Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives

Abstract Based on the concept of ‘aging in place,’ design of houses in the past years are explored. Design features in the built environment become barriers for aging people with functional limitations. Initially, houses were designed according to the required needs of the user with the physical limitations. Later, ad…

• HALİME DEMİRKAN

As long as there is government and regulations, there will be a system of building a shelter. There are experts who have a different perspective about techni cal, political, economical, aesthetical, functional, etc. issues. On the other hand, there are also individuals who have another thought of their own living-styl…

• ETHEM GÜRER

As long as there is government and regulations, there will be a system of building a shelter. There are experts who have a different perspective about techni cal, political, economical, aesthetical, functional, etc. issues. On the other hand, there are also individuals who have another thought of their own living-styl…

• ESİN HASGÜL

Eco villages comprise a part of eco-tourism in rural regions, and are the destination of choice for those who wish to experience a taste of traditional life. In 2004, through a series of by-laws, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) initiated an eco-tourism movement in the Karpaz Peninsula. It was envisioned…

• AYKUT KARAMAN

BACKGROUND: The reasons for the increase in accidents involving shared stand-up e-scooters in recent years may be the wide-spread use of e-scooters among young people, especially in metropolitan areas with heavy traffic, non-compliance with traffic rules, and insufficient legal regulations. In this study, we analyzed…

• MEHMET KARADAĞ
• SUNA KOÇ

This paper attempts a synthesis between housing and rural development research through the lens of resilience thinking. Drawing on Ireland as a case study characterised by a pro-development and laissez-faire ethos in housing policy, we argue that resilience thinking opens up new perspectives and provides the potential…

• MENELAOS GKARTZIOS

BACKGROUND: The reasons for the increase in accidents involving shared stand-up e-scooters in recent years may be the wide-spread use of e-scooters among young people, especially in metropolitan areas with heavy traffic, non-compliance with traffic rules, and insufficient legal regulations. In this study, we analyzed…

• MEHMET DOKUR
• NECDET DEMİR
• SUNA KOÇ

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 counterp…

Arcosanti in Arizona, USA, is a yet-to-be completed ecological settlement which reflects the major ideas of Paolo Soleri, an Italian architect and philosopher, on an alternative type of city. Based on field research using interviews, participatory observation and the survey method it examines the relationship between…

• MUSTAFA DOĞAN

Converting traditional villages into ecovillages provides a sustainable path for rural development by integrating ecological, social, and cultural aspects. This study utilizes the Community Sustainability Assessment (CSA) tool from the Global Ecovillage Network to evaluate the potential of six villages in Bursa, Turke…

• OSMAN ZEYBEK

Converting traditional villages into ecovillages provides a sustainable path for rural development by integrating ecological, social, and cultural aspects. This study utilizes the Community Sustainability Assessment (CSA) tool from the Global Ecovillage Network to evaluate the potential of six villages in Bursa, Turke…

• ELMAS ERDOĞAN

Disability can occur to anyone and anyone can have difficulties in fulfilling daily activities in a certain part of their lives.Accessibility is a crucial matter and a basic human right for the disabled people in order to join the urban life.For this reason, the physical environment must be set, starting with the plan…

• AYŞE SİREL