Arch221 Final Draft : Transition in public and private spaces

Defining changes is one of the most common situation for daily life. In architecture, transitions help to define these changes. When some place become privacy or become public quality, seperation needed and throughout history, meaning of transition is change. For instance when we look at Çatalhöyük, we can not see any special transition area in there. There were no certain hall or lobby. Stairs are key element for them. Their viewpoint about transition is limited for stairs because they did not have any hierarchic order or they do not need to define their transitions in spatial manner. But when privacy and class differences gain importance we can say that transition also gain importance. In sumerian middle house, there is a hall which is related with whole of the rooms and it both divide and increase the quality of rooms. Not only inside of houses but also outside of houses has its transition area. Generally its called as court and again it is use for increasing privacy level. Interestingly, principles of court do not have huge alterations in time. Classical Greek house and Greek House has same court qualities. On the other hand, transition also used in city plan. Roman Empire is good example for that. To reach religious place (church, shrine) there is transition area and this transition area helps people to feel spatial qualities. Where they pray is exterior of religious area and to differ streets and religious space there is kind of bridge which helps to make connection between two of them. So where did I use it? I just benefit from it where my path quality is change. For instance density of tree and slope conditions are not same whole of penisula of Eymir. So to emphasize these differences, I use transition. In there transition generally define enclosure differences. And these transition areas make more understandable to whole of my path even it does not have any aim like privacy.