Sustainability of Traditional and Contemporary Housing and Household Lifestyles: Case of Osmaneli

Megaron

Ergöz Karahan, Ebru¹ 

关键词: Traditional housing;    housing occupant;    Osmaneli;    sustainability;    life styles.;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: KARE Publishing

【 摘 要 】

For centuries, vernacular architecture using traditional building techniques with natural and local materials has offered sustainable and environment-friendly solutions. Turkish traditional housing located in various parts of Turkey and built according to the climate and environmental conditions has engendered a unique architecture. The occupants of traditional houses, while organizing their houses according to their needs, have also harmonized with the characteristics of these houses and developed routines and activities. In this context, the traditional Turkish houses and their occupants’ habits and lifestyles were analyzed. Osmaneli (Bilecik County) was chosen as the research area on the basis of the existence of the traditional housing stock built during Ottoman period as well as contemporary housing stock. In the study, traditional and contemporary houses were compared according to construction methods, materials, spatial organization, and occupant behavior. It was found that the traditional Osmaneli houses are more sustainable than contemporary Osmaneli houses. The materials and plans of traditional houses lead their occupants to behave in a specific way, leading to more sustainable lifestyles than the contemporary housing occupants.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND