Sürdürülebilir Yeşil Kampüs Koleksiyonu / Sustainable Green Campus Collection
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Master Thesis An Experimental Investigation Into the Effects of High Thermal Mass on Building Performance(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Karataş, Özgür; Başaran, Tahsin; Başaran, Tahsin; 02.02. Department of Architecture; 02. Faculty of Architecture; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThe focus on energy efficiency in buildings has contributed to the increased interest in vernacular architecture using locally available materials. Monotype architecture has spread across Anatolia during last century despite builders having centuries of knowledge of vernacular dwelling. Climatic conditions are specific to geographical locations, therefore the architectural solutions respecting climatic conditions are also specific. Local construction materials are in harmony with the surroundings because they have previously been part of the current environment. The main aim of this thesis is to investigate and simulate the effects of high thermal mass on the thermal environment of cave dwellings. The case study was undertaken in a cave dwelling carved out of a fairy chimney in Ürgüp, Cappadocia. Data loggers were placed in the dwelling to observe the annual temperature and relative humidity fluctuations. Measurements showed that the interior temperature fluctuated around 18°C in January and 20°C in July, and the relative humidity fluctuated around 70% in January and 65% in July. These measurements showed that the interior conditions were thermally comfortable as a result of the high thermal mass of the cave dwelling. DesignBuilder software was used to simulate the thermal behaviour of the cave dwelling. The thermal conductivity, specific heat and density of the main material, volcanic tuff rock, were measured and defined in DesignBuilder. After defining all the inputs and boundary conditions, the numerical results obtained from the DesignBuilder provided thermal outputs which agreed with the experimental results.Master Thesis Rural Heritage in Excluded Geographies: From Ahkis To Çevrecik a Village of Bitlis(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Kurban, Özge; Kul Özdemir, Fatma Nurşen; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyBuilt environment and residential units as part of it have a significant role in terms of understanding cultural structure with its transformation in historical process through spatial aspects. While transformation of urban settlements presents information related to urban culture, settlements in rural sites provide narratives from different point of view in the same historical process. Differently from urban settlements that constructed independently of natural environment, rural sites that shaped by their nature present significant information with an approach considering their geographical formations and cultural landscape. It can be stated that, studies related to rural heritage which rise in importance across the world also started to increase in number in academy of Turkey. This study focuses on the geographies that studies of rural heritage and vernacular architecture as a component of it do not include. Selecting Ahkis village in Hizan district of Bitlis, Eastern Anatolia, the study evaluates the built environment and the settlement with its transformation in time and daily life practices. Because of the limited sources related to the territory, mostly with the information that provided through oral historical sources and interviews made during field survey, it is aimed to approach the site as a whole with its historical background. In addition to this, it is aimed to read the situation of being excluded which is not specific to Ahkis through historiography of vernacular architecture, designation process and representation of cultural heritage and affects of challenges incident to the territory in terms of literature studies.