that despite some noticeable distinctions between the two, they were not fundamentally different. While the building features the architectural language of a period earlier than the one it was built in, it nonetheless carried traces of modern architecture. Consequently, even through there was no protection order on the building, we still carried on with the decision to preserve it and maintained the unique characteristics of the building to complete our project. Therefore, we tried to ensure that the reinforcement and structural renovation project generated by the structural performance test and report was applied like a restoration project in that respect. Standing slightly behind the terraces descending to the sea in levels at an inclination of 45 degrees, the mass seemed like it could be transformed into building that would remain in its own shadow under a massive canopy and not noticed unless looked at carefully. That was the end result.