Repetition is not monotony

Housing is architecture's most honest genre: you repeat the same plan dozens of times, and repetition itself becomes the design question. Must the repeated thing be dull?

In the 12,100 m² Kavaklı concept, 64 units gather in four blocks. The plans repeat — because repetition serves both construction economy and a fair distribution of square metres. What changes is the elevation.

We shifted the balconies between floors and varied the voids between blocks. The same formwork casts different shadows; the rhythm holds, but the refrain enters from a different place each time.

Light is the differentiator here too: the units are equal in plan, yet each wakes to the day at a different angle. These small differences within repetition are why 64 flats feel like 64 separate homes.