Architectural heavyweights team up for residential scheme on the Black Sea ...Middle East

An architectural team of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), MVRDV and Snøhetta have unveiled designs for Ion Riva, a new neighbourhood with 969 homes, 100,000-sq-m of green space and a new school on the Black Sea coast in Turkey’s northern Beykoz district.

The trio has formed a design collective, with each practice responsible for a portion of the site, each with a central building and surrounding district for developer Ion.

Snøhetta’s effort is called The Ring, a circular building spanning a river gorge to create a floating effect. The Ring will be surrounded by 400 residences, split into five communities of 50 to 80 units each.

Along the coastline, BIG has designed The Drop, a timber teardrop-shaped 1,278-sq-m building with a café, restaurant, wellness spaces and public art.

A nearby lighthouse will contain an exhibition space, library, studios, co‑working areas and sports facilities.

The Lantern, designed by MVRDV, is a cultural institution with a performing arts centre, cinema rooms, community spaces, an art gallery and bookshop.

An overarching material palette prioritises locally sourced stone and timber, using modular construction and a low-impact approach with green features such as rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling designed to cut potable water demand by 50%.

Bjarke Ingels Group’s The Drop

Designs for a fourth as yet unannounced statement building will be unveiled later.

Kjetil Thorsen, Founding Partner, Snøhetta, said: “At Ion Riva, we have worked with the landscape as the first architect. The meeting of forest, river and sea creates a natural framework, and our task has been to strengthen those conditions rather than overwrite them.”

Walkability underpins the project’s layout, with homes and amenities connected by short routes that follow the landscape. Shaded paths and biodiverse green corridors link the site.

The first phase of Ion Riviera is currently underway, with residents due to move into first completed homes in June 2027.

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