Theory of Buildings ARCH243 - VI - Living room and trad

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the living room

the place at home where family

spends time together

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• In a large home there may be several spaces for this purpose

• there is a special terminology related with this particular space

• In English : hall, living room, den, parlor, family room, front room,....

• In Turkish : salon, oturma odası, hayat, eyvan,.....

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which activities it may

accommodate ?

• social interaction and sharing, accepting

guests (strangers, friends, relatives),

child-parent interaction, child play,....

• speaking, reading, TV watching, music

listening, music playing, hobby, study,....

• eating snacks and drinking beverages,

contemplating, taking a nap,.........

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• The living room is a multi functional space which should have flexible arrangement to accommodate all.

• In a larger dwelling, one main hall may have zones for different uses

• In an even larger dwelling, there may be spaces reserved for, guest accepting, TV and music, hobby, family get together, child play,.....

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• Our traditional

homes did not have

all of these activities

• A Safranbolu interior

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• It was

– A living

– Dining

– Sleeping room

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• A traditional

Japanese living

space was also

multi functional

room streching out

to nature

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• Modern

Japanese living

room furniture

– Seating units

has changed

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• Basically arrangement of a living space

requires

– group(s) of seatings

– zones for different activities

– in good proportion and relation

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Remember

circulation

paths divide

a single

space to

various

zones

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conversation

and dining

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two separate conversation groups and study

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3 zones - conversation group, music and study

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• Narrow and

deep space,

probably in an

apartment flat

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• Probably a

detached home

but modest size

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• A reception

hall in 18 th

century

Ottoman

palace

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• A reception

hall in 19 th

century

Ottoman

palace

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• Change in life style reflected in seating type

and arrangement.

• Since then we are using chairs, arm chairs,

couchs, sofas, recling chairs, etc....

• All of them iply a different purpose

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however seating equipments `chairs` are in many different types

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study chair

dining chair

soft chair

arm chair

differ in depth and

height

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the simplest

grouping of seats

require distance just

enough for social

interaction and

movement in

between

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social

distance

120-360 cm

at distance

more than

360 cm

conversation

is not

possible

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circulation paths

have minimum

requirements

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so as

sitting

person

needs a

clearance

in front

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eating on table

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restaurant tables are grow with module

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if a room reserved for dining than there are other furnitures

included

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clearance

around table

required

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narrow-long room with cabinets

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cabinets parallel

to long side of

table