A Critical Analysis of High-Rise Housing Blocks: The Case of South-Western Ankara

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Due to the rising population and developing technology, the number of high-rise buildings is growing worldwide. These buildings, with mixed-use, office, or residential functions, are the symbols of so-called power and prestige at the same time. In this trend of high-rise buildings, residential ones are significant with their profound social and architectural impacts. In Turkey, high-security luxury buildings above a certain height that serve their residents with the logic of a hotel are called "residence/rezidans.” Do these residences, designed to be introverted and disconnected by nature, meet the conditions of being a "place"? This question presents a situation that needs to be examined in terms of the philosophy of architecture. Since high-rise residential buildings are built with economic concerns rather than architectural ones, their effects on the city and their relations with the city are not the priority in their design; hence, they turn into commodities of consumption. The privileged life these residences promise triggers social stratification and segregation; thus, some sociological problems arise. Also, these buildings significantly impact the city with their large scale and population density. Ankara is one of the cities in Turkey where these "residences" are increasing rapidly and has its distinctive dynamics in developing high-rise buildings. This study aims to theoretically analyze the concepts of life in high-rise buildings and "residences" with their philosophical, sociological, and urban characteristics and examine some of the residences in South-Western Ankara with this theoretical framework.

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High-Rise Buildings, Residences, Sense of Place, Social Stratification, Commodity Culture

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E. E. Pala, “A Critical Analysis of High-Rise Housing Blocks: The Case of South-Western Ankara,” M.Arch. - Master of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, 2023.