A Study of Kyomachiya in Comparison with Traditional Safranbolu House

This study aims to examine the spatial organization of kyomachiya in comparison with the traditional Safranbolu House in order to figure out the characteristics of kyomachiya and Safranbolu house through the way of living and religio-cultural norms. Two houses have been chosen from Kyoto, Japan and Safranbolu, Turkey for the case study. A comparison between kyomachiya and Safranbolu house has been carried out focusing on the determinated themes: influence of settlement pattern on the design of each house, function, spatial organization, religio-cultural norms, privacy, relation with the nature, social system, seasonal changes. Although their forms are different and each case are located in totally different contexts, a considerable amount of similarities, besides the differences have come out. In the conclusion part, consequences of the comparative study in respect to the way of living have been expressed.