BEE HOUSE AS A TECTONIC/ATECTONIC CONFIGURATION IN THE CONTEXT OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE: DEREKÖY-KUMLUCA EXAMPLES
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2024
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E.U. Printing And Publishing House
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Vernacular architecture generally refers to residential buildings and structures with non-residential uses, such as warehouses and barracks, built with traditional construction methods in local and rural contexts at different settlement scales such as neighborhoods, villages and districts. In this sense, it is an inclusive concept and expresses the living practices and architectural culture of traditional societies in both spatial and environmental terms. Animal structures, which are constructed with similar traditional methods are also examples of vernacular architecture. Among the typological structures built for the use of animals, there are those that stand out with their construction system, such as the bee house. Bee houses are built in rural contexts to house beehives and protect them from wild animals, thieves and extreme climatic conditions. They are built according to the local characteristics and material possibilities of the context in which they are located and are among the original typologies of rural architecture. There are examples of bee houses in various regions of Turkey, especially in the Mediterranean Basin and the Taurus Mountains, where different types are found. They are built with local materials such as stone and wood, and differ in terms of the structural design and form of the body, and the superstructure rising above the body. The typological diversity of bee houses holds the potential to conceptually understand, interpret and make sense of their structural logic and contextual identity. Based on this, the authors conducted a series of field studies in previous seasons to document and classify bee houses found in the Mediterranean Region and identified three main typological categories with subgroups: Bee House with Wooden Platform on a Body of Rubble Stone and Wooden Beams, Bee House with Wooden Platform Fixed to an Existing Tree Trunk, Bee House without a Body and Surrounded by a Perimeter Wall. In a recent field study, six bee houses are identified in the Derek & ouml;y village located in the Kumluca district of Antalya. The group presents a typology different from the bee houses previously identified by the authors in the Mediterranean Basin, and is classified as Bee House with a Wooden Body and Rubble Stone Fill. In the first part of this article, a brief introduction of the previously identified bee house typologies is made, and as a fourth typology, Derek & ouml;y examples are examined in terms of context, material, material assemblage, construction method and function. In the second part, this documentation is used to interpret the construction logic and architectural idea of the bee houses through concepts of tectonics/atectonics, structure and construction. It is also highlighted that the documentation and discussion of bee houses built with the traditional approach, whose use is gradually decreasing and being replaced by modern techniques and materials, has become a pressing issue in terms of their preservation and sustainability in the rural built environment and vernacular architecture. In this sense, an important aim of the study is to develop the typology, literature and discussions put forward in the previous studies on bee houses identified in the rural areas of Antalya.
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VernacularArchitecture, Bee House, Tectonic, Atectonic, Derek & ouml;y-Kumluca
Kaynak
Sanat Tarihi Dergisi-Journal of Art History
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33
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2
