Kartal Homes

Kartal Homes proposes streets and courtyards instead of a private podium to promote an active neighbourhood. Our masterplan for Bahçeşehir introduces streets and townhouses around shared courtyard. It introduces public squares and alleyways as the traditional city opposite the typical ‘instant city’ approach with towers rising from one privatised podium.

The new neighbourhood consists of 1.100 homes between 45 to 165 sqm, which together with amenities totals 276.000 sqm. Townhouses are clustered around courtyard gardens providing semi-private space for neighbours to gather and children playing. Alleyways leads to shared semi-public squares for the whole community creating a variation in scale and a curious eye level experience for pedestrians..

CLIENT: AND Kartal
LOCATION: Istanbul, Turkey
ARCHITECTURE: Galmstrup Architects
COLLABORATOR: Henning Larsen Architects
LOCAL ARCHITECT: Viva Architects
LANDSCAPE: SLA Landscape