Examination of Wooden Structured Roof Slabs in Adobe Mosques in Akşehir Rural Neighborhoods; Examples of Ortakoy and Tipiköy

Since the beginning of the first settlement, earth has been used as a building material to meet the need for shelter. Adobe construction systems have been widely used in Anatolia due to factors such as easy supply of materials and easy of production on site. In the first residential areas of cities that preserve their old street patterns, houses are generally built with traditional construction systems. The factor that determines the material here is that it can be obtained from the immediate surroundings of the settlements. The presence of wooded areas, wetlands, rocks, etc. in the surrounding area has shaped the construction system in that settlement area. This traditional construction, which becomes more visible as we move from cities to rural areas, highlights the use of adobe materials in the Akşehir district of Konya province. While this is the case in residences, additional buildings such as warehouses, barns, sheepfolds, outbuildings, small commercial buildings and some religious buildings in rural areas were also built with adobe bricks. In this study, the adobe mosques of Ortaköy and Tipiköy are examined structurally. These two neighborhoods have a total density of 66% adobe brick housing. Mosques are structures whose main walls consist of adobe walls and contain wooden pillars and beams that help carry the roof floor and transfer the loads. This flooring system provides a clean space without supporting walls in wide openings for adobe construction. Buildings whose surveys are taken within the framework of adobe building construction rules are evaluated.