Interior & Architecture
2025 – Istanbul, Turkey
sqm
Photography –
Parle approaches the Mediterranean not simply as a view to be observed, but as an experience embedded within the architecture itself.
The architectural language of the project draws from the traces left by the sea. Natural stones collected from the shoreline form a sculptural wall installation in the restrooms, composed to evoke the movement of waves. Shell-inspired lighting, organic forms and tactile surfaces carry further fragments of the Mediterranean into the space. Rather than becoming literal references, these elements translate the landscape through material, form and light.
As the boundaries between interior and exterior begin to dissolve, sunlight, wind, shadow and landscape become as integral to the architecture as the materials themselves. Natural light continuously transforms the surfaces throughout the day, while the architecture becomes a quiet frame for the sea beyond.
At Parle, the Mediterranean is not an aesthetic; it is the memory of the space — resurfacing in a stone shaped by the sea, the curve of a shell, a passing shadow, or the changing light at the end of the day.
A space designed not in front of the sea, but from the traces the sea leaves behind.
