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Throughout 19 century the Ottoman Empire witnessed significant economic, social and political transformations. The capital city of Istanbul, with a demographically diverse population had its own share of these changes. By the 19 century, Pera, which had gradually begun to be built up from the middle of the 18 century onwards became Istanbul‟s most cosmopolitan quarter, resembling the western presence in the city. It became a place for the elitist life of foreigners, the notables of the embassies and the non-Muslim minority groups. Around this period a new dwelling type emerged and began to be widely used. These were two to four storey structures, built on narrow frontage lots, each housing only one family. Located on populated roads, these houses didn‟t offer much outer space. The families moving into these houses probably had to abandon some of their existing living habits to adopt themselves to this new housing type. The Arapoğlu Mansion in Pera was one of these single family houses. It is one of the few buildings in Pera of this typology, which has managed to survive to the present day. After being used as a family residence, it was transformed into a multi-family residential building, and later, into various workshops. This paper aims to introduce the Arapoğlu Mansion as an example to develop an understanding of this typology and to evaluate the domestic life from an architectural perspective, which was formed through the change in lifestyles in the 19 century. Survey drawings of the building, together with written documents describing domestic life in 19 century were employed to investigate how space and social mutually might have affected each other, and, if space actually had an impact in the transforming of social life.

Transforming Domestic Space: Arapoğlu Mansion, a Single-family House in Pera