During the last century, optimisation processes of the residential architecture have been eradicating many archetypal spaces of the pre-modern house from domestic layouts. The sofa of the Turkish house, among these archetypal spaces, is a relevant precedent that can help us question and eventually undermine the typical features of the western domestic interior. Its basic essence as a transition space originates from the ancient Anatolian courtyards. This paper aims to discuss both spatial and typological features of the sofa to emphasize its intrinsic modernity, as it has been done in the case of recent reconsideration of the Elizabethan long gallery. Sofas allowed a domestic experience to be filled with visual richness, deep intimacy, and spatial variations. The sofa could extend, adjust, and widen the experience of the private realm letting diverse uses and accommodations. This is exactly the degree of indeterminateness that a contemporary flat dramatically lacks.
Alcuni degli spazi archetipi della casa premoderna, nell’ultimo secolo, sono scomparsi dalle planimetrie in nome dell’ottimizzazione della superficie abitativa. Il sofa della casa turca, tra gli altri, potrebbe essere una interessante alternativa, tutta da sondare, per mettere in discussione la configurazione tipica dell’interno domestico occidentale. La sua origine come spazio di soglia lo riconduce a una introflessione della corte anatolica. Ne definiremo l’origine spaziale e tipologica e ci soffermeremo sulla sua inerente modernità, così come è stato rivalutato il ruolo della long gallery. Il sofa consentiva un viaggio domestico costellato da ricchezze visuali, esperienze intime, differenze spaziali. Si estendeva, piegava, allargava a possibili diversi utilizzi nella quotidianità domestica che la casa contemporanea necessiterebbe.
Resta, G., Gasco, G. (In corso di stampa). From the Elizabethan long gallery to the Turkish sofa: rethinking the art of inhabitation. FESTIVAL DELL'ARCHITETTURA MAGAZINE, 52.
From the Elizabethan long gallery to the Turkish sofa: rethinking the art of inhabitation
Resta, Giuseppe;
In corso di stampa
Abstract
During the last century, optimisation processes of the residential architecture have been eradicating many archetypal spaces of the pre-modern house from domestic layouts. The sofa of the Turkish house, among these archetypal spaces, is a relevant precedent that can help us question and eventually undermine the typical features of the western domestic interior. Its basic essence as a transition space originates from the ancient Anatolian courtyards. This paper aims to discuss both spatial and typological features of the sofa to emphasize its intrinsic modernity, as it has been done in the case of recent reconsideration of the Elizabethan long gallery. Sofas allowed a domestic experience to be filled with visual richness, deep intimacy, and spatial variations. The sofa could extend, adjust, and widen the experience of the private realm letting diverse uses and accommodations. This is exactly the degree of indeterminateness that a contemporary flat dramatically lacks.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.