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Sustainability in Architecture

Sustainable architectural understanding was achieved by considering the standards of the region, living conditions, settlements of people, and the climatic conditions of the settlements during the hunting and gathering periods, along with the structures formed in the past.

Today, sustainable structures are created on a macro and micro scale according to the compatibility of the region, taking into account the geographical conditions in which most buildings are located. While these architectural structures are being created, the suitability of the region for temperature and architectural structure, as well as macro and micro needs in climatic conditions are met and sustainable structures are created.

Today, the building sector is among the causes of most environmental factors. Considering macro and micro needs, most architectural structures affect environmental factors a lot. For this reason, the change of environmental factors; In areas such as climate, temperature, comfort, health, people can live according to their needs as well as the life they are forced to live.

Today, the excessive use of energy resources and natural materials is not enough in terms of architectural sustainability. It is aimed to get rid of the wasted materials and energy burden of architectural structures against nature and to achieve less energy, more robust structures and sustainable architecture.

People’s need for shelter from the past causes the materials used to change with the development of architectural structures in the journey of human life until today. As the structures designed with sustainable materials increase, the destruction of forest areas, clean water resources, ozone layer wear will decrease.

Architectural structures outlive many man-made materials. Since this factor is taken into consideration in the formation of sustainable architectural structures, the contribution of long-lasting architectural structures to both nature and human life has increased considerably.

The impact of sustainable architecture on human health is enormous. Sustainable architectural structures combine human health with nature and act with the idea of a solid structure and a healthy individual.

Today, as the impact of sustainable architecture increases, individuals’ lives can change. When individuals who cannot switch to sustainable architecture try to change the areas they are used to, it takes time for them to adapt to sustainable architectural structures due to the fact that they gain a number of new gains.

Since architectural structures are created with the idea of “taking everything into consideration” rather than “despite everything” in the understanding of sustainable architecture, the importance of nature and human beings is taken into consideration. Thus, sustainable architectures that live for a long time increase their importance both against nature and human health.

Three sub-sustainability indicators also stand out in sustainable architectural structures.

Ecological sustainability,

Economic sustainability,

Social / Cultural sustainability,

Sustainable architectural structures;

Ecologically;

Resource protection,

Protection of ecosystems,

Economically;

Efficiency of resources,

Low maintenance/utilization cost,

Socially and culturally;

Comfort and health,

Social and cultural opportunities,

Compared to sustainable architectural structures, non-sustainable architectural structures, which are still continuing today, affect the living conditions of individuals due to their high costs and continuous increase. In sustainable architectural structures, the cost is avoided as much as possible and the impact on both the comfort and health of individuals is significantly reduced.

Many countries have developed rapidly due to human travel and the frequency of human displacement. At the same time, the negative effect of rapid development has been irregular and uncontrolled architectural structures. Today, sustainable architectural structures continue to form and develop.

Many of the traditional buildings in Turkey, which has multiple ecological systems, are classified as sustainable buildings with features such as sensitivity to the environment and nature, adaptation to climatic data, use of natural and low-energy materials, and creating healthy and comfortable living environments.

Sustainable architecture in Turkey is progressing a little slower than in other countries. One of the main reasons for this

Inadequate opportunities for environmental research,

Insufficient and unreliable data,

Confusing intellectual interest with architectural expertise in sustainable architecture,

Uncontrolled population growth, migration, unplanned urbanization have prevented sustainable architecture