Delve into the curatorial research behind Ballet Mécanique through digital archive.

In a multi-layered world of architecture and art, FAAR crafts.

OUMU BEACH HOUSE

Soon, By the Aegean

Unfolding by the sea through terraces, passages, stairs, and small squares. A small town shaped between the levels.

OUMU BEACH HOUSE

Soon, By the Aegean

Unfolding by the sea through terraces, passages, stairs, and small squares. A small town shaped between the levels.

OUMU BEACH HOUSE

Soon, By the Aegean

Unfolding by the sea through terraces, passages, stairs, and small squares. A small town shaped between the levels.

ARTICLE

A Silent Testimony of A Place

The Cold Magazine looks at A Silent Testimony of a Place, where three women artists reframe identity and memory inside a black-cube setting.

ARTICLE

A Silent Testimony of A Place

The Cold Magazine looks at A Silent Testimony of a Place, where three women artists reframe identity and memory inside a black-cube setting.

BALLET MÉCANIQUE EXHIBITON

Now at 7/A, Çukurcuma, Faik Paşa Cad.

Following previous presentations, Ballet Mécanique continues at 7/A, with selected works now on view.

BALLET MÉCANIQUE EXHIBITON

Now at 7/A, Çukurcuma, Faik Paşa Cad.

Following previous presentations, Ballet Mécanique continues at 7/A, with selected works now on view.

MAYFAIR, 2026

On View: Encounter II

A solo exhibition by Tuba Önder, curated by Fahrettin Aykut, exploring sculptural ceramics as a field of flux, memory and encounter.

MAYFAIR, 2026

On View: Encounter II

A solo exhibition by Tuba Önder, curated by Fahrettin Aykut, exploring sculptural ceramics as a field of flux, memory and encounter.

Archiving the rhythm.

To be Announced

Yazz Collective receives Best Boutique Hotel recognition in the Gault & Millau 2026 selection, celebrating its secluded coastal hospitality.

Opening in Mayfair, A Silent Testimony of a Place examines erasure, womanhood and the reconstruction of identity through three distinct artistic voices.

FAAR Gallery presented a selection from Ballet Mécanique at CI Bloom 5th Edition, Stand LK-11.

Curated by Fahrettin Aykut, Ballet Mécanique revisits Léger’s 1924 film through generational memory, fragmented bodies and technological rhythm.

Press Coverage: "Through the Eyes of an Architect-Curator"

Designing a coastal restaurant in Antalya where Mediterranean views, open-air ease and refined dining meet between beach and terrace.

Burnt by The Sun is on view through November 29, bringing a mixed exhibition format to FAAR Gallery.

Murathan Özbek’s Yanıbaşında, realized with the Yves Rocher Foundation’s Plant for Life initiative, explores the quiet bond between humans and trees.

An ongoing material study for Hillside Bodrum’s wellness area, shaping water, light and texture into a calm coastal spa language.

Current. Relevant. Lasting.

PROJECTS

Current. Relevant. Lasting.

PROJECTS

Current. Relevant. Lasting.

PROJECTS

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A New Bodrum Chapter

Hillside Beach Club

Rooted in a two-decade relationship, the ongoing transformation of Hillside embraces the natural topography. From tactile guest rooms to beachfront structures and wellness spaces, every layer is organically integrated into the landscape, growing with the environment rather than imposing on it.

Award

Hideaway Luxury

Yazz Collective

Awarded Luxury Beachside 2026. Designed as an eco-conscious extension, Yazz Collective utilizes raw material textures and precise climatic orientation to root the structures deeply within their Mediterranean context.

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Marvy People | Designer Fahrettin Aykut

Club Marvy

The former holiday village is stripped down to its bare bones and recalibrated for the contemporary era, rewriting its entire coastal rhythm.

A’ Design Award interviews Fahrettin Aykut on multidisciplinary thinking, natural materials and the role of concept in the design process.

Burnt by The Sun brings nine contemporary voices together at FAAR Gallery, tracing light, texture and memory through a mixed exhibition.

At Yazz Collective, private sanctuaries and dense Mediterranean nature merge into a quiet, breathing hospitality experience.

Maison Française features Fahrettin Aykut’s Club Marvy approach, where local material, art and guest experience shape a personalized resort language.

FAAR Sıraselviler opens with curated objects and artworks, including a textile installation by Mathilde Melek An welcoming visitors into the space.

Work continues on FAAR Gallery’s multidisciplinary Taksim space for exhibitions, performances and dialogue.

