Change of Bedroom and Fixed Furnitures in Apartment Buildings in Konya From Early Republic of Turkey to the Present

Abstract

Housing emerges as an architectural product provides to individuals needs such as shelter, rest, nutrition, social and economic. Development process of the housing is affected in social factors such as culture, privacy, social events, economic condition, lifestyle, as well as environmental factors such as topography, climate, wind, sun, direction. In our country, especially with the effect of the Industrial Revolution, the participation of women in business life has changed the family structure. Large family structure evolved into nuclear families has also been an important factor in shaping the housing. At this point, the “bedroom” unit, which is one of the most important part of housing, responding to basic needs such as sleeping and resting, was also affected by these developments. The location of the bedroom in the housing, size and the fixed furnitures in it has transformed at this period. In this study, four periods were determined by 1923-1950, 1950-1980, 1980-2002, 2002 to date and the place, size and role of the bedroom in the house were examined. In the city of Konya, which has been chosen as a research area, three individual apartment buildings have been selected for each period, especially reflecting the characteristics of the period. The change of bedroom unit was discussed with the location reading and visible area analysis made on the plans of these structures. As a result, it has been observed that units such as lumber room and closet have disappeared, and today, places such as dressing room, en-suite bathroom, night hall have joined the bedroom. It is anticipated that this study will be important and reference future studies in order to open discussions of the changes of the bedroom, which is the most personal space of the house.