private and public use of the living room - Bilkent University

Number of Houses
Few Days in a Mounth 6
Few Days in a Week 5
Every Day
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Figure 3.15. The relationship between existence of family room and frequency of
living room use
Rechavi (2004) states that if there is a separate family room the dwellers spend
more time ime in their family room for daily activities than in their living room room, and used
their living room for hosting guests. The results of the current study also revealed
that respondents use their living rooms more for both public and private activities if
there is no separate family ro room. Regarding these results, it can be said that the
private activities that are performed in the living rooms shifts to the family rooms in
the houses with family rooms. The existence and the number of public activities
that are performed in the living ro rooms oms were not different for houses with and
without family rooms because in each house house, guests are hosted in the living room.
Only in 3 houses, dwellers host intimate guests such as close friends or informal
guests in their family rooms.
6
5 5
Family Room- Exists Family Room Room- Not Exists
5 15
56
1
0
1
0
15