Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Fakültesi, Mimarlık Bölümü, Türkiye
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2025
Tezin Dili: Türkçe
Öğrenci: Duygu Yıldız
Danışman: Ilkim Markoç
Özet:
Increasing urban rent with the impact of neoliberal policies has led countries to
construction-oriented growth. Increasing construction activities and especially the
increase in the volume of the housing sector have made it mandatory to consider
sustainable development goals in building production. The aim of this study is to
determine the role of minimalist design principles in sustainable mass housing
production, to measure their contribution to the relevant SDG targets and to put
forward a multi-layered evaluation model. The research was structured with a
mixed method strategy and consisted of five stages: (1) systematic literature review,
(2) development of the conceptual framework, (3) collection of expert opinions
through two rounds of Delphi technique (n=56), (4) criteria weighting with Likert-
based Fuzzy AHP, and (5) model validation with Structural Equation Modelling
(SEM). The 13 minimalist design principles identified as a result of the literature
review were matched in detail with 17 SDGs and 169 sub-goals and a conceptual
structure was put forward. The impact of minimalism on SDGs is categorised in 3
factors: economic, environmental and social. The principles of “Functional
Simplicity and Efficiency”
,
“Human-Centred Design” and “Process-Production
Optimisation”, which are the factors with the highest impact on the SDGs, stand out as the sub-factors with the highest level of impact. In the Structural Equation
Model (SEM) analysis performed at the last stage, the structural validity of the
proposed model was confirmed and significant and direct relationships were found
especially between Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 (Sustainable Cities
and Communities) and SDG 12 (Responsible Production and Consumption) with
minimalist design principles. The fit indices of the model were found to be
acceptable
The original contribution of this study to the literature is to relate the established
minimal design criteria with sustainable development goals and to provide a unique
decision support model for the housing production sector in terms of sustainability
at both theoretical and practical levels. The findings reveal how minimalist design
principles support the SDGs.
Keywords: Housing Production, Minimalism, Sustainable Development Goals,
SEM, Fuzzy AHP