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Typological diversity and morphological continuity in the modern residential fabric: the case of Ankara, Turkey

Typological diversity and morphological continuity in the modern residential fabric: the case of Ankara, Turkey

Çalışkan, Olgu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3104-0286, Parlak Temizel, Neris ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7763-228X, Akay, Mert and Mashhoodi, Bardia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-3932 (2023) Typological diversity and morphological continuity in the modern residential fabric: the case of Ankara, Turkey. Habitat International, 142:102950. ISSN 0197-3975 (Print), 1873-5428 (Online) (doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102950)

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Abstract

Each city has a unique fabric corresponding to the dominant modes of production, legal control, and guidance systems in which it operates. Any periodic alteration in the settled mode of housing supply, in this sense, potentially results in an intrinsic change in ‘typological diversity’ and ‘spatial continuity’ within the collective fabric. If not coordinated by design and development control, the emergent variation in the housing typology may result in spatial fragmentation through the collective urban fabric. To test that point, the paper aims to reveal the subtle relationship between the two phenomena on a morphological basis. Through rapidly changing socio-economic dynamics in the last century, the cities of Turkey are subject to different housing production forms, therefore, offering a relevant context to examine the issue.
Along with a planning system without effective development control tools to ensure spatial coherence responding to the dynamic nature of the housing sector, the residential fabric of Ankara comprises all the dominant housing typologies that emerged within different periods in Turkey. Accordingly, following a historical review of the housing supply forms in Turkey, the paper maps the emerging patterns of modern housing typologies through successive development zones of the city. It examines their internal typomorphological characteristics via a series of transects. Utilizing the GIS-based coherency analysis, the level of morphological continuity on each transect is calculated. Consequently, in light of the findings of the analysis, a critical perspective on housing production and development control creating different forms of spatial fragmentation through typological variation is suggested.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: modes of housing supply, residential fabric, typological diversity, morphological continuity, development control
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Faculty of Engineering & Science
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2025 15:52
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50031

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