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In today’s urban life, which has many problems, houses have a big role in terms of isolating people from this  problematic life. However, with the approach of using the idle spaces in the existing buildings for different functions, terraces, gardens and balconies have a great potential and the fact that these areas are seen only as extra “square meters (is considered as a problem. or because of the lack of identity. In this context, Patio aims to identify semi-open spaces and to identify them. Patio can be defined as an autonomous, but open, externally connected space. This can be in the form of a courtyard, in the form of a terrace, in many different forms; need to be understood conceptually.
This concept is to change the sense of belonging by reducing the anonymity of the environment and the human in general by destroying identity. Patio, in a sense, indicates the reaction to this negative transformation. These open and semi-open spaces (terraces, gardens, balconies) are vulnerable to nature due to their physical structure. Since human creation, a human being needs shelter and has built and fulfilled this need. However, on a smaller scale, cells, the smallest living unit, have a structure called cell membrane to protect themselves.