The Orchard Core project is a housing proposal developed in Talas, Kayseri, inspired by the region’s historical tradition of viticulture and garden life. In Talas, gardens and productive landscapes have historically functioned not only as agricultural areas but also as integral parts of everyday life and social interaction. The project aims to reinterpret this local heritage through a contemporary housing model. 

The spatial organization of the project is based on the idea of a living structure that expands gradually from a central core toward the exterior. This core is derived from the sofa, the central living space in traditional Kayseri houses. However, in this project, the sofa is reinterpreted as a greenhouse designed as an additional function of the dwelling, rather than a symbolic element. The greenhouse is directly integrated into daily life as an active space for production, maintenance, and everyday use. 

Acting as both a spatial and climatic interface, the greenhouse creates a transitional zone between the housing units and the orchard. It softens the boundary between interior and exterior spaces while supporting seasonal activities and collective use. From this core, the spatial organization expands toward semi-public shared areas and ultimately reaches the orchard, establishing a gradual transition from individual living to collective experience. 

Housing units are designed as individual living shells positioned around the core. While privacy is maintained, visual and spatial connections with the greenhouse and shared spaces encourage social interaction among residents. The organic character of the project does not emerge from formal imitation of nature, but from spatial continuity, functional transformation, and everyday usage scenarios. In this way, Orchard Core proposes a contemporary housing approach that integrates production, living, and collective awareness within a coherent spatial framework.