Fahrettin Aykut’s new website goes live with a cleaner structure for works, news, art projects and the wider FAAR universe.

Cape Bodrum receives three Haute Grandeur Global Awards 2025 titles, recognizing its suite, leisure and bed-and-breakfast experiences in Turkey.

Preparations begin for FAAR Gallery’s Mayfair venue, opening with Fahrettin Aykut’s personal art and design exhibition in London.

Antalya’s former gasworks building is being restored under Regnum to reopen as a city club, giving a historic industrial site new public life.

Step İstanbul and Alem Magazine host a conversation on architecture’s artistic dimension, revisiting design through culture, object and space.

FAAR Concept receives Maison Française’s 2022 Best Hotel Design award for Yazz Collective, recognizing the project’s nature-led hospitality language.

Yazz Collective receives the Golden A’ Design Award, adding international recognition to its secluded, landscape-sensitive resort concept.

At MÜGSF, Fahrettin Aykut discusses abstraction and conceptualization as tools for turning design ideas into spatial experience.

Myth Of The Drum brings Jone Takamäki, Umut Çağlar and Fahrettin Aykut together in a collaborative album built around rhythm and improvisation.

Developed with Assan Alüminyum for Istanbul The Lights Festival, the installation enters its final production stage ahead of Contemporary Istanbul.

FAAR Gallery Mayfair presents Ayşe Yenel’s The Desire of Silence, a solo exhibition exploring quietude and the emotional space between sounds.

Curated by Mehmet Kahraman, Mahmut Celayir’s Çukurcuma exhibition opens with a preview on January 1, 2025.

FAAR Concept is recognized by A’ Design Award, marking its ongoing work across architecture, interiors and concept-driven hospitality design.

Fahrettin Aykut joins TMMOB Chamber of Architects for a talk on conceptual thinking, product relationships and the making of design language.

At Contemporary Istanbul 2017, Fahrettin Aykut, Hasan Pehlevan and Umut Çağlar develop an installation on urban transformation, nature and memory.

A site visit to Hillside Beach Club captures the team’s on-site process as the coastal project moves through design development.

At Brand Week Istanbul, Fahrettin Aykut joins a conversation on designing sustainable spaces and the future of experience-led environments.

Club Marvy receives new recognition, celebrating a resort language built around nature, local character and relaxed Aegean elegance.

Kim Yong Moon’s Embrace The Universe opens in Çukurcuma, bringing glass, nature and interconnectedness into a contemplative solo exhibition.

FAAR Concept joins Istanbul Lights Festival with a light installation that brings art, technology and urban atmosphere into dialogue.

Kezban Arca Batıbeki’s On The Road opens at FAAR Gallery Mayfair, tracing memory, travel and identity through photographic collage.

FAAR joins Step İstanbul with art and design works that bring the studio’s spatial thinking into an exhibition and fair context.

Artful Living speaks with Elçin Ekinci on İçindeyim, Büsbütün Dışında, unpacking the exhibition’s process, orbit and inner time.

FAAR participates in London Design Festival 2020 with an online presentation exploring the meeting point of art, function and design practice.

Touching Despite Everything brings carpet and weaving works to Cape Bodrum Hotel, with FAAR Gallery turning textile memory into spatial encounter.

Mr & Mrs Smith names Yazz Collective among its eight best beach clubs, noting its remote cove, cultural backbone and boat-only access.

At Contemporary Istanbul’s 16th edition, Şükran Moral’s Portraits traces biography, emotional struggle and performance art through a focused presentation.

FAAR collaborates with Cocoon by CIF at Fişekhane, contributing design thinking to a permanent art space shaped for broad public encounter.

FAAR’s Contemporary Istanbul 11th Edition presentation brings urban transformation, nature and memory into dialogue through a collaborative multidisciplinary installation.

House Beautiful features Fahrettin Aykut’s approach to architecture and design as an immersive practice shaped by art, atmosphere and spatial expression.

Yuzu Magazine interviews Fahrettin Aykut on architecture, design and artistic vision, tracing the studio’s multidisciplinary way of thinking.

FAAR Art & Design joins Contemporary Istanbul’s virtual edition, with previews opening December 19–20 before general viewing through January 6.

FAAR presents a curated selection at Contemporary Istanbul’s 15th edition, bringing artists and designers together across art, object and space.

The OGGUSTO stand extends the picture frame into space, turning an art-fair booth into an architectural gesture around nature and care.

