A Housing Research Through Individual Border Experience, reflections on two housing projects in between Sweden and Türkiye
(2024) AAHM10 20241Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- As humans, we experience many spaces/ borders throughout our life flow. The borders of countries, the houses we live in, the borders of a playground, or the borders between two people. Sometimes we shape the borders, sometimes the borders shape us. However, irrespective of the circumstances, these borders exert discernible influences on the trajectory of our life flow. Each of our border experiences affects the other. For instance, the geopolitical boundaries of our residing nation exert an influence on the demarcation of housing limits that we encounter.
Individuals dedicate a significant portion of their lifetimes to indoor or residential environments. Consequently, it is imperative to critically assess the spaces we inhabit,... (More) - As humans, we experience many spaces/ borders throughout our life flow. The borders of countries, the houses we live in, the borders of a playground, or the borders between two people. Sometimes we shape the borders, sometimes the borders shape us. However, irrespective of the circumstances, these borders exert discernible influences on the trajectory of our life flow. Each of our border experiences affects the other. For instance, the geopolitical boundaries of our residing nation exert an influence on the demarcation of housing limits that we encounter.
Individuals dedicate a significant portion of their lifetimes to indoor or residential environments. Consequently, it is imperative to critically assess the spaces we inhabit, exploring the constraints and potentials they present. Furthermore, an inquiry into the ramifications of our personal identities and cultural lifestyles is essential in comprehending their role in shaping spatial environments.
The main purpose this study is to initiate a discussion on the concept of border and to trace the effects of the spaces we live in on our individual/social border experiences. It is done by comparing and analyzing two housing projects selected within the scope of the Case Study, one in Lund (Sweden) and one in Istanbul (Türkiye), and summarizing the reflections of these analyses. Ultimately, the case study hopes to initiate an investigation and provide some clues as to the different social and cultural meanings that our definitions of boundaries can take in our homes, based on our past experiences of boundaries.
This thesis project investigates the impact of the borders we live in and the social, cultural, economic, geographical, etc. conditions within the borders on the design of the houses we live in and on the individual, through the definition of “border”. In addition to theoretical studies on issues such as boundary definitions and experiences, housing design, it is envisaged to compare and analyze the two selected projects based on the focused boundary definition. (Less)
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- author
- Kavalali, Melike LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- AAHM10 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- border, housing, experience, culture
- language
- English
- id
- 9161062
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-13 10:39:02
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abstract = {{As humans, we experience many spaces/ borders throughout our life flow. The borders of countries, the houses we live in, the borders of a playground, or the borders between two people. Sometimes we shape the borders, sometimes the borders shape us. However, irrespective of the circumstances, these borders exert discernible influences on the trajectory of our life flow. Each of our border experiences affects the other. For instance, the geopolitical boundaries of our residing nation exert an influence on the demarcation of housing limits that we encounter.
Individuals dedicate a significant portion of their lifetimes to indoor or residential environments. Consequently, it is imperative to critically assess the spaces we inhabit, exploring the constraints and potentials they present. Furthermore, an inquiry into the ramifications of our personal identities and cultural lifestyles is essential in comprehending their role in shaping spatial environments.
The main purpose this study is to initiate a discussion on the concept of border and to trace the effects of the spaces we live in on our individual/social border experiences. It is done by comparing and analyzing two housing projects selected within the scope of the Case Study, one in Lund (Sweden) and one in Istanbul (Türkiye), and summarizing the reflections of these analyses. Ultimately, the case study hopes to initiate an investigation and provide some clues as to the different social and cultural meanings that our definitions of boundaries can take in our homes, based on our past experiences of boundaries.
This thesis project investigates the impact of the borders we live in and the social, cultural, economic, geographical, etc. conditions within the borders on the design of the houses we live in and on the individual, through the definition of “border”. In addition to theoretical studies on issues such as boundary definitions and experiences, housing design, it is envisaged to compare and analyze the two selected projects based on the focused boundary definition.}},
author = {{Kavalali, Melike}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A Housing Research Through Individual Border Experience, reflections on two housing projects in between Sweden and Türkiye}},
year = {{2024}},
}