The effect of tunnel formwork usage to residential building design

One of the basic needs of mankind " sheltering " has always in high priority, but especially , after Industrial Revolution housing gets more importance. Residential houses, which are the most constructed type of structures in all era and all societies, form biggest part of structural environment. Industrial Revolution and by following industrialization, changed social and structural orders of society, started migration from rural areas to cities. Industrialization, which was first seen in England then followed by Europe, America and spread over the rest of the world. Using cement and then using reinforcement concrete in structures changed building construction techniques and methods . During 20. Century, cities, industrial centers, residential houses devastated by Two World War. Necessity of urgent reconstruction of collapsed buildings in cities after wars, pushed building construction techniques to industrialize. Therefore, researches focused on faster and more economical construction techniques. Economic and fast construction demand brought a solution named Tunnel Form System which can be described as rational construction system. At very first time that system used in public housing constructions; however, nowadays this system have been used intensely in developed and under-developed countries.