Re-thinking space within the framework of Baudrillard's death of reality theory

This syudy, focuses on the reality of space and Baudrillard's theory of loss of reality. In the thesis, the historical breakpoints of architectural space approaches, the relationship established with today's virtual reality through different definitions and approaches of space in architectural literature has been questioned through the main pioners in this field. In this context, the aim of the thesis is to examine the realities of space based on the definitions of the contemporary mind set and to reinterpret the hyper reality of architectural space through the posttruth approach which is thought to be the new world view of the age. In this direction, the first part of the thesis is devoted to the introduction of the purpose, scope and method of the thesis, and in the second part, the literature review of the concept of architectural space is presented under the titles of Ancient Period, Enlightenment Period, Modernity and Contemporary approaches. The third part of the thesis presents three main breakpoints that determine the scope of the study and forms the theoretical background. In this section, Descartes' understanding of Cartesian space, Heidegger's understanding of space as an area of experience, and finally Baudrillard's theory of loss of reality, which constitutes the main motivation of the thesis, are discussed in the focus of how they define space and the reality of space. Case study the fourth chapter of the thesis is analyzed in Do Ho Suh's Home within Home within Home, which provides a potential analysis for this and similar questioning by re-reading the 'home within home through three breaking points which are: Cartesian structure of the physical integrity of the space, space as an area of experience and the theory of loss of reality by Baudrillard. The hypothesis of space as the main premise of the thesis and posttruth theory is presented as a new architectural reality. The final chapter, which is the last and fifth part of the thesis, re-interprets the reality of today's virtual space with a holistic approach and presents a perspective on the realism of the posttruth era with reference to space and space reality approaches in the literature.