Constructing Space: Physical versus Immaterial? Coffeehouse in the Ottoman/Turkish Society

Authors

  • Sema Soygeniş Prof. Dr. Bahçeşehir Unıversıty, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul.
  • İrem Maro Kırış Asst. Prof.Dr. Bahçeşehir Unıversıty, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul.

Keywords:

Space, Literature, History, Coffeehouse, Culture

Abstract

Architectural space is a complex phenomenon, comprising of physical and immaterial characteristics. Physical, together with intangible variables, define space. The concern of this study is to understand and discuss space in the example of coffeehouse of the Ottoman-Turkish society, the underlying issues related to the existence and endurance of the coffeehouse space in spite of the societal and environmental transformation going on within its context in history. The approach followed is interpretation of literature, selected texts that use coffeehouse as setting. The aim is to initiate further search for understanding the generic issues that form space and ensure its continuity.

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Author Biographies

Sema Soygeniş, Prof. Dr. Bahçeşehir Unıversıty, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul.

Prof. Dr. Sema Soygeniş is an architect, faculty and A. Dean at Faculty of Architecture and Design/Bahçeşehir University,İstanbul.

İrem Maro Kırış, Asst. Prof.Dr. Bahçeşehir Unıversıty, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul.

İrem Maro Kırış is an architect and Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture,at Faculty of Architecture and Design/Bahçeşehir University, whose research interests are Urban History, History of Architecture, Turkish Modernity, Cultural Studies, and Design Education.

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01-12-2013

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Soygeniş, S., & Maro Kırış, İrem. (2013). Constructing Space: Physical versus Immaterial? Coffeehouse in the Ottoman/Turkish Society. ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 1(2), 215–229. Retrieved from https://iconarp.ktun.edu.tr/index.php/iconarp/article/view/28

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