TY  - JOUR
T1  - Transformation of Historical Buildings into Information Centers
AU  - Şeşen, Yasin
AU  - Kuzucuoglu, Alpaslan Hamdi
PY  - 2025
DA  - June
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.58598/cuhes.1677093
JF  - Cultural Heritage and Science
JO  - CUHES
PB  - Mersin University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2757-9050
SP  - 102
EP  - 114
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - The structural and spatial changes and different updates that information centers have undergone today have caused such structures to change internally and externally. The current building stock generally includes; public library buildings, university library buildings, institution/foundation/individual archive buildings and various other types of information center (museum, exhibition building etc.) buildings. However, with the positive effect of the perspective of the changing information services and the development speed of information centers, the re-functionalization (evaluation) processes of buildings that are idle in cities have also started to gain importance. Cultural assets that are idle or used in a non-functional way due to various reasons in cities need to be re-introduced to the society. Historical city structures that exist structurally today but have lost their functionality for various reasons should be brought to more efficient and functional states instead of being abandoned and demolished, and should be able to make a positive contribution to the texture of that city and all technical-academic services in the city. Based on this philosophy, the study evaluates old historical buildings that have been converted into information centers with various elements. In this respect, different building examples have been addressed with detailed analyses. Whether the buildings that have undergone changes are suitable for more functional use with their new style designs and whether they can provide sustainability has been evaluated qualitatively with all kinds of architectural language and infrastructure elements. Based on the evaluations made, a guide study has been put forward for information specialists who will want to work on such processes in the future.
KW  - Adaptive Reuse
KW  - Historical Buildings
KW  - Information Centers
KW  - Sustainability
KW  - Cultural Heritage
KW  - Information and Document Management
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.58598/cuhes.1677093
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4777683
ER  -