Residential Typology Research on Rural Architecture Heritage: Çavuş Village (Konya, Beyşehir)

Abstract

Rural architectural heritage bearing the traces of socio-cultural codes are buildings shaped by environmental factors, establishing strong bonds with the area, built with traditional techniques and local materials. Residential buildings are the most indicative building type that represents the characteristics of rural architecture. The determination of rural housing typologies provides worthy information about spatial organizations, culturespace relations, and social structure of areas. Through this study, the rural housing structure of Çavuş Village in Beyşehir, where is in the northeast of the Lakes Region and has been the settlement area of important civilizations for years, was evaluated. Çavuş Village offers unique values for this region with its mudbrick structures. Buildings were evaluated in terms of parcellation, orientation, plan and facade arrangement, construction technique, structural condition, building materials and decoration. In this context, houses with inner, partially opened inner and outer sofas were encountered in the village, and it was determined that the dominant type was the plan type with the partially opened inner sofa. While many of the buildings consist of double-storey, it has been observed that most of the openings are located on the upper floor and the window ratios are ½ like the Turkish Traditional House. It is thought that it will be beneficial to determine the rural architectural heritage and to perceive the cultural and social structure of this region with its other characteristic elements.