The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project
In the developed world, one outcome of the second industrial revolution and its transformations in the use of natural resources, cheap labour, social and economic standards of living, and modes of commodity transfer, was the relocation of larger heavy industries to the periphery of cities. What rema...
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| description | In the developed world, one outcome of the second industrial revolution and its transformations in the use of natural resources, cheap labour, social and economic standards of living, and modes of commodity transfer, was the relocation of larger heavy industries to the periphery of cities. What remained in many of these cities as a result of this forced movement was what we might call industrial heritage, large sites made up of vast buildings, warehouses, offices and harbour docks which had outlived their original function. By the last quarter of the 20th century, these structures were being taken in hand and redeveloped for new use as housing. Originating as they did in industry, the majority of these buildings had several structural features in common: open floor plans, high ceilings, large windows and strictly functional interiors and exteriors. The first examples of such places being taken over for residential purposes was in the Soho district of Manhattan in New York. Often informally initiated by artists or as alternative solutions to the problem of homelessness, the transformation here began with low-budget individual enterprises. These constituted only a marginal element of the housing industry and were the first generation of what came to be called loft conversions. By the close of the century, however, this generation had given way to the second, in which loft conversions became a popular phenomenon of urban architectural culture in cities all over the developed world. By this time, the conversions were architect-designed projects being marketed to high-income white-collar urbanites in search of a distinctive style of living. As a unique example of such a second-generation project undertaken in Turkey, the Levent Loft Project on Büyükdere Boulevard in Istanbul is worthy of study both in terms of its own historical development and residential profile, and the general culture of loft living, development of its typology, and urban housing rituals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-116c841317ce48d5847f0867d4424d1e2023-02-15T16:11:59ZengKARE PublishingMegaron1309-69152015-07-0110220522310.5505/megaron.2015.42714MEGARON-42714The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft ProjectAli Devrim Işıkkaya0Bahcesehir University, Faculty Of Architecture And DesignIn the developed world, one outcome of the second industrial revolution and its transformations in the use of natural resources, cheap labour, social and economic standards of living, and modes of commodity transfer, was the relocation of larger heavy industries to the periphery of cities. What remained in many of these cities as a result of this forced movement was what we might call industrial heritage, large sites made up of vast buildings, warehouses, offices and harbour docks which had outlived their original function. By the last quarter of the 20th century, these structures were being taken in hand and redeveloped for new use as housing. Originating as they did in industry, the majority of these buildings had several structural features in common: open floor plans, high ceilings, large windows and strictly functional interiors and exteriors. The first examples of such places being taken over for residential purposes was in the Soho district of Manhattan in New York. Often informally initiated by artists or as alternative solutions to the problem of homelessness, the transformation here began with low-budget individual enterprises. These constituted only a marginal element of the housing industry and were the first generation of what came to be called loft conversions. By the close of the century, however, this generation had given way to the second, in which loft conversions became a popular phenomenon of urban architectural culture in cities all over the developed world. By this time, the conversions were architect-designed projects being marketed to high-income white-collar urbanites in search of a distinctive style of living. As a unique example of such a second-generation project undertaken in Turkey, the Levent Loft Project on Büyükdere Boulevard in Istanbul is worthy of study both in terms of its own historical development and residential profile, and the general culture of loft living, development of its typology, and urban housing rituals.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=megaron&un=MEGARON-42714industrial heritagehousing culture; housing typology; loft concept; transformation of space. |
| spellingShingle | Ali Devrim Işıkkaya The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project Megaron industrial heritage housing culture; housing typology; loft concept; transformation of space. |
| title | The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project |
| title_full | The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project |
| title_fullStr | The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project |
| title_short | The Process of Transformation in Loft Housing Typology: An Analysis of the Loft Concept in Turkey: The Levent Loft Project |
| title_sort | process of transformation in loft housing typology an analysis of the loft concept in turkey the levent loft project |
| topic | industrial heritage housing culture; housing typology; loft concept; transformation of space. |
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