Browsing by Author "Degirmencioglu, C."

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From “prototype” To “model”: Architectural and Spatial Development of Block a (1924–1945) of Istanbul's Heybeliada Sanatorium
(KeAi Communications Co., 2023) Avci Hosanli, Deniz; Degirmencioglu, C.
This article examines Block A, the first block-style building in Heybeliada Sanatorium in Istanbul. The purpose of this research is to understand its architectural and spatial development and discuss how in fact it was a “prototype” of Turkish sanatoria. Approached with a three-step methodology (documentation/evaluation/results) this research conducts architectural and spatial analysis on Block A. Primary sources like architectural documentation and restitution drawings, the writings of the institution's head doctor Tevfik İsmail Gökçe, periodicals on tuberculosis (TB), as well as pertinent literature are utilized. The findings demonstrate that Block A's development (1924–1945) was the result of knowledge transfer that introduced the universal sanatorium design principles, spatial experiments, adaptation to sociocultural norms, and trial-and-error processes. Not only it had a major impact on shaping of the second block-type building in the complex, the “model” Block B, but it also became exemplary of the subsequent Turkish sanatoria. The originality of this article is its exploration of the changing and evolving Block A in its resonation with the cultural tensions of Turkey's modernization process. This was established via the assessment of budgetary issues, medical developments and climatic experiments, the social issue of scarcity of TB beds in the country, spatial practices to separate the sexes as reflections of local traditions and culture in the shaping of spaces. © 2023 Higher Education Press Limited Company
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Transient Yet Settled: the Rooms for Tuberculosis Patients in Turkish Sanatoria
(Universidad de Oviedo, 2023) Degirmencioglu, C.; Avci Hosanli, Deniz
This paper investigates the spatial dimensions of the dichotomy between the pedagogical and clinical purposes of sanatoria, based on the examples of patient rooms in twentieth-century Turkish sanatoria. The intangible layers of sanatoria are explored with a focus on the tuberculosis patients as the primary actors, tackling the literary work on Modern Movement sanatoria architecture as well as established literature on emotions, senses, and experiences in architecture, with primary sources on Turkish sanatoria (1920s-1970s). The concepts of permanence and transience in sanatoria are assessed through the experience of the users. The research findings unveiled, the rooms were designed as ready to be refreshed via hygiene practices anytime, while ensuring that the bodies of the patients stayed transient within their material environment. However, the design-related nuances between the physical transience of the medical body and the spiritual longevity for belonging (to a familiar place) reveals that despite their sterile appearances and clinical atmospheres, sanatoria were emotionally charged spaces that conveyed a sense of belonging for the patients. Historians thoroughly analyzed the Modern Movement's ideas of hygiene in everyday spaces and the twentieth-century sanatoria via analyses of global cases. What is relatively new is sanatoria spaces and venues incorporate many intangible layers, and healthcare spaces offer a rich history of emotions, atmospheres, and senses in architecture. The distinctive contribution of this paper is two-fold: it reveals that atmospheres, emotions, and senses alter the perception of the transient venues of architecture of convalescence and it advances research on Turkish sanatoria by offering a comprehensive medico-social analysis that highlights distinctive local cultural nuances. © 2023 Res Mobilis. All rights reserved.