Led by architect Başak Akkoyunlu, BAD – Başak Akkoyunlu Design is known for its creative and innovative approach, leaving lasting impressions through its projects while consistently prioritizing client satisfaction. Designed as a fully inward-oriented private villa, Casa Pendenza stands out as a distinctive residential project located in Çeşme. Designed by BAD under the leadership of… View Article
Led by architect Başak Akkoyunlu, BAD – Başak Akkoyunlu Design is known for its creative and innovative approach, leaving lasting impressions through its projects while consistently prioritizing client satisfaction. Designed as a fully inward-oriented private villa, Casa Pendenza stands out as a distinctive residential project located in Çeşme.
Designed by BAD under the leadership of Başak Akkoyunlu, Casa Pendenza is situated on an 800-square-meter plot in Çeşme, İzmir. Spanning three levels—basement, ground floor, and first floor—the villa offers a total enclosed area of 340 square meters. With its L-shaped plan and introverted spatial organization, the house ensures privacy through landscape-integrated boundary walls, a closed garage, and service volumes along the street frontage. Upon entering the plot, access to the main entrance is provided via a path running alongside the enclosed garage wall clad in aluminum profiles. Before reaching the main structure, visitors are welcomed by a passage that opens directly onto the garden, terrace, and pool area.
In order to completely block visual and spatial connection with the adjacent plot, a two-story-high green wall clad in handmade ceramics—defining the characteristic color of Casa Pendenza—guides visitors toward the main entrance. The entry, accessed through an inviting pivot door, emphasizes the L-shaped layout of the building. Although another mass separates the house from the main road, the street-facing façade is entirely clad in aluminum profiles, forming a solid and opaque surface. On this façade, only a non-transparent glass opening is permitted to provide daylight to the staircase. On the shorter side of the L-shaped plan facing the road, clad in Silver Travertine, a double-height opening draws attention as it illuminates the living room gallery, with an ethanol fireplace positioned in front of it.
The basement level of Casa Pendenza accommodates a laundry room, generous storage areas, and a guest room with an en-suite bathroom, complemented by a garden that reinforces the project’s biophilic design approach. Although not immediately visible, this level integrates multiple essential functions. In the entrance hall, a transparent bridge connecting the high-ceilinged volumes on the first floor becomes a prominent architectural element. The hall is illuminated by a guillotine window that visually and spatially invites the large trees of the basement garden indoors. On the ground floor, the swimming pool, terrace, outdoor kitchen, and wet sunbathing area form the heart of the house, establishing a strong connection with the garden.
The partially double-height living room enhances the sense of spaciousness in the interior, while the main kitchen seamlessly integrates with an outdoor kitchen of nearly equal size. A large marble table located on the kitchen terrace—designed with both its tabletop and base in Silver Travertine—creates a strong connection between indoor and outdoor spaces. The ground floor also includes a guest room with an en-suite bathroom and a shared WC. On the first floor, two en-suite bedrooms occupy one wing of the L-shaped plan, while the other wing is dedicated to the master bedroom. Accessed via the glass bridge, the master suite features a spacious balcony, a walk-in closet, and a carefully designed wardrobe layout. The balcony also provides shade to the living room terrace below, contributing both functionally and aesthetically to the building.