A Comparative Analysis of the Spatial Configuration of Apartments Built in Osijek, Croatia, between 1930 and 2015

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Ivana Brkanić
• Author: Dina Stober
• Author: Matej Mihić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Civil Engineering

Abstract (english)

The main objective of this research is to identify spatial configurations that were dominant in apartment design from 1930 to 2015 in the city of Osijek, Croatia. Development of apartment design will be shown in the framework of various time periods following the social and economic changes that have taken place in Osijek in the last decades. For this research, a total of 590 apartment building plans were collected. The final sample contains 358 spatial configuration diagrams of medium-sized apartments. Results identified five different spatial configurations that were innovative for the period in which they appeared. The conclusion of the research is that the spatial layout of the apartment changes according to social and economic periods. Differences among types were identified in apartment functions organized by zones versus those organized by rooms ; direct versus indirect inter-room communication ; the appearance of specific room functions versus the integration of room functions ; and growth versus decline of the net area of specific rooms. Results can be applied in further studies on improving and adapting the existing housing stock to contemporary housing requirements.

• Keywords (english): apartment layout analysis, housing unit changes, spatial configuration, Osijek
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
• Numbering: vol. 17(1), pp. 23-30
• e-ISSN: 1347-2852
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.17.23
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:237:248494
• Publication: 2018
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-09-05 10:35:37