Project 01

Villa
Çamlıca

Istanbul — 2024

Client Private Commission

Typology Residential · 380m²

Location Çamlıca, Istanbul

Status Completed 2024

Brief

Every room in this house has its own silence. The commission was to find that silence — a living space stripped of visual noise, where material speaks and the Bosphorus light draws its own architecture through the day.

Villa Çamlıca kitchen — blackened steel island with natural oak countertop and cast concrete walls

Kitchen — blackened steel, oak, cast concrete

Material junction detail — natural oak timber grain meeting raw cast concrete

Material junction — oak / concrete interface

Villa Çamlıca primary bedroom — platform bed, oak wall panel, linen plaster

Primary bedroom — oak, linen plaster, morning light

Villa Çamlıca bathroom — natural stone basin, floating oak vanity, concrete walls

Bathroom — stone, oak, matte black fixtures

Villa Çamlıca terrace — teak deck overlooking the Bosphorus at golden hour

Terrace — teak deck, Bosphorus, golden hour

Villa Çamlıca living room — the complete living space at rest

Living room — the complete space at rest

"Light enters from the north, drawing a line that shifts through the day — the room breathes with the sun."

— On the living space, Villa Çamlıca

Materials

Natural Oak
Cast Concrete
Blackened Steel
Linen Plaster
Natural Stone
Brushed Brass

Specifications

Area 380 m²
Duration 14 months
Floors 3 levels + terrace
Orientation North-facing main living

Team

Lead Architect Elif Kaya
Project Manager Mehmet Demir
Interior Design Zeynep Arslan
Landscape Can Yıldız

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