Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti by Ser Mimarlık

Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti by Ser Mimarlık is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Res Immobiles Competition Category.

ArgentumRes Immobiles· 2026

Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti

by Ser Mimarlık

Client: Ser Architecture

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Res Immobiles Category

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The Design

About Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti

Liber Textus: Hoc inceptum progressionem habitationis redefinit tamquam oecosystema urbanum se ipsum sustinens potius quam meram aedium congeriem. Velut parva civitas structus, summus consilii descriptus sustinentiam efformat per perpetuas virides regiones simulque per programma usus mixti quod cotidianas necessitates in loco implet. Architectura horizontali ductus et topographia informatus, moles graduata caeli lineam fractam ac humanae mensurae proportionatam generat. Functiones habitationales, commerciales, hospitales et nutriciae intra fluidum systema spatiale coalescunt, morphologiam urbanam permeabilem et continuam efformantes.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Prive Inventum Functio Primaria: Progressio Usus Mixti creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project envisions residential development as a self-sufficient urban system. Designed as a mini-city, the site facilitates daily life on the ground through continuous green networks and a mixed-use program. The stepped massing creates a human-scaled, fragmented silhouette. Residential, commercial, hotel, and daycare functions are integrated within a permeable and unified spatial framework.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is developed on a 140,000 m2 site. The residential complex consists of 20 blocks comprising 634 apartments. The commercial area includes 7 blocks housing 34 units such as cafes, daycare centers, shops, and a supermarket. Additionally, the project features a 5-star hotel.
Tags: Mixed-Use Urban Ecosystem, Resort-Scale Living, Layered Public Realm, Sustainable Urban Living, Pedestrian-Oriented Design
Production Technology: The building is constructed using a reinforced concrete structural system. Within the reinforced concrete frame, prestressed structural systems are employed to span the large openings above the swimming pool and multipurpose hall. The façade consists of mechanically fixed travertine cladding and precast concrete panels.
Design Challenge: The main challenge in Inventum was organizing residential, commercial, and social functions within an integrated system while responding to the aviation restriction line crossing the site. The mania limit reduces the upper construction level from +1090 to +1075 at the center of the plot, directly shaping mass distribution. Maintaining spatial continuity and a pedestrian-oriented public realm despite this height constraint defined the core creative challenge of the project.
Research: The research is grounded in concepts such as mixed-use integration, public–private thresholds, pedestrian priority, and programmatic density. Its aim is to develop a mini-city model that operates as an integrated urban ecosystem. The methodology focuses on layered spatial organization and circulation continuity. Zoning data, height restrictions, and 3D modeling were utilized, resulting in a sustainable, socially active, and operationally resilient urban framework.
Inspiration: Sustainability serves as the theoretical starting point of the project. Situated in an area with limited access to social amenities, this proposal is designed as an urban model capable of generating daily life within its own boundaries. The "mini city" approach promotes urban resilience through programmatic density and functional diversity. Residential, commercial, hotel, and daycare functions operate as an integrated system.
Project Duration: The project commenced in 2023. The architectural, electrical, structural, and geotechnical investigation phases have been completed. The project is currently awaiting municipal approval. It is located in Konya, Turkey.
Operation Flow: Inventum is conceived as a contemporary mini-city model that brings together residential, commercial, and social functions within an integrated framework. Pedestrian-oriented streets, plazas, and open spaces generate a vibrant public life throughout the day. The strong relationship between functions enables residents to meet daily needs within walking distance, fostering a highly interactive and sustainable urban living environment.
Team Members: Design Team: M.Arch. Serdar Ekizer, Architect Canan Kaya, Architect Sevim Demir
Architectural Project Team: Architect Canan Kaya, Architect Sevim Demir, Architect Betül Balkı, Architect Hale Nur Erdoğan, Architect Hacer Aydın,
Project Manager: M.Arch. Serdar Ekizer