Fourteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

Issues such as zero waste, zero emissions, recycling, natural resources, and healthy living environments, which play a crucial role in our future, are urgent and priority issues that must be examined together under sustainability. From the built environment perspective, one of the first topics related to these issues is sustainable buildings. So, what comes to our mind when we say sustainable building? Or how to design a sustainable building? What does it look like? Where should we look for answers to these questions? This research points to the past to find answers to these and similar questions. Sustainability as a word or a concept is new, not in its essence but in scientific appearance. Therefore, past guidance is essential for the future’s durable, healthy, and green environments. These settlements have lived in harmony with nature for hundreds of years and continue to do so. The success of this continuity lies in placing nature at its center. Observing nature involves knowing the climatic characteristics, rain, sun, and soil of the environment to which one belongs. This study examines the view of “sustainable life” in traditional settlement examples selected from Anatolia and how this awareness is integrated into the built environment. With the analyses, the dynamics that created these settlements are revealed. By examining the settlements, information and perspectives that may be useful for the sustainable buildings of today and the future is displayed.