CHROMA-BITAT living cores n living shells that breathes, moves, reacts n hosts every kind.  in sisli ISTANBUL, inside the heavy urban fabric, desperate to breathe houses, in need of balconies which seems to be forgotton in the area... needing a little reminder of the possibilities and stories happening between the inside and the outside master plan 1/1000

In my view, balconies are systems that allow the protected domestic life inside our  homes to connect with the outside. They are not merely extensions opening to the  outside, but shared living spaces where daily life, nature, wind, rain, sun insects,  birds, and the living and non-living mingle. In this project, I designed the balcony not as a monotonous architectural element built simply “because ithas to be,” but as a system capable of responding to the different needs, habits, and lifestyles of different people. Here, the balcony ceases to be a passive element standing at the boundary of the house and becomes an active threshold that collects water, uses sunlight, grows plants, provides space for living beings, and carries daily life outside. Balcony tactics used in this project

 The project focuses on examining the proposals generated by balcony modifications implemented on four residential buildings connected at ground level through a passageway, and the ways in which these interventions respond to recurring issues within the housing question. When the notion of the balcony is approached through Jacques Derrida’s deconstructive method of reading, it emerges as a device that destabilizes binary oppositions such as public/private, interior/exterior, boundary/center, and controlled/contingent. In doing so, it produces indeterminate zones that blur these distinctions and function as the building’s very pharmakon. Such ambiguity constitutes a latent richness that necessitates an architecture of contingency and serves as a source of spatial adaptability. I developed the design strategy throught deconstructive reading of rem koolhaas's definition of balconies:  "A laboratory where, on the frontier between inside and outside, public and private, sometimes e...

Spaces  do not belong solely to humans.  do not exist solely for human purposes.  yet, a dignified life is  the right of all. and design is  what makes this possible. As like Aronis says; many people use their porches, windows, balconies to get a sense of others, to be part of a larger scene, to observe social life, and reflect on their own or to enjoy a place that implies connectivity without clear obligation to connect. In this project, I embrace these qualities of the balcony not merely as a physical extension of the dwelling, but as a liminal space that mediates between the private and the collective, enabling diverse forms of coexistence, observation, and interaction among human and non-human inhabitants alike. The project begins with a condition of liminality already embedded within its site. Positioned between contrasting urban realities, the block occupies a threshold rather than a singular identity. One edge faces a busy commercial street and a metr...

  balkon.   Balconies are designed to be used by many of uses. balcony is not merely a spot connecting exterior and interior but also a space that connects people with life itself. Via QR code, you can access to the video. balconies reflect people lifestyles, habits and uses of space. that is why we as architects can't dictate a specific space but a one that can be customized by user. thanks for paying attention