Abstract
The traditional Turkish House consists of the development of plan types with no sofa, outer sofa, inner sofa and middle sofa in the Ottoman period. “Hayat space” in the Turkish hayatlı house typology was evolved over time and turned into a plan type with an outer sofa. In cases where the relationship between the rooms takes place within the building, the plan type with an inner sofa has developed, which creates a central area protected against external factors. In some closely spaced settlements and cold climatic regions, a middle sofa plan type, which carries a qualified superstructure culture, has progressed.
Approaches that put the historical development of the Turkish House in a chronological order see the plan type with middle sofa as a more developed spatial organization than the plan type with outer and inner sofas. The plan type with a middle sofa, which is considered to be a plan type from the capital, can be found in different parts of Anatolia, albeit in small numbers. The Hacıgüzeller House, which was examined within the scope of the study, is one of the few buildings with a middle sofa in the Akseki district center. With this study, it is aimed to examine the spatial organization of the Turkish House by revealing the development of plan types without sofa, outer sofa and interior sofa, and the formation of the plan type with middle sofa. For this purpose, literature research and field studies were conducted on the Hacıgüzeller House, which represents an example with a middle sofa that preserves its original scheme, located in Akseki, and the building was evaluated in terms of spatial organization. It has been evaluated that the building is in the plan type with a chamfered corner and a middle sofa and offers a qualified spatial organization.