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Transforming Domestic Space: Arapoğlu Mansion, a Single-family House in Pera
Abstract
Throughout 19th century the Ottoman Empire witnessed significant economic, social and politicaltransformations. The capital city of Istanbul, with a demographically diverse population had its own share ofthese changes. By the 19th century, Pera, which had gradually begun to be built up from the middle of the18th century onwards became Istanbul?s most cosmopolitan quarter, resembling the western presence in thecity. It became a place for the elitist life of foreigners, the notables of the embassies and the non-Muslimminority groups. Around this period a new dwelling type emerged and began to be widely used. These weretwo to four storey structures, built on narrow frontage lots, each housing only one family. Located onpopulated roads, these houses didn?t offer much outer space. The families moving into these housesprobably had to abandon some of their existing living habits to adopt themselves to this new housing type.The Arapoğlu Mansion in Pera was one of these single family houses. It is one of the few buildings in Peraof this typology, which has managed to survive to the present day. After being used as a family residence, itwas transformed into a multi-family residential building, and later, into various workshops. This paper aimsto introduce the Arapoğlu Mansion as an example to develop an understanding of this typology and toevaluate the domestic life from an architectural perspective, which was formed through the change inlifestyles in the 19th century. Survey drawings of the building, together with written documents describingdomestic life in 19th century were employed to investigate how space and social mutually might haveaffected each other, and, if space actually had an impact in the transforming of social life Osmanlı ?mparatorluğu, 19. yüzyıl?da önemli siyasal, ekonomik ve sosyal deği?imlere sahne olmu?; çe?itli etnik grupları barındıran ba?kent ?stanbul da bu deği?imlerden payına dü?eni almı?tır. 18. yüzyıldan ba?layarak Istanbul?un Batı?ya dönük yüzünü temsil eden Pera, ?ehrin en kozmopolit, yabancılara, elçilik mensuplarına ve gayrimüslimlere seçkin ya?am öğeleri sunan bir semt haline gelmeye ba?lar. Bu dönemde görülmeye ba?layan, dar parseller üzerinde biti?ik nizam kurgularla yükselen 2-4 katlı tek aile evleri, kentte varolan konut tiplerine bir yenilik getirir. Sıkı?ık yerle?imlerde konumlanan, sınırlı açık alana sahip bu yapılara geçmi? alı?kanlıklarını terk ederek ta?ınan kullanıcıların yeni bir ya?am tarzına adapte olmaya çalı?tıkları dü?ünülebilinir. Bu makale bu yeni konut tipine örnek olu?turan, günümüze dek ayakta kalmayı ba?aran az sayıdaki yapıdan biri olan Arapoğlu Evi örneği ekseninde bu tipolojiyi tanıtmayı ve 19. yüzyılın deği?en ya?am tarzında ?ekillenen konut ya?amını mimari açıdan yorumlamayı hedeflemektedir. Çalı?mada Arapoğlu Evi?nin mimari çizimleri ve dönemle ilgili ev hayatını tasvir eden yazılı belgelere ba?vurulacaktır. Böylece, sosyal deği?imlerin mekan üzerindeki etkileri ve mekanın sosyal ya?amı dönü?türmesindeki itici gücü irdelenmeye çalı?ılacaktır.
Source
Akdeniz İnsani Bilimler DergisiVolume
9Issue
2URI
https://doi.org/10.13114/MJH.2019.484https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TXpVek5EYzBOQT09
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14124/42
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