Sofa as the Expression of Elegance in Traditional Kayseri Houses

sort of small temple. It became almost an icon representing spiritual energies of architecture. Sofas in Kayseri have definitely glowed and glittered for ages in houses and perhaps affected individuals in a positive manner; providing peace, joy and happiness, helping them to understand and appreciate aesthetic values, creative talent, intuitive and spiritual dimensions in their everyday lives. These houses unfortunately disappeared in a relatively short period of time due to the destruction of historical neighborhoods of the town since 1950s. However, sofa in a traditional Kayseri house may be considered as one of the significant tributes to the architecture of Ottoman Anatolia and very few residential spaces exist that equals the architectural quality of it in a large geographical domain. These sofas carry certain architectural mystery and invisible dimension of the visible. Hence there are lots of things to learn from them for architects and interior designers and the subject deserves further research.