Culture of Vineyard Roofs as Expression of Rural Architectural in Turkey: Nevsehir Goreme Examples

Folk architecture actions that define only need-oriented structures built by the society using local materials and local masters; Even though they were built without any concern for sustainability, they been contained important cultural assets in terms of reflecting the social and economic situation of the people. Immovable properties that serve different functions such as vineyard houses, wineries and agricultural warehouses built in the Central Anatolia geography of Turkey, which has fertile lands, have cultural value in the context of expressing the identity of the region in which they are located. In this study, vineyard roofs registered as immovable cultural assets by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; it was examined in terms of material, technical and stylistic features. These structures, unique to Central Anatolian folk architecture, have been tried to be evaluated in an integrated manner with their architectural features and the conditions of the period in which they were built. The fact that vineyard roofs, which do not have any structural and functional similarities with vineyard houses, have not been the subject of a scientific publication before, was seen as a deficiency in the literature; these structures were cataloged by creating a typology based on the structures identified in Göreme Town and were subject to scientific study. Each of the vineyard roofs included in the study have been examined on site, photographed and measured. Since the vineyard roofs, which were examined with material, technique and decoration details, were seen to follow a certain line on the old vineyard road in Göreme Town; a sample that is significantly located along the route but remains within the borders of Uçhisar District today was also included in the study.