Transformation of Architectural Types: From Garden-House to Apartment Block, the Case of Güven Housing Cooperative in Ankara, Turkey

Cities in the 21st Century - ISUF 2020 Symposium, Utah, United States Of America, 31 August - 03 September 2020, pp.1-11

The Italian school of typo

morphology reformulates the definition of architectural type in such a

way that it refers to a set of quantitatively dominant buildings with common formal characteristics

as a resu

lt of certain factors effective in particular geography and in particular period. Due to

their physical dominance in the urban context, in

depth analysis of architectural types is crucial to

have a better understanding of any city.

This study is concerned

with the transformation process of the planned capital city Ankara from a

garden city with its garden

houses to a city of apartment blocks from the 1930s towards the 1970s.

It aims to investigate the underlying factors effective in the formation and transf

ormation of a

neighborhood with garden

houses into an urban fabric of apartment block types through the case

of Güven Housing Cooperative. The cooperative project, the first collective housing project

completed by a private enterprise in Turkey, provides a

good case to investigate the typo

morphological transformation process with its predominantly residential character.

Keywords: garden

house, apartment block, Ankara, typology, typomorphology