Examination of the concept of spatial transformation within the concepts of wet volumes: The example of Selimiye bath

Baths are among the historical places that can survive as a proof of the cleanliness created in the publicity of water civilization in socio-historical phases. As a result of the widespread use of bathrooms in homes, as a convenience brought by our age, baths have become less preferred places than in the past. The baths, which started to lose their characteristics, started to lose their existence one by one or to undergo spatial transformation due to the intensity of urbanization and zoning activities. In this study, to put the development of bathing traditions into a chronological classification starting from the ancient period, to examine the architectural features and technology of the bath structures that emerged with the transfer of bathing into the space from the Roman Civilization to the Ottoman Empire, and finally to examine the spatial characteristics of the Selimiye Bath, which is an Ottoman Turkish Bath. research was conducted on the transformation process and its reuse by changing the function. Keywords: Spatial transformation, public space, wet area, Turkish bath, material.