41 st IAHS WORLD CONGRESS Sustainability and Innovation for the Future 13-16 th September 2016 Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal ANALYZING SOCIAL HOUSING PRACTICES IN TURKEY Ezgi Hazar 1 *and Pelin Dursun Çebi 2 1: Architectural Design Master Programme, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, 34437, Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey, e-mail: ez.hazar@gmail.com 2: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, 34437, Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey e-mail: dursunpe@itu.edu.tr, web: http://akademi.itu.edu.tr/dursunpe/ Keywords: Social Housing, Globalization, Architectural Design Abstract: Social housing can be defined as low-cost or cost free sheltering services of central or local administrations for the solution to housing needs of low-income groups (the unemployed, immigrants, refugees, the disabled, the elderly, students, etc.) in the cities and can be referred to different explanations such as communal housing, company towns, council housing, public housing, rental housing and affordable housing in different world practices. In Turkey as a developing country, housing for low-income groups has always been an important issue that must be carefully investigated under the evolving social, economic and demographic changes in the country’s urban habitat. The aim of this study is to analyze the social housing issue in Turkey regarding implemented spatial practices. Today houses are accepted not only as spatial containers for daily activities, they are habitable, livable spatial creatures that intend to increase the quality of urban life. Based on the experiences of America and Europe, housing practices in Turkey will be explored by focusing on the challenges of the new century. In the scope of the work, four different periods will be investigated: 1. Pre-Industrial Revolution, 2.The period between the Industrial Revolution and World War II, 3.The period between World War II and the 1972 demolishing of the Pruitt Igoe Social Housing, 4.The Neoliberal period from 1972 until today. It is believed that the research will bring new architectural perspectives, innovative ideas in the future regarding housing needs of low-income groups in Turkey.