Villa Meltem responds simultaneously to the fierce wind and the soft light of the Aegean coast. The single-storey profile adopts a strategy that doesn’t frame the view — it merges with it.
Design Concept
The dialogue between the weight of local stone and the transparency of glass establishes the building’s fundamental tension. The south-facing long facade, with its floor-to-ceiling glass, draws the sea inside. The north facade, by contrast, is solid and protective: service areas, storage, and garage line this edge.
Materials and Detail
- Facade: Local Çeşme stone, rough-textured; open joints to allow thermal movement
- Flooring: Large-format natural travertine, continuous from inside to outside
- Roof: Wide eaves cut the summer sun; the winter angle lets light enter
- Privacy: North-west-oriented swimming pool, invisible from neighbouring plots
Process
The design began with an on-site reading of the land’s topography. The structure was positioned around the existing olive trees; three were preserved under protection, and two became focal points of the new garden layout.
“A building serves not the landscape, but the person who lives within it.”
