Mass Housing

Mediatheque

Mass housing also called public / social housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority. Social housing is a potential remedy for housing inequality.

There are many types of social housing in differents formes, shapes and masses. It varies depending on the context. While the common goal of social housing is to provide affordable housing.

As for the location selection, I chose my project where the retired non-commissioned officer residences are located. The reasons why I chose this place are location suitability, traffic noises, small and old houses and the area is open to urban renewal. For this reasons, I decided to bring a new approach and perspective of this place.

• It is the only area shown as a green area, unfortunately, the basketball court covers all place, and the size of the green area does not meet the population density (1)

• Point Hotel Barbaros is a skyscraper with the only Bosphorus bridge view in Istanbul. (2)

• Existing structures were built in 1950-1960 and lost their insulation over time. Residents complain apartments are small. (3)

• Zincirlikuyu underpass entrance. Thanks to the underground passage, you can safely go to the desired direction without being exposed to complex traffic. (4)

• metro girişi. sol taraftan tunelin altından geçerek metroya ulaşmak mümkündür. böylelikle ulaşım açısından bir kolaylık daha bulunmaktadır. (5)

• Gümüşsuyu Asker Hastanesi Balmumcu Polikiniği. Istanbul’s historical hospital, built in 1846 during the reign of Sultan Abdulmecid. It has been renovated many times, but still remains intact. They told that the patients hospitalized here did not feel anything during the 17 August 1999 Marmara earthquake. (6)

• The work area is on a hill and should have a beautifull viewpoint, but it closes the view due to the high building stock around. (7)

• This location is in the center of Istanbul so it is an important transportation and transfer point. (8)

• In general, there are noisy roads around the area, especially the E5 highway source : https://cevrekoruma.ibb.istanbul/ to provide functional harmony and noise suppression to the area residential parking entrance the slope of the field facilitates the entrance of the car park and providing entrance and exit from Villa street is more convenient for residents increasing the green area within the density of the building provides spaciousness commercial parking entrance entrance in active street is convenient

As we can see and read on legend and map, the work area is surrounded by high-noise roads. While the noise level 50-60 dBA is considered as disturbing noise, there is a higher level of noise in the area. In addition, the location of the buildings is very close to the E5 highway and when considering the layout of buildings are examined, they are placed in such a way that the noise is not blocked. For the long-term well-being of the residents, I decided to design life in this place differently because noise has long-term physiological and psychological consequences, so this factor should not be underestimated.