Yeşilköy Social Housing Settlement

İdil Akkuzu | Industrial Revolution brought many changes to architecture and planning among many other fields. The works of Le Corbusier and C.I.A.M were towards building a modern architecture that meets the needs of the new world order. As modern architecture began to be implemented, Team 10 took a critical side, arguing that it was mechanic and lifeless. An opposing idea, “Mat-Building” was put forward by Team 10 that supported design based on the human. Meanwhile, Turkey was going through changes in the regime; a republic that promoted modernisation. Local architecture was influenced by the modern movement but also trying to find its own vernacular identity. Yesilkoy Mass Housing by the architects Haluk Baysal and Melih Birsel is a good example of Turkey’s modern low-rise high-density housing. It may also be a vernacular example of Mat-Building.