Domestic Arrangements: The Maid's Room in the Ataköy Apartment Blocks, Istanbul, Turkey

The first phase of Istanbul's Ataköy Housing Development, an icon of architectural modernism in Turkey, inflects modernist architectural forms with local domestic traditions. This study examines the maid's room, a sphere of the Turkish modern interior where post-war ideas and ideals both r...

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Published in:	Journal of architectural education (1984) Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 115 - 126
Main Author:	Gürel, Meltem Ö.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 28-09-2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
Subjects:	Architectural design Architecture Domestic workers Housing Housing developments Modernist art Residential architecture Residential buildings Rooms Toilets
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Summary:	The first phase of Istanbul's Ataköy Housing Development, an icon of architectural modernism in Turkey, inflects modernist architectural forms with local domestic traditions. This study examines the maid's room, a sphere of the Turkish modern interior where post-war ideas and ideals both reconciled and contradicted the customary and the modern. The case study extends recent attempts to re-think postwar architectural culture and its global effects.
ISSN:	1046-4883 1531-314X
DOI:	10.1080/10464883.2012.721313