Artisans Magazine features Fahrettin Aykut’s creative process and his guiding idea: inspiration as the true reference for design.

Maison Française features Yazz Collective as a nature-framed retreat, where rustic textures and Mediterranean ease shape the guest experience.

Fahrettin Aykut reflects on living with earthquakes in Maison Française Turkey, approaching resilience through architecture, awareness and everyday life.

ALLDECOR’s Fall 2024 issue features a residential interior by Fahrettin Aykut, shaped by calm coastal living and architectural clarity.

At LiveArch, Fahrettin Aykut shares perspectives on conceptual content production and its relationship to design practice.

Maison Française Turkey features the Prof. Dr. Osman Müftüoğlu residence, highlighting its composed architectural language and carefully articulated domestic atmosphere.

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In a multi-layered world of architecture and art, FAAR crafts.

Unfolding by the sea through terraces, passages, stairs, and small squares. A small town shaped between the levels.

Unfolding by the sea through terraces, passages, stairs, and small squares. A small town shaped between the levels.

Unfolding by the sea through terraces, passages, stairs, and small squares. A small town shaped between the levels.

The Cold Magazine looks at A Silent Testimony of a Place, where three women artists reframe identity and memory inside a black-cube setting.

The Cold Magazine looks at A Silent Testimony of a Place, where three women artists reframe identity and memory inside a black-cube setting.

Following previous presentations, Ballet Mécanique continues at 7/A, with selected works now on view.

Following previous presentations, Ballet Mécanique continues at 7/A, with selected works now on view.

A solo exhibition by Tuba Önder, curated by Fahrettin Aykut, exploring sculptural ceramics as a field of flux, memory and encounter.

A solo exhibition by Tuba Önder, curated by Fahrettin Aykut, exploring sculptural ceramics as a field of flux, memory and encounter.

Archiving the rhythm.

Yazz Collective receives Best Boutique Hotel recognition in the Gault & Millau 2026 selection, celebrating its secluded coastal hospitality.

Yazz Collective receives Best Boutique Hotel recognition in the Gault & Millau 2026 selection, celebrating its secluded coastal hospitality.

Opening in Mayfair, A Silent Testimony of a Place examines erasure, womanhood and the reconstruction of identity through three distinct artistic voices.

Opening in Mayfair, A Silent Testimony of a Place examines erasure, womanhood and the reconstruction of identity through three distinct artistic voices.

FAAR Gallery presented a selection from Ballet Mécanique at CI Bloom 5th Edition, Stand LK-11.

FAAR Gallery presented a selection from Ballet Mécanique at CI Bloom 5th Edition, Stand LK-11.

Curated by Fahrettin Aykut, Ballet Mécanique revisits Léger’s 1924 film through generational memory, fragmented bodies and technological rhythm.

Curated by Fahrettin Aykut, Ballet Mécanique revisits Léger’s 1924 film through generational memory, fragmented bodies and technological rhythm.

Press Coverage: "Through the Eyes of an Architect-Curator"

Press Coverage: "Through the Eyes of an Architect-Curator"

Designing a coastal restaurant in Antalya where Mediterranean views, open-air ease and refined dining meet between beach and terrace.

Designing a coastal restaurant in Antalya where Mediterranean views, open-air ease and refined dining meet between beach and terrace.

Burnt by The Sun is on view through November 29, bringing a mixed exhibition format to FAAR Gallery.

Burnt by The Sun is on view through November 29, bringing a mixed exhibition format to FAAR Gallery.

Murathan Özbek’s Yanıbaşında, realized with the Yves Rocher Foundation’s Plant for Life initiative, explores the quiet bond between humans and trees.

Murathan Özbek’s Yanıbaşında, realized with the Yves Rocher Foundation’s Plant for Life initiative, explores the quiet bond between humans and trees.

An ongoing material study for Hillside Bodrum’s wellness area, shaping water, light and texture into a calm coastal spa language.

An ongoing material study for Hillside Bodrum’s wellness area, shaping water, light and texture into a calm coastal spa language.

Hillside Beach Club

Yazz Collective

Club Marvy

A’ Design Award interviews Fahrettin Aykut on multidisciplinary thinking, natural materials and the role of concept in the design process.

A’ Design Award interviews Fahrettin Aykut on multidisciplinary thinking, natural materials and the role of concept in the design process.

Burnt by The Sun brings nine contemporary voices together at FAAR Gallery, tracing light, texture and memory through a mixed exhibition.

