37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 305INTERPRETING THE CHANGING ARCHITECTURALVALUES OF HOUSING IN NORTH CYPRUSZ. i . Birsel i , A. i . Celiker, and D. Celik Bay ii Department of Interior Architecturei Cyprus International Universityi e-mail: zbirsel@ciu.edu.tr; aceliker@ciu.edu.tr; didemc@ciu.edu.trKey words: housing development, culture, user satisfaction, transformation, North CyprusAbstractIn the changing world, rapid housing developments create several problems in the manner ofsustaining the architectural, social, cultural, economic and environmental qualities. This factis valid for the recent housing developments in North Cyprus as well. The current situation ofmass housing including cooperative houses is extremely questionable, in the island, in termsof the abovementioned principles. In this respect, user needs and requirements is important inshaping these housing environments, especially when the lifestyles are varying.Understandingthe expectations of the user is also in the scope of this study in order to achieve successfullivable housing developments. Within this perspective, it will be interpreted how changinglifestyles of the users affect the functional needs and consecutively a change in the form of theexisting house units. The needs that have been in continuous change therefore have broughta transformation of the existing planned and designed housing developments. This study aimsat providing an overview of a Cooperative Housing example in North Cyprus. The case studywill be analyzed in terms of the factors listed above to show how change has occurred insocial and physical environment. In this regards, the study will cover observations of recentchanges in the housing development.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 171