Interactions of suburb design, suburban life and popular culture, a comperative study of Levittown-NY and Levent-Istanbul between 1950-1980

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Suburbia, a way of life, is a sociological concept that emerged in America in the 1950s and spread to the world with different typologies; it expresses how the suburban areas formed during the development process of cities are experienced by users. The relations of these areas with the city center, and the structural features (street texture, settlement, building typology) play an important role in forming the characteristics of suburbia as they directly affect the usage practices. The formation, development and change of communities are also reflected in popular culture items. The settlement characteristics of the spaces described in the elements within the scope of the study and their compatibility with the suburban components of life are discussed over the criteria determined by examining the definitions of the concepts and their historical processes. This thesis analyzes and compares the role of popular culture items in the development of social life and settlement, and the consistency of reflection of lifestyle, focusing especially on the 1950-80, through domestic and foreign film examples, while Levittown, the first example of suburban settlement, and Levent – Denizciler Çiftliği, which is the first in Turkey. The date range was determined according to the social situation of Turkey and the change in the housing structure in the 1980s.While the examined settlements show mostly typological similarities in terms of the basic characteristics of the concept of suburbia, it is seen that they differ in their development processes due to the geography, political and physical conditions they are located in. This study aims to explain the effects of the interaction of suburban and popular culture on the formation of new settlements, through the establishment and development process of Levent, which has features such as its distance from the city center and being planned within the framework of certain design rules.

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suburbia, suburban design, popular culture, gated community, Denizciler Çiftliği

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A. Erçin, “Interactions of suburb design, suburban life and popular culture, a comperative study of Levittown-NY and Levent-Istanbul between 1950-1980,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.