Istanbul shaped an education, a sensibility, and an approach to making. The work ranged across historic buildings, industrial conversions, international collaborations, housing and real estate development — always in a city that treats its own past as a quarry.

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Designing kindergartens in Istanbul built a rigorous attention to scale, play, and the architecture of early experience. That work evolved into a specialization in natural playgrounds — environments where children engage with living materials, uneven terrain, and the unpredictable.