Preferences and Placement on Living Room & Dining Room Furniture: A Case Study at Saklı Kent & Alasya Park Mass House Famagusta, Cyprus

Since the existence of humanity, the act of sheltering has been going on until today. Sheltering in the past was to protect oneself from the effects of nature, to shelter in a closed place. Throughout history, living activities have taken place besides sheltering. These are eating, sleeping, resting and working. While these activities were performed in separate rooms, it can be seen that they can be done together today. All areas where these activities take place can be called the living space. Today, the living space in mass housing is the living room, the kitchen and the dining room. Life is maintained in these spaces with the globalizing world and the pace of life because users spend most of their time in these places and they can socialize. It is the furniture inside that transforms these spaces into a liveable environment. For centuries, pieces of furniture have been the objects that meet the needs of people who have come up with day-to-day development. When the furniture is combined with the space, it forms the living space. Every space has different needs and expectations. Furniture can give identity towards the needs of the space. Each furniture has different tasks and different placements. Accordingly, the furniture has a relationship with the space and user. Not every furniture may be suitable for the space and user. In order to use identify the furniture preferences and placement by different actors correctly, it is effective to make a good description of the user and the space, evaluate many data, and conduct a pre-purchase research. The thesis consists of two steps; reasons of furniture preferences and reasons of furniture placement. Both steps include furniture preferences and placement made by the support of different actors. Reasons of furniture preferences are furniture preferences by users in mass housing and by users of houses designed by interior architects. Furniture placements are furniture placement by user in mass housing, by users of mass houses designed by interior architects and furniture placement proposed by contractor firm. In the result of the study, similarities or differences were determined on the preference and placement of furniture by user, interior architect, and contractor firm in Alasya Park and Saklı Kent mass housing of Famagusta.