Innovative Aproaches To The Social Life Space ‘The Sofa’ Of Traditional Housıng: Islamkoy Case

The sofa, which is one of the most characteristic elements in traditional Turkish homes, is an important living space in the household that allows the continuity of social life based on the construction of traditional housing units. The traditional housing units are shaped thanks to the original solutions provided by the sofa, and at the same time the sofa is the space where social relationships are conducted due to its various functions. Thus, it could be suggested that the sofa is the center or the focus of life in houses. The present study addressed the concept of sofa in traditional Turkish houses in Islamkoy district in Isparta province (Turkey) and seven residential buildings that contain sofas with different characteristics and located at Okul Street on the way to the center were determined as the study area. Based on the selected homes, the types of sofa, the impact of the sofa on the formations of space and the use of the sofa as a social living space were determined. Thus, the diagrams for each sofa plan were developed and the properties of each sofa were described using photographs. In the 2017-2018 Fall Semester Project 7 course, “Reuse and Re-functioning for Tourism Purposes in a Traditional Settlement”, re-functionalized, social living space, sofa, innovative and different solutions are put forward