Situated between the Kaçkar and Balıklı Mountains on the eastern edge of the Black Sea, Hopa is more than a town; it is a living memory shaped by water, forest, and social life unfolding along the shoreline. This project reclaims that memory, not through nostalgia, but through an ecological and political vision rooted in geography. ​ Rather than proposing more infrastructure, plazas, or neatly packaged recreational spaces, the project frames the future of Hopa around the idea of living with the coast. Spatial sketches, archival materials, and on-site readings reveal that public life in Hopa was never organised around a formal square, but rather emerged organically around the pier, the markets, and the rhythms of fishing and gathering. ​ Today, the town is threatened by aggressive land reclamation, transport-dominated planning, and ecological fragmentation. The systems, creeks, wetlands, groundwater, and rain that once sustained Hopa have been interrupted or erased. This project identifies the roots of these crises as political and economic, and positions Hopa as a terrain for ecological justice.