Ürünlü-Urfa: Learning from Rural and Urban Vernacular Architecture in the Context of Sustainability

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, 232 - 253, 28.07.2025

Hasan Doğan

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1520801

Abstract

Traditional built environments are one of the most essential parts of maintaining cultural identity and preservation. As awareness about sustainable building grows, researchers are focusing on traditional built environments to understand the role of sustainable considerations in these structures. Thereupon, this paper investigates the rural and urban contexts of Ürünlü and Urfa as a whole, using the immediate context, mass, and envelope systems to get more detailed information. In this study, it was found that in the immediate context, things like land use, environmental coherence, house-site relation, and orientation; in the mass formation, things like mass formation, structures, and building components; and in the envelope system, things like building components, materials isolating body mass, and durability are all part of are among the vernacular features which show in how people respond to environmental factors in these contexts. The study generally shows that both rural and urban settlements highlight the correlation between regional climate and an extensive understanding of building practices.

Keywords

Vernacular architecture , sustainability , sustainable consideration , sustainable architecture , environmentally friendly approaches

Ürünlü-Urfa: Sürdürülebilirlik Bağlamında Kırsal ve Kentsel Yerel Mimariden Öğrenmek

Abstract

Geleneksel çevreler, kültürel kimliğin ve korumanın sürdürülmesinin en temel parçalarından biridir. Sürdürülebilirlik konusunda farkındalık arttıkça, araştırmacılar bu yapılarda sürdürülebilirlik hususlarının rolünü anlamak için geleneksel çevrelere odaklanmaktadır. Buna bağlı olarak, bu çalışma, daha ayrıntılı bilgi edinmek amacıyla Ürünlü ve Urfa'nın kırsal ve kentsel geleneksel yerleşimleri bütün olarak, yakın bağlam, kütle ve örtü sistemlerini kullanarak incelemektedir. Bu çalışmada, yakın bağlamda arazi kullanımı, çevresel uyum, ev-yer ilişkisi ve yönlendirme gibi unsurlar; kütle oluşumunda kütle oluşumu, yapılar ve bina bileşenleri gibi unsurlar; ve zarf sisteminde bina bileşenleri, vücut kütlesini izole eden malzemeler ve dayanıklılık gibi unsurların, bu bağlamlarda insanların çevresel faktörlere nasıl tepki verdiklerini gösteren yerel özellikler arasında olduğu bulunmuştur. Çalışma genel olarak hem kırsal hem de kentsel yerleşimlerin bölgesel iklim ile yapı uygulamalarının kapsamlı bir anlayışı arasındaki korelasyonu vurguladığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

Yerel mimari , sürdürülebilirlik , sürdürülebilir düşünce , sürdürülebilir mimari , çevre dostu yaklaşımlar

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