Site
Topography, climate, shadow, wind and material access. Everything begins with the ground.
KAYAS Mimarlık · Antalya · Est. 2022
KAYAS Mimarlık
An Antalya-based architecture office designing homes, reuse projects and public interiors through site reading, material research and precise detailing.
- 4 years of practice
- Two architects, one owner
- Residential, cultural, restoration
AntalyaMediterranean climate, local material networks
2022Founded as a small, focused practice
04Site, programme, material, detail
Selected work · 2022 / 2026
Projects that begin with context and end in material.
Plans, sections and material studies sit beside each built story.
Çatalca Konutu
Bir orman açıklığında, beton bir omurga ve ahşap kabuktan kurulu, dört mevsim kullanılabilen bir hafta sonu evi.
Karaköy Hane
1920'lerin bir gümrük deposunun altı loft konuta dönüştürülmesi. Taşıyıcı çerçeve korunur, yeni yaşam katmanı hafifçe eklenir.
Asmalı Otel
Çalışmakta olan bir bağın içine, on iki odalı butik bir otel. Asma, tavan örtüsü olarak çalışır.
Manifesto
Good architecture makes room for a habit: where shelter falls in the rain, when light reaches stone, how a door is opened.
For us, design is not aestheticising a brief. It is listening to a place over time and letting it speak again through material, proportion and detail.
Defne Aydın, founderMethod
There is no single method; each project asks for its own reading.
Programme
Who is the real user, and what habit will the space produce? The brief is rewritten.
Material
Local stone, timber, lime and steel are tested with makers before they become a line.
Detail
Mock-ups, workshop prototypes and site sketches. When the detail is solved, the project can begin.
