A Contingency in Architecture:  Is 'house' consumed in postmodern daily life?

Housing is always a special topic for architecture and interior architecture. This special interest is understandable, as it has a prior role in individuals lives. Especially the beginning of the 20th century, and the impact of modernism on social life, created a diversification in the viewpoint to housing an their interiors. Housing had an active, varied, and open to dispute story started from the avangard, traditionally alienated, flexible, and chic spaces of modernism to the colourful, cheap, and inarticulated signs of postmodernism.
Of course, these changes were not easy to achieve. The change of social organism, innovations in technology, differentiations in individuals needs and demands, and their social status created the most essential components of this process.
While putting 100 years behind us, and experiencing the first quarter, it seems that housing remains important as it was before in individuals lives, but some differentiations in the representation are attracting attention.
Today, as a consumption object, house stands beyond of the statement of daily dynamics, taste and the expression of the identity the consumer defines as the representation of the social groups he belongs to.
The aim of this study is to analyse the conversion of the house since the beginning of the 20th century in respect of the space identifying and identity creating factors of the individual, who sees house as an consumption object in daily life, and transformes �home� as part of his life; and to reveal the possible existential results.

Keywords: identity, modern house, postmodern culture, consumer habits, daily life,

Bir Mimarl�k Bilinmeyeni: Postmodern G�ndelik Ya�amda �Konut� T�kendi mi?

Lerzan Aras
Uluslararas� K�br�s �niversitesi

Konut, mimarl�k ve i� mimarl�k i�in her zaman �zel bir konu olmu�tur. Bireylerin ya�amlar�nda �ncelikli bir rol� oldu�unu d��n�rsek, bu ilginin sebebini de anlayabiliriz. �zellikle 20. y�zy�la giri� ve modernizmin kendini toplumsal hayatta hissettirmesi ile birlikte konut�a ve i� mekanlar�na bak�� a��s� da �e�itlenmi�tir. Konutun, avangart, gelenekselden kopuk, esnek ve ��k mekanlar�n�n s�kl�kla g�r�nd�� modern zamanlardan, renkli, ucuz, g�stergesel de�erleri anla��lmaz hale getirilmi� postmodern d�neme uzanan, hareketli, �e�itli ve tart��maya a��k bir �yk�s� g�zlenmektedir.
Elbette, bu d�n��mler kolay de�ildir; sosyal yap�n�n de�i�imi, teknolojik yenilikler, bireylerin istek ve ihtiya�lar�nda ve sosyal stat�lerde g�r�n�r k�l�nmak istenen farkl�la�malar bu s�recin vazge�ilmez par�alar�n� olu�turmaktad�r.
100 y�l� geride b�rak�p, 21. y�zy�l�n ilk �eyre�ini deneyimlerken, konut bireyin ya�am�nda ayn� �nemi korur gibi g�z�kse de, temsil ettiklerinde farkl�la�malar dikkati �ekmektedir. G�n�m�zde t�ketim nesnesi olarak konut, kullan�c�lar� taraf�ndan g�ndelik ya�am dinamikleri, zevkler ve ait olunan sosyal grubun temsilini g�steren bir kimlik ifadesi olman�n �tesinde yerini almaktad�r.
Bu �al��man�n amac�, g�ndelik ya�amda konutu bir t�ketim nesnesi olarak tan�mlayan bireyin 20. y�zy�l�n ba��ndan bu yana olu�turdu�u mekan tan�mlay�c� ve kimlik olu�turucu ��elerle, �ev�i kendi ya�am�n�n par�as� haline d�n��t�rmesini irdelemek ve bunun olas� varolu��u sonu�lar�n� ortaya koymakt�r.

Anahtar Kelimeler: kimlik, modern konut, postmodern k�lt�r, t�ketici al��kanl�klar�, g�ndelik hayat

Lerzan Aras. A Contingency in Architecture: Is 'house' consumed in postmodern daily life?. Megaron. 2014; 9(2): 103-112

Corresponding Author: Lerzan Aras, K.K.T.C.

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