TURKMEN VERNACULAR SETTLEMENTS (STUDY OF THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND VERNACULAR SHELTERS OF GOMISHAN HISTORICAL CITY)

摘要

As time passes, places used by people as shelter or housing become diverse, modern and more complex. In many ways, housing joints architecture with life and the life necessitates mental organization and physical arrangement of the world as places. Housing of vernacular Turkmen tribes is one of the well-known examples in Gomishan city. Early shelters have good adaptation with climate and are mainly composed of tent and tent with certain types of wooden structures. The role of culture in forming vernacular housing of Turkmen people and application of vernacular house in definition of social structure are some of the goals of research. Since cultural characteristics, climate and tribes’ lifestyle play vital role in socioeconomic structure and vernacular housing forming, theoretical framework of the research is based on culture and tradition. The method of research is descriptive-analytical and historical-interpretative and data are collected using documentary-library study and field studies. According to results, fixed and variable basics of design which are proportional to utilities and certain situations were recognized.