Author
Ivkovska, V., Orlandi, Luca
Publication Date
2023-06-01
Publication Place
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Drum Press
Subject
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, Ottoman era towns, HUMANITIES and RELIGION
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
978-1-4478-0518-2
Record ID
8b739a5e-dc5c-473d-8aa7-ec3f625751a9
Library Location
Architecture
Date
2023-06-01
Sample Text
As part of the eighth AACCP symposium Cities in Evolution: Diachronic Transformations Of Urban And Rural
Settlements, this article will try to give an outlook of the urban environment and the architecture in the
Ottoman Balkans presented through a case study.
The spatial development of the Balkan towns, especially those in the European territory of Rumelia, has its
roots in Ottoman concepts strongly influenced by local pre-existing conditions. However, the Ottoman
concepts were deeply founded in the institution of the pious foundations and the quarter. Typically, the
physical shape of a town was consisted of an organic accumulation of these quarters and the house
appearance influenced both by the formation of neighborhoods, the organic disposition of streets, and the
morphology of the terrain. All these elements can be seen in this case study confirming the continuity and
the regional Ottoman era architectural influences and realizations as well as climate, geographic and
historical circumstances under which the town has been developing its physical appearance.
The Ottoman era house developed its forms in different cultural areas, adapted itself to a variety of climatic
and topographical situations and even though many external factors contributed the development of its
type of life style and aesthetics of the ethnic groups as well. These in particular are illustrated very well in the houses
of the Balkan Peninsula where there was not just merging of elements but also merge of different religions
and cultures. The non-Muslim population that was native inhabitants of this area had their contribution to the
development of the vernacular, even though interaction with the artisans of the regions. These led to a form
of a vernacular where opponent elements stood one by another in harmony in the Ottoman era matrices
and their places of worship, the mosques.
Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, is a town that within the borders of the Ottoman Empire was part of the
regional architectural influences. The town, positioned on a hill, built by the homonymous lake possess long
historical continuity going as far back to neolith eras when in the Ottoman times reached its peak in the urban
and house development.
Editör
Özkuvancı, Özge, Camiz, Alessandro, Ceylanlı, Zeynep
Cilt
IV
