PLASTİK MALZEMELERLE EV MEKANININ YENİDEN TASARIMI: MONSANTO’NUN GELECEĞİN EVİ (MHOF) PROJESİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

This article examines the development of the plastics industry after World War II and its impact on postwar architecture and interior design. The technological advances in plastics during the war played a key role in shaping consumer society and everyday life. To explore how plastics were integrated into domestic environments, the Monsanto House of the Future (MHOF) is analyzed as a symbolic case. Developed by the Monsanto Company—one of the leading producers of plastics in the postwar period—MHOF was envisioned as a house constructed almost entirely of plastic materials. Focusing on the use of plastics in interior spaces, the study investigates how these materials came to represent a new lifestyle in the context of postwar modernity. The article employs qualitative research methods and adopts a historical analysis framework. Through contextual analysis, it traces the evolution of plastic materials during and after the war, with attention to their cultural and architectural significance. Academic, industrial, and media sources have been systematically reviewed. MHOF is treated as a case study that reflects the technological optimism and futuristic aspirations of the era. The study ultimately aims to show how plastics, beyond their technical functions, were presented as tools for shaping the modern home and projecting an idealized future. In the conclusion, the public reception of MHOF and its symbolic role in the postwar imagination are discussed.