Burnt by The Sun brings nine contemporary voices together at FAAR Gallery, tracing light, texture and memory through a mixed exhibition.

At Yazz Collective, private sanctuaries and dense Mediterranean nature merge into a quiet, breathing hospitality experience.

At Yazz Collective, private sanctuaries and dense Mediterranean nature merge into a quiet, breathing hospitality experience.

Maison Française features Fahrettin Aykut’s Club Marvy approach, where local material, art and guest experience shape a personalized resort language.

Maison Française features Fahrettin Aykut’s Club Marvy approach, where local material, art and guest experience shape a personalized resort language.

FAAR Sıraselviler opens with curated objects and artworks, including a textile installation by Mathilde Melek An welcoming visitors into the space.

FAAR Sıraselviler opens with curated objects and artworks, including a textile installation by Mathilde Melek An welcoming visitors into the space.

Work continues on FAAR Gallery’s multidisciplinary Taksim space for exhibitions, performances and dialogue.

Work continues on FAAR Gallery’s multidisciplinary Taksim space for exhibitions, performances and dialogue.

Fahrettin Aykut’s new website goes live with a cleaner structure for works, news, art projects and the wider FAAR universe.

Fahrettin Aykut’s new website goes live with a cleaner structure for works, news, art projects and the wider FAAR universe.

Cape Bodrum receives three Haute Grandeur Global Awards 2025 titles, recognizing its suite, leisure and bed-and-breakfast experiences in Turkey.

Cape Bodrum receives three Haute Grandeur Global Awards 2025 titles, recognizing its suite, leisure and bed-and-breakfast experiences in Turkey.

Preparations begin for FAAR Gallery’s Mayfair venue, opening with Fahrettin Aykut’s personal art and design exhibition in London.

Preparations begin for FAAR Gallery’s Mayfair venue, opening with Fahrettin Aykut’s personal art and design exhibition in London.

Antalya’s former gasworks building is being restored under Regnum to reopen as a city club, giving a historic industrial site new public life.

Antalya’s former gasworks building is being restored under Regnum to reopen as a city club, giving a historic industrial site new public life.

Step İstanbul and Alem Magazine host a conversation on architecture’s artistic dimension, revisiting design through culture, object and space.

Step İstanbul and Alem Magazine host a conversation on architecture’s artistic dimension, revisiting design through culture, object and space.

FAAR Concept receives Maison Française’s 2022 Best Hotel Design award for Yazz Collective, recognizing the project’s nature-led hospitality language.

FAAR Concept receives Maison Française’s 2022 Best Hotel Design award for Yazz Collective, recognizing the project’s nature-led hospitality language.

Yazz Collective receives the Golden A’ Design Award, adding international recognition to its secluded, landscape-sensitive resort concept.

Yazz Collective receives the Golden A’ Design Award, adding international recognition to its secluded, landscape-sensitive resort concept.

At MÜGSF, Fahrettin Aykut discusses abstraction and conceptualization as tools for turning design ideas into spatial experience.

At MÜGSF, Fahrettin Aykut discusses abstraction and conceptualization as tools for turning design ideas into spatial experience.

Myth Of The Drum brings Jone Takamäki, Umut Çağlar and Fahrettin Aykut together in a collaborative album built around rhythm and improvisation.

Myth Of The Drum brings Jone Takamäki, Umut Çağlar and Fahrettin Aykut together in a collaborative album built around rhythm and improvisation.

Developed with Assan Alüminyum for Istanbul The Lights Festival, the installation enters its final production stage ahead of Contemporary Istanbul.

Developed with Assan Alüminyum for Istanbul The Lights Festival, the installation enters its final production stage ahead of Contemporary Istanbul.

FAAR Gallery Mayfair presents Ayşe Yenel’s The Desire of Silence, a solo exhibition exploring quietude and the emotional space between sounds.

FAAR Gallery Mayfair presents Ayşe Yenel’s The Desire of Silence, a solo exhibition exploring quietude and the emotional space between sounds.

Curated by Mehmet Kahraman, Mahmut Celayir’s Çukurcuma exhibition opens with a preview on January 1, 2025.

Curated by Mehmet Kahraman, Mahmut Celayir’s Çukurcuma exhibition opens with a preview on January 1, 2025.

FAAR Concept is recognized by A’ Design Award, marking its ongoing work across architecture, interiors and concept-driven hospitality design.

FAAR Concept is recognized by A’ Design Award, marking its ongoing work across architecture, interiors and concept-driven hospitality design.