A RISING VALUES IN CONSERVATION OF URBAN TEXTURE: INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2019
Yazarlar: Arife KARADAĞ, Leman İncedere
Tourism, leisure and global change, Uluslararası, 2019, cilt 5, ss 81-97
Özet
Industrial sites and buildings are essential indicators of the socio-economic past of a country together with their mechanical equipment that performs the production and the structures in which they are located. Especially upon the rapid urbanization movements experienced in the aftermath of the Second World War, one was confronted with deep transformations which contributed to the disappearance of a large number of industrial assets known as industrial heritage. Urban growth mostly led to the disappearance of the physical representation of the former ways of life that were a crucial part of the sociocultural structure. Old industrial sites are of importance in that they are both the eyewitnesses of and the driving force for an important period of the history of humanity. Handing the industrial heritage down to future generations depends on preserving the original identities of old buildings, along with introducing them to the urban life with an appropriate function. The studies for the adaptive reuse of those old industrial buildings which lost their function through the decisions taken in an unplanned and unconscious fashion may cause further destruction. Therefore, the convenience of old buildings for the pattern and demands of the city is essential in the restructuring process. This study aims to reveal the importance of the industrial heritage sites and buildings – which have been important components of the city since ancient periods – for the physical and socio-economic development of the city.