MODERN POTTERY: EVALUATION ACCORDING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF TRADITIONAL IN AVANOS (CAPPADOCIA)

Abstract

Avanos is one of the towns in Cappadocia where is very famous with fairy chimneys and incredible natural beauty. Ürgüp, Göreme and Uçhisar, that are other towns in Cappadocia, are more famous than Avanos, because of the success of management methods of cultural wealthiest. Cappadocia region has natural, historical and cultural site such as fairy chimneys, underground cities, historical buildings from Byzantines, Romans, Seljuk’s and Ottoman Period are the most important values of region. Avanos is also located in this region and it has historical buildings, cultural values like as traditional pottery production, carpet weaving, and natural beauty as fairy chimneys. Town has not been devastated for the tourism. Traditional pottery ateliers are located in center of Avanos and use historical caves for production, selling and exhibition. Municipality of Avanos and local investor want to use this conventional life style in modern pottery ateliers for development of tourism. But they don’t want to lose their traditional lifestyle and historical site. So they develop new method to sustain of the traditional handicraft. They interpret new construction techniques and new material according to traditional pottery ateliers. They construct atelier under the ground, use caves as a historical life style but with modern materials. So today’s comfort condition is not forced to the historical caves. In this way traditional life style is sustain in modern, new ateliers. This paper aim is making evaluation and research of some cases in Anavos. They are constructed in modern style but use traditional pottery production.