Fiziksel Çevrede Yaşama Kültürü

Abstract

The reason that the uncontrolled structuring adversely affects the natural balance necessitates the search for the methods which provide saving energy, use the best of environmentally friendly materials and protect the environment in the designs of the architects. In finding a solution to these problems, the traditional life styles draw attention in that cultural sustainability is created for today and future and that they develop an alternative to the housing design. In the preferences of the living environment, to settle under the ground partly or wholly became a design form using the physical environment rationally. Local material sources and climate became a determining factor in the development of these buildings. The traditional underground houses, which were used in the hot-dry climate areas of the countries such as Turkey, Tunisia, China, Spain with great differences mostly between day and night temperatures are the best examples that humans realize the value of nature’s resources and limitations. In this study, the design search which will be adapted to the living comfort of today and future for prevating negative developments in the physical environment is discussed.