No Release and Debug folders in Legacy Project - delphi

I'm trying to modernize a legacy Delphi project (probably from Delphi 7). I'm using Delphi 10.3.3 now.
When I build the project, Delphi creates the .exe file in the project directory. But I want the .exe file to be created in Win32\Release or Win32\Debug folder. How can I change it?

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