Traditional Housing Typology in Konya City Center

Abstract

Architectural heritages lose their identities or face the threat of extinction with an increasing momentum due to the urban rent that has emerged due to the accelerating urbanization in recent years and the insufficient protection of the architectural heritage. This deformation, which is exposed to cultural values waiting to be transferred to future generations, is one of the most important problems encountered in ensuring cultural sustainability in the city of Konya. The aim of this study is to contribute to the transfer of information about the traditional texture to future generations by providing documentation about the historical texture in the rapidly transforming city center of Konya. For this purpose, examples of traditional houses in the city center of Konya, whose numbers are decreasing rapidly, have been examined and their periodical features have been introduced. In this context, primarily field and literature studies have been carried out and 80 traditional Konya houses that have survived to the present day have been examined. According to the characteristics of the houses examined, it was concluded that they were built in 4 different periods.The findings showing that the houses examined in this study were built in different periods according to the plan setup, facade type and construction techniques are explained in detail through a representative house sample belonging to each period. It is thought that the findings obtained from the study will form a basis for future typological studies for traditional Konya houses, which are in danger of extinction.