The Art of Living
Tersane Istanbul's new privileged living units will create an oasis feeling within the dense urban texture of the city and will take the art of living by the water, which Istanbulites have been pursuing for centuries, to a new dimension.
Living at a luxury yali
Staying in one of Tersane Istanbul's waterside apartments will rival the pleasure of living in an exquisite Ottoman summer house on the Bosphorus, but this time with a breathtaking view of the Old City stretching towards Sarajevo (Topkapı Palace). From Hagia Sophia to the old Greek quarter of Fener and the Thedosian walls of Constantinople. These fully serviced furnished apartments will offer seamless indoor-outdoor living just 10 meters from the water. Open-concept layouts with smaller kitchens will allow the homeowner to take advantage of the rental services offered, while the social facilities of the adjacent 5-star hotel will also be within pleasant walking distance.
Lofts at Tersane Istanbul
Alongside waterside mansions (seaside mansions), hillside penthouses will appeal to a younger clientele with their pleasant neighborly feel, stylish contemporary interiors and exceptional floor height of 3.5 metres. The buildings will offer a variety of apartment types with different styles, from penthouses to duplexes with gardens. All units will have large balconies or terraces with unlimited indoor and outdoor connections to take advantage of the surrounding views.
Crowned with the Galata Tower on one side and the Topkapı Palace, Ottoman domes and minarets on the other, the hillside apartment units of Tersane Lofts will offer a completely different city panorama.
Live, work and play
Lofts at Tersane were designed to build a strong community in the heart of Istanbul. Life here will be shaped by the modern "live, work and play" approach to city living, where one will no longer have to travel for hours to reach the city center for work or leisure.
The lower levels of the Loft at Tersane buildings will be populated by a variety of cafes and designer boutiques organized around courtyards, integrating a neighborly character to the area. The residents of these living units are the ones to give Tersane Istanbul its true character and to create a sense of place -or a sense of belonging where each and everyone feels comfortable and convivial.
Each hillside block of Lofts at Tersane will be accessed through lush gardens with ages-old monumental trees. Kids can play in a safe and enjoyable environment here, elevated from the street level.
A global hub that will attract the changemakers of the future
Tersane Istanbul is ready to transform the historical Ottoman shipyards into the true heart of Istanbul once again. Hidden from public view for almost six centuries, the former shipyards will become a vibrant part of urban life following an extraordinary conservation project designed to reveal the evolution of this vital site.
The city of prosperity
Did you know that the “reason” for the city of Istanbul to be where it is today is the Golden Horn, the pristine estuary that separates the Old City and the old Genoese neighborhood of Galata? The Golden Horn, a symbol of fertility since Byzantine times, was an excellent natural harbor in the Middle Ages, making Istanbul (then Constantinople) the most important trade center of the Mediterranean and the Near East.
The rise of the Ottomans
Sultan II. Just two years after Mehmed's conquest of Istanbul, Tersane-i Amire (Hammet Armory) was established in Kasımpaşa at the mouth of the same river in 1455. Subsequent sultans continued to invest in the imperial shipyard, building new slipways. The pools and basins used in the construction of warships put the Ottoman navy in the top three in the world after the British and French navies. Tersane-i Amire, which became one of the largest shipyards in the Mediterranean in the 18th and 19th centuries, was often compared to the Venetian Arsenal, which hosts the famous Venice Biennale today.
A city within the city
Imperial Armory, Sultan III. It was at its peak during the reign of Selim III, when engineers from Sweden and France were first invited to introduce technological developments in the global shipbuilding industry. The workshops and giant slipways in Taşkızak and Valide were built during this period to build the first steam-powered ships of the Ottoman Empire. One of the world's first submarines (designed by Swedish industrialist and arms dealer Thorsten Nordenfelt) was also assembled in Taskizak in 1886.
Honoring the heritage
The fact that the Golden Horn was the epicenter of industrial production in Istanbul in the 19th and 20th centuries led to undesirable consequences for the local people, such as water pollution. When the authorities decided to restore the Golden Horn to its "former glory" by removing industry from the metropolises in the 1980s, military shipyards were excluded from city planning. In 2001, Camialtı and Taşkızak shipyards were moved to new industrial facilities on the outskirts of the city. Today, the shipyards are preparing to be reborn as Tersane Istanbul, a carefully planned contemporary integrated urban development project that will deeply respect the city's legendary past.
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