CASA PENDENZA

OZAN ÇELİK

• Architects

BAD – Başak Akkoyunlu Design, led by architect Başak Akkoyunlu, designed Casa Pendenza, an independent villa in Çeşme, İzmir, distinguished by its inward-focused design and L-shaped layout.

Casa Pendenza, located in Çeşme, İzmir, is an independent villa built on a spacious 800 sqm plot, with a total closed area of 340 sqm distributed across the basement, ground, and first floors. The property also includes a closed garage in the garden and service areas for outdoor maintenance.

Designed entirely inward with an L-shaped plan, the villa is separated from the road by a wall that ensures privacy, supported by landscaping, and a volume that incorporates the closed garage and service areas. Upon entering the plot, a well-lit entrance is reached from the side of the garage wall, covered with aluminum profile facade elements repeated throughout the villa. Before reaching the main structure, there is a direct passage to the garden, terrace, and pool area.

To completely cut off the relationship with the empty adjacent plot, a handmade ceramic-covered green wall, two stories high, accompanies the main entrance door and gives color to the villa. The entrance door is an inviting pivot door. Although there is a structure between the main street and the villa, the facade facing the main street is also entirely covered with aluminum profile facade elements, allowing only a non-transparent opening for the staircase.

The short facade of the L-shaped building facing the road is covered with silver travertine, another characteristic material used on the facade of the villa. This facade includes a two-story opening that illuminates the gallery of the living room and houses an ethanol fireplace in front of it.

The basement floor is inconspicuous but hosts a range of valuable features. In addition to closed and open living areas, this level aims to introduce a biophilic element to the residence with a spacious garden decorated with mature trees. It includes a practical laundry room reached by the laundry chute, present on all three floors, spacious storage areas, and a charming garden. Also, a private room with a dedicated bathroom is located on the basement floor.

The entrance hall, which houses the transparent bridge connecting the masses on the first floor, has high ceilings and is illuminated by a guillotine window that brings in the large trees of the basement garden. This main entrance door provides entry from the corner of the L-planned ground floor. The highlight of this level is the terrace, outdoor kitchen, sunbathing area in the pool, and the swimming pool with a strong connection to the garden, ideal for dining and entertainment at different times of the day.

One side of the L-shaped building includes a partially gallery-style living room on the ground floor, while the other side includes a kitchen that opens to an outdoor kitchen almost the same size as the interior kitchen. The massive marble table on the kitchen terrace dominates, offering a vibrant terrace life with its silver travertine top and base used in the external facade and wall coverings in the living room. In addition to a general WC on the ground floor, there is a room with a private bathroom with access to the side garden.

On the first floor of Casa Pendenza, two private bathrooms are planned on one side of the L plan, and on the other side, there is a master bedroom reached by a glass bridge over the entrance hall. The master bedroom includes a large balcony providing shade to the living room terrace and an ideal dressing room for those who appreciate a well-organized wardrobe.