Investigating the daylight effect on traditional niğde houses in consunction with the trontage typology

in thıs study, natural illumination factor is investigated over the houses which are classified with respect to trontage types in the middle of XIXth and XXth century 's house architecture in Niğde and related analysis has been carried aut. This study is consisted of five parts. ın the first part ; the subject is introduced and the importance of natura! illumination is emphasized. in the second part; by defining general terms regarding daylight, illumination criterias related with daylight has been considered. in the third part ; settlement arrangement, relation with the surroundings, plan, trontage, material and technical properties and amendments through the time of traditional Niğde houses have been described and, then, a comparison has been made with other Anatolian cities. in the fourth part, determination of the houses, among the traditional Niğde houses, far the purpose of making daylıght measurement and analysis for the point of daylight they received, has been carried out. And a comparision of daylight utilatizion was made for the different trontage types houses where daylight measurement were taken. in the fifth part; concludes whether daylight is one of the main factor in the design of trontage type of the traditional Niğde houses recommendations were made for the further studies.