Foça Hayat | Not Mimarlık

In Hayat Foça, designed by Not Architecture and built on the slope of a very beautiful hill in İzmir, the most important point during the design process was the view. The project, which includes 80 houses on an area of ​​approximately 50,000 sqm without a texture to which it can be articulated, has the potential to create a texture on its own. The main approach in the design was the houses with large gardens, plain facades overlooking the landscape, the idea of ​​a life in which the boundary of the private area is clear but intertwined with the community. Foça Hayat, a cute neighborhood with its large and small houses and flowery streets, is far from being ordinary with its seven different plans  houses.

In the project, where the energy of the houses with colorful flowers spills over to the streets, life flows between indoor and outdoor spaces. There is a harmonious relationship between the internal and external. The houses and the gardens where life is intensely oriented towards a unique view. After years of design process, the project has turned into a landscape itself. We can also say that the hill has undergone a metamorphosis with a romantic look. The ground floor of the buildings is covered with Foça Stone, which is also extracted from the quarries of this region. It was not even possible for architects to think of choosing a stone other than this stone, which gives both its name and its soul to today’s Foça. This stone, which is relatively soft when processed, gradually hardening and gaining strength, was the main element providing the warmth sought in the project. This stone in yellowish tones is in unique harmony with its hill. Another natural stone usage in the project on the handrails and windowsills was in favor of the travertine extracted from the Burdur and Denizli regions.