The Residential Architecture of Ankara during the 1920s: The Housing Types in the Settlement Zones of the New Capital City

• Published in: Ankara araştirmalari dergisi = Journal of Ankara studies Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 183 - 210
• Main Authors: Avcı Hosanlı, Deniz, Altan, T. Elvan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Koç Üniversitesi Vehbi Koç Ankara Araştırmaları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (VEKAM) 2018; Koc University, Vehbi Koc Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM)
• Subjects: ankara; early republican architecture; Kültür & Sanat; Maliye & Muhasebe & Vergi; residential architecture; Siyasal Bilimler; Tarih; the 1920s; ulus-yenişehir; Ankara; Türkiye; Konut mimarisi; Ulus-Yenişehir; Residential architecture; the 1920s; Erken Cumhuriyet dönemi mimarlığı; Early Republican architecture; Ankara; 1920’ler
• ISSN: 2147-8724; 2147-8724
• DOI: 10.5505/jas.2018.08108

The focus of this paper is the residential architecture of the capital city Ankara during the 1920s, which is investigated as part of the development of the city after the foundation of the Turkish Republic. It initially defines the main settlement zones of contemporary Ankara that transformed and were formed in relation with the contemporary development plans implemented to direct the urban growth. The construction of new single houses and apartments as the main housing types of the period in the defined settlement zones of the historical and the developing parts of the city is then analyzed in order to understand how the increase in population and the resultant housing need in the new capital city affected the change in its built environment. In this frame of analysis, the paper aims to evaluate the new housing production during the first decade of the capital city Ankara by examining the old city-Ulus that transformed and the new city-Yenişehir that was formed in this process, and also considering the simultaneous un-planned transformation of the vineyards and formation of shed-houses in the peripheries of the city center.