Collective Residential Spaces in Sustainability Development: Turkish Housing Units within Co-Living Understanding

C Ataman,I Gursel Dino

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/296/1/012049

Abstract

Housing models that target rather typical family structures are increasingly failing to meet the needs of the new social changes regarding the rapid urbanization due to the mass-migration to cities, the lack of affordable housing, and the adoption of the sharing economy practices. As an architectural counterpart of the social dimension of sustainable development, co-living is introduced as a connected way of living, enabling sustainable living practices through efficient use of resources and space while sharing consumption. With respect to this, adapted collective residential units (namely informal co-living environments) come into use in places where affording a house becomes a challenging aspect and the conventional residential units do not reflect the transforming social demographics and economy. The reflection of the requirements of changing social and economic structures on urban settings can be seen in Turkish houses as well. This research, accordingly, focuses on co-living environments in Ankara, Turkey that were transformed from typical single-family residential units by its residents. Through investigating these co-living spaces, it is aimed to contribute to the current understanding of co-living practices, explore the spatial, economic and social underpinnings of these living models, and their relevance to the sustainable development while presenting initial findings regarding spatial use that can be of guidance for future co-living design processes.

Highlights

Recent studies on sustainable design give way to the consideration of urban planning and small residential units together in architecture
As an architectural counterpart of the social dimension of sustainable development, co-living is introduced as a connected way of living, enabling sustainable living practices through efficient use of resources and space while sharing consumption
This research, focuses on co-living environments in Ankara, Turkey that were transformed from typical single-family residential units by its residents. Through investigating these co-living spaces, it is aimed to contribute to the current understanding of coliving practices, explore the spatial, economic and social underpinnings of these living models, and their relevance to the sustainable development while presenting initial findings regarding spatial use that can be of guidance for future co-living design processes

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Introduction

Recent studies on sustainable design give way to the consideration of urban planning and small residential units together in architecture. The existing housing typologies have been losing their capacity in accommodating this increased quantity and density with the use of spaces and resources at the current rate. The architecture of single-family residential building typology is under transformation due to these changes in social structures and contemporary urban living practices. Since these changes are adopted differently in many social settings, the residential spaces take shape according to different social practices. As a part of the social dimension of sustainable development, co-living is introduced as a connected way of living, which enables sustainable living practices through the sharing and efficient use of resources and space

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