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Zikur means memory, reminiscence, nostalgia. The customer is the kind of person who, upon arriving at home, feels the home of his ancestors, joins the family and feels that kind of thing. Zikar is in Alanalur. It is a beautiful and quiet village in Palakar, in fact, and our land is somewhere in the center of Alanur. The main requirement was that the space had connectivity on all sides. The neighboring land and also all internal spaces should be close and everything should be connected. As they lived with their parents, the main concern was not to have differences in level and everything should be on the same level. So, yes, we thought of planning this way, keeping a central courtyard and organizing the spaces around. We enter the house through the balcony, we have large balconies on each side. We have these formal rooms arranged on the balcony and, when the main interior is open, we can have a beautiful view of the courtyard. So, you will enter directly in the old room facing the west wall. We made a beautiful ceramic painting and all the furniture is from the ancestral house. It is a restored wooden furniture. And as the central courtyard is high, open and has a retractable opening at the top, when they need, they can open and let the rain in. On the 10th side, we have the formal living room, which is a family living room, in fact, a family living room. It is a cozy space, they can stay. They have the TV area and an article is there. The client was very interested in having an article while watching TV and everything, so we took an old cut and reformulated it to give a new touch with a little fabric and everything. And this area is opening to another balcony. On the other side, we have two more rooms. So this is the main room and the children's room. And both are connected to the informal living room. In fact, the spaces of the rooms must be well ventilated and well lit. This was the main concern. And there should be no disorder. There must be adequate space for these wardrobes. Any space we are occupying must be clean. For the children's room, we had two old bed strings available. We just reformulated it. We have a study area and a prayer room along the courtyard, connecting the prayer room and the dining room. We have the kitchen area. In the kitchen, we have a small dining room for the family and we have a work area and resting spaces on the outside. And to the east side, we have the dining room. And again another balcony opens. The dining room is well connected to these common areas. In fact, someone sitting in the living room is also connected to them. So the feeling of connectivity is always present at any point of the activities happening in there. Everyone is connected. Well, we also have this feeling in the dining area in all projects. In fact, we keep the designs at the simplest possible and clean layout level, without complications in circulation. So, at the same time, we will have to consider the aspect of privacy, zoning and the internal hierarchy of the spaces. Everything has to be considered, but at the same time we will have to keep everything connected without unwanted crossings and these things. We are really happy to see the family enjoying the spaces. We can feel that nostalgia and they are reliving it. We are very happy to see that.