location: Istanbul, Turkey

year: 2025

type: hospitality

status: underconstruction

area: 64 m²

The ''Izaz Cafe Karakoy'' Project is designed around a layered relationship between historical context and contemporary spatial experience within the ground floor of a 150-year-old building located in Karakoy, Istanbul. Spanning 64 sqm, the project reinterprets the existing stone walls, vaulted ceilings, and historical texture through a strong material palette and atmospheric spatial approach.

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Rather than being organized around a single focal point, the interior offers a multi-layered experience shaped through patterns, objects, surfaces, and light. Traditional motifs, mashrabiya-inspired surfaces, and custom-designed details are reinterpreted within a contemporary narrative language, allowing each element to become part of the spatial storytelling.

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The warm balance between orange, purple, and deep red tones is combined with stone, marble, bronze, and textured materials to create a rich yet controlled atmosphere. Built-in seating areas, aged mirrors, rugs, and display surfaces transform the space into more than a café, creating a timeless environment shaped around memory, culture, and sensory experience.