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Reading 19th century architectural and interior space reflections of modernization through the literary space: Émile zola’s nana
(Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Faculty of Architecture, 2021) Büşra Aydin; Bahar Sezen; Gizem Güler Nakip; Zeynep Tuna Ultav; Nakıp, Gizem Güler; Güler Nakip, Gizem; Tuna Ultav, Zeynep; Sezen, Bahar; Aydın, Büşra; Ultav, Zeynep Tuna
The interdisciplinary study of architecture across many fields adds meaning to architecture. Literature which is one of the areas that works together with architecture conveys information to the reader on many topics such as periods daily life practices social problems and human-space relations. Analysis of a literary work combines literature and architecture while expanding the boundaries of architecture thereby contributing to both disciplines. This study reads the spatial components drawn from social problems through one literary text. Specifically it reveals the social and spatial results of modernism experienced in 19th-century Paris in Nana (1880) the ninth book of Emile Zola’s (1840-1902) 20-book Rougon-Macquart series. A qualitative methodology was used for the literature review and analysis of the novel. This case study revealed two main conflicts at the birth of modernism: The issue of class discrimination and the issue of gender. It is displayed that such an interdisciplinary spatial reading can directly relate literary texts and architecture. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Sosyal konutta kültürel temsiliyetler: TOKİ örneği
(2023) Sezen, Bahar; Eranıl, Meltem
Migration movements and population growth experienced with global urbanization have revealed a new housing typology and, subsequently collective life models. The housing needs of individuals with similar socio-economic and socio-cultural structures are met by social housing planning, especially for the poor living in big cities. However, social housing is not just a state-sponsored user installation. In addition, there are housing opportunities for other citizens upon request. Thus, the coexistence of individuals in different age groups with different social and cultural structures, professions, hobbies, and life views is seen. Accordingly, social housing should not only be seen as furnishing process in the space, but also should include deep spatial fiction analysis about the cultural values and social life of the individuals living there. Because in a particular campus, the natural and socio-cultural phenomenon is a unique product of human and environmental interaction and represents a particular culture when it was built. In parallel, TOKI (Mass Housing and Public Partnership Administration), the leading actor in social housing practices in Turkey, states that it is based on a housing offer that meets social needs for the sustainability of social solidarity. In this study, TOKI social housing in İzmir Kınık district is selected for the case study to evaluate the pattern created by the concepts of culture-environment-housing with each other. The residential interiors, semi-public spaces, and public spaces of the TOKI Kınık housing project were examined by reading the living (immigrant user) and designing (producer) according to their spatial equipment. The information that will guide these studies will be obtained from theoretical literary texts, observations, and in-depth interviews made in field studies, and drawings in which daily life scenarios are visualized. The research findings revealed the tangible and intangible manifestations of both qualified housing standards implemented by TOKI and cultural representations. The study demonstrated the interconnection between cultural values and the built environment, illustrating how culture perseveres within housing spaces as users adapt and integrate their cultural practices within the built environment. In future studies, this thesis offers researchers and space producers a more profound comprehension of users' social dynamics and their adjustments in physical spaces.