Eskişehir Devlet Demir Yolları Yerleşkesi Lojman Konutları Plan Tipolojileri Üzerine Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Industrial facilities are not buildings containing only machines, but are the means of the presentation and dissemination of a new life style and its culture to the society. In this context, the founders of the industrial facilities created the Şirket Kentis in order to present the workers more efficient conditions. Industrialization as one of the founding factors of Modern Turkey, was used as a means of “organizing the society and intervening its inner dynamics” while transforming the society and making a difference. The Eskisehir State Railways (Tülomsafl) Campus, in this frame, is one of the pioneer cases of the industrial heritage of our time in terms of its functional and spatial features. The campus, is one of the first settlements satisfying the social, cultural, educational and residential needs of the workers as a multifunctional campus offering a micro scale city model. In the frame of the present article, the development of the Şirket Kentis that emerged in the West during 1800’s and became widespread in Turkey with the proclamation of the republic will be summarized and the residential plan typologies of the Eskisehir State Railways (Tülomsafl) Campus will be analyzed.