The brief
- Location
- Istanbul, Türkiye
- Year
- 2023
- Scope
- Private estate · 2,200 m²
- Climate
- Inland Mediterranean · cool wet winters
- Area
- 2,200 m² · five terraces · 18 m drop
The terracing
A steep Tepekent hillside, terraced into five levels — each set as a different garden. Winter blooms at the top, kitchen garden in the middle, olive grove on the south face, cypress and hardscape at the base where the family lives. The whole composition reads in one sweep from the elevated terrace below.
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