Vernacular and urban-influenced housing types in constant, a county in the 20th century

Abstract

The evolution of housing in Constanța County was influenced by a multitude of factors from one decade to the other, this created some significant variations in the way homes were designed and built. The changes had to do mostly with the fact that peasants began to massively import aspects of urban lifestyle, along with new design and building techniques. The current study aims at mapping the evolution of rural housing from Constanța County, beginning with the last decade of the 20th century, up to the late 1960s. The study highlights the way in which many rural communities suffered various social changes, that greatly affected the mindset that was previously in place when it came the housing design and household management.