Anatolian Angel
Climate-Responsive Social Architecture

Location Keban, Elazığ
Award Year 2016
Completion Year 2019
Role  Architect 

Aimed & Achieved
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

Anadolu Meleği is an ecological and climate-responsive rural development model developed to revive disappearing vernacular architectural memory and to support the social and economic empowerment of women. The project was committed following the “Women of the Earth” competition organized by the Yves Rocher Foundation & France Institute in 2016, where the proposal “Reviving Life in Nimri” received the Turkey First Prize and two International First Prizes.

Interior View Of The Parlour

Garden View from Upper Levels

The earthen structure built in Keban in 2019 was designed using local materials and contemporary eco-architectural techniques, functioning as a collective space for women’s education and production.

Designers and Locals at Work

Anadolu Meleği integrates architecture with community, production, and rural development, offering a scalable model for regenerative local transformation.

Front Façade