Sense of place in the changing process of house form: Case studies from Ankara, Turkey



Gokce, D and Chen, F ORCID: 0000-0001-8168-507X
(2018) Sense of place in the changing process of house form: Case studies from Ankara, Turkey. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 45 (4). pp. 772-796.

This is the latest version of this item.

[img] Text
Typomorphology and sense of place author accpeted copy.pdf - Author Accepted Manuscript

Download (2MB)
[img] Text
Sage SoP -typological transformation.pdf - Submitted version

Download (1MB)

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the impact of typomorphological changes of residential environments on residents’ sense of place’. Seven housing developments representing different types introduced in Ankara, Turkey since the late 19th-century are selected as case studies. Their morphological characters at the building, street and neighbourhood scales are examined, and typological transformations among the cases in terms of the degrees of continuity are identified. The paper proposes a conceptual model consisting of ten indicators to assess sense of place at the building, street and neighbourhood scales of the residents of the seven cases. The scores of sense of place are generated through structured interviews with the residents and analysed in SPSS. The results show that sense of place is negatively affected by typomorphological changes over time, particularly when mutational changes occur. Continuity in typomorphological transformation helps to maintain sense of place at a desirable level. Furthermore, physical changes at the street and neighbourhood scales have larger impact on sense of place than that at the building scale. The research thus suggests that planning and design should be responsive to traditional types in residential development, particularly at the street and neighbourhood scales to maintain residents’ sense of place.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Typomorphological transformation, house type, spatial analysis, sense of place, Turkey
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 12 Jun 2017 09:29
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:03
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516686970
Related URLs:
URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007878

Available Versions of this Item