The brief
- Location
- Istanbul, Türkiye
- Year
- 2022
- Scope
- Family villa · 3,400 m²
- Climate
- Mediterranean · cool wet winters
- Area
- 3,400 m² · 17 heritage olives preserved
The preservation
A 3,400 m² site with seventeen mature olives, all of them older than the road that brought us to the property. The brief: keep every tree, design the villa around them.
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