ERTAN RESIDENCES 

Year: 2013

Location: Cesme, Turkey 

Team: Guvenc Ozel

Ertan Residencies is a 5 free-standing villa complex on the  Aegean coast of Turkey. There are 2 villa types, Type A is  singles with 170 m2 of usable space, and Type B is a duplex with each 120 m2.  Even though the site is only a block away from the beach, it is adjacent to a busy road , therefore  privacy was a high concern for the client. Cesme being a seasonal town, the client preferred a scheme that can be habitable for the entire duration of the year, as the complex will be used as luxury rental. Therefore individual swimming pools were devised per villa, which will be pumped with sea water during the summer, and hot thermal water during the winter. This not only expands the economic longevity of the project but also allows the scheme to achieve significant gains in heating and cooling.