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Examples of traditional Turkish house plan schemes a) Plan type without anteroom b) Plan type with exterior anteroom c) Plan type with interior anteroom d) Plan type with central anteroom 

Examples of traditional Turkish house plan schemes a) Plan type without anteroom b) Plan type with exterior anteroom c) Plan type with interior anteroom d) Plan type with central anteroom 

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Van has been home to many civilizations throughout history and is an important city with its historical, cultural and architectural heritage. It is known that the history of Van extends as far as the pre-writing period, as a result of the archaeological excavations and works done. While different civilizations bring different types of architectural...

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... a plan scheme, plan type without anteroom; plan type with external anteroom, plan type with interior anteroom and plan type with central anteroom are seen (Fig. 1). The rooms become separate spaces with the extension of the anteroom and at the same time the connecting to each other is the most important and unique features of the plan types of Turkish house (Günay, ...
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... of the house were done by Mustafa Usta and Celal Gülpınar. The house, which has plan type with interior anteroom (Fig. 5) that is the typical plan type of traditional Van houses, was built up of mud brick walls on the stone foundation. The roof was covered with sheet metal, even though it originally is a flat roof supported by bonding timber (Fig. 6-10). The house is located in the family owned garden. The main entrance and the balcony entrance, which is located on the kitchen façade, is reached with stairs rising up plinth level (Fig 6). The main entrance door is double-winged wood and is a classic traditional Van house door (Fig. 7a). The entrance door opens onto the anteroom. The ...
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... Gülpınar House was built by Celal Gülpınar from Gülpınar family, one of the native families of Van. It is located on 503. street of Vali Mithat Bey region in Van (Fig. 4). The preparation of the mudbricks and the construction of the house were done by Mustafa Usta and Celal Gülpınar. The house, which has plan type with interior anteroom (Fig. 5) that is the typical plan type of traditional Van houses, was built up of mud brick walls on the stone foundation. The roof was covered with sheet metal, even though it originally is a flat roof supported by bonding timber (Fig. 6-10). The house is located in the family owned garden. The main entrance and the balcony entrance, which is located on the kitchen façade, is reached with stairs rising up plinth level (Fig 6). The main entrance door is double-winged wood and is a classic traditional Van house door (Fig. 7a). The entrance door opens onto the anteroom. The anteroom is illuminated by a window next to the entrance door (Fig. 7a) and at the very end of the anteroom. There are buried wooden bookshelves which are one of the basic interior elements of traditional Van houses, on the anteroom walls. The original wooden frames of the bookshelves were removed and replaced with new ones by the owner of the house. The anteroom opens to three rooms and kitchen. The room that is on the right of the entrance façade is overflowed and the entrance area is defined. The rooms are illuminated with wooden windows (Fig. 8). There is a single- winged wooden door leading from the kitchen to the balcony and the garden (Fig 7b). Another door in the kitchen opens the hall where the bathroom and toilet are located. The disintegration of the bathroom and toilet from plan can be read on the exterior façade (Fig. 6). The toilet, bathroom and hallway each has a small window (Fig. 6). Below the room to the right of the southern façade, there is a basement for winter wood and coal (Fig. 8-9). ...
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... a plan scheme, plan type without anteroom; plan type with external anteroom, plan type with interior anteroom and plan type with central anteroom are seen (Fig. 1). The rooms become separate spaces with the extension of the anteroom and at the same time the connecting to each other is the most important and unique features of the plan types of Turkish house (Günay, ...

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