An Analysis of the Plan and Facade Typologies of Boyabat’s Traditional Turkish Houses

Zeyneb Ayla Kirenci Eruzun,Suphi Saatçi

doi:10.5755/j01.sace.28.1.27947

Abstract

This study examines the traditional housing culture of a town in northern Turkey. We aimed to determine the characteristics of traditional Boyabat houses. The Çay District, which was chosen as a case study, is the core of the housing pattern of Boyabat. This study analyzed the features, plan and facade types of these houses in order to produce a table of their plan and facade typology. Documenting the vernacular architecture of Boyabat will assist the conservation of the settlement’s traditional texture. This data can also serve as a guide for the local municipality’s site management projects and be passed on to future generations.

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IntroductionJournal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering Vol 1 / No 28 / 2021 pp
The literature review researched the characteristics of traditional Turkish houses, traditional architecture and materials, examples of traditional houses, and the history and houses of Boyabat
This study, which aimed to create an archive of the houses that make up the traditional landscape of Boyabat and are in danger of being lost, was intended to evaluate documents that will form a knowledge base for these houses, to gather data for buildings that are to be restored in the future, to help revitalize the region, and to thereby contribute to the region’s culture

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Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering Vol 1 / No 28 / 2021 pp. Sinop is a province located in Turkey’s Black Sea region (Fig. 1). Sinop is the Black Sea’s most important natural port, and the province was once home to a number of ancient civilizations, including Kaskians, Hittites, Phrygians and Cimmerians (Eser, 2006). Famous as the birthplace of Diogenes, Sinop was used as a trading base between Mesopotamia, the Anatolian hinterlands and the Black Sea region. The people of Miletus strengthened their navy using the high-quality pine timber they obtained from the forests in the vicinity and from cities such as Trapezus (Trabzon, 757 BCE), Kerasus (Giresun) and Kotyora on the Black Sea coast. In the Turkish Republican period, it was made a province (Öz, 2020)

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