Crisis or opportunity: looking at the past for the resilience of settlements

Abstract

This study focuses on learning from the examples of traditional architecture for planning/designing resilient living environments. It is important for the living environments of the future to take advantage of the ancient knowledge of traditional settlements, which are handed down from generation to generation, centring on “human” and “environment” and knitted with the dynamics of life. Within the scope of the study, 7 traditional settlement examples selected from Anatolia were examined under the titles of settlement, building and technology. The characteristics of these settlements are revealed with their ecological, economic, social and spatial dimensions in relation to their resilience. As a result of the research, all settlement examples were evaluated in an integrated manner, and some determinations were made for future resilient settlements.