Akros Mimarlık
Residential design
Interior layout, wet areas and furniture detailing. We take a limited number of these: small in scale, dense in detail, and the decisions do not scale with floor area.
Residential work differs from an exhibition stand in two respects: time and detail. A stand stands for a few days, a home is lived in for years. How a door handle meets the hand, the height of a worktop, where the water runs in a bathroom — things tolerated in a short-lived space are not tolerated at home.
We take a limited number of residential projects. The reason is simple: they are small in scale but dense in detail, and the number of decisions does not scale with floor area. Running several at once lowers the quality of the drawings.
The images on this page come from our fair work. Photographs of completed homes are taken with the owner’s permission; until that permission arrives we publish nothing, and we do not illustrate work that does not exist. All of our fields are listed on the architecture page.
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Layout and wet areas
Plan decisions start with the wet areas. The service shaft, the fall on the waste pipes and the ventilation are the three most expensive things to move. If the bathroom and kitchen stay where they are, the plan is built around them; if they move, cost and regulation are discussed together.
Circulation comes next: what is visible from the front door, which room faces which, where daytime and evening use divide. It is the same question we ask on a stand — where does a person enter, where do they stop, what do they see.
For building regulations, fire requirements and permits we follow the publications of the Chamber of Architects of Turkey.
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Furniture and detailing
Fitted wardrobes, kitchen worktops and media units are usually bought off the shelf. We can make them in the workshop, with the same joiners who build the stands. Dimensions are taken on site, the junction is drawn, and the piece fits where it should.
Nothing is made before the detail is drawn. Door gaps, handle positions, edge banding and internal divisions are settled on the drawing. Most surprises on site come from a detail that was decided on the floor because nobody drew it.
For manufactured goods we keep the supply route open. Chairs, light fittings and appliances are selected rather than made, and the whole list is presented in one document.
- 01
Survey
Existing plan, level changes, services and window dimensions. No drawing starts before the survey.
- 02
Brief
How many people live here, where time is spent, where storage falls short. The brief comes before the plan.
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Plan layout
Wet areas and circulation. Two or three alternatives are discussed together at this stage.
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3D visual
Material, colour and lighting decisions are taken on the visual. The approved visual is what the work is held to.
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Production drawings
Services, power, furniture details and the material schedule. The site works from the drawing, not from conversation.
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Making and fitting
Furniture and joinery are made in the workshop and fitted on site. Site supervision is a separate item.
- Can we buy design only?
Yes. Design and production drawings can be taken separately and you can run the build with your own contractor. Site supervision is then discussed as a separate item.
- Why do you take only a limited number of homes?
Because of the density of detail. A home carries more decisions than a commercial space of the same floor area. Running several at once lowers the quality of the drawings.
- Why are there no photographs of your residential work?
We do not yet have images cleared for publication. Completed work is photographed with the owner’s permission and nothing goes up before that. The images on this page come from our fair work.
Let us talk about your project
The location, the floor area and the date the space has to be in use are enough. We come back within two working days with a process and a schedule.