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YENİKÖY HOUSE
Yeniköy/İstanbul ︎ 2002 ︎ Construction Area: 430 m2 ︎ Site: 1.400 m2 ︎ Housing
︎ Ayşegül Uğurlu, Ebru Tabak, Görkem Volkan, İbrahim Eyüp, Mine Ovacık, Neriman Mutlu, Neşe Doğusan, Nevzat Sayın, Onur Eroğuz, Pelin Güley, Serhan Bayık







Like many structures built in the same period, a residential building constructed in 1957 that showed great similarities with its international contemporaries needed to be transformed and rebuilt according to its intended use. The result was a completely different structure, yet it retained the same essence: a modern house for modern life.
        The entrance façade is closed because it is close to the road. Due to the magnolia tree on one side and the grove on the other side, the side facades and the facade facing the Bosphorus are completely open. When the entrance door is opened, the Bosphorus is encountered. When you enter from the lower floor, the garden opening to the Bosphorus welcomes us. When the openings of the side facades are added to the front facade, the white box we see from the outside disappears and turns into emptiness. In order to be a safe, enveloping structure, the house offers spaces that embrace the possibilities of a comfortable, pleasant and light life within its walls. Permeable, flowing spaces are divided by sliding walls, creating spaces for different uses.
        The second structure, which can be used by guests when necessary, is a small house with a workspace. It shares all the features of the main house. Due to the presence of surrounding trees, the garden is defined by hard surfaces and water. The surface of the swimming pool and the water lily pond, which are intertwined, expands and opens the garden with its shine and smoothness The reflections of the house, trees, walls, sky, and wind on the water provide ever-changing views throughout the day.