Eco Flats with Valley Views — Çankaya, Ankara

Çankaya isn't just any neighbourhood. In Ankara, people say that if you want to truly live in the city — not just exist in it — this is where you end up. It's an address that carries a certain kind of order: good shops, tree-lined streets, cafés where people sit with laptops and without any rush. And above all of that — 40 floors of one of the few projects in Turkey that treats sustainability not as a marketing slogan, but as an architectural principle.

The building makes an impression from the outside — but what happens inside is even more interesting. Solar energy and cogeneration systems, rainwater harvesting, grey water treatment, waste separation, an enclosed greenhouse. This is a project that consumes less — because it was designed that way from the ground up, not retrofitted as an afterthought. Heating and cooling hidden within the walls rather than the ceilings — no energy losses, no compromises on aesthetics.

Picture a morning: the lift carries you up, the reception downstairs is already running, and you're heading to the pool before the city has even woken up. Then coffee on the balcony — and beyond the window, the valley. Not the rooftops of neighbouring blocks, not a car park. The valley. That kind of view doesn't come with every price tag.

I remember clients who looked at Ankara with scepticism — they associated it mainly with politics and government offices. Then they came to Çankaya and said: this is a European city that lives at its own pace. This project suits exactly those kinds of people — those who aren't looking for noise, but don't want to give up comfort either. Laminate parquet flooring, non-slip bathroom tiles, energy systems that work quietly and efficiently. Everything thought through.