Together with a wonderful team of Turkish academics, students, and locals, as well as a few brave foreign souls, we worked very very hard to give this beautiful but somewhat neglected building in Sinop (a coastal Turkish town on the Black Sea) a chance to be an active part of the urban fabric of this authentic and underrated town. I have illustrated the activities in the building, from a tailor to a Media youth centre, as a floorplan, and made stickers to be pasted on the windows of each shop. Despite the many uncertainties of the land’s political future, the energy and commitment of the people involved in this social project have been a humbling experience.